Fly Me To The Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii)

 

Fly Me To The Moon is a slice of life story for a boy named NASA (like the space association) and a girl who saves his life. He vows he will marry her, but she disappears. He goes through school, graduates at the young age of 16, and suddenly she shows up and asks if he still wants to marry her. He's been looking for her for years and says yes, so they get married. They live in his tiny little apartment and get to know each other. Part of the suspense and intrigue in this story is that neither of them knows anything about being intimate and they both think it would be very improper to touch much let alone sleep with each other (other than actually resting). When his apartment burns down, they move temporarily into a bathhouse (run by a mom and her two daughters who are his age, whom he's helped out with accountant work in the past). Jealousies and friendships accrue. 

In going into it, I didn't realize it was a slice of life, so I was anticipating a thick plot and was slightly disappointed. There was this implication that she is some kind of moon spirit or guardian, but then that never really goes anywhere. I haven't finished the whole series because it was getting king of long (as slice of life stories sometimes do), but I did enjoy what I did complete. 

There were many really cute moments that I don't think would happen in real life (because of the attitude of "we shouldn't touch more than hand holding," "kissing makes me embarrassed," "I shouldn't look because I'm not supposed to" when they are actually married and all of that is fine in practically ever culture that I'm aware of). They are sweet and kind to one another and shows a good marriage which is nice for a change when there are so many awful marriage or the "Mom and Dad are off on business trips for the whole story or don't exist all together." 

I really wish they would have added more into the whole Moon Guardian thing. The slice of life aspect of it is fine, but I really wanted them to do something more with her paranormal powers--like how the heck did she actually safe him!