#it's also fun how Ringo and Shoma kinda trade places w each other

[horse-girl-anthy]

some might say Ringo is under-utilized in the second half of Penguindrum, but there’s something so moving to me about her being a witness to others’ suffering. all those scenes of her standing outside the hospital room while the Takakuras are given bad news or listening as Shoma haltingly tries to explain his generational guilt... they feel real, you know? Penguindrum is kind of crazy, but we’ve all been in a position like that, and it serves to make Ringo even more lovable, her character growth even more satisfying.