Ichigo and Mizuho.

Ano Natsu de Matteru First Impression Grade: B-

Onegai Teacher! ended. But its soul chose to go back in time, the time it was happiest, which was the season 1 first episode. The AnoHana staff which loved Onegai Teacher! wanted to work on it, but since it already had a staff it loved, they decided to travel to an alternate universe where they became its staff.

It looks like we are going to have another awkward teen romance, but after AnoHana you have to wonder what the catch is going to be. And it can’t just be “doh-ho-ho I’m your space waifu curing your illnesses” shenanigans because we’ve already been through that once before. There are some blatant references to Onegai Teacher!, but what comes of it remains to be seen. Well, everything about the show is beautiful, the staff is reputable and Tomatsu Haruka is delicious, so just from that standpoint I’ll probably watch this to completion.

Also, Remon will be the best character as Ichigo was in Onegai Teacher! and as Tamarua Yukari characters in their respective shows tend to be. Remon is to lemon as Ichigo is to strawberry; any connection there besides the superficially obvious? I sure hope so.