Lucky Star: Exploring the minute details of life from dining habits to studying.
Lucky Star is growing on me. Maybe because I see it as entertainment rather than a deep examination of the human psyche, or a philosophical blockbuster like Kaiba is. I enjoy a variety of Anime forms, from slice of life, to comedy, to drama and sci-fi. Even the odd fantasy genre Anime is good to throw in the mix, with Miyazaki delivering on this front among others. Yet Lucky Star, for all the hate it receives for being hyped up by media as the next Haruhi, delivers a satisfying and easy to follow plotline, which is easy on the head. But when something is viewed as entertainment, it is often seen as meaningless escapism. But Lucky Star is sort of like a Japanese version of Clerks in some parts as it deals with Japanese culture and pop culture by having the high school girl characters talk about these matters. I’ve only seen Clerks II but the point stands, both deal with popular culture through conversations between characters.
Konata’s vision of the Male Dentist Fantasy is one of the amusing imaginings of the series.
But how does this Asperger’s Anime Blogger comprehend something like Lucky Star? The opening is hyperactive and attention grabbing, yet the plot of the series is slow moving. I personally enjoy slice of life because it can entertain with slow moving plots well, without overloading you with huge epic plots like something Naruto would expect you to follow. It’s also quite funny without trying too hard to be, if you’re in the same mindset of the young man who’s grown up with video games, manga and Anime. I’d hardly call it the best source on Japanese pop culture, but this series parodies it well with creative sequences where the girls imagine what real life / fictional life would be like if *insert concept* happened.
I’m enjoying this series a lot, and I’m up to the fourth episode. Lucky Star is hard for me to review because although it is slow moving, it’s difficult to piece together the main plot or theme of an episode, as like my own brain it goes on tangents from what you see in the first part of the episodes. Still, Lucky Star doesn’t suffer from repeat watching of episodes, so full marks there.
HAHA, I didn’t like the first episode!