Kotoura-san

Since childhood, Haruka Kotoura's classmates have seen her as a creepy and monstrous person. This is due to her ability to read other people's minds—the same ability that drove her parents away, leaving her alone with her grandfather. As a result, she has grown accustomed to the bitter treatment by the people around her, becoming completely cold and unsociable to others.

However, everything starts to change when Haruka transfers to a new school. While most are off put by her as usual, she meets Yoshihisa Manabe, who finds her power astonishing. Yoshihisa then proceeds to befriend Haruka, promising to never leave her no matter what happens.

Haruka's new experiences of social belonging thus begin, meeting new friends and learning to open herself along the way.

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Kotoura, Haruka Main

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Manabe, Yoshihisa Main

Fukushima, Jun Japanese

Muroto, Daichi Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Moritani, Hiyori Main

Kubo, Yurika Japanese

Mifune, Yuriko Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Kotoura, Zenzou Supporting

Nishimura, Tomomichi Japanese

Kotoura, Kumiko Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Tsukino, Aki Supporting

Watanabe, Akeno Japanese

Oshou Supporting

Nakano, Yutaka Japanese

Onozaki Supporting

Ookawa, Tooru Japanese

WEST GROUND Producer

Fukuda, Jun Producer

Ougi, Jiyuu Producer

Oota, Masahiko Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Oct 23, 2024

Anime-Isekai-God

Recommended

When I first saw this 10 years ago this was one of my favorite romance anime of this genre It lit a spark within my heart. Now after seeing this again 12 years later. This is still as amazing as the day I found you, as the day I first saw you, I will always be forever grateful for your works Enokids. Even after 10+ years since the anime of this came out, and 3 more volumes of the manga that haven't been animated. I will forever love your works and will always be hopeful for the rest to be animated. Well done for making ... my childhood great with your lovely works
when this came out. I thank you from the bottom of my heart (*つ▽`)っ

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 21, 2024

elthreedotcomma

Mixed Feelings

Childhood memories. Most of us forget what is not important to our life now. That is how the mind is supposed to work. Mostly, it does.

Kotoura-san (I'm not typing out The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura everytime) had one of the best opening scenes one could ever witness. We slowly see Kotoura lose friends, and even her own family, because she has the powers of telepathy. We see how traumatic reading everyone's minds at a very young age, when children exercise little to no control over their words, can be. We see how memories from our past can plague our present. Everything was seemingly done ... well.

And then the story began.

Some parts of the show are fine; she is shown to slowly build a relationship with her first friend at school, Manabe, and be accepted by others at school. She is shown to slowly change over time through newly-found social acceptance. That's fine; something good is finally happening to Kotoura, and the show evokes emotion in the viewer.

Other parts are more or less forced in. The show tries to blend too many aspects, and in its ambition, ends up falling flat. The comedy works in the beginning, but quickly becomes repetitive. The story tries to be serious even when it isn't, and introduces a lackluster mystery seemingly out of nowhere.

Rather than transitioning into these different plots, it jumps between them, and comes close to failing almost every time. This would have worked much well if it maintained some level of consistency in its plot, but it unfortunately couldn't.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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May 31, 2021

Upset_Nimbus

Not Recommended

The ability to read minds sounds cool on paper but as demonstrated by Kotoura-san can drastically affect one's life. This anime follows the footsteps and daily activities of the ESP club a group of growing rag-tag friends trying to prove to the world that psychic abilities are real. The most noteworthy moments, in my opinion, are the first and last few episodes as it starts out dangerously tragic and usually leads to people expecting a bit more. Don't underestimate the other episodes though as it is essentially an adorable slice of life riddled with a bit of comedy. In the past, she may have harmed ... others but Kotoura slowly grows a knack for using her powers and experiences to help and rehabilitate others! She's able to understand the plights of her friends and even reconcile with a serial assault offender that beats high school girls. It's a decent watch and the cuteness of it all definitely grew on me (fellow fans of moe out there, this one's pretty good!) but it could have definitely been better.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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