Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

[Ryllharu]

(La croisée dans un labyrinthe étranger)

Description: A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shopkeeper Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the late 1800s. (Source: ANN)

Genres: Historical, Slice of Life, Culture Shock
Links: AniDB, ANN, Official Page

[Ayako] Ikoku Meiro no Croisée - 01 [720p]
[Ayako] Ikoku Meiro no Croisée - 01 [400p]

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While I really enjoyed this, I have to admit this made me feel like a bit of a pervert. I mean a Ryuugu Rena kind of thing. Yune is just so goddamn adorable.

Aside from that, it was a very strong first episode. The pacing was great, the animation is really good (way better than Satelight's average) and the cast was awesome. Touyama Nao really made Yune's performance. She's gotten even better since she debuted as Kanon in The World God Only Knows. She sings the ED too. Kondou Takashi makes Claude sufficiently gruff and unwelcoming, though he eases up nicely toward the end of the episode.

I love a good slice of life series (that isn't about high school girls doing the same things in every series), so this one is definitely a keeper.