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(SPOILER FREE | PLEASE READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE MANGA)

Usagi drop was an anime that went under the radar for most on it's release, but has in the past few years grown to be a fan favorite slice of life series for casuals and otaku alike. I decided to check it out as I usually love cutesy slice of life, comedy, dramedy type stuff, but I went in with in caution because of a bad "The Promised Neverland" "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" burn, but my worries quickly subsided. The story follows Daikichi Kawachi, a 30 year old bachelor working a ... good job, trudging through life blindly. However things take a turn when Daikichi's grandfather unexpectedly passes away, and the family finds out he had illegitimate daughter, a quiet, shy, but cute little girl named Rin. The family isn't treating her very well, even as far as verbal disrespect at the funeral and when the family gets into a spat about who would take her in, Daikichi is surprised at how rude everyone's being and decides to take in Rin for himself. The story that ensues is one of the cutest, heartwarming and eye opening experiences I've had, teaching about the wonders and horrors of raising a child and of course the responsibilities. I won't go any further into the story as I think everyone thinking about watching this SHOULD watch it. It truly changed my outlook of raising a child and what it should be like and the unfortunate reality of what childhood is for some kids.

Now you saw the rating the anime is an absolute masterpiece in my eyes. As a very stubborn person, if an anime is able to change my view on something that's automatically huge points, and with great visuals, music, characters and writing there's not much to dislike

Now when you read the title I said to come read this paragraph if you were interested in checking out the manga, if you were hungry for more content. Here's a word of advice. DONT. Really. The manga "ending" is an absolute atrocity that throws out all of the heartwarming, cute, loveable goodness of the majority of the manga and the entire anime, and I think it's fair to say that it straight up ruins it. It of course doesn't affect my thoughts on the anime but theres a bitter taste in my mouth when I think about the canon timeline of the story. As much as the manga ending is canon, me and most of the community who know of it, don't acknowledge it. So yeah, don't read the manga and don't look at the Crunchyroll spoiler tagged comments, or the comments on the last episode at all and don't look at the manga ending unless you want a bitter aftertaste after the huge sweet sundae that is Usagi Drop.