A Little Snow Fairy Sugar

Anime Review

A Little Snow Fairy Sugar

I'm so touch I really like this anime, the story was good and yet the end makes me so sad that I almost cry for it.

Plot

The story is based around 11-year-old Saga Bergmann, a young girl in a small German town who lives with her grandmother Regina and works in a coffee shop when not in school. Saga is extremely structured and plans her life down to the minute. One day, she notices a tiny creature in a fluffy outfit that appears to be starving. She offers it a waffle, which helps revive the tiny creature. Saga learns that this tiny creature is Sugar, an apprentice season fairy. Sugar explains that season fairies alter the weather by playing a magical musical instrument, and her specialty is snow, which she creates by playing the piccolo. Sugar is joined by two more apprentice season fairies, Salt, an outgoing male fairy who plays the trumpet to make the sun shine more brightly, and Pepper, a quiet and caring female fairy who plays the harp to make the wind blow.

All three apprentices are shocked at the realization that Saga can see them, since humans are not supposed to be able to see season fairies. Pepper speculates that exceptional humans might be able to see them, which is the best possible explanation. Sugar tells Saga that the three have been sent to Earth to train as full-fledged season fairies, and to do that, they must find 'Twinkles'.

Sugar moves into Saga's bedroom and sets up residence, much to the consternation of the super-structured Saga. Saga is a well-meaning, intelligent and highly-organized girl who feels compelled to look after the childish, loud and irresponsible Sugar, who is incapable of looking after herself. The story is complicated further with the arrival of three adult season fairies—Turmeric, a cloud fairy; Ginger, a rain fairy; and the Elder, the leader of the season fairies—and two more apprentices—Basil, a thunder fairy, and Cinnamon, an ice fairy.

With the highly disruptive presence of Sugar, Saga's life goes haywire. Her friends Norma and Anne think that she is losing her mind, and her teacher, Miss Hanna, is worried that her best student is acting strangely. Not at all concerned with her strange behavior is Greta, an egotistical rich girl who considers Saga to be her rival, and Phil, a goofy inventor who keeps trying to persuade Saga to help him with his experiments, if he is not already busy building and trying out his latest device.

Characters

(Saga with all the fairy)

• Saga Bergman is the series protagonist. Her mother died in an accident, so she lives with her grandmother. Saga is somewhat obsessed with planning, scheduling her day nearly to the minute and is frustrated when her plans go off schedule. Saga works in a coffee shop, and regularly stops at the local music store to play her mother's piano. Voiced by: Masumi Asano (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)

• Sugar is a female snow fairy in training, working to learn how to be a full fledged fairy. She comes to the human world for the final part of her training, requiring her to find a "Twinkle". Sugar acts much like a toddler, with a clumsy nature who often tries her best at things but messes them up because she doesn't always think things through. She loves to kiss anyone she is fond of when happy. After Saga first feeds her a waffle, she comes to love treats, though she mispronounces their name as "waffo". In the manga adaptation, she was familiar with the word before eating one. Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese), Rebecca Forstadt (English)

• Pepper is a female apprentice wind fairy and one of Sugar's friends who also comes to the human world to find a "Twinkle". She lives in the house of a veterinary who has a newborn baby, which she tries to care for and plays it lullabies on her harp. Calm, gentle, and polite, she is humble about her abilities and is capable of talking to animals. Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi (Japanese), Lara Cody (English)

• Salt is a male apprentice sun fairy and another of Sugar's friends who come to the human world with her to find a "Twinkle". Salt initially wishes to be a sun fairy like his father, but after meeting Tumeric, he decides he wants to be a cloud fairy. Voiced by: Tomo Saeki (Japanese), Brianne Siddall (English)

• '"Cinnamon"' is a male apprentice and an ice, or hail fairy, who's best friends with Basil. He's the calmer one of the two, until he uses his cymbals, which make him go crazy. He also loves to cause mischief, and plays pranks on humans that can't see him. Voiced by: Akiko Hiramatsu (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren(ep 7) / Kay Jensen(for the rest) (English)

• '"Basil"' is a male apprentice, and a lightning, or thunder storm fairy, who's best friends with Cinnamon. He's the louder one of the two, and his instrument is the drum. He loves to cause mischief to make people think that strange, natural disasters are occurring. Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashi (Japanese), Ethan Murray (English)

• '"Grandmother Regina"' is Saga's grandmother, who, like many others, cannot see the season fairies. She is very caring towards Saga, along with thinking there's something wrong with her since she sees her talking to nothing, a.k.a. the season fairies. Voiced by: Chikako Akimoto (Japanese), Darcy Fitzwater (English)

• Greta is Saga's self-proclaimed rival. The spoiled daughter of a rich family, she can be arrogant and boastful, though at times shows that she does have a good heart. She often sets up impromptu contests between herself and Saga. Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura (Japanese), Jennifer Sekiguchi (English)

• Anne and Norma are Saga's best friends. Anne is taller, quiet and more intelligent, while Norma is shorter, bubble-headed and obsessed with odd fashions. They are often concerned about Saga, and are supportive of her actions. Norma - Voiced by: Sawa Ishige (Japanese), Stevie Bloch (English); Anne - Voiced by: Akiko Nakagawa (Japanese), Mari Devon (English)

• Phil and his two friends, Jan and Lan, are inventors who often try to enlist Saga, Anne and Norma's help with their latest project. Voiced by: Asami Sanada (Japanese), Steve Staley (English)

• Ginger is an adult rain fairy who is dedicated to her job. She can be brutally honest at times, but means well and keeps an eye on the apprentice fairies. It is hinted that she has romantic feelings for Turmeric, though never explicitly stated. Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Hope Grandflower (English)

• Turmeric is an adult cloud fairy who plays the cello. Turmeric is a kind, thoughtful and subdued fairy whom Ginger regularly hangs out with and who becomes Salt's role model. He constantly strives to perfect his clouds. Voiced by: Kenji Nojima (Japanese), Ezra Weisz (English)

• The Elder, is the leader of the season fairies and capable of creating any kind of weather. Though extremely wise, he often appears foolish, particularly in his dedicated pursuit of Ginger. Voiced by: Fumihiko Tachiki (Japanese), Steve Kramer (actor) (English)