There’s a Yiddish expression that, abbreviated, amounts to “worries go down better with soup.” Soup may not be the food featured in Deaimon, but the sentiment seems to be present nonetheless – there’s something comforting about eating a soothing food when the world feels like it’s turned upside down. That has most certainly happened for the characters in this show in varying degrees, and the calm, understated progression of them working through their worries across these first three episodes is a charming combination of slice-of-life and family drama.
Part of what makes it work so well is that no one’s problems are being compared to anyone else’s – there’s no denying that Itsuka may have it the worst, because she’s been abandoned by her parents and is constantly waiting for her father to come back, even if the piece of her that expects to take over the traditional…