Hanasaku Iroha

Talk about Hanasaku Iroha here.

http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=203791 (HS 720p - 279 MB)
http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=203753 (HS 480p - 150 MB)
http://bt.edwardk.info/groups/zero-raws/%5BZero-Raws%5D%20Hanasaku%20Iroha%20-%2001%20%28MX%201280x720%20x264%20AAC%29.mp4.torrent (Zero Raws 720p - 243 MB)

Well this turned out better than I was expecting.

Slice of life is by far my favorite type of show but it normally only seems to work if it is largely comedy based.  When I heard there was going to be drama I thought "oh no, this is going to be Hourou Musuko all over again".  The drama in Hourou Musuko felt forced as if it was there to advance the plot, it did not feel like something genuine that would arise from the characters personalities, and in slice of life the characters personalities are everything to the show.

Hana-Saku seems to have avoided this pitfall.  The drama that was created seemed like something that would naturally arise from the coming together of these different people.  It has only been one episode so I am still worried that this may not stay true. 

I heard that this show will be 26 episodes and I am not sure if that is a good thing or not yet.  It will give plenty of time to develop the characters but I fear it could lead to lots of pointless drama.