Null & Peta

Null Peta is a short (just over an hour long) series of ONAs depicting the life of Null, a genius inventor who has recently lost her beloved big sister. To get over her grief she puts her intelligence to use and rebuilds her sister from memory! only... she's a little different now.

I went into this expecting nothing, with a 6.39 average on MAL and a 61% mean & average on AL, what is there to expect?
As usual, the ratings mean nothing :p

Null Peta was a huge surprise, I had it tabbed for a while and one day in august just watched it on a whim expecting something like Mangirl or Aiura in terms of quality and content - a short CGDCT just to pass the time.

I adore this show - firstly it has an incredible soundtrack and OP considering its runtime and popularity, the animation is solid and better than most seasonal anime nowadays (probably due to its short runtime tbf), it is hilarious and cute and at times made me cry like an infant.

Watching how Null & Peta interact with each other every episode is beautiful - their sibling relationship is comprised of a big sister who cares for and protects her little sister, presumably because the parents are not present/ able to and it is really fun to see how the episode director for JJBA3 & Cells at Work managed to make a show nothing like either of them.

10/10 is not a rating I give out often, but I think this show absolutely deserves it. The opening brings me joy every time it plays, the characters are memorable and adorable and this show made me bawl my eyes out on the first watch.
The directing is brilliant, no complaints here. The soundtrack is noticable, meaning its already better than 90% of high budget shows, and the sci-fi vibe that it gives is really cool and fitting. The concept alone is incredible, but where they take it in such a short time is even better. The voice acting is well done, Reina Ueda & Azumi Waki must've had alot of fun doing this one; Maki Yamamoto has a really pleasant voice & accent too, so its a shame this is her only work.

What seemed like a cute little project became one of my most precious experiences.

SPOILER SECTION

It starts off nice & slow, or rather cute and hilarious, and then moves towards mysterious and sad, and then heartwarming & adorable - it is a textbook rollercoaster of emotions and you gotta give it credit for that!
It is essentially a long, coked up Pingu episode for a while before it all starts coming together.
The way the characters change & how we see them react to their situations is incredible: Null's breakdown when Peta shuts down in space, making her first friend at the beach, fighting bugs with Peta, questioning the world around her and eventually realising that not all is as it seems. Why is she oblivious to the fact this world makes no sense for the entire run length? Because her mind is in rehab whilst she is in a coma. As her mind repairs itself, the anime loses its wacky genius elementary schooler making robots and flying into space and becomes this girl adapting to the world around her and processing various forms of damage she has taken.

This show is perfect, in a way that I don't think anybody else will understand. Whilst there may be another show or two that I could argue just are perfect in general; this one is perfect to me and I doubt anyone will share my feelings on it. Feels good to probably be the biggest and possibly only fan of something you love, eh?
Null Peta serves as a way to reset my mood when it plummets; depressed? just watch Null Peta and you're cured, even if only temporarily!
Not much else to say, I love this show unconditionally; I suppose I'm a minority, but the majority is a bunch of dudes who watch big muscly men punching each other for 900 episodes so I think I'm okay with that!