Spirit of Wonder: China-san no Yuuutsu
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring
ザスピリットオブワンダー - チャイナさんの憂鬱
Tenkai is a successful bar and restaurant located on a small European island run by an immigrant known affectionately as "Miss China." In addition to running this well-loved establishment, she rents the upstairs unit to Jim, a young inventor who works alongside Mr. Breckenridge in the makeshift lab they have constructed there. The struggling pair are convinced that their scientific innovations will revolutionize the world in spite of the scorn they receive from the scientific community. However, as Miss China's patience wears thin due to their consistently overdue rent payments, Mr. Breckenridge and Jim must prove their work has value in order to avoid eviction. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Synopsis
Tenkai is a successful bar and restaurant located on a small European island run by an immigrant known affectionately as "Miss China." In addition to running this well-loved establishment, she rents the upstairs unit to Jim, a young inventor who works alongside Mr. Breckenridge in the makeshift lab they have constructed there. The struggling pair are convinced that their scientific innovations will revolutionize the world in spite of the scorn they receive from the scientific community. However, as Miss China's patience wears thin due to their consistently overdue rent payments, Mr. Breckenridge and Jim must prove their work has value in order to avoid eviction. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Reviews(4)
gwern
May 11, 2013
_Miss China's Ring_ is a curious little OVA. The animation is actually pretty good for the period: it strikes a sort of realistic Ghibli style that holds up well 20 years later. Sound is decent enough. The plot is... think very gentle romantic comedy, a bit like Oh My Goddess! with some soft SF. (I say soft because any hard SF author would immediately point out that destroying the moon would eliminate most tides and causing global mass destruction of ecologies, the deaths of millions of creatures, environmental & humanitarian catastrophes, and resultant social & geopolitical upheaval.) It doesn't really go anywhere after that, soit's kind of an oversized episode of a regular show - which presumably was Tsuruta's overall _Spirit of Wonder_ manga. So I don't regret watching it, but I couldn't recommend it either.
tye1
November 30, 2020
