![]() Somali to Mori no Kamisama is also known as Somali And The. In as much of a panic as a Golem can be, Golem spends all of his amassed pay on a rare medicine that “works on all clans”, unwilling to betray her true species to the apothecary. He and Kikila then stay with her as she slowly recovers, and Kokilia gives him some advice as a parent to know when you’ve instilled too much fear, when to take your child in your arms and apologize, and to make sure they know they’re loved and wanted. When Somali awakes in slightly better shape, Golem, who regrets pushing her so hard to exhaustion then piling emotional distress on top of that, and does indeed apologize. He also does something he may not have done even a few days ago, before he received advice from other parents: he makes a promise to Somali to be with her forever.Īs a Golem entering his final days, keeping such a promise may well be impossible. But Golem understands that now is not the time to say that to her. Somali’s emotional health must be looked after in the here and now, and that means postponing hard truths. In the scenario that Golem does die, hopefully Somali will keep living, growing, and learning about mortality, both her dad’s and her own. What seemed like broken promise at the time may prove not to be, as long as the memory of him remains in her heart. Or heck, maybe the superstition proves to be true, and Golem’s life is extended. In any case, postponing her despair even a little bit longer is worth everything. It also offers the potential for descent into maudlin and sappy manufactured melodrama, but it could go either way so at least that’s something.P.S.Yoshimata Ryou’s epic fantasy score is on point, particularly when Somali locates the tree from which she plucks her flower. And because Golem’s situation presents some interesting narrative possibilities. I’m not going to give up just yet, because the first two side characters to get any real time – the two healer oni Shizuno and Yabashira – were pretty successful (though Shizuno too borders on moe pandering), which suggests the ones to follow may be too. One or two bites and I’m pretty much done – and that’s how I feel about Somali right now. Anything Satou actually writes comes off as very saccharine to me – a dessert which looks great on the table but whose flavor profile is one-note (sweet). Those shows were built around cute little girls too but their authors (the mangaka in the latter case, Yokote Michiko the former) imbued them with a little acidity to cut the sweetness. SOMALI TO MORI NO KAMISAMA CHAP 2 SERIESI’ve liked series he directed very much, but only when they were written by other people – Princess Tutu, Ikoku Meiro no Croisee. Going forward that’s going to be a lot to try and get past.įunnily enough I could sum up my problems with this series by referencing someone who isn’t even involved in it – Satou Junichi. Building a series around a character like that is a minefield to begin with, but Somali to Mori no Kamisama – and Minase Inori – have chosen to go with every shameless moe cliche in the book. She was less insufferable this week but that’s only because she was on-screen less (and Golem more, as well as a couple of newbies, which did help). Most obviously the other title character is a problem. It’s an interesting bit of world-building, and one of the titular characters (I’ll let you figure out which one) is likeable enough. There’s some nice stuff here, principally the art – though honestly there is a bit too much vanilla even to that. “Somali” is definitely one of those shows I find myself wanting to like, and never quite being able to pull it off. ![]()
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