(CR) Amaama to Inazuma (Sweetness and Lightning)

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Still getting a feel for Kotori but she's a good character. Best part was her freaking out while leaving that message for her mother.

I could relate to that so much. I used to call my mother while cooking so often, going "omg what do I do now?" I'm not sure how I feel about Kotori yet, but that scene, and the one where she's just so happy that the meal turned out all right, were golden.

[nojay]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

OMG TEH CUET!! Tsumugi is the most adorable thing in the morning at all times!

How can a creature comprised of hair 80% of its all-up body weight live and breathe (and eat)?

[Master_Yoma]

This is just so cute but the dad looks like his going to lose it in the begining

[Irenesharda]

That was the cutest thing this season so far. I love that little girl! Tsumugi is so adorable!
And I honestly cried trying to see the dad struggle to take care of his daughter and the way she can't understand what happened to her mom.

[Grifis]

I enjoyed this and I appreciate that they showed the girl sitting in the car seat in the back (I think) when her dad was driving. I do have a little problem figuring out how old the daughter is. She acts kind of like my 3 years old niece, looks kind of like my 5 years old niece and sounds kind of like my 10 years old niece.

[Wandering Soul]

This was an extremely cute episode with some sweet and heartwarming moments. Tsumugi is just too cute.

Kouta has quite the struggle in front of him and I felt for him. As for Kotori, she seems like she will a good character. That message she left for her mom was funny, but luckily she managed to do a good job anyway.

[MeoTwister5]

I'm really thankful that we've been getting a lot more shows like this now. I really miss watching children actual be children as opposed to those being forced to mature beyond their years, being forced into mature settings or otherwise... well... exploitative situations.

Kids just being kids. In an ideal world this would be how things are.

[Irenesharda]

Originally Posted by Grifis

I enjoyed this and I appreciate that they showed the girl sitting in the car seat in the back (I think) when her dad was driving. I do have a little problem figuring out how old the daughter is. She acts kind of like my 3 years old niece, looks kind of like my 5 years old niece and sounds kind of like my 10 years old niece.

Well considering she's wearing the little blue smock thing in class and the teachers are also wearing aprons, I think that's kindergarten or preschool and I'm going to say that she is no more than 5.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

Child-raising anime + moe?
Not a bad watch. And for people that don't really get into raising angelic kids that don't complain about having to wait for rice to finish cooking can at least enjoy some high-schooler blushing around her teacher.
Can't wait for rumors to start spreading that Sensei is having his student come over to his house and all that drama.

[Anh_Minh]

Very cute.

I don't know how fair that is, but I can't help but be angry at the dad. You daughter's lost her appetite! Do something! How hard can it be to just do something fresh?

[frodonk]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Very cute.

I don't know how fair that is, but I can't help but be angry at the dad. You daughter's lost her appetite! Do something! How hard can it be to just do something fresh?

It was shown how busy he was, and that while he didn't know what to do, he did react quickly enough when his daughter lost her appetite by taking her to a restaurant.

We're lucky that even one of the parents showed up, considering how most series don't even show parents at all

As for the first episode, it was indeed very cute, reminds me of that kid from bakaramon. Will definitely watch the next few episodes

[rladls2121]

I feel weak watching this, all the burdens on the father might be heavier than it looks.

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I don't know how fair that is, but I can't help but be angry at the dad. You daughter's lost her appetite! Do something! How hard can it be to just do something fresh?

Very hard. I rarely have the time and/or energy to cook for myself, especially as I've never been a "kitchen person". This dad is an overworked teacher (who, let's not forget, is still pulling himself together after his wife's death) who also has to take care of a small kid with lots of energy, I find it pretty believable that he simply doesn't have enough energy or time left to cook.

Generally I think the set-up is pretty believable, which is why I'm side-eyeing the whole Kotori's-crush-on-Kouhei subplot. On her own Kotori is fine, even having a crush on a teacher is fine, but I can't help finding the whole "let's go to your home and make food together" angle fairly creepy even though it was probably not meant to be.

[Ulin]

Spoiler for place of cooking:

Don't worry, as they will mostly cook in the restaurant, so there is no "student going to a teacher's house" drama at all.

[Yamada II]

Episode 1

This was pretty good. I feel sorry for the poor little Tsugumi. She's a little girl with no mother and her teacher father is raising her alone. And being a working man he doesn't have time to learn how to cook so he got by with store bought food. But seeing how happy Tsugumi was after eating something better tasting he decides to try and cook better food for her. Inuzuka is juggling between his work and raising his child as an only parent which, of course, is difficult for him since he can't ignore his work or his child. Kotori was cute. She tried to act all cool so that the little girl doesn't get disappointed and tried to cook rice when she didn't know what to do.

I think I teared up a bit when Tsugumi ate that good tasting rice with her father after a long time. This is such a nice show. The comedy is also good enough here and it will be nice seeing Inuzuka trying to make his daughter happy. It seems like either he didn't tell Tsugumi about the death of her mother or that he said something like "she's gone to some faraway place and won't come back" and Tsugumi didn't get what he meant or Tsugumi doesn't understand what death is or something else (because Tsugumi said something like let's ask mom to make some good food). Would be pretty emotional if they show Tsugumi learning about the death of her mother. Definitely looking forward to more here.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by frodonk

It was shown how busy he was, and that while he didn't know what to do, he did react quickly enough when his daughter lost her appetite by taking her to a restaurant.

My impression is that it's been an ongoing issue till he finally couldn't rationalize not doing anything about it anymore, when he caught her with the TV. I mean, six months of convenience store meals?

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Very hard. I rarely have the time and/or energy to cook for myself, especially as I've never been a "kitchen person". This dad is an overworked teacher (who, let's not forget, is still pulling himself together after his wife's death) who also has to take care of a small kid with lots of energy, I find it pretty believable that he simply doesn't have enough energy or time left to cook.

Making rice in a rice cooker and roasting a couple of chicken thighs represents less than five minutes of prep time. I'm not asking for anything elaborate, but something that goes directly from the pan to the plate would make a difference.

[frodonk]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

My impression is that it's been an ongoing issue till he finally couldn't rationalize not doing anything about it anymore, when he caught her with the TV. I mean, six months of convenience store meals?

He was cooking those hamburgers at the start, which meant that while they didn't have "proper" home cooked meals all the time the kid almost always had his father's hamburger patties, and it was even mentioned that it was the kid's favorite.

They were eating convenience store meals I think only during dinner, when the father was running late and doesn't have time to cook. A few days of that type of meal and the kid predictably loses her appetite. When he saw her watching that infomercial (and asking her mother for meat) that's when he realized what was happening and took her to the restaurant.

That was my interpretation anyway, if it did turn out that they were eating only convenience store meals for 6 months then that's kind of borderline child neglect

[Shlugo]

I loved the first episode. Tsugumi is adorable and one of the best representation of children I've seen. I really feel sorry for her. Her mom died, her father is working long hours and she has to eat convenience store packed meals. And yet, she's so cheerful and nice. Every parent would wish to have a child like that.

I also like Kotori, she wants to learn to cook so badly, but her mother is not around to teach her. And she's hilarious.

This is definitely the slice of life anime of the season. Now I just have to buy some insulin to get me through this.

[HayashiTakara]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

My impression is that it's been an ongoing issue till he finally couldn't rationalize not doing anything about it anymore, when he caught her with the TV. I mean, six months of convenience store meals?



Making rice in a rice cooker and roasting a couple of chicken thighs represents less than five minutes of prep time. I'm not asking for anything elaborate, but something that goes directly from the pan to the plate would make a difference.

Try being a young single parent who has zero knowledge on cooking.

[Om Nerabdator]

wtf is up with this show, loved the first episode so i started the manga, every time she says mommy i tear up wth is wrong with me