Seven of Seven... kinda odd that my 21st review deals with an anime by that name. The Japanese title of this is
Shichinin no Nana, which is more or less a play on the number 7. Anyway, here we have an anime dealing with a girl named Nana Suzuki. Typical for anime schoolgirls she does indeed have a crush, and aspirations to attend the same high school as fellow student Yuichi Kamichika, who is rather oblivious of the affection for him going around. Also standard are the love rivalries, which includes 3 girls who always conveniently show up to give Nana and her friend, Hitomi Onodera, some trouble.
This is perhaps the most interesting part of all this: after trying to bake a cake that was ruined in the first episode, Nana accidentally comes in contact with one of her grandfather's experiments. The experiment itself was to be a crystallized rainbow, something he spent years working on. However, when Nana went to obtain the microwave, which he used as part of the experiment, she unknowingly released the rainbow before it was successfully crystallized. This rainbow eventually goes through her, the outcome suiting the title. From that instant, one Nana Suzuki became SEVEN Nanas, with 6 being outward manifestations of her emotions:
- Nana: The Normal Nana
- Nanappe: The Angry Nana
- Nanako: The Slowpoke Nana
- Nanacchi: The Happy Nana
- Nanarin: The Sad Nana
- Nanasama: The Smart Nana
- Nanapon: The Sensitive Nana
There's also one more, but she doesn't show up until the end as the antagonist Nana, that's the only thing I'll say about that. The anime is indeed kinda soft, but it has its share of troubles: from trying hard on the school exams to keeping "Herself" in place. All of this goes on under the surmise that they must merge as one being within a year, lest Nana Suzuki, in her entirety, will disappear from existence. Oh yeah, and they also must keep the whole deal about being seven Nanas on the down low, even from her parents. That's quite a chore, and personally, I'm glad this kind of thing doesn't happen in real life. Two more interesting notes to point out. For starters, in the Japanese version, all incarnations of Nana are done by different actors, but the main Nana is voiced by... Nana Mizuki (okay, it is here that the word Nana and the number 7 may end up being the death of me...) Lastly, in contradiction to the aforementioned statement, the English voice actor for Nana, as well as her other selves, is done by Veronica Taylor, most recognized for Pokemon's Ash Ketchum.
(This strangely goes hand-in-hand, as Rachael Lillis provides the voice of Nana's friend, Hitomi, while she also provided the voice of Misty and Jessie in Pokemon. Huh, maybe it's just me, but this is the second scenario I've seen like that.)
Anyway... on to the grading. Seven of Seven is soft, not the best in anime in general, but at least I was able to sit through it without much complaints. To avoid putting anymore gags on the anime title, I'll give it a 5.5. While it was girly of sorts, and kinda boring to get into, it did interest me a bit. Just watching this makes me think that having a double of myself is okay, but 7 of me would be a disaster. I only hope this is the only anime of its kind right now.
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