Sora no Woto – Episode 1 – First Impressions

What this reminds me of? K-ON! meets Strike Witches wearing pants or K-ON in Boot Camp?

Sora no Woto is a Anime First and has pretty decent eyecandy if you put it this way. Don’t let the K-ON! or perhaps Kannagi art-style fool you, the first episode, there isn’t much moe in this episode… or perhaps no moe at all?

The plot is pretty much this. Kanata Kumika, a 15 year old girl enlists in the army. When she arrives at her destination, she gets lost. In one event, she gets soaking wet since she was easily spotted by people who spilled something on her. Then, some girl named Rio escorts her to have her cleaned up. Meanwhile, the other girls realized that Kanata was late. While her clothes were drying, she loses her bell by some animal. Between that time, we learn about the maidens. Kanata finds the thing she lost. She jumps to the other side, but the bridge crumbled and she fell in the water. While underwater, she sees something. After she got out of the water, she used her horn to call for help and she got a response. She was saved by Rio and she becomes Kanata’s horn instructor.

Overall, don’t let the artwork fool you or perhaps the character designs that resemble the characters from K-ON!… This seems to be a lot more serious than it is as it seems and don’t expect it to be a moeblob show either, although… it can happen, but highly doubt it. The second part was sorta confusing, but it’s still a good watch if you are curious. This show has alot of potential since it’s not overloading itself on moe~ and instead focusing on actual plot. I hope they don’t blow it…

The OP and ED was pretty decent as well. They are:

OP: Hikari no Senritsu by Kalafina
ED: Girls, Be Ambitious by Haruka Tomatsu

Note: Stop comparing it to K-ON! It’s far from being K-ON!, although it looks similar by looking at the characters and art style. When you watch it, view it separately from K-ON!… but yeah, it’s K-ON! IN BOOT CAMP with LESS MOE.

Verdict

8.4/10