Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun: Tonari no Gokudou-kun

Long before modern times, sweets-loving Princess Chizuru Ooshima painstakingly studies to pass her English proficiency exam. To keep Her Highness focused, Lord Shogun bans all sweets in the town of Edo. Meanwhile, tensions arise between two powerful factions: the Mizutani group, led by the respected Shizuku "Ane-san" Mizutani; and the Yoshida group, under the leadership of the capricious Haru "Harunosuke" Yoshida.

Ane-san tirelessly tries to make contact with Harunosuke to deliver the news of the founding of a new temple school. But soon after she meets him by chance, romance blooms between the two. However, not everyone approves of this development—and they might stop at nothing to prevent their happiness.

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Yoshida, Haru Main

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Mizutani, Shizuku Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Natsume, Asako Supporting

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Yamaguchi, Kenji Supporting

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Sasahara, Souhei Supporting

Oosaka, Ryouta Japanese

Misawa, Mitsuyoshi Supporting

Higuchi, Tomoyuki Japanese

Yoshida, Yuuzan Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Ooshima, Chizuru Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Miyama, Yuu Supporting

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Ayanokouji, Masahiro Supporting

Abe, Atsushi Japanese

Kaburagi, Hiro Director

Robico Original Creator

Takagi, Noboru Series Composition

Naganuma, Norihiro Assistant Director

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Mar 19, 2014

drip

Recommended

I NEVER write reviews but after reading the other one I felt I should put a little input.

This OVA was overall just fun to watch; the whole time switch thing was iffy but opened room for randomness which had me laughing out loud a few times. Up until the half way point I was loving this, the way they were doing things was really working; I was thinking 10/10, but then things really went down hill and made you look back and think "was this really the whole plot?" and you look at it completely differently. The very end was quite strange and you wont ... see it coming from a mile away, it redeemed itself somewhat from the last minutes leading up to it but overall was not an ending I was hoping for, though the ending would have been superb if the conclusive ending was so stupid.


Overall 8/10, it was great starting out, ruined by a terrible plot, then partially redeemed with the final scene that should have been the plot the whole time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Oct 29, 2013

bloggbigg

Mixed Feelings

This is an OVA. It is actually 'stand alone' and has little to do with the main series. This presents itself as one of those 'ever popular' historical period re-envisioning episodes, and seems to use the 'personalities' (more or less) of the characters at the end of the series- but not really. Long story short, this OVA is constructed like a filler episode, is completely disconnected from the series, and probably isn't worth watching unless you're a completionist.
In addition to the characters being 'off', the plot is weak, and resolved multiple times by what I assume are blatant and intentional Deus ex Machina resolutions. ... You my find the nonsensical/quirky outcomes humorous (I think that was the intent), but in comparison to the original series, this episode is a bit of a let-down to say the least.
I don't know why they made this. It's not horrible, but it's not very good either. It was probably created as 'light-hearted', intentional nonsense- but doesn't quite pull it off.
Watch it if you want, just know it presents as a 'proper (but bland) story' for about 2/3rds before spiraling into insanity/obscurity. There is a reason the main series is ranked around 500 (good), and this one ranks in around 1700 (nowhere near as good). The reason is they are two completely different anime.

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Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jan 4, 2021

FelipeComF

Not Recommended

This OVA is pretty different from others you may be used to. It's basically another universe that is happening during the Edo Period in Japan

The characters are stereotyped with their most memorable characteristics, and this is actually a really funny fact about the OVA, the comedy part you know?

The story starts great, but the end is absolutely bad. It's really pushy to be funny, and because of that, the story is ruined and it was, at least for me, not funny.

I absolutely love the art and sound from Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, nothing to complain about it, it is really good, but not the best ... I've seen, but it's still a really good point in it

It is a pretty OK OVA, not bad, not good, but at least we have an end, differently from the anime LOL

4/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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	Poll: Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun: Tonari no Gokudou-kun Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 ) Stark700 - Aug 12, 2013	73 replies	by removed-user »» Apr 18, 2022 6:49 PM
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