Candy Boy
This is a rather short and sweet loving story about the daily life of twin sisters who happen to be rather into each other. The series starts with EX01, the prequel episode that shows the sisters just moving into their small, cramped apartment. The animation throughout the series was done rather well, and the general feel of the anime made me smile throughout the show, except the few dramatic moments within Episode 0, which is another prequel to the series.
Episode 0 set the tone for me as far as how much the two sisters love each other. Really reminds me of the feelings I have for my own twin sister, who happens to have the same name as I do. It is decided before the series even starts, that the two sisters are in a relationship with each other. However, from a certain website’s descriptions, I was led to believe that the series would show the progression of events that led to Yukino showing her feelings for Kanade. However, that was not the case. The real deal was the vice versa. Yuki is really open to her feelings for her sister Kanade; although Kana was more in the closet with her feelings and was more embarrassed than Yuki was with the whole relationship.
Enter in Saku, who has a major crush on Kanade, however that same website’s descriptions had me believe she was into Yuki as opposed to Kanade. Not so, website. Not so. Over the course of the show, we see their little sister Shi, who actually feels left out of the relationship and wants to be as close to them as Yuki and Kana are to each other. Rather sad when I saw it, but Kana made Shi feel better soon afterwards.
The music in the show didn’t really leave me any memorable impressions, (as in, I don’t remember hearing any…even if there was light music in the series.) The story and plot was nice to watch, although I wish the show was much longer than it initially was. There were so many jumps in time and content. I’m aware that even the minutes in one show are rather short, so content may feel like it’s crammed in.
My twin sister told me that there is like four episodes worth of stuff inside a single episode. I don’t disagree with her. She is also the one that recommended this show to me. Or rather, reminded me that I wanted to watch it.
With that, my final thoughts on this short, sweet, lovable series is that I recommend this to anyone who likes yuri and also a good laugh. On that certain website, I rated the show a 7 out of 10. However, I myself don’t believe in ratings. I’ll just say that this isn’t the best show I’ve ever seen, but I’ve also seen worse. I also just realized that this statement doesn’t really mean much. Let me make it more specific. I really love the building relationship between the sisters. I really love this show and the girls, but at the same time, I know there are better shows out there.
If I had to use Anime Pulse’s rating system, I’d say “Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.”
Thank you for reading my review, sweethearts. Remember, that I love you always, and thank you for stopping by my domain with what free time you have. Pictures below the cut.












Date: August 29, 2009
