Rocks. Or, I guess, if you want to be more specific for this series, crystals and minerals. They’re everywhere. They’re probably the one thing other than music that can connect people. So when I saw that there was an anime that involved girls looking for these, I figured I had to check it out. Besides, I was getting the vibe that this was a wholesome series that would stay wholesome. But the question is: am I correct in this assumption? Or am I being way too hasty to say it’ll remain wholesome? That’s something we’ll have to figure out as the series progresses.
Anyway, this series follows a high schooler named Ruri, who loves crystals, most notably in the form of jewelry. Unfortunately, since she doesn’t appear to be very conscious towards saving money (either that, or she has a low allowance), she’d have to ask her mother for an advance on her allowance…which her mother isn’t willing to give her. While Ruri tries to argue that she can’t find crystals in Japan, her mother brought up that Ruri’s grandfather found some in the mountains.
This causes Ruri to head to the mountains, and look for crystals. When she just seems to be coming across normal rocks, however, she’s about to give up…and then she meets Nagi, who decides to let Ruri tag along on a mineral hunt for garnet. The majority of the rest of the episode follows Ruri and Nagi as they hunt…though the episode does end with Ruri begging her mom for an advance on her allowance, which us viewers see the interior of Ruri’s room to see that she wants supplies to go on her own mineral hunts.
This was a fun first episode, and it seems to set up that Ruri (described in the synopsis of the first episode on Crunchyroll as a high school student) and Nagi (described in the synopsis of the first episode on Crunchyroll as a graduate student) are going to interact a bit. And with the key visual that I chose to use, it seems that the series will have an equal focus on the members of the group that are high schoolers like Ruri and the members of the group that are graduate students like Nagi. This most definitely feels to be a “cute girls doing cute things” show, and you know what? Good for them!
I also like how time was taken in the episode to explain some of the science behind rocks, and it’s framed in such a way that it doesn’t really feel too forced in. I like Nagi acting as a teacher to Ruri, and I hope we get to see more of that in future episodes. Even if it’s something as small as a new tool being introduced to Ruri, I’d love to see her learn more new things about minerals and how to gather them!
It also appears, based on the visual that I’m choosing to use for my representation of the series, that there’s going to be a minimum of four members of the main cast. Based on the other cute girls doing cute things shows that I’ve watched, that appears to be the norm. However, the other shows that I watched in this genre involve a club being formed, though it appears that this show, just based on the first episode, will break free from that mold.
And honestly? I think that’s going to be good for the show. I can’t wait to see where Ruri Rocks goes from here, and I’ll most likely keep watching this show.
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