Momokuri

After taking one hundred secret photos and observing him from afar for months, second-year high schooler Yuki Kurihara has finally mustered up the courage to ask out her first-year crush Shinya "Momo" Momotsuki. Although taken by surprise, the bashful Momo accepts; however, he does not know the profoundly abnormal truth. As her strait-laced friend, Norika Mizuyama, has observed, Yuki has developed some unnerving—but nonetheless sincere—habits: taking pictures of Momo in secret, doing extensive research into his personal life, collecting his used straws, and even going "Momo watching."

Though Momo remains blissfully unaware of his new girlfriend's peculiar habits, he does notice some oddities in their daily conversations. Still unsure and nervous about his first relationship, Momo finds himself regularly getting into awkward interactions due to his inexperience, but nevertheless resolves to make his new girlfriend happy.

Momokuri follows Yuki and Momo as they shyly explore their newfound love, and also deal with the problems that arise from it.

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Kurihara, Yuki Main

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Momotsuki, Shinya Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Mizuyama, Norika Supporting

Oozora, Naomi Japanese

Shimada, Yuzuki Supporting

Nakaya, Sayaka Japanese

Sakaki, Rio Supporting

Maeda, Rena Japanese

Sawaguchi, Ema Supporting

Takumi, Yasuaki Japanese

Usami, Seiichirou Supporting

Ono, Kensho Japanese

Shizuka, Shouta Supporting

Nagatsuka, Takuma Japanese

Usami, Ikue Supporting

Takeshita, Reina Japanese

Sawaguchi, Rihito Supporting

Yamaya, Yoshitaka Japanese

Shioya, Yoshiyuki Producer

Yoshie, Terushige Producer

Ueki, Tatsuya Producer

Iwamoto, Masako Producer

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Jan 2, 2024

Aryan_exists

Recommended

This series will make you blush the whole time.
Momokuri is a romcom anime about two lovebuds falling in love and they are together from the start.
One thing I like about this anime is it has no dramas,breakups,love triangle and other tropes we see in most romance anime.
It is pure wholesome stuff.the description may be a little misleading.it's not about some girl stalking over a boy shamelessly.
It's only seen in first episode and later in the series is acknowledged as a bad thing.So no yandere-bullshit tbh.

Story-9/10 the story is wholesome and seems relatable.the story also focuses on couple's insecurities about their relationship which is such a ... great thing.-1 for irrelevant beach episode

Animation 10/10 :anime is good and colourful.i like the art style and characters look very cute

Characters 8/10:the main couple is very cute and they are well developed but not much about the side characters tbh


In conclusion: if you want to watch a romance anime without much drama or other things .this is your best bet

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Sep 10, 2024

AnimeExplorer21

Mixed Feelings

I just finished watching Momokuri, and I'm left feeling...meh. I know, I know, it looks all cute and innocent, but trust me, it's a bit of a weird ride. I mean, I've seen some obsessive behavior in anime before, but this one takes the cake.

The whole premise revolves around Yuki, the girl who's basically stalking Shinya, the boy she's got a crush on. Like, seriously stalking him - secret photos, stealing his stuff...it's borderline creepy. And yet, it's played off as cute and endearing? I don't know, man, it just didn't sit right with me.

Don't get me wrong, there are some adorable moments scattered throughout ... the series. But if you're looking for a romantic anime with actual relationship development, Momokuri ain't it. It's like they took every cliche from the "awkward girl falls for popular guy" trope and mashed them all together without adding anything new or interesting.

I guess if you've got a ton of free time and are looking for something mindless to watch, Momokuri might be okay. But honestly, there are so many better anime out there that actually explore complex relationships and emotions.

So yeah, I'd say skip it unless you're really into weird, stalker-ish behavior being portrayed as cute. Not my cup of tea, but hey, maybe it's yours?

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 20, 2017

summitsama

Not Recommended

Preliminary (10/26 eps)

Momokuri is just a show that's trying really hard to be the cutest thing you've ever seen. Shy kids having a clumsy relationship full of forced misunderstandings and awkwardness. And that's it. There is nothing else to this show, once sentence is literally all you need to describe everything.

But while it's not depth incarnate, it does succeed in portraying some legitimate heart warming cuteness. At first you may find the gags make you giggle or at least smile. The chibi style drawings are pretty adorable and the voice work is excellent. There's some goofy recorder music ... here and there to add to the joyful ambiance, as in most similar shows.

The problem is that it's just not enough. The jokes are really sparse, and the rest of the show consists of, well, nothing. Inner monologues, casual conversations about casual shit you don't care about, boring characters doing boring normal things. All the "filler" produces no entertainment, and doesn't progress the story, since there is none, really. Even the jokes are problematic, because as time passes, you will realize that you are just watching a slightly different flavor of the same gag.

The characters are pretty much reduced to their gimmick, as is often the case in low quality animes. But they're still decently lovable, so i can tolerate it here. My issue with these characters, as that if you didn't know their school year, you'd have a really hard time speculating on how old they are. Sometimes they act like grade schoolers, sometimes like teens, their appearance is overly childlike. There's no adult characters which sucks some more realism out of the setting.

Don't bother with this, it's just not funny enough for its lack of substance.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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