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nyrator · 7 years ago

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OKAY

ONEGAI MY MELODY SEASON ONE REVIEW

where do I even start...

also, this guy. The greatest character in the show:

this show is very suki suki suu, fuwa fuwa fuu, and read on to see me rant about the entirety of season one the only way I know how, obsessing over Hiiragi and how much of a lovable douchebag he is

okay so like

this show is basically “oh man there’s My Melody the cute little Sanrio bunny in Mariland having a good time, until her dark edgy rival Kuromi breaks out of jail on a tapir named Baku after stealing a magic Melody Key and Bow, breaks into the human world to summon the dark power with it to extract her revenge on My Melody for being so... her.”

So like the Key has the power to make human dreams come true but into nightmares instead, kind of like a monkey paw thing but more ridiculous. There’s also this violin bow that helps power it up. What they don’t know is, get a 100 black notes by making nightmares come true, and human dreams will be completely erased, and Mariland which is built on human dreams, will be erased as well. So My Melody is chosen to wield the Melody Takt and stop her (aka accused of helping Kuromi escape because Kuromi jumped off her head and she did nothing to stop her), to use it to fight the nightmare magic (by possessing something cute with a sticker) to try to get 100 pink notes before Kuromi gets 100 black notes. There’s also a Melody Candy to reward whatever she used to possess to turn it back to normal, and a Melody Box to hold the Pink Notes in (Baku just eats Black Notes).

so like the first episode is all introductions and probably the weakest one, you got main girl Uta and her friend Miki (who later turns out to be this lovey-dovey poet) in violin class fawning over Mr. Perfect Beautiful Genius: Hiiragi-senpai. Kuromi comes, messes with her, ruins her violin performance, but My Melo saves the day and ends up living with her. You also got Mana, the fiesty red head sports girl who’s terrified of anything cute, Uta’s older and younger sister who hate her terrible violin playing, and eventually more as well as a few more Sanrio characters.

Anyway so yeah, this douche right here. He’s all like “oh you did wonderful” to Uta at the end of the episode and she’s all “hooray!” and then he says the same thing to everyone else and it’s like “haha wow this guy”

BUT THEN EPISODE 2 HAPPENS

KUROMI GOES AFTER THIS GUY RIGHT AND HE’S COMPLETELY UNPHASED BY THIS MAGICAL ORDEAL

AND THEN SEES SHE HAS A BOW, STEALS IT FROM HER, AND IS NOW ITS NEW MASTER (it extends and everything and refuses to go back to Kuromi)

so now he just plays the violin with it and just powers up Kuromi’s key for nightmare magic just because

and so now they just go and grant human dreams with the Key and whoever they unlock with it gets to see a naked Hiiragi just playing the violin for a few seconds

so yeah usually crazy things happen (like this kid had failing grades and wished to be able to study better and so he became a super computer that can attack the classroom by typing and yeah, then he got bitten in the groin by a mouse possessed by My Melo and died, then got rebooted by local boy Kakeru out of pity, then finally with the trademark “Onegai, ___-san” from My Melo, the mouse gets powered up and chews through his power cord and thus ending his dream and giving them a pink note because he realized studying is something you have to take seriously

AND LIKE

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER

there’s a little bit of continuity in each episode like, lots of callbacks and stuff

there’s the rare My Sweet Piano aka the cute pink sheep who randomly appears once every few episodes (usually in the background in a Mariland scene), and all she does is go “aaaa baa, mehh!” and it is adorable and she is adorable and the best character (she gets a little more screentime as the show goes on to become a master poet with Miki, but she’s usually the unexpected “oh she’s just here now character”)

you got the basic love triangle of “Uta and Miki love Hiiragi (though Miki eventually allows Uta to chase after the Hiiragi bowl), Kakeru slowly loves Uta and by anime law is like destined for her because they’re perfect for each other, and Hiiragi just loves himself

EXCEPT HE EVENTUALLY LOVES UTA AND IT’S LIKE AAA I WANT HIIRAGI TO WIN THE UTA BOWL SCREW YOU KAKERU

but man

let me try to explain to you just how great Hiiragi is

like all he does most of the time is just dramatically play the violin in the dark, usually in some male-model outfit with his chest exposed, then like, okay, My Melody keeps screwing things up, hey this girl Miki is holding My Melody, let me get close to her so I can steal the Melody Takt

so he’s all like “hey baby can I sit next to you”

and Miki’s like “O-ojii-sama!”

and Hiiragi’s like “what”

and meanwhile he just

CASUALLY TOSSES MY MELO ASIDE

LIKE WOW WHAT A DOUCHE WHO WOULD DO THAT TO MY MELO

AND HE JUST GRINS AFTERWARDS AND IS LIKE “hey Miki wanna come over to my place after school” and she’s like “YES”

and so the great split between Uta and Miki begins when it’s like “wait we both love the same guy how could you” and then Uta hates Miki until it’s like “oh wait Miki asked if she could bring Uta with her” and she’s all crying because Uta doesn’t show up and Hiiragi’s all flirt and then like “blast, she didn’t bring My Melody, what the hell”

then Kuromi out of jealousy activates her dream and BAKU IS JUST THROWN IN THERE TO CENSOR THE HIIRAGI

baku I love you so much

and so like an army of Baku Hiiragis chase after her until Uta and My Melo come up to save the day and restore their friendship with this, the drawing Miki drew of Hiiragi as he played the violin

anyway so that was like episode 7

also whenever Kuromi succeeds at getting a black note or whatever Hiiragi will use his charms and flirt with her and she also becomes one of his fangirls

also eventually he saves My Melody from a cat and worms his way in and is all like “hey I’m perceptive of course I know you’re a living thing” and his explanation is “why aren’t you surprised about My Melo?” “why aren’t you surprised about humans?” “Oh, I see!”

and so he uses this to flirt with her like

“oh hey was that you playing the violin just now” “yeah” “oh wow we have a problem then” “...ehh” then it swiftly turns into like “hey there’s an art exhibit today, come with me on a date so I can teach you better”

this guy man what a player

then the plot of this song of Uta’s, where her singing it powers up the Takt and saves My Melo from being kidnapped (also seriously look at that top what a freaking player), then after it fails he gives her a business card with his phone number/email, what a player

OH MAN AND EPISODE 16 IS A FANTASTIC EPISODE OF WONDERS

first off this guy knows how to dress

so like this lady was in love with her teacher but she’s going overseas (and also she has a sweet car) and Kuromi and Baku sympathize with her ordeal and they’re like “we’re here to help” and so Kuromi gives her a magic cell phone

AND SO SHE SUMMONS HIM WITH IT RIGHT

AND OF COURSE IT’S FREAKING HIIRAGI

THIS BUSINESS WOMAN IS IN LOVE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO HAPPENS TO HAVE BEEN GETTING DRESSED TO GO ON A DATE WITH UTA, AND MANNN THIS WAS SO PERFECT

AND HE JUST GETS SO PISSED OFF

so yeah Kuromi goes and begs Uta to save Hiiragi before she gets to the church

ALSO HIIRAGI’S REASONING FOR NOT ANSWERING HER CALLS

also

“no way”

and okay so like

they’re at the church and trying to stop it and so My Melo possesses the phone (and we’re like “how the heck did she possess the phone that’s like possessing the villain itself what the heck”) but the Mana kicked it and broke it and laser beams and everyone’s phone got corrupted

AND SO IT’S JUST A MADHOUSE OF CHAOS OF EVERYONE TRYING TO KISS EACH OTHER (AND HIIRAGI TRYING TO KISS BAKU...)

ALSO THERE’S THIS HEDGEHOG-KUN WHO’S LIKE, just this fourth wall breaking character with the power to turn back time whenever a dream is over to erase everyone’s memories, but like, mannn. Thanks hedgehog-kun.

but yeah so My Melo uses the Takt twice in one dream and bam saves the day right before everyone kisses each other and then

what a freaking ladies man (also it was a black note)

THEN HE JUST THREATENS TO BURN KUROMI’S NOTEBOOK HER PRIZED POSSESSION FILLED WITH ALL THE 6666 TIMES MY MELO SLIGHTED HER, goddddd, this douche, he’s such a douche

AND THAT WAS ALL LIKE ONE EPISODE OF WONDERS AND BEAUTY AND WE’RE NOT EVEN A THIRD OF THE WAY DONE WITH THE SERIES

anyway more Hiiragi moments

“oh man what if Hiiragi appears and this is just his beach home”

wait no, I say, there’s no way

YEP, IN FISHNET TOP NO LESS

so then he invites Uta to watch a meteor shower where lovers who watch together are bound together forever but zombie dreams happen and Uta has to cancel because the accursed Kakeru got in the way saying her and getting injured

then just stunned silence of Hiiragi just being stood up after waiting all night

THEN BAKU BEING THE BEST and then being destroyed by Hiiragi.

so yeah

let’s not forget this show also has classic Kuromi vision

also the dad who’s one of the few who’s unaware of My Melo being an actual character and not a stuffed doll (eventually like everyone knows though including him)

and at the halfway point of the series I was like “come onnn plot things happen” and nothing happened UNTIL THE VERY END/BEGINNING OF NEXT EPISODE WHERE HIIRAGI SEES THE BLACK NOTES AND CAN PLAY HALF THE SONG THEY MAKE AND IS ENTRANCED BY IT and so Kuromi is powered up and unstoppable

also as you can tell it was a fantastic episode

a fantastic episode (not even My Melo could beat it, I was like, “wait are we going to have Fist of the North Hiiragi a reoccuring thing now” but no dreams go away on their own anyway even without My Melo and that made me a bit sad

ALSO THERE’S THIS MUSIC TEACHER RIGHT AND HE’S GREAT

and he wishes Hiiragi would stop being a douche and become a little kid again

and I was like YEAH SHOUTA HIIRAGI WOOOO HECK YES MY DREAM EPISODE GIVE ME WHAT HE WAS LIKE AS A KID GIVE ME HIS TRAGIC BACKSTORY

but he FOUGHT IT OFF

HE FOUGHT OFF DREAM MAGIC

BY THINKING OF HIS WORST MEMORY

and just goes back to reading his book like nothing happened

what a freaking tease

(but the magic rebound and turned EVERYONE ELSE into little kids instead)

also yeah eventually Hiiragi learns Kuromi has a weakness (stepping on her tail) and so wants to know what My Melo’s weakness is (Uta conveniently discovered it was tugging her ears) and so more date time

and eventually they go to dinner and he plays her mom’s song and then just casually goes “so, My Melo has a weakness?” “Huh, oh yeah, her ears, yeah” but at the same time Uta’s like “so why date me” and suddenly Hiiragi’s like, overwhelmed by scenes of Uta and is like “wait what was that” and it’s like OH MAN HE’S GETTING GENUINE FEELINGS FOR HER

EVEN THIS SCENE IS LIKE ONE OF HIS FONDEST MEMORIES OF HER, thanks fortune teller episode

then on Uta’s birthday when no one shows up he’s there to like, give her the perfect birthday, but when she wants to go home he obliges and then sees her family and her dad and is like SUCH A DOUCHE TO HER DAD AND HE LEAVES WOW HE JUST GLARES AT HIM

also the dream episode where like the stars align and it’s Baku’s time to shine by doing dream things so he summons Hiiragi to enter his dream

and Hiiragi’s dreams end up just being a void of trash bags and child him just throws everyone away as garbage but one of his dreams is like a galaxy and so the Sanrio characters nearly destroy the galaxy

ALSO PIANO IS THE GREATEST

then there was the movie episode where of course Hiiragi is the one who greenlights it or not

AND HE’S LIKE “gasp it’s Uta in a swimsuit”

then dad saving the day to protect his daughter’s innocence and Hiiragi is so burned

AND THE FREAKING

CHRISTMAS

EPISODE

where it’s all emotional and Koto (the little sister) just wants to meet her mom one time for Christmas and so My Melody and Kuromi team up for once to make it happen and Santa’s here to help

and so they do their normal summoning things at the same time

and I was like “wait what about hiiragi shirtless violin-”

SHIRTLESS SANTA

PLAYING VIOLIN

AND WINKING AT US

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC 20/10 I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH

then the random quiz show new years episode

the

ultimate

tease

also when they all want to go home to Mariland for New Years once the show begins for real, and Hiiragi’s like, “well, fine, but I’m going to the Caribbean” just to spite them, goddd

also the episode where Hiiragi suddenly has a rival but Hiiragi’s too good (also two crazy fangirls)

and so everyone just starts fighting and Hiiragi just has a violin duel

and these two have a poetry battle

ALSO THESE TWO

THEY ARE NUTS

LIKE LEGIT GENUINE INSANE

“oh man the guy we like is in love with Uta”

“LET’S CLAW HER TO SHREDS”

LIKE JESUS THEY WERE GOING TO LEGIT CLAW HER TO SHREDS THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS JEALOUS OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLER LIKE JESUS CHRIST

also yeah Hiiragi saving the day for his one true love he genuinely has feelings for her HE’D SACRIFICE HIS VIOLIN HAND FOR HER

like I know how these animes work and Kakeru is definitely meant for Uta but

GOD I SUPPORTED THIS SHIP SO MUCH

then just a cutaway to My Sweet Piano just, jumping over a fence. To put Flat-kun asleep, so he can be used by My Melo’s Takt magic thing.

ALSO PLOT THINGS

HE KNOWS

HE KNOWS HIS SECRET

but Hiiragi manages to talk his way out of it “yes, it’s true... they wanted to grant my dream of winning this upcoming concert, but I said no...”

of course because of this the dark power leaves Hiiragi and some other guy wins the concert due to playing the dark power song and Hiiragi has a breakdown

AND BURNS BAKU’S NOTE LIKE WHAT THE HELL YOU DOUCHEBAG BAKU DID NOTHING WRONG

almost burnt Kuromi’s too but didn’t

and like no one can break him from this slump because they all think he’s sad he lost

but then Uta understands and he’s like, god the love between the two, he’s just shocked, goes to touch her face...

I love you Hiiragi

JUST FOR NO REASON

STRETCHES OUT HER FACE BECAUSE THAT’S HOW HE THINKS OF HER LONGINGLY

adadjkf

but then like, he tells her of how he has no hopes and dreams, how he found something that stopped him from throwing his violin into the river, but now that’s gone, and now Uta’s there to help him... then Kakeru ruins everything by breaking in and trying to tell her he’s working for Kuromi, and thus Kakeru friendship ruined

ANYWAY SO YEAH LIKE

the dark power possesses Baku and is like completely ignored because it’s Baku

but it’s like “choose dark power or Uta”

and finally he chooses dark power and so Kuromi goes back to Mariland, steals the Violin she forgot, Hiiragi becomes the dark power

LOOK AT THAT EDGE

and apparently to break Uta’s bond with My Melo he just has to kiss her so he stages this thing up and just bam appears out of nowhere with her and goes to kiss her (after publicly making some other guy’s nightmare come true) and then everyone’s like “no he’s evil”

just

then Mana goes off to fight him and like

DARK EDGE LORD FUR COAT AND EVERYTHING

so then the rest of Uta’s gang goes to confront him, including the little sister who bites him AND HE JUST TOSSES HER AWAY

then they’re all like wow you’re a douche and then he just freaking

electrocutes everyone

then Uta comes and stops him and they give this big thing on how he’ll destroy the world and what dreams mean to each one of them

then

just electrocutes them WITH Uta

OH MAN AND THEN THE NEXT EPISODE

My Melody just calls him and asks to visit and he’s like “whatever” and she’s like “can I bring a present”

and she’s like “ah yes, a Melody tart, I will bake him one”

and then My Melody ends up in jail after a series of events

what an episode

this freaking show

this freaking douche

also like

when Baku leaves because Hiiragi is a douche and his family’s house got destroyed from the dark power so he lives with Uta again and discovers Hiiragi’s going to destroy the world

then finally gets invited back after Baku’s family thwarts his efforts

and this rich jerk who owns the world just gives them this shoddy shack for all of them to live in

WHAT A DOUCHE

then when they get their 100th note Baku steals Kuromi away and refuses to return to Hiiragi and tells her how the world will be destroyed

and Hiiragi just

CAN FLY AND TELEPORT NOW

this

guy

anyway so then we get to the final three episodes

just walks to a radio tower and just, pulls the bow from his shirt

and I’m like “god he’s not wearing anything underneath, I swear to god if he plays the violin shirtless-”

THIS FREAKING GUY

anyway so the world goes into chaos and every single from from past episodes returns (or at least over half of them, a really nice throwback), everyone’s nightmares are back basically

Hedgehog-kun did his best to reverse time

and so Uta and Kuromi are both on a journey to stop him and finally they grant Uta’s dream of seeing Hiirag’s dream and find out he’s in love with her but buried it away (with a nice little panel of his love for Kuromi too)

then at the last moment after blasting her away, he realizes and breaks free from the dark power violin playing and saves her and she gets her 100th pink note

but then the dark power takes over his body and her and My Melo go plummeting to their death

except saved by dad and Mana and not Kakeru

then we go full on JRPG evil Hiiragi, look at him

THEN HE GROWS WINGS AND BECOMES FULL ON JRPG FINAL BOSS

then Baku

prays to the eggplant gods

becomes super saiyan eggplant

and goes beam war against Dar-chan

and then dies (rip Baku, too good for this world)

ALSO LIKE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SERIES RIGHT THERE’S UTA IN THIS COW GIRL SINGER OUTFIT IN THE OPENING RIGHT

so I’ve been waiting for it to appear in the show proper

and finally transformation sequence

and

IT’S NOT THE OUTFIT

I FEEL SO BETRAYED

also Baku’s back and then he saves Kuromi from the darkness but dies for real

LOOK AT THAT HOLLOW SHELL OF ASH LEFT BEHIND..

RIP BAKU TOO PURE FOR THIS WORLD

oh thank god

anyway so the problem is the Takt is too strong for My Melo to use now

so the queen puts her into hyperbolic time chamber mode and for a year trains her to wield it

AND A YEAR PASSED IN THE REAL WORLD TOO SO IT’S ALREADY DESTROYED

THEN CREDITS

then NOT CREDITS

and the Queen fixes time so they go back in time back to when they started training

yeah

now My Melody is the Wind Waker of godlike swinging power

THEN LAST EPISODE

a crazy battle of J-Pop versus erratic violin playing and crazy dancing and My Sweet Piano just jamming

also did I mention that I sang the opening with my friend every episode and now they want me to sing for real

also that My Melody gets two powerup magical phrases throughout the series- Onegai, Motto Onegai, and Motto Motto Onegai. So saying Pretty Please pretty much powers up her Takt, I love it.

so yeah the world is dying and Mariland is gone and everyone but the main cast are gone/dreamless and they made sure to show Australia dying first, then NASA, then Japan, thanks Australia

so they finally break through and My Melo connects to Hiiragi in the darkness

and he’s like “are you not going to attack me” “... attack?” “... nevermind, sure, I’ll sing, why not” EXCEPT HE DOESN’T SING AT ALL I WAS PROMISED SINGING HE JUST AIR PLAYS THE VIOLIN

AND THEN TO RESIST THE DARK POWER AND AIR PLAY THE VIOLIN IN THE DARKNESS

HIIRAGI THINKS BACK