KEMBARA all in rounds ^^: Mawaru Penguindrum

It's review time^^

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Summary:

The story revolves around the Takakura siblings; Kanba, Shouma, and Himari. At the start of the story, Kanba and Shouma received news that their sickly little sister had only a few months more to live. Thus, on the supposed day, they brought Himari to an aquarium. When exiting the aquarium, Shouma bought Himari a penguin-shaped hat. However, Himari was nowhere to be seen. That is, until they heard the crowd saying they saw a girl suddenly fainted somewhere outside. Taken to the hospital, Himari was confirmed dead.

          While the brothers were agonizing over fate, Himari's body turned alive due to some mysterious powers coming from the hat. The "hat" supposedly has extended Himari's life with certain condition to the brothers: Find the Penguindrum. With only a girl name; Ringo Oginome as their lead, the brothers started the search for Penguindrum in the game of transferring fate.

Thoughts

Hehe.. how was that? That the second time I did my own summary^^ Here are my thoughts on the story. BEWARE!! It contains SPOILERS~ Don't read it if you hate spoilers!!

          When the story started, it was fine.. and yeah, we all would be interested to know whether Himari would live and as to what the Penguindrum is.
But it gets a bit scary here:

           Ringo Oginome is a stalker, to which the Takakura brothers would soon found out. She's stalking a man named Keiju Tabuki; her late sister's boyfriend, coincidentally Shouma's teacher. And it seems that she followed every little detail written in her late sister, Momoka's diary. Due to parents trauma, Ringo thought it was her fate to be Momoka.
That seemed like some psychological problem, no? Yeah, we could say pity that girl, pity that girl. Haixx..

What shocked me was when Kanba kissed Himari while she was sleeping. WHAATTT??!!, I thought. That's like illegal!! or something. And I seriously thought that this story will develop into some kind of sister-complex kind of thing. Kinda' glad I didn't stick to that conclusion now..

Well, then we'll found out that Momoka's diary IS the Penguindrum. So, the brothers frantically tried to get the diary. And then they found out that they're not the only one trying to get the diary. A girl name Masako Natsume will soon find every opportunity to disrupt Kanba's life. I thought, really thought she was one of Kanba's jealous or revengeful ex-girlfriend. But it turned out that she wasn't. Oh, and Ringo will be friends with Himari some time later after an incident with Tabuki's fiancee, Yuri Tokikago. Thus, she will also find out why the Takakura brothers are interested in Momoka's diary. A deal was then made. The brothers will help her get Tabuki and after her "Project-M" as written in the diary is completed, she'll hand the diary to them so that Himari would be saved.

Since Kanba was working with some secret organization to earn Himari's medication bill, Shouma was dragged along with Ringo's plan. But Shouma's moral was against Ringo drastic action. Little by little, Ringo end up falling for Shouma. It was around that time she found out the Takakuras history. I must admit, their history aren't the worst. But due to their train of thoughts, it was probably the worst tragedy in the story. They thought that whatever that befall onto Himari was a punishment by fate. Momoka's death was due to the siblings parents crime. Shocked, Ringo consulted Tabuki. Tabuki on the other hand were informed of the case and together with Yuri, he secretly habour vengence. But later on, they made their peace.

As the story progressed, Masako will aggressively try to get the Penguindrum for his younger brother, Maruo and win her elder brother, Kanba back to her. However, Kanba refused to return to the Natsume clan. Hehe, did I type to long? Now worries, by the way, I'm too lazy to give you all the suspense, so let me just say it clearly: Kanba was Kanba Natsume before he got adopted by the Takakura. That's the reason Masako was so angry. Maruo was dying yet Kanba was desperately trying to save a "stranger" life. And it seems that Masako held onto a promise Kanba made when they were children, that is, Kanba will protect them.

          Let's speed up,okay? On Himari side however,she found out that she was also an adopted child by the Takakura, choosen by Shouma. Thus, not wanting anymore sacrifice, she readily accept her coming death. Around the time truth got to her, Shouma and Kanba had a terrible fight because Kanba was involved in the crime organization their parents were into. Kanba left the house. Shouma couldn't stand the guilt of his parents crime. He sent Himari to their uncle house. Himari, wanting to save Kanba, decided to go after him at the cost of her life.

          Manipulated by Sanetoshi Watase's ghost, Kanba burned the Penguindrum and followed the words of Sanetoshi to sacrifice the life of others. This kinda' despair me actually, because now they don't have a chance to save Himari. But then again, I never did expect Himari to live. After all, the dead should be dead, right? Well, this IS anime. And, it's fiction.

          So, while arguing with Shouma again, Ringo arrived. Sanetoshi laughed and claimed that he won against Momoka because they can't do anything without the Penguindrum. However, Ringo knew the "fated words" and thus use it to revive Himari. The Penguindrum is a fate-transfer book. So basically, Ringo's transferring her life to Himari. With that, her own life began to burn. But then, Shouma came and take over, claiming that everything started due to his parents crime, so he should be the one to atone for it. Kanba too, following the chain, disintegrates.

And with that, Maruo and Himari's life both extended. When Himari woke up later on, the pictures on the wall which was once Kanba, Shouma and Himari only had Himari in it.
   Yup, yup.. you're right. She had no recollection of having brothers at all. But then, she found that letter tucking out from her favourite bear.
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