The comedy lives in the reactions, not the setup, Nitta's face when Hina destroys something expensive, the yakuza crew's collective confusion at their boss's sudden parenting arc, the way every character treats an omnipotent psychic girl as just another person to figure out. It's funny because nobody's performing for the camera. Then halfway through you realize you're watching a girl learn what a home actually is, and the show doesn't make you choose between laughing and caring. The pacing meanders on purpose, letting you sit in moments that shouldn't work but do, and that's exactly why it sticks.
A strange capsule drops out of nowhere onto the head of Yoshifumi Nitta, a yakuza member who has just secured a prized vase for his collection. Inside is Hina, a blue-haired girl who shares only her name and the fact that she has enormous supernatural powers. If she goes too long without using them, she loses control and destroys everything nearby, so Nitta reluctantly becomes her caregiver. Her abilities could be a real asset to his yakuza work, as long as she never turns them on him. What begins as a threat turns into an odd shared life in a comedy that mixes sci-fi, the supernatural and everyday slice of life.
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