Mawaru Penguindrum 01

This show is still very, very mysterious, like it was before it even aired. Three siblings live together. Kanba is the oldest, Shouma is the middle child, and the youngest is the sister, Himari.

The Takakura family. Kanba on the right, Shouma on the left, Himari in the middle.

Himari has some sort of [disease I'm guessing?], and she only has months to live. One day, the brothers take Himari to the aquarium to watch the penguins. After they see them (more specifically Shouma and Himari), the two go to the souvenir shop and get Himari a penguin hat. Right as he is buying it though, Himari disappears, and we find her in the middle of the aquarium, collapsed. She's dead.

She's dead.

They rush her to the hospital and confirm her dead. A scene with Kanba and Shouma takes place, with Himari in a hospital bed. (On an unrelated note, this seemed like some of the scenes in the second arc of Utena, where (insert character here) is in an elevator.) Suddenly, Himari gets up and is alive. However, there is a mystical force controlling her, and it's all caused by the penguin hat. Apparently, this mysterious figure controlling her body has extended her life. They go home afterwards. At home, they are sent a box with an unknown sender. There are 3 blue cylinders inside, frozen, and the siblings do not know what they are.

Um, what the hell are these?

Shouma goes to school and does some stuff after school. He forgets his subway pass, and SUDDENLY, a penguin appears out of nowhere and gives it to him. (And if you're wondering how he doesn't question it? Your guess is as good as mine.) Cabbage is sold out at the grocery store, and SUDDENLY, a penguin appears out of nowhere to give him cabbage. It is raining and he doesn't have an umbrella, and SUDDENLY, a penguin comes out of nowhere to give him one. At this point, he asks a kid if he knows "what this penguin is". He and his mother cannot see it.

Shh! He's mental. (somehow I expect that to be 1st class gg trolling)

Shouma runs home (with the penguin chasing him), and when he comes home, he sees two more penguins. The package sent earlier was (obviously) the three penguins. And apparently, they can understand what they are saying, and only they can see them. After this, the three siblings have dinner, and in the middle of it, the penguin hat goes back onto Himari, and we get a trippy sequence where the force controlling her tells the brothers to "find the Penguin Drum".

"What the fuck is a samoflange?"

There were a bunch of Utena allusions, and that's to be expected from Ikuhara. Overall, it was interesting. It leaves you with a million questions, and answers none.