Marathonned the first season this afternoon with my siblings.

We were big fans of the original back in middle-high school, so of course we had to watch the new one.

(I'm sure there are people reading that sentence, looking at my OCs, and going "ah that tracks", and I'm not going to deny it---)

But it's cute!

The pacing was a little fast, but then they only had twelve episodes to do, like, the first half of the whole story, so they did it pretty well I thought.

I like that they're focusing more on the whole ensemble rather than having it be The Mew Ichigo Show Plus Her Supporting Cast

I also really like how they're characterizing Masaya, how they're showing a bit more of what's going on in his head.

Also also someone give kudos to the people doing the soundtrack, it's well done. Not just the opening and ending (though they're great), but the background music too.

It's also been fun to see middle sister's husband's reaction to all of this nonsense, since he'd never seen the original.

(He sounds like he's at least amused.)

The second season will be in April, so I'm sure we'll sit down to watch that when that's all out, and I look forward to it ^^