Hello,
Today we'll talk about the 9th episode of the spring season 2012 anime series named Sankarea that finally explain the reasons for Rea's father obsession and somehow "improves" a bit his reputation.
Well, he's still a crazy father and at the same time the very reason for Rea's death, but at least his actions during the years were not completely random evil acts.
Whenever he watches Rea, he can only see his wife because of the extreme similarity. I wonder what will happen as soon as Rea get to know the truth behind her mother identity...

The love story between Dan'ichirou and Rea's mother was a heartstrucking one and I really liked when he stood up against the family's decision in order to protect the girl he loves.
He was searching for true love, even while surrounded with dozens of beautiful girls ready to become his wife...
I wonder how their story would've changed if Rea's mother was still alive after giving birth to Rea. Maybe he wouldn't had become such a crazy guy...
Just what do you think you're doing Chihiro? Refusing such a beautiful woman with no decent reason? "I only like zombies, not normal humans!"...
This repeating plot device is making me cringe more and more, it almost reached the level of the "NEET Detective" line by Alice in Kami-sama no Memo Chou.
I prefer the classic generic guy as protagonist compared to such an abnormality. I mean, I wonder how would such a guy be treated in the real world?!

Judging from the episode preview next episode will be focused on the showdown between Chihiro and Rea's father. It'll be a battle between ideals, because I really don't think Chihiro have any chance to win physically in such an unfair fight.
We also get to see a "bunny girl" Rea running around the house in order to stop the battle, save Chihiro and hopefully punch her father with her zombie strength.
I wonder why she was clothed in that way?! I remember something extremely funny happening in that manga chapter, but I can't remember clearly as I read it more than 1 year ago...

Concluding, Sankarea is continuing to be an extremely entertaining series that I suggest to anyone looking for a "special" romantic comedy.
The only small downside is the protagonist, I just can't like him for some reason...:P
See you soon,
feal87