I picked this up to fill in the gap for something I dropped, and it was kind of a hugely pleasant surprise.

For a "cute girls doing cute things" series...it really does it all extremely well. It's so much more than what it comes off as in a synopsis.

It is a really intelligent mix of "cute girls doing cute things" on the surface level, and uses that as the comedy relief for what it really is, and exploration of grief, loss, and the corresponding recovery. The cute girls are stepsisters trying to bond and become more of a family since their widowed parents married, doing the thing (fly-fishing) cutely. But there's a ton of introspection and emotional exploration packed into these episodes.

A series like Yuru Camp played with the "experience of being alone" and solitude of winter camping. But the undertone of this series is actually a main focus!

It's light, and it approaches the heavy stuff with the appropriate level without ever getting mired in it. The family bonding isn't treated like it is effortless or even easy. The two stepsisters put in the serious effort to get there.

It's kinda just nice.