Katekyo Hitman Reborn (KHR) Episode 1 Review

       Katekyo Hitman Reborn (KHR) Episode 1 Review

I have been meaning to watch KHR for a long time now but, I never really had the time & I would always be making excuses for not watching it. So today my heap of excuses & procrasinating comes to an end. About 3 people reccomended  this anime series so I figured I'd watch it. I must say this is an....interesting anime. I don't mean to say "interesting" as in bad. 

It's just....interesting. The plot line is quite strange but this anime is entertaining.  Well let's get to the reviewing shall we? 

(Im trying to keep my reviews for this series as short as possible, due to the fact that there are 204 episodes. Including the special)

  Plot Summary: 

 Tsuna is a hapless youth with low test scores and lower self esteem. His mother hires a tutor to help Tsuna out, It comes as a surprise to the both of them when the tutor claims to be Reborn, from the Mafia. Reborn informs Tsuna that he's the next heir to the Vongola family mafia family and tries to help Tsuna reach the goal. Reborn possesses the Dying Will bullet, which kills a person and brings them back to life to fulfill the last regret they had, and even works to get Tsuna some henchmen to make him a true mafia boss-in-training.

So the anime begins in Sicily, Italy. There's this tough guy with a hat walking around the place & everyone stares at him but, they don't show his face. (Which by the way is very frustrating for me because I can't focus on the anime & my mind starts screaming "WHAT!? WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE!?!? TELL MEEEEEE!" & doesn't shut up. That's my brain for ya.) He enters a bar of some sort & you notice that he has a chameleon on his head. The men at the bar mention his name, Reborn. (That's one hell of a weird name.) Then I see this....

It's a fucking baby.

No wonder everyone was staring. I was certainly NOT expecting a Mafia baby.

So not only is the Hitman a baby, but his gun is actually a chameleon. Wow. How do people come up with these things? (Btw that gun looked cool xD)

Besides all these sudden surprises, I must say that this Hitman is the most adorable thing I have ever layed eyes on. I mean, Hitmen are getting old, so why not make the Hitman, get this....A BABY! That will surely be a success!

Well guess what? It is, because not only have I fallen in love the the adorable Mafia baby but, I like the retarded chameleon too! <3

The opening song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxz0Tbvsgus

I found the animation & illustrations entertaining. However, the song didn't really seem to catch my attention. 

 I give it a 3/5

So the baby Hitman arrives in Japan, infront of a house. Before I get any further, let me show you the main character, Tsuna. (I like that name for some reason...)

Judging from this picture, you'd expect Tsuna to be a super cool hotty. Sexy,smart, powerful/strong, wise & Tsundere-ish.

Well, if you thought that was his personality, you're wrong.  Tsuna is actually a Happy-Go-Lucky, clumsy, silly, insecure, not-so-smart, wimpy-ish teenage boy. (Plus, all his classmates called him No-Good Tsuna) Although I do like Sexy, smart, strong, Tsundere-ish guys, I think it's good that they made his personality that way. Not everyone is that powerful, strong, or confident. I love it when they make animes where you can relate to the main character, & what better way to do that then to give him insecurities of his own? (ALERT: MOVING OFF TOPIC, AGAIN.) Anyways, Tsuna's mother recieves a letter in the mail saying "Tsuna will be studying with a home tutor. I will raise your child to become the leader of the next generation." And the mother actually agrees! (That paper better have had a spell on it to make the mom lose common sense or I am going to wring that stupid mother's neck. No matter how I try to interpret it, it just doesn't make sense! How can you agree to let an anonymous person tutor your son!? Ontop of that, it's a BABY! Ugh.) It turns out that the "Tutor" is actually Baby Hitman! <--- That's his nickname from now on. Tsuna begins to make fun of Baby Hitman & we learn that not only does the baby have weapons, but he's also very strong!

On Tsuna's way to school, we also learn that he has a crush on Sasagawa Kyoko, the idol of his middle school. He explains that Kyoko has so many boys after her, there is no way she'd pick a wimpy kid like Tsuna. Even if he confesses, he'd be wasting his time. (I sense a relationship is going to form between the two! Ohohohohoh~~) At that remark, Baby Hitman takes out his gun, & shoots Tsuna in the head. At first I thought "Ohhh now something epic is going to happen with tsuna. He's gonna transform or something! Cool!" Tsuna suddenly starts glowing, his eyes turn fierce, & uhh....er......

Well......This happened. I really don't know where to begin......

I didn't know that he was too powerful for his pants & shirt.

Let's leave it at that. So Tsuna suddenly becomes incredibly determined to confess to Kyoko & starts running around his whole neighborhood like a crazy person to the point where it becomes ridiculous & I start to laugh my head off. He jumps from fences & gets hit by a bus which sends him flying. He's starting to look like a pinball at this point, bouncing off every object he can find to get to Kyoko. Then we meet Mochida-Senpai which is apparently romantically interested in Kyoko as well. Mochida & Kyoko start to walk to school together when out of the blue, Tsuna falls from the sky & lands right next to Mochida, sending poor Mochida flying in the air only to be catched by a baseball player in the school. AHAHAHA THE IRONY! Tsuna then asks Kyoko out on a date IN BOXERS,INFRONT OF THE SCHOOL, WITH TONS OF STUDENTS STARING.  I don't know about you, but I would probably run away to class from embarrasment too. That's exactly what Kyoko did. 

Tsuna then came back to his senses, while Mochida proceeded to punch him for embarrasing her. After Tsuna stops panicking after what he had done, Baby Hitman explains what happened. The bullet that Baby Hitman shot Tsuna with was a "Dying Will Bullet". A person shot in the head by it will be resurrected with a dying will. The basis of resurrection is if you have any regrets when dying. When Tsuna was shot in the head, the last thing he thought was that he regretted not being able to confess to Kyoko before he died. 

The "Dying Will Bullet" also explains why Tsuna was able to bounce around like a pinball. Dying would mean that all your safety switches are turned off. So in exchange for risking your life to the limit, you can harness amazing strength. Which means that Tsuna's true potential strength is hidden but, is awakened when he recieves the "Dying Will Bullet". 

Ontop of all the embarrasment Tsuna had to face, Hibari from the Discipline Commitee came face to face with Tsuna when he was half naked. Great.

He tells Tsuna that he will not overlook such an indecent act. Tsuna say's his apologies & runs to the school doors, while still half-naked. Hibari & Baby Hitman stare at eachother for a while until Hibari smiles & nods. I have a feeling they got a lil connection...I don't know.

When Tsuna walks into the classroom, everyone starts laughing & teasing him. They mention that Mochida wants to get revenge on the insult Kyoko recieved from Tsuna. (Insult as in the likes of him asking her for a date) Mochida said he wanted to fight Tsuna during the afternoon break at gym. Tsuna began to  panick & tried to run away but, Baby Hitman stopped him & said if he ran away now, he was going to run away for the rest of his life. Tsuna returned a snappy comment which made me laugh alot more then I should have. 

"I don't want some baby talking to me about my life!" 

(Well, I gotta say....for a baby, Hitman is way more wise than you. Maybe you should listen to this adorable baby once in a while.)

Baby Hitman finally managed to convince Tsuna to fight back by saying "Even if you get totally thrashed, a guy who stands up & fights is way cooler. What would Kyoko think of you? A guy who fights with all his strength will stay in her memory forever." Ahhh~ Baby Hitman's words of wisdom for the day.

So Tsuna stands up & goes to the fight. For the first few minutes, Tsuna is utterly scared to death due to the fact that Mochida is the Captain of the Kendo club & will probably beat Tsuna to a pulp so, Mochida starts chasing after him with his wooden sword while Tsuna runs away yelling "SAVE ME" infront of everyone. Finally, Baby Hitman shoots the bullet in Tsuna's head & he takes off everything except his boxers infront of everyone.....AGAIN. 

Basically, Tsuna once again has a regret & resurrects. Tsuna attacks Mochida but, instead of punching him, he pulls out all his hair instead. 

After Tsuna leaves the poor guy bald, he comes back to his senses. Kyoko approaches him & apoligizes for not catching the "joke" earlier that day. (When he confessed in boxers.) Kyoko also asks if she can now call him Tsuna-kun. Of course, Tsuna raises his hopes a bit & makes friends with his crush. 

When Tsuna gets back to his house,he learns that he is actually the Vongola family's tenth generation boss. Baby Hitman explains that he was sent to Tsuna's house because he was requested from the current Vongola family boss, the ninth, to train him to become an admirable Mafia boss. The Vongola family's first boss retired & crossed to Japan. That was Tsuna's great, great, great grandfather. In other words, since he inherited the Vongola blood he is a legitimate candidate to become the next boss. Tsuna refuses to become the Mafia boss & Baby Hitman tells him that he has no choice. He lies down on Tsuna's bed & goes to sleep. As Tsuna is still in shock about everything, he tries to get him to wake up, which leads to this picture below.

 So in conclusion, Tsuna has found out that he is acually the Vongola family's tenth generation boss, Kyoko believes that Tsuna's confession infront of the school was a joke, Tsuna confronted his fears & pulled all of it's hair out, He now has a special power, & there's a hot silver haired dude who is following Tsuna around, most likely looking for a fight. 

Well, this anime is funny, colorful, entertaining, & interesting.

The storyline is a little strange but, in a good way! I'm sure that they will have many oppurtunities to add twists & drama to the story. Not to mention romance between Kyoko & Tsuna. I look forward to watching episode 2 of KHR.

Stay Tuned! <3

(I wanted to keep this short from the beginning......didn't work out so well....)