Anime Hajime Review: Onegai Twins

***Warning, the following may contain spoilers for Onegai Twins. Reader discretion is advised. ***

Series Synopsis

Abandoned at a young age, Maiku Kamishiro (voiced by Daisuke Namikawa) has never had a family.  But in an old photo, Maiku thinks he knows a way to change that. In the picture, alongside Maiku in front of a small countryside house, is his twin sister. With no memory of who she is, but this girl may be the only person who can connect Maiku to his past.

Having located the house in the photograph, Miaku moves into the place and keeps to himself. Then his life changes with a sudden knock at his door.

Standing there is a girl named Miina Miyafuji (voiced by Mai Nakahara). She tells Maiku she has been looking for his house since it is the one in an old picture she has owned her whole life. The very image Maiku has. Unsure of how to react, it appears the long-lost twins have finally reunited. Too bad things are never that simple.

Later that same night comes another knock at the door. Another girl named Karen Onodera (voiced by Ai Shimizu) tells the same story as Miina carrying the same picture.

After years of searching, Maiku has finally found his twin sister. However, he still isn't sure who she is.

Anime Hajime Review: Onegai Teacher

Series Synopsis

One night, high schooler Kei Kusanagi (voiced by Soichiro Hoshi) is lying peacefully by the side of a lake. Suddenly there is a bright flash of light and something crashes into the water. Taken aback, Kei is shocked by the mysterious appearance a young red headed woman. The events of the night are too much for the kid and he falls unconscious.

The next morning, Kei wakes up in his own bed and believes the night was only a dream. At school, news spreads of a beautiful new teacher. Lost in thought, Kei is not paying attention when a young redheaded woman named Mizuho Kazami (voiced by Kikuko Inoue) walks into the class. Kei instantly recognizes her as the person he saw at the lake.

Once school lets out, Mizuho confronts Kei and tells him that she is an alien sent to observe the Earth. Instead of being afraid, Kei takes pity on Mizuho who is now alone in her new surroundings.

Kei promises to keep Mizuho’s identify a secret and offers one of his own. While he might look like a fifteen-year-old, due to a disease he has dubbed standstills, Kei is actually eighteen. The two quickly become close, even to the point where it is mistaken that they are in a relationship. 

To save her job as a teacher, which could potentially reveal her secret, Kei agrees to disclose his true age and marry Mizuho.