Joukamachi no Dandelion

Joukamachi no Dandelion (2015) Well, I feel somewhat cheated with the ending of the show, to be honest since it is pretty predictable from the start who would win this election but the fact that the character had such an advantage in the end purely by chance to win. Also as for other parts, I feel like the author should have looked at how slowly an airship falls and moves unpowered or powered, it isn't an aeroplane. That said this show does have something, a legendary episode, one that is the scene on funniest moments videos and such which was episode 4 an absolutely legendary episode which was beyond hilarious. A 10/10 on its own. The story is just lots of siblings with special powers, some more special than others that even have a forfeit to using the powers race to become the next King in a very predictable race. The art is actually one of the best parts of the show is so very good. The sound is great in many ways and comes with a nice selection. Characters all develop very nicely with the main characters getting full development to the point you want and also finding out Akane's issues properly. (She is the main character). Reiko one of the girls in the show is the best girl, she is a supporting character of few words but is cool. Shiori has literally the funniest power and with her age makes it even funnier, she is a delight to see every time she comes on screen. Airship-san, haha so funny. Because of this characters make up the best part of the show by far. In the end, the show is a good watch. I thought it was very good until the last episode sort of killed the mood with the resolution but then they were going to have a lot to cram in otherwise I guess. 7/10.

It's not my everyday life to see a slice of life anime having an actual plot and to me, that could hardly go wrong. However, the main concern lies in how it is executed, and sadly, Castle Town Dandelion (Joukamachi no Dandelion) failed to take that matter seriously and thus resulted in kind of a mess at the late game period. IMO, the idea itself isn't terrible to say the very least, all they had to do is put more effort into it and the show could have become something. At first glance, this seems to be just an ordinary slice of life story, but it took no time to reveal the whole context behind the gist of all things, and yeah, I think they sure managed to have a strong start on building up the setting and what's going on, but then something got in the way immediately, at least to me, which is the fact that how they trivialize the premise in order to maintain the lighthearted nature of the story, which pretty much backfired IMO. Like cmon, having a royal family leading a casual life is an interesting way to make it refreshing, but should have stopped right there, or at least tweak the whole deal with the election, like why would you give the crown to an elementary school girl, that makes no sense whatsoever. And anyone can vote, even a 4-5-year-old kid, which is pretty dumb no matter how I look at it as it makes this more of a gag show lol. Anyway, that's probably my biggest complaint about the anime, because frankly if I turned off my brain and just pay attention to the slice of life content then yeah, it's a pretty solid show overall. Each episode focuses on a different topic and a set of characters, which is commendable as they actually cater to the whole cast, not just milking on the same one for cheap attention (except the panty joke but whatever). Additionally, it gave me lots of laughs, be it some really dumb moments or genuinely hilarious scenes. Not to mention that some episodes subtly mixed in some drama to yield a proper character interaction and development, which is cool. Still, the last episode felt like it's been rushed badly with everything running randomly and kinda failed to make a strong impact. The cast is definitely what I like the most about this anime. There are many characters (9 MCs), but they all got their own moment to shine and none was left behind so that's a plus. If anything, however, I feel like Akane and Aoi could have used more polishing to justify their role in the story. It's not that they didn't have any development but I just wish they had more since one is the primary MC (with tons of meme materials) while the other got so much hype yet barely any feats to back it up, which is quite a shame tbh. To me, Kanade is the most fleshed-out character and got everything done right throughout the ride. Like, in the beginning, I thought she was the selfish and bitchy type but as I kept watching her motive was revealed and it's pretty compelling given the context of the story (guilt and family). On top of that, her actions in the anime are mostly mature (for someone her age) and dignified, befitting that of royal blood, thus quickly caught my attention, and yeah, it's very satisfying to see her on the screen all the time. Followed up in this regard are Shuu and Misaki, while not as great as Kanade, they managed to score a few impression on me with their thoughts and actions. Shiori is actually up there as well but not enough screentime sadly (but really, she can literally cure cancer with her presence alone). In a nutshell, Castle Town Dandelion is best described as the "Dumb fun slice of life" show. It's deeply flawed but has its own charm to keep me entertained and not falling asleep like many other slice-of-life animes out there, so I'd say it's worth a shot if you're looking for something to kill time.

Yeah so this show I just felt not a lot happened like there wasn't really any story or anything interesting going on in it. So yeah story I thought was pretty non-existent, the art was decent pretty average tbh, sound was whatever, characters were fine they didn't really seem all that well written to me, but they were likable enough so id say that part was pretty decent. So in terms of overall quality id say this show was like 5 just kinda average, not a lot happens but the characters are enjoyable so it's not all that bad. I guess it's a pretty good show to just relax to. For my overall personal enjoyment id say this show is still a 5, and this is pretty much for the same reasons. I definitely wouldn't call this show good, but it is an enjoyable show if that makes sense.