English Dub Review: Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister “Dream and Moon and Dream ~New Moon~”

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

Uryu has visions of antics happening at another shrine, and later visits that shrine with the sisters, who are told by their mentor Yomiko that they should reconsider being shrine maidens.

OUR TAKE

Fresh off the consequential two parter a couple weeks ago, we now enter into the show’s first three parter, once again putting the dedication of the Amagami sisters to be shrine maidens to the test. But while before it was from the owner of their shrine who they already didn’t like and had plenty of motivation to prove them wrong, this time it comes from a trusted friend and mentor, Yomiko, who taught them how to be shrine maidens, presumably after their mother died. Thus, when she doubts their ability to keep going and tells them very sternly to consider other options, their resolve crumbles to bits. And once again, to show how each of them processes this differently, they all react in different ways. Yae straight up peaces out and disappears, leading to Asahi running after her, while Yuna’s mind shuts down, basically going catatonic, at least at first. She gets so down in the dumps that she almost strips out in public, leading to your typical harem shenanigans as Uryu ends up groping her which finally snaps her out of it, leading to a more belligerent but no less heartfelt talk between the two of them to calm things down.

As mentioned, this is the first of a three parter, which likely means that we’ll be getting more focus on the other two sisters over the next two episodes, but this week is mostly on Yuna. All three are facing the possibility that, even with as much work and effort and training they’ve put into being shrine maidens, they may not be cut out for it, as well as the fact that they’re all still quite young and have many other options as to what to do with their futures. As such, we start to see more layers peel away as the possibility of simply giving this all up fully dawns on them. In Yuna’s case, she basically reveals that being a maiden was really done more out of obligation, and that she’s had to consider any other ideas or goals less important. Now that she might be able to give up on this, perhaps those goals may get a chance to be important again? But then again, this show is still in single digit episodes, so there’s no way she’s giving up being a maiden. Maybe she’ll learn to balance her personal goals with her shrine maiden duties? I guess we’ll see.