Another gray market download by Rosebride and DR, this is the story of four impossibly beautiful guys who live in an impossibly beautiful mansion -- when they're not being chased by crowds of screaming girls.
In an effort to cut the rent, they make a deal with their kooky landlady -- if they turn her niece into the epitome of a perfect lady, they live in the mansion for free. If they fail, she triples the rent.
The problem is, the niece, Sunako, is a hopeless, hideous horror-movie addict who wanders around in shapeless gray clothes and a tangled nightmare of black hair. And she's happy that way!
We're playing around with the idea of beauty here. Sunako is actually pretty normal -- she was told she was ugly by a boy she cared about, and has since shunned all forms of beauty. The guys? Being perfect isn't all it's cracked up to be, as their looks continually get them into fights and trouble. Sunako shrinks from the "beautiful creatures," as she calls them, fearing that she will melt away in their radiance.
I liked the comedy and the snappy action, and there's an obvious romance brewing between Sunako and tough guy Kyouhei -- even though they claim to hate one another, and have epic battles in everything from martial arts to ping-pong.
And Sunako's great -- she's strong, smart and opinionated, and when one of her friends is wronged she turns into an avenging ass-kicker. So what if she likes to cook because she likes to play with blood and pals around with a skeleton and an anatomical model? Let the girl enjoy her slasher flicks in peace.
So far I've seen the first ten episodes, and I've enjoyed them all. Too bad Adult Swim has a prejudice against anything resembling shojo that's not Inu-Yasha -- something like this could be a lot of fun.
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