Touch... ugh.

Really, I don't know what can make this series 60+ episodes long. It's already been a lil' hard to watch the first eight. For the most part, it's a high school romance anime. Reminds me a lot of Kimagure Orange Road, except the main character of the show is clumsy AND lazy. Well, he can be quite good at times, except for his horrible luck (which then reminds me of Maison Ikkoku's poor Godai-kun).

There's two twins, Uesugi Kazuya (little brother, the popular one) and Uesugi Tetsuya (older brother, the lazy one). Both have a common childhood friend, errrrr.... her name's Minami. It looks like a sort of love triangle, except nobody seems to realize it. Then, a gymnast girl with the least tact I've seen since Ranma pops up and tries to make a grab for Kazuya. Something Minami's not too happy about, yet she doesn't show it.

It's just annoying how the gymnast addresses shamelessly Tetsuya ALL the time about his brother. Yes, all the while pronouncing and talking in that irritatingly sissy way. Gah.

From the plot, it doesn't look too bad. But it just so happens to be deadly boring. It's almost like the beginning of KOR, only it shows no signs of getting better. It's like... err.. who does Minami like? Is she clueless, stupid or just doesn't care? No signs there, nothing at all. The awesome Kazuya is a wuss who can't say no, and Tetsuya doesn't want to improve himself at all. It's just... TOO slow, this show. And whenever you think something's going to happen... it doesn't. Blah.

The only ones who can be redeemed are Punch (also known as Buta-Neko, Pig-Cat), Tetsuya's dog, and the Naruhodo ("Oh, I See") big guy. Those two are funny indeed. The dog appears to be sentient in more ways than one.

You know, it's almost like the Tokimeki Memorial games: either you're a hopeless romantic (and quite one at that), or you just love a good laugh. That, or the plot gets actually interesting, with much crying, slapping and running. Everyone fondly remembers Akane's Big Mallet, or Nabiki's Microphone of Doom.

And in KOR, there was the incredibly shameless Hikaru. Amazingly so, even for European standards, which are looser than Japanese ones - don't think a "serious" couple will kiss in public in Japan, because they just won't. They're, funnily enough, much more prude than us in public, yet they are said to have the most hard-core porn and hentai in the globe (harder than American porn), and statistics indicate sex toys are pretty successful there. And let's not get started about love hotels and the like (want to do it with someone without anyone knowing? do it there!). I guess that sort of thing happens all the time: the more you try to repress stuff, the harder it pops out once it finally does.

Well, all in all, that's just what I've heard from Spanish people living in Japan. You can never tell if they're lying or not, but well, I HAVE spotted a few examples, and they weren't pretty at all.

Wow, that's what I call getting side-tracked.