Yeah, Sabagebu! is a whole ton of fun.
Non Non Biyori Rewatch!!
It's pretty incredible to watch this all over again. Coincidentally enough, I watched Non Non Biyori 3 months ago on this day, so that's really neat.
The girls, Renge-chon, Natsume, Koma-chan and Hotaru are fantastic. Renge is fantastic throughout the entire anime, her monotone-like voice and facial expressions are amazing and make for great comedy. Natsume and Koma-chan are really cute sisters, I think it's unique and interesting how Koma-chan, the older sister is shorter and looks more like an imouto, it makes for really funny scenarios. Hotaru; the really developed 5th grader who moved from Tokyo is great too, her perspective on living in the country and how the rest of the girls are intruiged by it is funny.
The support characters are great too, Candy Store was such a huge surprise when I originally watched NNB, seeing her again was fantastic. Episode 10, when we see the flashback of Candy Store and Renge together and the day ended with them both sleeping together; overwhelmed by feels. Seeing Renge and Candy Store in the current time and day also fall asleep together was just amazing. Candy Story is most definitely a surprise and a phenomenal character. The sensei, or Nee-nee is pretty great too, she's a grown up Renge and it's just so good. The other supporting characters, like Hikagi, Renge's older sister, Konomi and such, all really good, great cast of girls.
Can't forget about Nii-chan either, he never says a word and is like an enigma, but he somehow manages to be funny and a great addition to the cast anyhow, no idea why, but it's great.
The episode with Renge and Honoka was fantastic; even though Renge doesn't have many facial expressions, when we see Renge standing at Honoka's grandparents door, being told that Honoka had to leave yesterday, was so hard. Renge just stands there for a good long minute until it hits her that her friend has left.
One of the best things that Non Non Biyori does, compared to most slice of life cute shows I've seen is, there are clear episodes from the beginning which set up the characters. They all have episodes dedicated to them and it really feels like you get to know them on a personal level, huge compliment to NNB for doing that.
The OP, having to listen to it again just brings in such a rush of feelings. It's somehow nostalgic, even though it's only been 3 months since I've seen it. It's also one of the greatest OP's ever and I love the song entirely. The ED is also fantastic and just a feel good song entirely.The music in NNB is also fantastic. If you've ever wondered if an anime can use music in a meaningful way, especially in a slice of life show, NNB pulls it off so well. The recorder that Renge plays is used throughout the entire anime for BGM, it's so good. There are many great compositions to listen to through the 12 episodes. All the music is so goooood.. An OST worth owning.
The art style doesn't need any explanation, neither does the animation. It's fantastic and absolutely beautiful, well drawn and well animated, watching Non Non Biyori is one of the most pleasant things you can do, without a doubt.
Still one of my favorite anime I have ever seen, with each episode being well directed and having a bundle of laughs. It's really just perfection in my eyes and with Non Non Biyori Repeat already airing, more greatness to come!
Non Non Biyori Repeat
Episode 1 - Fantastic music once again, I honestly didn't expect any less, it's so good. Art style, it's so Non Non Biyori it's ridiculous, I really love it. The well drawn environments, the colors, the greens are so vibrant and beautiful, everything is just so great to look at. The OP is good, but I think Non Non Biyori had a better OP, but the ED in Repeat is fantastic, really enjoyed this one a lot.
Getting to see Ren-chon, Koma-chan, Nattsun again is wonderful. Same with Hikagi and Nee-Nee, this is just wonderful. Seeing the ceremony for Ren-chon was so cute, made my eyes water up with how nice it was, absolutely amazing and everyone is just so great, friendly, kind, loving, and endearing; it's honestly just amazing.
So we know how Ren-chon got her recorder! The little peak of Hotaru at the end of the episode was great too; I love how it's a prologue for everything that happened in Non Non Biyori and it's a perfect setup for Repeat too.
It looks like Non Non Biyori Repeat is Non Non Biyori, but a retelling of it with different scenes and things of that nature, which is totally fine with me. It's weird how Mandelbo here mentioned what if Repeat would be like the first season but with different angles and things like that, because that's essentially what Non Non Biyori Repeat is!!!
