Mitsuboshi Colors

Mitsuboshi Colors (三ツ星カラーズ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuwo. The manga was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine from 2014 to 2020. An anime television series adaptation directed by Tomoyuki Kawamura and produced by Silver Link[1] aired between January and March 2018.[2]

Premise

Set in Ueno, the series follows three elementary school girls named Yui, Sat-chan and Kotoha, who form an organization known as "The Colors". Together, they perform various deeds and errands to protect the peace in their town.

Characters

• Akamatsu Yui (赤松 結衣)
• [3]
• The very shy designated leader of the Colors. Her catchphrase is "Trigonometric functions!". She is prone to crying at the slightest provocation.

• Kise Saki (黄瀬 沙希 (さっちゃん))
• [3]
• An energetic girl who comes up with crazy ideas. Her catchphrase is "Extra virgin oil!".

• Aoyama Kotoha (青山 琴葉)
• [3]
• A relaxed girl who constantly plays video games, despite not being very good at them. Yui often exploits this fact to tease Kotoha. She has sadistic tendencies and often likes to step on anyone she sees on the ground. Her catchphrase is "I've beat this game!".

• Saitō (斎藤)
• [3]
• A policeman who watches over the city and constantly comes at odds with the Colors.

• Kujiraoka Daigorō (鯨岡 大吾郎) / Oyaji (おやじ)
• [3]
• An old man who runs a general store called Whale Factory and is nicknamed "Pops" by the Colors. He comes up with various devices for the Colors to play with and is always seen wearing a different pair of novelty sunglasses.

• Kise Saori (黄瀬 沙織)
• [3]
• Sat-chan's mother who runs a fruit store called Kise Fruits.

• Sasaki Nonoka (笹木 ののか)
• [3]
• A high schoolgirl who is nicknamed "Nono". She works at her family bakery called Sasaki Bread. While her sister wants to convert the bakery into an onigiri store, she is keen on keeping the bakery alive and has been practicing how to bake and experimenting with different spices.

• Sasaki Momoka (笹木 ももか)
• [3]
• Nonoka's older sister who is nicknamed "Moka". She knows how to make delicious varieties of onigiri and wants to convert the bakery to an onigiri store.

• Subaru (すばる)
• Nonoka's classmate who has a lot of part-time jobs. Nonoka often jokingly tells the Colors that her friend might repeat a year in high school because of that.

Media

Reception

The show received mixed reviews. Paul Jensen of Anime News Network said that the show doesn't "quite translate into anything truly memorable", and said the show's early episodes focus too much on the characters "key personality traits", but said it is "still perfectly watchable in these early scenes". However, he said that by the show's fourth episode, the show has a "comfortable rhythm" that balances humor and jokes, saying it reminded him of Non Non Biyori. He concluded that the show is "entertaining to watch" and relaxing, but is not "genuinely memorable" and criticized the animation and art for being "above average".[13] However, in reviewing the first episode, Rebecca Silverman of the same website described it as a "cute girls show" she can "get behind", Theron Martin called it "charming", and Nick Creamer called it a "a joy from start to finish" while Lynzee Loveridge was more critical.[14]

See also

• Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu – Another manga series by the same author
• #Zombie Sagashitemasu – Another manga series by the same author
• Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club – Another anime series directed by Tomoyuki Kawamura

External links

• Official website