User blog:AustinDR/Happy Sugar Life: Episode 5 (Review)

Oh my goodness, I love this insane show. It’s so wrong, but it really gets under your skin. In this one, we learn that Sumire was trying to model herself after Satou which is naturally creepy, but by this show’s standards, it’s normal behavior. Though Satou stops her from pursuing this path by giving her an unexpected kiss and telling her that she likes her the way she is…though because she had opened her locker, she was kind of peeved off.

Then we have Taiyo’s segment. Just oh my…While this show is definitely not realistic, Taiyo’ s segment was both hilarious and disturbing. I mean, having all those flyers of Shio up in his room…I take it his parents never walked in? If I were his mother, I’d be all like “Boy, what the fuck is with all this shit? I didn’t raise no son of mine to be into lolicon!” Shoko goes to check up on her co-worker only to be immediately creeped out and enraged at Mitsuboshi’s suggestion that Satou had kidnapped Shio. Mitsuboshi tries to convince her to help him “save” Shio, but he repels her, making her run away. But, Shoko, how shallow of a person are you? I mean, initially liking Mitsuboshi because he was hot. Shoko tries to convince herself that Satou wouldn’t be the type of person to kidnap anyone, let alone a child. But, really, how much does she think that she knows her friend?

Lastly, we have Shio having one of her spells again, and admitting that it must’ve been brought out by divine retribution because she had lied to Satou about not speaking with anyone when she escaped the apartment in episode 3. This causes Satou to have a crisis herself because she too had been keeping some things from Shio. So, what is she to do: lie to Shio by telling her that nothing’s wrong, or tell the unabridged truth? She then starts to wonder if this is the result of her being punished herself for committing some awful crime? So, Satou opts to tell Shio the truth. You think she will tell her that she killed a few people like the original owner of the room, or that she blackmailed some people into doing her dirty work, or that she is keeping her locked up? Screw that, she confesses that she told someone else that she loved them when she wasn’t being truthful. But it’s all good, because Shio forgave her, and Satou somehow finds a way of justifying murder as okay as long as it’s for love.

This show just keeps on getting more and more insane the further the plot escalates. I’m honestly not thrilled to see the latter portions of the manga adapted because it involves the death of a character who was the only real source of levity the manga had, but it’s inevitable.

Final score: 10/10 stars