Go for Broke: Fuse Teppou Musume No Torimonochou

Well then, it’s been two weeks since we haven’t seen each other. Isn’t it just too sad?

That being said, I’m back again with a movie. The title is Fuse Teppou Musume no Torimonochou and here is the summary. During the Sengoku era a young girl named Hamaji goes down from the mountain to live with her brother in Edo. The whole city is trying to get rid of the Fuse, a tribe of hybrid creatures both humans and dogs and so Hamaji uses her hunting skills to help.

As you can guess things don’t quite go as planned, as usual. Hamaji does successfully hunt a Fuse who snaked her way into the human world (I did not think she would but she did). To be fair to Hamaji she did not like it, and the whole thing felt really sad, and it was probably one of the saddest moments of the whole movie. And, again to be fair to Hamaji, it was the only Fuse she killed. Then again, there were not numerous anymore…

Anyway, the main topic of the story was after all a wonderful love story across species, between Hamaji the human and Shino the Fuse. I honestly did not think it would flow this well. As you can guess now I am not exactly head over heels for love stories, but this one was interesting. I especially liked the fact that Hamaji was pretty offensive, well, she was pretty much the more manly character of the movie but that explanation comes later.

It was not even only about a love story, it was also a story of vengeance and search for power. It did not seem like it so much back when I watched it but now I think about it, it was pretty violent for a love story. Which makes it better. At least in my opinion.

As I said before Hamaji definitely gets the award of the most manly character of the movie. She hunts, she lives alone in the mountains, she kills, she even tries to woo her man. Our Hamaji is a perfect little boy. It is pretty cute, and it makes me love him very much.

Shino on the other hand might try to get his revenge on the shogun but when it comes to love he is a bit clueless. Which is cute. He can fight as well as Hamaji does, he knows what he wants and what he needs to do. He gives off the impression to float over the events at first but we are quickly shown that he is more sensitive than we thought. And he is stunning as a girl. In short, I find Hamaji pretty lucky, they are perfect for each others.

Among other notable characters are Dousetsu, Hamaji’s brother, another clueless man when it comes to love but he always tries his best at everything and that is very cute, especially when we’re talking about a grown man who aims to become a samurai. And last but not least, Hamaji’s friend, Meido, a young girl aiming to be a writer. She wears glasses, she deserves love.

The art style on the other hand was not anything special, very simple, not awful to look at but it is not something I will praise either. But I can totally praise the performance of the various seiyuu, as usual, especially Mamoru Miyano, as usual.

I can safely recommend this. I did not feel like I lost my time after watching Fuse Teppou Musume no Torimonochou but I sure as hell feel like I do when I write this name.