![]() That is not to say it doesn’t stray too far from the comfort zone of familiar plot devices, fan service distractions and hackneyed tropes we’ve seen ad infinitum – such as Chihiro’s cousin Ranko Saōji (also called Wanko by Chihiro for reasons I don’t think we need to know), an ebullient (and busty, natch) girl with delusions of romantic attachment to Chihiro. But to Hattori’s credit, he has created a rather well rounded and likeable protagonist whose actions towards Rea are far more respectful and caring than lustful, denying us the standard relationship traps this story could have fallen into. As contradictory as that sounds it is the best way to describe how this series operates, not in the least as it incorporates many different styles and genres in its 12 episodes run plus bonus OVA.Ĭhihiro’s zombie obsession and frankly bizarre fetish for what I suppose we can label post-necrophilia is a hook some people may not feel comfortable being lured in by. Mitsuru Hattori’s manga puts a unique spin to say the least on the perennial romance story that manages to both subvert the typical conventions while adhering to its basic blueprint at the same time. However the potion works its wonder again and Rea returns as a zombie. But her strict father Dan’ichirō finds out about Rea’s nightly excursions and confronts her, rather unfortunately on a cliff top, from which Rea takes a fatal fall. Rea secretly drinks in a suicide attempt and survives but it was successful in reanimating Babu. Together they continue to find the reanimation potion eventually stumbling on what which includes the deadly hydrangea leaves. One rainy night Chihiro notices a girl, Rea Sanka, shouting into a disused well, letting off steam about her strict home life and offers her shelter. When his beloved cat Babu is run over and killed, Chihiro tries to resurrect him at an old abandoned temple using a potion from an old book he found. ![]() Let’s go back to the beginning: Chihiro Furuya is high school boy with a life-long obsession for zombies, to the point that he can’t even fancy women unless they are undead. ![]() It’s an age old story – boy meets girl, girl dies, girl comes back to life as a zombie, boy falls in love with girl…wait, what? Sankarea – Undying Love (Cert 15) 2 Discs (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 314 minutes approx. ![]()
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