Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Light Novel Title Here Episode 1: The Princess who Loves Bones – Beeble Reviews

Open on discussion of another unchanging, same-old same-old peaceful everyday city. Like a femur. Wait. Femur?

Oh, it’s that kind of series. The kind with dead stuff in it.

Death changes people, at least for a second. It changes everybody except for MC soon, a certain woman’s about to change his life.

This is his life now.

In this series, MC’s got a connection to Sakurako-san, the titular character who dislikes all living people...but bones? Way cool, right? Bones are her deal.

What a lovely bones.

Today, they went to the ocean.

Nobody said you couldn’t call in sick, dude.

Alright! Fine then! From now on you two’ll be Ms. Bone and Bone Jr.

Poor Bone Jr.’s being held captive under the promise of Alaskan Bull Shrimp. The better the find, the better the dish! So how’d he do?

“...gotta be worth at least five big ones, right? And I’m talkin’ SHRIMP, mmm mmm mmm!”

Keep in mind now, this show is 1/3 in, and this review’s pretty slim pickings so far. The visuals and storytelling are relaxedly paced, so even though they do tell you everything you need to know, it’s not all done just to get to the ‘action’ of the crime/mystery series. It’s comfy.

Anyway this skull he dug up got murdered to death; there’s a large hole broken into the front. Apparently the victim was a woman in her 20’s, and THE JAW BONE DOES NOT STICK TO THE TOP HEAD BONE, IT FALLS OFF WITHOUT THE MUSKLES! OTHERWISE YOU’D GET ALL THE GROSS GRIND SOUNDS OF YER JAWJACKIN’ EVERYTIME YA TALK!

No, that’s what I’M saying. Somebody wired these jaws shut before they started filming!!!

Ah, also this is a common occurrence for the pair, and the lady died a hundred years ago because of boneclues, such as skull formation and tooth-state. But, at least it helps to wrap them into ADDITIONAL CRIME.

She gon take um bones

Is this what they do in Bones? I really do think this is Bones.

They scope the scene of the bodies, she looks at what’s left on the bodies and uses her genetically-bred forensics skills inherited from her uncle to CRACK THE CASE. Because the two dead people were tied together before drowning, but handedness tidbits showed the man couldn’t have tied the knot the way it was facing, and they showed none of the real signs of drownin—

“Ms. Bone stop, it’s time for shrimp.”
“BUT BON—”
“SHRIM!!”
“SEND ME YOUR BONES”

“That’s simple. It’s because I’m a The Mentalist.”

Ms. Bone’s knowledge of the human skeletal structure is fascinating, but she’s annoying as a human being (she literally did try to steal those bones. Her hobby is pretty much purposeful accidental graverobbing.)

Bone Jr. doesn’t add much except for a high school kid POV and a framing device, maybe it’d be a better show without him but maybe not. He actually does a lot to the pacing of the show in a positive way, and he’ll probably end up doing more than just Detective Watsonning later on. For now, it’s a real BONE of a time!!!!! Expect worse bone and crime show references on the morrow. (OR MARROW LOLOLOL)