Takunomi.

I can't find a reason for me to not like this. There's just something about it that was simple and clean and got you well intoxicated with all of the different options they present to you (to be completely honest, the one thing that comes to mind about this is that it was put together by makers of beer, liquor and wine.) They teach you how to make drinks and which ones do what, but they also provide a history of each drink and I found it to be fun. It's really easy to just relax with.

There is just enough to the characters to make ... it easy to digest; spread out with different backgrounds and ages for their professions and/or life stage. The visuals around it are simple, solid and bright, invoking what's supposed to be happiness. The idea of drinking alcohol with your friends is supposed to be a warm and fuzzy feeling. This was just a nice little variation that broke up what I had been watching.

Each of the 12 episodes are 15 minutes long and it almost seems as if there could be more credits than show. Usually Short episode shows really bother me because I'm so used to the 24 minute format and I feel incomplete. I've caught an awful lot of hell from people for not liking short episode shows, like 3 minutes or 10 minute etc this didn't do that to me.

Takunomi is the only anime I’ve seen that focuses primarily around casual drinking of low alcohol beverages like beer, wine, and cider, which I personally enjoy and drank some of prior to writing this review. Bartender was also a great show, but it has a very different atmosphere and focuses on a bartender providing the perfect drink for each of his customers.

Takunomi shows us various girls in this collge dorm who have different experiences with alcohol. Some parts of it are honestly kind of nostalgic to when I first started drinking and was still getting used to this strange world of alcohol. The story follows ... Amatsuki Michiru as she learns more about alcohol and her roommates’ dependence on it.

The art is pretty standard, which I can’t complain about. It presents a group of young adult women as being rather cute, which I appreciate. Cute women in anime are honestly underrated.

The anime is set in college and our protagonist is a short haired girl who doesn’t dress super feminine, also doesn’t exactly represent herself as a tomboy. She and her roommates will drink alcohol together in the common area, sharing it with each other, and chatting. Some of the characters are bigger fans of alcohol than others, but overall the personalities of the girls aren’t explored as deeply as they could be in an anime about drinking, which is something typically done while chatting casually and generally exposing what you’re like as a person.

I thought this was a rather enjoyable anime. It wasn’t amazing, and as far as the cute women doing cute things genre goes it was far from the best, but I liked the drinking theme and even learned a few things from it. I would suggest it if you like cute anime women or have already seen Bartender and want another anime about alcohol (although this is definitely inferior).

OK, LAST CALL , LAST CALL, THE BAR IS ABOUT TO CLOSE!!!!!!!!

Booze, booze, boooooze, too many boooze that goes around this anime, and I don't even know if I'm watching the slice of life of the 4 girls in a girls sharing Stella House or a series of booze endorsements, so, I'll have a Vodka Stirred not Shaken:


Poor 3, Story:

When you watch this anime , you'll be surprise by a lot of info dump about as what appetizer goes well with booze, if you're a tea toddler , then this is a wtf thing for you, Cu'z you wouldn't wanna give a shit about ... what goes well with what. On the other hand, if you're an otaku boozer then this may be a thing for you, which I kinda doubt, since otaku's weren't that cool when it comes to partying and booze is the everything. Let's face it man, most otaku's would shy away from such drinking and basically this anime's plot was just something that contradicts a otaku's life style.

I'll have pint of Guinness please and some Cashews.

Decent 4, Art:

Don't be expecting any panty shots nor any boob flash, the only service you'll see in here is Kae in her purple underwear in episode 5 and in episode 10 where you'll see Kae , Nao and Michiru in their bikinis and that's that.

I have a Bikini Bottom please ( that's a kind of Cocktail, you Moron).

Fair 6, Sound:

Nothing to say here.

Water please.

Decent 4, Characters:

Ok so they're not that bad, they're just a bunch of drunks, Well if we look at them they basically represent a certain kind of woman that you'll wanna bang after the partying and boozing, so let's just forget their info, since it isn't that of a big deal anyways:

Kae Midorikawa- She is this late twenties kind of MILF representation, that you can have a relationship with as you as your bar partner and then have sex with in the weekends and then leave her when she get's pregnant. Where she wouldn't mind since she isn't a marrying type or is very capable to being a single mom.

Kiriyama Nao- A typical girl whom you can have a one night stand after an all night boozing, in fact she represent a kind of girl where you can continue boozing while banging each other.

Kiriyama makoto- Ok, she basically represent this college lass whom you can have as your mistress like that of Pres Trump with Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, she basically a representation of a rich old man's college bitch that get's supported through her studies, she is also the type who would serve you drinks and give you a blow job at the same time or someone you can do after the party.

Amatsuki Michiru- She represents this office fling that you meet after work at a bar and then have a threesome with another girl after a round of drinks. She can bang both you and your girl at the same time and can still booze up.

I'll have a Screwdriver please (that's a kind of Cocktail dummy).


Poor 3, Enjoyment:

Too me it's just like watching a TV commercial, where at one point you'll wanna change channel for a while, cu'z it was sooooo annoying and like I've said , this isn't for tea toddlers like me.

I have a rum cola please and some potato chips.


Poor 3, Overall:

Too many info dump about Japanese booze and appetizer and not lotta body in the anime itself, This is just an anime full of endorsements . And there isn't a lot of otaku boozers around to enjoy this. too the original creator Haruto Hino, well to him it's good since he's a boozer . But it's different to a lotta otakus whom were tea toddlers and who ever gives thsi anime a 10, 8, 9 or a 7 in the overall , the he or she is one of those rare otaku boozer or just someone who enjoys seeing them eye candy girls............


OK , BAR IS CLOSE, PAY YOUR TABS AND REMEMBER, DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!!!!!!!!!!