Please, Teacher!

Okay, I loved this series. I loved it. I had a great time watching it. Some say it started slow, I don't think so. Well, it did, but it had to. That is how a good story draws you in. What I loved about this series is the context. Love. This is the kinda love I believe in. A love that surpasses all boundaries imposed upon you by what society has said to be right and wrong. It is love people, there is no right and wrong when it comes to love. And this series shows that. The female is a typical career-oriented 23 year-old. Didn't have much in the way of relationships when she grew up because she was so driven. And the male is a little interesting. Legally, he is 18 but still has the mind and body of a 15 year-old. Yet, when he lost those 3 years he seem to grow mentally only. Anyway, a 15 and 23 year get married and hide that fact because she is also his teacher. This relationship stays secret throughout the whole story but it is hiding it that makes the story. In addition, this isn't the only story line. It turns out that one of the male leads friend's also has the same condition he has only she looks 15 but is really 21 legally. So, he helps her from scumming to the disease again, for fear of losing more time, by attempting to love someone else for her. His new wife is torn because she knows that it is important to him but she discovers that she is in love with him. In addition to that story line, there is another having to do with 2 of the friends of the male lead trying to build a relationship and struggling because they both have very different plans for their futures. And on top of that, the girl the male lead attempts to love is very much in love with him but, towards the end of the story, we find out that she has been seeing a teacher also. This is after the male lead breaks up with her, again. But the story always signaled that they this male teacher and her might hook up. And with a jealous sister and over-sexed mother of the female lead and you get a great story with no bias. No one really even mentions the age difference between the couples. Barely do they even mention the problem with teacher and student having a relationship. Even the principle says that that is how he meet his wife. And the mother and sister record the female lead and her husband, the male lead, having sex in order to sell it. And no one is really put off by this. This series is amazing.

I wanted to see this series because it got rave reviews, not a lot of them, but they were very rave. I didn't expect it to be that good. I don't have high hopes for relationship animes. They always seem either over the top or very dull and quite. The series is 12 episodes long with a 13th OVA episode. OVA is basically 'direct to video'. The series had such great reviews that they did an extra episode for the fans. The last episode wasn't written by the same guy nor is the animation the same; close, but not the same. And the last episode has sex in it where the series just makes you presume that it happen. Basically, the 13th episode is a fanboy episode. But still is good.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up for the next series, Please, Twins!. It is a spin-off using the same town and school and even some of the same characters. The story is about 3 people meeting at the same place where a certain photograph had been taken. Apparently they were friends, based on this photo anyway, but they don't remember it. Then they find out that 2 of the 3 are twins. There is one guy and two girls. They all know that the guy is one of the twins, but which of the girls is the other? Problem is that this comes out after the girls have fallen for the guy and he for them. The dilemma here isn't teacher/student but incest. The reviews are just as rave about this one as they are of the other. So we'll see. The next one after that, in the series of relationship anime, is Love Hina. I played a decent game of this one some time ago and discovered the anime not long after that. This time, it is one guy with 7 female prospects.

Well, it is the start of a very long weekend coming up and the roommates are gone as of this morning. They did a spot clean of the place. Decent, but I will do better. And one more day of work til weekend, even though it feels like it is here already. They are getting more involved with work stuff so I feel more part of the team and not so much in fear of losing my job since I did very little.

I'm also a little anxious about this costume party. I hooked up at the last one. This time I invited a few people that I'm kinda interested in as well as few other having been invited by others that I kinda was interested in also. Oh, well. I'll just have a some fun and worry about it in the morning, I guess.