Penguindrum

Brain's Base
Drama / Mystery / Suspense24 EP/8 Jul 2011

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9.3
3 Fans
7 Want to Watch
8 Watched

Synopsis

For the Takakura family, destiny is an ever-spinning wheel, pointing passionately in their direction with equal tides of joy and sorrow before ticking on to the next wishmaker. With their parents gone, twin brothers Kanba and Shouma live alone with their beloved little sister Himari, whose poor health cannot decline any further. On the day Himari is given permission to temporarily leave the hospital, her brothers take her out to the aquarium to celebrate, where the family's supposed fate is brought forth with her sudden collapse. However, when Himari is inexplicably revived by a penguin hat from the aquarium's souvenir shop, the hand of fate continues to tick faithfully forward. With her miraculous recovery, though, comes a cost: there is a new entity within her body, whose condition for keeping her fate at bay sends the boys on a wild goose chase for the mysterious "Penguin Drum." In their search, the boys will have to follow the threads of fate leading from their own shocking past and into the lives of other wishmakers vying for the Penguin Drum, all hoping to land upon their chosen destiny. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Characters

Himari Takakura
Himari Takakura
Litton Donna Bella
Ringo Oginome
Ringo Oginome
McDonald Margaret
Shouma Takakura
Shouma Takakura
Stansbury Jack
Kanba Takakura
Kanba Takakura
Gee Jeremy

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The explanation for the hats finally ties the magic onto the cult attack. This episode caught my attention as it uses simple art to explain hard ideas. The aquarium explosion here looks amazing, watching the diary burn is a big moment for the story.
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The changing of fate was shown with beautiful art and is not too cheesy. The ending here makes sense. Finding the letter at the end was a big emotional hit for me. This has a very strong ending for a mysterious show. This got me hooked on onto the very last end.
The meeting at the aquarium makes me feel like the story goes back to the start which is like a loop. The setting here looks cool and makes the sad parts feel even heavier. The police fight here was so cool and adds some grounded action to the magic stuff.
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