Sound familiar? It should, because that's the exact same plot as Kodomo no Jikan. However, to be fair we should note the differences between the two shows. I've made this handy table just for that purpose.
| Kodomo no Jikan | Mitsudomoe |
| The girls are very good friends, but not related. | The girls are sisters. |
| The girls' quirks are believable | The girls' quirks are ridiculous |
| It takes time for the girls to open up to the teacher | The girls immediately decide they need to hook up the teacher and the new school nurse. |
| Kokonoe is very possessive of the teacher, pretty much from the start. | The girls immediately decide they need to hook up the teacher and the new school nurse. |
| The girls tease their teacher about his virginity. | The girls take pity on their teacher about his virginity. |
| The girls, while precocious, act like grade school girls. | The girls act like they're in high school. |
| I found the Kodomo no Jikan manga interesting, and thought it made an interesting commentary on how we, as a society, view children. | I found Mitsudomoe uninteresting, and thought it made a sad point on how easy it is for crap to get on air. |
Seriously, I couldn't stand this show, and have no intention of watching any more of it. I rarely make this sort of judgment call, but I get really annoyed when a show so blatantly copies another one. At least in the case of Lucky Star vs Azumanga Daioh, the similarities were mostly in the area of style, not story.
On another note, I heard recently that there is actually an anime of Kodomo no Jikan, which is one of my favorite mangas (manga? mangi?). So look forward to a review of that whole show once I get my hands on it.
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