Top 4 Anime Shows to Watch for Valentine's Day - #3

Alright, everyone! Coming in at number 3 is "Peach Girl"!

This series is about a love triangle. Very dramatic and heartbreaking. The manga was very addictive for me, I waited impatiently for the volumes to come out! The characters in this story are pretty deep and complex which makes it a very well executed anime series!

Momo Adachi

Momo is the main character of the story. She is a teen who is ashamed of her tan skin (cause in the story it's better to have pale skin). Momo is caught up in a life where she loves somebody, he loves her, somebody else likes her too, and her "best friend" just tries to ruin her life.

Sae Kashiwagi

Momo's "best friend" who in the beginning copies her then stabs her in the back when she starts spreading lies about Momo. Sae may be one of the most hated characters of all time in the anime world.

Kairi Okayasu

Kairi is the goofy kid in school. Momo gets very annoyed by him, but he is probably her greatest protector. He sees right through all of Sae's acts that she puts on, and knows the truth about Momo. He is always at her side. He is my favorite character!

Kazuya "Toji" Toujigamori

Toji has been Momo's crush since junior high. He is a very serious and kind person. He loves Momo a lot, but keeps falling into Sae's traps. 

This is a perfect Valentine's anime cause it all surrounds the subject of love. It's a very long and dramatic anime series, but it tells a good story about a girl who just wants to be with the one she loves and live a normal life. The characters are some of the most well done I have seen in any anime. So, the writers get kudos for that.

Peach Girl gets an 8.5/10.

The Good:

-Great character development.

-Great love story.

-It stays interesting.

The Bad:

-It can get a little too dramatic at times.

-There are too many bad things that happen to one person, it's a little unreal.

So snuggle up with some chocolate, pizza, soda, and a comfy pillow and watch "Peach Girl" this Valentine's Day if you want to see a good drama!

~Jewely

Invade! Squid Girl Season 1

Hi guys! Hope you all are staying warm! It is around -30 degrees here in Lima with the windchill. Got called off work today which sucks cause I need the hours but it is just too darn cold. Andy and I went grocery shopping today and had to push his car out of a snow bank in our parking lot. So now Loki and I are just camping out in our bedroom since it's the only part of the apartment that will stay warm.

Last night I finished season 1 of "Invade! Squid Girl" on Netflix. I watched the dubbed version since that's all Netflix has available.

There is not a fledged out story for this anime. Each episode has 2 or 3 short stories. The basic plot is Squid Girl is a girl from the ocean who has squid tentacles for hair. She comes to invade mankind as revenge for its pollution of the ocean. Her first task is to make the Lemon Beach House, owned by the Chizuru and Eiko Aizawa, her base of operations. However, when she accidentally breaks a hole in their wall trying to swat a mosquito, she is forced to work as a waitress to pay off the damages. Squid Girl begins her life on the surface, learning new things and encountering many curious visitors to the beach house.

The main characters are:

                                                         Squid Girl (Of Course!)

                                                            Chizuru Aizawa- She seems to be the only human that Squid Girl is afraid of. She is sweet most of the time. But if you damage the beach house, you are in big trouble.

                                          Eiko Aizawa - She has very little patience for Squid Girl, but in the long run is probably Squid Girl's greatest supporter.

                                        Takeru Aizawa - Chizuru and Eiko's little brother. He loves having Squid Girl around to play with!

                                         Sanae Nagatsuki - A friend of Eiko's who has a crush on Squid Girl. She spends most of her time trying to get intimate with "Squiddy" or taking lots of pictures of her.

                                                        Goro Arashiyama- The beach lifeguard. He fights with Squid Girl a lot and has a big crush on Chizuru.

                                          Nagisa Saito - The only human who is afraid of Squid Girl. She tries to prevent Squid Girl from gathering human intelligence.

                                                        Cindy Campbell - Thinks Squid Girl is really an invader from outer space and tries multiple times to get Squid Girl to come to her lab so she can do tests on her.

I think this show is actually pretty funny! Definitely not a classic anime, but still pretty substantial. I actually really want to cosplay Squid Girl! 

"Invade! Squid Girl" Season 1 gets an 8/10 from Jewely's Japanimation Nation

~Jewely