So somehow, I missed this winter 2008 show. I only found out about it because I was listening to a Japanator podcast that mentioned it. I went to look it up and the premise sounded pretty interesting, with the whole postman for the dead thing. It seemed to be favourably received too.

Of course, I didn’t know the Japanator podcast was only talking about the first episode. Their discussion made it sound like the entire show was another romantic comedy sort of thing, with the whole letters from the dead thing tied in somehow. This lead to a pretty huge surprise at the end of the first episode.

The show is pretty slice-of-lifey, where each episode is a different situation and a different shigofumi. At the same time, there is a plot thread that runs through the entire show. One of the things I liked was how people from previous stories showed up in later stories.

All in all, it’s a pretty solid show. It delivers what was promised and is satisfying once it reaches its conclusion.