...we will meet gain when that time comes tell me everything what youve seen in life what youve experienced and what youve felt as a thankyou Ill make you another delicious meal. Takae Niijima 220https://i.ibb.co.com/NZ9PD8B/Screenshot20241217213826.png Never did I expect that this 2024 fall season has in store a wonderful gift hidden under a seemingly generic title. If not the best of the season in its category It is probably one of the best we had for many years. If youre looking for a heartwarming show look no further this is the one. Did I exaggerate? rest assured as I have prepared some critiques for it but small compared to what they got right. Somehow this show has close resemblance to Sweetness And Lightninghttps://anilist.co/anime/21659/SweetnessLightning/ a similar story where a father and daughter had to lost a mother figure early in their life. you might want to check that as well What is this show about? As you probably have read its about how far an idea of a family bond could be a familial love in its purest ideals. Takae is like the sun the warmth and the life of the Niijimas family her sudden passing devastated Keisuke and Mai which further drifts apart the familys bond. Fast forward 10 yrs a miracle knocked upon the familys residence: Its Takae in a child body. Niijimas family soon takes turns for the better they once again could live as a perfect family. Bentos every morning weekends travel or simply chatting around the living room all things that Keisuke couldve asked for and traded for his life were granted. Takaes wish is only to see her family to move on with life but turns out she had to stay longer until they could finally stand on their own a Godsend reunification and a beautiful start. See that this starts to be very sentimental as the story brought up a significant real life emotional experience of losing a loved one. The story signals strongly that this happiness will be a momentary event however rest assured as the writer somehow can afford to balance out during the course of the episodes. So its still sad right ? yes it is still kind of sad but to a certain standard and considering all factors: it is a sad end not a bad end hence It still counts as a satisfactory end. Moral of the story? yes it has to me its about a long lost virtue of love revisited especially the word devotion appeared many times in the show as if its a keyword for the show. However Ill encourage each of you to decide what is the story itself means to you because my interpretation might not be satisfactory its already rich with substance. TsumaSho is an outstanding story about true love and youll discover even more chunks of wisdom along the way. 220https://i.ibb.co.com/wNc0CKN/Screenshot20241217234506.png Seems like a generic sad show where is the catch? youre right under an unskilled inexperienced author this show might drift towards something else it could lack of substance or something. Fortunately the author is quite a masterful storyteller such that each plot served a reason. Even the plot twist wasnt just for show or even worse intentionally for NTRing audiences. For example The key take is: it didnt try to act like a jerk towards its audience just for the sake of being different it didnt assume we are dumb or social outcasts that can be fed any subpar reasoning or with fetish content while thinking we would still beg for it. It simply wishes to tell us teaches us guides us where the end is something the story guaranteed to be worth the while. Its generous. Its simple. Characters any good? youll find them all are decent characters with realistic flaws like most people are rarely too evil or too good they are just flawed. Keisuke is an idealist hero type Mai is an innocent introvert and Takae is the extroverted pragmatic. Isnt it adorable? Moreover they are reasonable and you wont dislike any of them for long. The supporting characters also played significant contributions to the story progression as a matter of fact they were written like a living person the good ones it scared me Hows the animation? animation is fine you wouldnt scratch your eyes of bad drawings or broken proportions not as good as Mappa like animation but overall its something good enough to get you focused on the story. random fact: TsumaSho first debuted as a film you can find it on Netflix years before this anime adaptation. The sound and music? it is done in minimal fashion and always plays at the right moment to elevate the mood squeeze your heart or induce tears. The ending also without doubt the best that we can get. MS.OOJA Hidamarihttps://youtu.be/cAXMe6Abzuw?si=pnI6oLik7HUfejr herself one of the JPOP Diva has graced us with her soulful music. My critic: There should be an emotional break like an episode or two just for a comedic routine constantly pushing the gas pedal could feel suffocating to constantly squeeze your heart while watching this emotional coaster. 12 ep might not enough The comedy seems to be lacking in contribution which was unfortunate it could make the show more balanced. The title should be more confident in its quality although without doubt it might sell better. TsumaSho has a nice wording whereas the translation If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student. can repel some folks :D For you guys who had watched it and actually touched by it by moving on just like the narrative we ought as well... move on.