No one would want the people they care about to be sad theyd do whatever they can to make sure theyre happy. For those in a loving family that would include those in their family. There is one anime girl like that who went back in time just to make her mother happy in the future....but not many people know that the anime she is in exists. I certainly didnt know it existed until the day I randomly decided to scroll through the list of anime produced by the studio Encourage Films and instantly got attracted to this particular animes cute art style. Thus I decided to watch it although despite its cute art style I honestly didnt expect much. Little did I know that I was in for a bit of a treat. Lads ladies and nonbinaries here is my review of the notsowellknown cutesy anime Ontama The story of Ontama begins with an elementary school girl named Ichigo Tamura being distressed about her family issues her mother is a very nice woman but her stepfather doesnt act the same way always berating the two of them. One day while shes crying in the park about it she is approached by a person in a bus drivers outfit who asks her what her wish is in response Ichigo says that her wish is for her mother and her father her REAL father that is to get married instead as she feels that her real father would have made her mother happier. Next thing Ichigo knows she is thrown into a magical bus not to be confused with the Magic School Bus and driven back in time to before she was born. She ends up meeting her real father the clumsy Kyousuke Hikami and while posing as his little sister sets off to set him up with her mother Miyuki. However she must first overcome some obstacles such as Kyousukes best friend and Ichigos future stepfather Yuuji who also clearly has feelings for Miyuki. Oh did I mention how Ichigo ended up meeting Kyousuke? He cracked her out of an egg. Im not kidding that actually happened. That is only one of the many completely random things to happen in Ontamas story and most of the time these random moments can actually be quite funny I ended up laughing out loud a lot more than I thought I would. However what I didnt appreciate was the fact that the comedy took time away from the story which gave the relationship between Kyousuke and Miyuki less time to develop than it already had and made it feel really rushed as a result. Plus the plot twist revealed in the last episode was so predictable that it was honestly kind of irritating and although it answered one potential question a viewer who possibly might not figure it out may have it just leaves them with more as a result I wasnt as emotionally invested as I could have been. Despite the story not being that good I can say that the characters were charming. Ichigo is a decent protagonist I liked how supportive she was of her parents love lives. The one who granted her wish Cappy had a cute appearance but otherwise....he was kind of forgettable. Honestly not a lot of the characters in the cast stand out that much not even Kyousuke and Miyuki who are both important parts of the story no one was really unlikable but I didnt really like them either. I will give a special mention to Yuuji however he is perhaps the most complex character in this simple anime although I wont get into it because of the possibility of accidentally entering spoiler territory. I said at the beginning of this review that the art was what made me watch Ontama and aside from that the animation was decent. The quality I watched it in wasnt that good but the animation flowed well for the tone it was setting. The character designs were cute too and while the backgrounds werent anything special they werent awful either. The voice acting was also decent while there were times where I felt like the voice actors werent portraying the emotions the characters feel good enough its still easy to tell that theyre having fun. Finally the opening and ending themes were decent in their own ways but ultimately I wouldnt listen to them again. Overall Ontama was just a decent anime. If you like zany comedy with a bit of romance on the side Id recommend you watch it but at the same time no one is going to kill you if you dont. There are other anime out there where characters take field trips through time after all.