Kanba and Himari

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Just so you know, I love everything about this ship, I only wish I had more of it, but everything that was shown was simply perfect.

But there’s one little detail… a little thing that is precious and almost forgettable…

We all know Kanba loves Himari, that he is a playboy, but still would give his life to her (we all love that), and we need the famous and common trope of the brother chasing women as a hobby to forget his sinful desire for the little sister, but still, he loves her more than everything.

Himari is different, she believed that Shoma was her soulmate, and she realized he was in love with Ringo, and her desire would not be fulfilled. In her conversation with Sanetoshi, she says she wants to be kissed, loved, but she wants the love to be true and fulfilling, and that she wouldn’t chase love if it kept running away since she would get tired (she is really rational at this point, which is surprising the different behaviour she has with Sanetoshi), but here is the thing… She does chase over and over love, her desire. Not Shoma, her so called soulmate, she chases Kanba, over and over, at the point of just giving her life back to him. They are both chasing each other in order to make the other alive and happy. They just want to spend time together.

Himari abandons Shoma to go look for Kanba and save him.

And when she finally kisses him, she gets the “fruit” she so much longed for (literally, since the kiss transforms the blood into apples).

Unconsciously, Himari longed for Kanba, he was her Beloved Person, she chose him and he loved her.

It has been a tough competition, and each side of the bracket has put up a good fight. But our final contenders are our final girls of the series. So for the last time, I ask you

Wow didn't these two have a heartwarming backstory episode about choosing each other and now we're forcing people to chose between them? Anyway!

Who will win: the youngest member of the Takakura household doomed to an early, tragic death or the faceless patriarch of the Natsume household who rules his company and family with an iron fist?

Who will win: Shouma's faceless friend who secretly pines for him or the Takakura's second son willing to do anything to keep the household together?

Polls are rolling out, and you know what that means? It's time to have a silly fandom contest!

I find that fans tend to have interesting relationships with Penguindrum's cast, either keeping them at arm's length or latching on to them very quickly. Questions of who is most people's favorite characters or who is the "best" seem to be difficult to pin down because of this divide

As a result I thought it would be fun to poll the fandom to which character is the Most Penguindrum of the cast. What that means exactly I'll leave up to each individual voter, but my personal interpretation is along the lines of "who captures the most of what I think about when I think about this show."

So with that out of the way, let's get into the details!

Round 1 starts February 10, 2023 12:00PM EST

Each match gets its own post, that will be tagged #Penguindrumpolls

In addition I will create round specific posts under the same hashtag linking to each match. Each match will run for exactly 24 hours, with the next round starting another 24 hours later

Good luck to all and may the best Penguin Drum!