Kuma Miko

[Buffalobiian]

I personally balance both for the sake of economy, efficiency, and eccentricity.

And there you have it: Machi boiling rice in a teflon pot over woodfire.

[Kraco]

And there you have it: Machi boiling rice in a teflon pot over woodfire.

And there you have it: Machi eating teflon contaminated rice.

[Ryllharu]

No wonder she's so bad at city trivia. Nothing sticks.

[shinta|hikari]

Episode 9:








I think this short sequence, including the subtitles, summarizes the appeal of this show:


Especially the "Rub your face against the slimy mushroom" bit. And wakiness.

[Kraco]

Yoshio would be easily cheap, sleazy, and amoral enough to work for a big corporation or national politics instead of that tiny village.

But of course it's good for the show there's someone in the village tricking Machi into doing things she would rather not do.

[Buffalobiian]

This episode highlighted exactly why Director's Cuts are made.

It hurts to have someone butcher your work. Poor Usui.

[Kraco]

Episode 11 - HS



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The village has ruined Machi on purpose. It's exceptionally cruel of Yoshio to try to make Machi do this after the long years of building this trauma inside of her. Realistically speaking there's no way she would have never visited a bigger town or city by her age unless it was the plan to begin with. I guess a plan to retain her pure miko personality. Too bad the media corrupted her, making her desire city life. But then again, Yoshio is as stupid as a rubber boot (no offense to rubber boots), so it's understandable he can't get it.

[shinta|hikari]

They screwed up with the costume. If they chose the waki-exposing ones, she'd have won the moment she fell and raised her arms.

[Kraco]

Episode 12 Final - HS



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What a tragic ending. No matter how you looked at it, something broke in Machi's mind during her performance. Her behavior after they got back to the village suggested her mental state had regressed several years, that is, she's back to being a young kid, not a teenager anymore. She should be getting professional psychiatric help, but instead the village is taking advantage of it and using that condition to keep her as a more obedient miko.

Now I understand why I read from a couple of sources that the ending left many people unsatisfied. I was about to enter this show in the season top three after watching the last ep, but no way I'm going to do it after seeing this gruesome ending.