English Dub Review: A Centaur’s Life “Where Do the Little Ones Get So Much Vitality? | Regardless of the Generation, Magical Girls Are Popular, Huh?”

Student council prez takes the stage.

Spoilers Below:

Himeno spends time with her younger cousin, Shino. They go outside and meet Mitama and her three younger sisters. The sisters try to give Himeno a kiss, but Shino freaks out and tells them to get away. She says that they can’t kiss Himeno, because Himeno loves her most of all. They all relocate to a park, where the triplets explain how kisses are normal because Mitama kisses them all regularly. They ask Mitama if she’s kissed Himeno, and Mitama says no because girls don’t kiss each other when they grow up.

Akechi and Inukai appear, and the triplets ask Akechi if she’s ever kissed Inukai, and Akechi says yes before demonstrating just that. Mitama gets angry, but Akechi simply says that a kiss on the mouth should be for the important person you really care about and that you’ll figure out when you’re older. Akechi tries to give them all cheek kisses, but Mitama reprimands her. The triplets begin to chase around Shino, but they eventually become friends.

At home, Himeno and Shino take a bath together. Shino leaves with her mother, with Himeno giving her a goodbye kiss on the cheek.

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Mitama has to go to school to run the student council, so she leaves the triplets in charge of the house. She tells them to take care of their younger sister, Sue, and make sure that they don’t get into trouble. The triplets invite over a few friends, and they all go to play in a temple. One of the girls plays with Sue, but Sue gets exhausted, and they have to take her home. The triplets explain that Sue has a poor constitution, so they all agree to continue playing indoors.

At the student council, Mitama ends the discussions at three exactly, even though the debate hasn’t finished. She says that’s what they all agreed on, but a few members criticize her for being too bureaucratic. One says that she wants to get home, and Mitama admits that’s true; because she has the responsibility of taking care of her younger siblings and cooking the meals. After the meeting is over, one of the members approaches her, politely saying that although Mitama views the council as a job, the rest of the members view it as a club- aka something with more leisure. She asks if Mitama can have her siblings wait for once, but Mitama refuses. She explains that once her grandfather died, his dying wish was to go see his family, so she takes care of the family instead. A few eavesdropping members note that they have a lot of growing up to do before they can convince her.

Sue plays by herself for a while, but one of the girls comes in and starts to play house with her. Mitama comes home, and the rest of the kids leave. After their father comes home, the triplets say that something was weird– they invited six friends, but there were seven kids playing in the house. Their father says that maybe the seventh child was a zashiki-warashi, a spirit picked up at the temple that wanted to play with the kids.

Overview:

This episode was largely about Mitama and her responsibilities. She has four younger siblings to take care of, all who are too young to be responsible for themselves. Her father is a single parent because assumably their mother has died or is out of the picture. As such, she’s taken on the more traditional motherly role and has to cook and care for her family while also fulfilling her duties as the student council president.

In anime, the student council president/class rep is usually typecast as an uptight, no-nonsense, hardworking character (sometimes with glasses). While Mitama fits that role, she isn’t like that just because it’s her personality, but also because she’s been saddled with a lot of responsibility. As she points out to her peers, she doesn’t have the freedom to play, because she needs to care for her family.

Regardless of the Generation was definitely stronger than Little Ones by far, but overall, pretty good.