from the world of Yuru Yuri comes a brand new series focusing on a background character from the main series

#joined this time around by her sisters, hence the title..
those who've watched Yuru Yuri will already have an understanding of who she is and her dynamic with her family.
if you're someone who liked the main series you'll have no problem comfortably jumping right into this and getting that expierence all over again.

however, for those who haven't watched Yuru Yuri prior to this release, you may want to read a little further to get a better understanding if this series is for you.

taking place before the events of Yuru Yuri this is as good place as any to start.

while you miss out on the likes of Kyouko, Yui, Akari and Chinatsu outside of some voice and background cameos, this series tries to replicate what makes the mainline cast work so well and will help you flow right into the goofy nature of the mainline series.

»•» characters «•«

In it's 43 minute runtime, it manages to fit in more than a handful of characters all having drastically unique personalities. I'll mainly be covering the main three as each story segment revolves around them.

while I believe her personality is best when it's paired with Himawari, this entry offers enough for me to say you don't lose much of what makes her character so great amongst the wide cast.
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despite that she, like her other sisters, is unable to convey her emotions properly and often times comes across as cold from being too blunt towards sakurako and her classmates.

even with her intelligence, as you'd expect from someone who's supposed to be much younger she's still very immature.
unlike sakurako who's just a chaotic mess, her immaturity comes from her youth and her desire to still be looked after, relying heavily on her family.
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unlike the previous two sisters whose dynamic are polar opposites,
she's around to keep them in check by being strict and very much playing into the older sister type you'd expect.
like most of the series you never see much from their parents, though this really is just namori not introducing characters who aren't really needed.
~~and obviously so no man (the father) gets in the way of the cute girls~~
so it really helps to balance everything out with an older sister who does what you'd expect parents to do, just without the downsides of being a parent.

much like the other sisters, she has her own friend group.
though unlike the rest who have established couple dynamics in the series, her other half is left unexplored thus far with plenty of guessing room given to who it may be.

»•» art «•«

this season is undoubtedly the best the franchise has looked with what originally started as a pretty average adaptation nearly 1 years ago..
( at least as far as art style is concerned )

from the same studio behind oshi no ko, doga kobo.
to now being adapted by the infamous studio which brought us interspecies reviewers or even the currently airing spice-wolf adaptation

and while I thought their work on interspecies reviewers was pretty good, their work here is almost unarguably their best showcase.
the quality put into each frame almost feels like it's ripped right from the source.

if you ever worry about an anime not adapting the mangas art style making the transition from anime to manga once it ends rough, that shouldn't be a worry here. the quality you get from the manga is the quality you get from this movie though maybe a bit more dynamic in its framing.
backed up by the current director of the revived franchise coming from studio shaft, who previously worked on big titles like monogatari, nisekoi and your name.

if you're a fan of modern animation, you'll be pleased here.

»•» music «•«

they really know how to elevate feelings and comfort with background music.
some anime I've watched have struggled trying to fit a song into a scene and keep the tone of the scene accurate but here that really isn't an issue.

every song, including both the OP and ED bring me nothing but joy which is exactly what I want when experiencing things like this.

»•» summary «•«

there isn't really much to be said here I haven't already said.
regardless if you're new to the franchise or you've been around since the start and just want a short movie about cute girls being silly with
great art, pleasant music and lovable characters?

then I think this is the right pick for you.

I give oomuro-ke a perfect score.