DEATH™;178254083 said:
Am I reading too much on Himouto Umaru Chan or am I seeing that the story could be much more deeper if it wants to?
I mean, the previous episode showed how Taihei's family looked like they were better off, but him living in a one-room apartment all of a sudden seems weird. Dude prob got a spat against his dad or something.
And Umaru too. She seems really sheltered when she was young, probably trained to be proper everytime when she was young. She prob got a spat with her dad too and followed Taihei along, and now she's keeping up with her lost childhood by playing games and acting like a kid with Taihei.
I guess the show might not show this because of its lighthearted nature, but I'm thinking about it now and it kinda makes sense why Taihei and Umaru are the way they are in that sense. I just wished they would explore this more, even in a lighthearted way...
I might be wrong on this and it's just your comment about issues with their father that made me think this, but I'm somewhat confident that I remember someone mentioning in the show that their father is the president of a super large company or something like that, so you're definitely not reading too much into it.
This flashback bit came out of nowhere too, I don't think anyone was really expecting an entire flashback story, so they actually might show this directly instead of just hint at it in order not to break the upbeat nature of the show.
This anime is great <3
Top 3 of the season along with Non Non Biyori Repeat and Gangsta, imo <3
Also, I'm quite impressed at how big their one-room apartment is. Maybe not to share it with a relative, but it seems perfect to live alone, I wonder how expensive the rent of something like that would be. I often think my house is way too big, even if it's not actually big. I only need a kitchen, a bathroom and my room, especially if it's a room as big as theirs. Though noise seems like an issue, I wonder how Ebina doesn't hear Umaru when she's yelling like a brat, seems like she should. I always wonder if other people can hear things ever since I read this:
http://www.marycagle.com/letsspeakenglish/27-night-terrors.