Mitsuboshi Colors is another series I was looking forward to, it seemed similar to Ichigo Mashimaro which is one of my more prefered slice of life titles, but it's premise has a bit more complexity. It follows the Colors, three little girls who are the self-proclaimed defenders of the town, they investigate crimes and solve puzzles together.
The very first scene shows the main character, Yui, running through a train station, the shot is unique but is too close and comes off as a bit jarring. There are several shots of random places and people, but it is essentially her just running through the cityscrape until after the opening plays. The next scene shows the Colors' hideout and Yui comes in to tell them about a cat who has been stealing various things from around town and this gives them their first case to solve. The scene wastes little time getting cutting to the chase and does little to establish the characters but you can probably figure out their personalities as you go along.
Yui is a deredere, sweet and innocent, however, I couldn't help but notice she is a bit inconsistent. Ignoring Saichi when he is in pain, yet somehow still kind enough not to get mad at her friend when she does something unacceptable.
Sacchan is more of a tsundere, she is outgoing but has little regard to others' feelings.
Kotoha seems to be a yandere, quite the sadist and comes across as the most dangerous.
Saichi, a police officer with whom the Colors visit often, comes off as mature but he doesn't mind playing along with their pretend investigations.
So with their objective decided, they set out to find the cat. This scene is a bit boring, and once again there is a jarring shot where Sacchan crawls about on the ground and this makes me realize why these types of shots don't work, they don't feel natural, the first time the camera should be shaking and the second time the character's movement is not realistic which is emphasized by how fast she is going. After this things do start to pick up, but the case is over before long but establishes the cat, who they name Colonel Monochrome, as a permanent character.
After a scene involving them trying to blow up Saichi with a rocket launcher they happened to come across, don't worry, it wasn't real, the next case is presented. This one is presented by Pops, who is shown throughout the episode as the owner of a shop that the Colors visit frequently, it sends the Colors out on a scavenger's hunt to find a code that will open a safe. But at this point I start to question if Saichi actually does any police work at all, since he is seen in the same location every time they see him and he never seems to be doing anything when they do, he even has time to stick around to try to crack the safe himself. Other than that, there isn't anything particularly bad about this case.
Overall I would say that the concept is interesting, but the show doesn't always utilize it. The show also seems to be more interested in comical elements then giving the show a feeling of mystery, which is wasted pontential. What you get instead is a show about little girls doing cute things in cute ways, which isn't bad and I think it makes more sense for moe anime to be about children then highschool girls, but it would of been nice to see the concept taken further as some other anime have. That's all for this post, but if you haven't already please check out my impressions on Gakuen Babysitters and Slow Start. On tuesday, I will return with more impressions. So with that, have a wonderful day.