A good show about joys of parenting. 30 years old single man suddenly adopts a 6 years old child and becomes a parent instantly. They both learn to do everyday tasks together. They make friends with other parents and children. They learn that people might be reluctant to become parents due to fears of changing their life style but nobody regrets life-changing experience of having a child.
However, show have some negative sides. Child's mother is shown as a very dysfunctional person who abandoned her daughter just so she could continue work as a manga artist. (Yes, really.) In a 5-min. special episode protagonist is lying about Santa to a child. When child have a fever, physician recommends to wear a face mask at home, and protagonist does that. Vaccination is promoted several (at least four) times, like something that parent should do without thinking. Normalising harm is very bad. IMHO pharmaceutical propaganda in the show is the worst thing that spoils it.
The show is short and full of nice details so it does not get boring. But the story does not go anywhere. We mostly see how man adjusts to his new life and responsibilities. I wish there was just a little more to that, like development of protagonist's personal life, but the romance is barely hinted so viewer's satisfaction is incomplete.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/10162/Usagi_Drop https://myanimelist.net/anime/11113/Usagi_Drop_Specials
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Trying to keep my word, at least I'll try to update this blog every two weeks ... we'll see if I keep it. The song / anime this time is the OP of "Usagi Drop" (I have not yet found the specific reason for the title), one of those very sweet animes that try to show us a bit of real life. And the OP, although somewhat corny, fills us with that innocence of the anime.
The initial plot is simple, we have a young boy and current that goes to the funeral of his grandfather ... but oh surprise! It turns out that this grandfather had a small daughter. Since no one wants to take responsibility for it, he decides to take her to live with him. And so begins his journey with the little Rin, damaged in many ways by the abandonment of his mother but loving and sincere.