Saisho Heiki Kanojo or Saikano for short, is a story about love and disaster. The story revolves around Shuji and Chise, classmates and boyfriend and girlfriend.
One day when shuji is out shopping with his friends, unknown bombers attack the city. They all run for cover, but Shuji gets separated from the others. He spots a glowing object in the sky that shoot down the enemy bombers. As he wanders through the wrecked city, he notices Chise standing in the rubble with metal wings and a weapon seemingly grated on to her arm -- was she the one fighting of the enemies?!... She tells him that she has become the Ultimate Weapon, Japans last resort to defending against invasion by the unknown enemy forces. The weapon side is however taking over her body more and more, over time her heart stops beating and her body goes cold, the senses of taste and touch are dulled.
There were a couple of things that annoyed me to no end, especially the fact that everyone has red lines across their cheeks (as seen in this image). At first I thought "hey, they're blushing" but it later turned out that that's just the way everyone looks.....what the hell..?
While Saikano don't come with the greatest story and (in my opinion) a rather limited character development, apart from maybe Chise, I still enjoyed it. I thought it was really sad, not so much from the aspect of Shuji and Chise's relationship (even though that was pretty sad in itself), but rather because of the fate Japan (and the rest of the world) stand up against. The last couple of episodes were really touching and brought me to tears (and again, I'm a real softie, I cry pretty easy :'-] ).
If you're into weird romance with a "hint" of destruction, Saikano would probably be a good friend for a few hours. :-]
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