Rilakkuma

I couldn't stop smiling at the oven door scene. All three of them pressed up against the glass watching the dough bubble like it's the most important thing in the world. That's the whole show in ten seconds

Kiiroitori losing his mind over toppings while Rilakkuma just stands there is the exact dynamic I watch this show for. Cheese meme fully earned

Fine episode but it is really just a pizza ad set to a city pop cover. The song does a lot of heavy lifting here and without it I am not sure the ninety seconds would hold up. The cheese bit got a smile out of me

The antichrist of holiday programming. Everyone else is doing pumpkins and this show airs a pizza party on October 31 and does not even acknowledge it. Genuinely funnier than any actual joke they could have written

DJ Yobbi showing up out of nowhere with the turntable is the kind of nonsense this show does well. I do not need to know where the cloud bear came from. He is here. He brought records. The pizzas turned out fine

the whole thing is basically a music video and it works. Stay With Me over pizza making should not go together but the oh so casual animation of them kneading dough made it feel like a warm commercial for something that does not exist

Ninety seconds and it still felt complete. The bit where the oven fire shows through the little window while the pizzas puff up is the closest this show has gotten to suspense

A Halloween episode and they just make pizza instead. No costumes no ghosts just dough and cheese. That is the most Rilakkuma thing possible and I respect it

I couldn't stop smiling at Korilakkuma marching around like the firewood foreman with one little twig. That serious face on such a small bear is doing a lot of work here

Short length really works against it this time. You blink and the campfire search is over and then the stars are already there. The caterpillar gag is cute but it never gets a chance to breathe before the tender ending shows up

Here too and here and here is going to live in my head all week. Korilakkuma losing it over each new caterpillar is such a kid reaction. The repetition should be annoying and instead it becomes the joke

A shooting star and four friends flat on their backs in the grass and the caterpillars curled up on the logs they refused to burn. That last wide shot is the kind of thing you screenshot and stare at for a while. Comfy is the right word for this one

Some folks found that occupied-cabin beat eerie and I get it but for me the whole gag is just very gentle. Rilakkuma wandering into someone's home is funny because he means zero harm. The forest lets him off the hook every time

Every single stick has a caterpillar. Every one. The bit where even the tiny twig has a minuscule caterpillar on it made me laugh in a way that caught me off guard for a one minute short

I keep thinking about them sitting around that tiny lantern instead of a real fire. It should feel like a letdown and it doesn't at all. They gave up the campfire for bugs and were happier for it. I don't know why that got me

The owl hoot during the lantern scene is doing more work than most full soundtracks this season. That soft hoot plus the glow and nobody talking at all. Production I.G knows exactly how quiet to make a night feel

The way they shot those galettes with the sparkle and sheen made me actually hungry. Food animation carries this whole short more than people give it credit for

Lilas Ikuta's narration on this one had this soft drifting quality that made the cafe feel like a dream. The whole short left me feeling sort of warm and sleepy in a good way.

the both is better decision is getting memed already and honestly it deserves it. why pick one treat when the bear can just have both. that is the whole philosophy of this show in a single cafe table

Rilakkuma ordering both desserts instead of choosing is the most accurate depiction of me at any cafe ever. The peach galette vs pudding debate ended exactly how it should have. No notes.