Super Cub

Koguma, a reserved second-year high school student, has nothing—no parents, hobbies, friends, or goals. On her way home one afternoon, she visits a vehicle shop in hopes of acquiring a motor scooter. With only enough money to make ends meet, she is disheartened by the price tags and prepares to turn back. However, as she is about to leave, the shop's owner offers her a pre-owned Honda Super Cub for ten thousand yen. Believing that the motorcycle will help brighten her monotonous world, she accepts the deal. As Koguma journeys through her town on small adventures with her Super Cub, she begins to build irreplaceable friendships and eagerly advances toward her new life.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Koguma Main

Yomichi, Yuki Japanese

Reiko Main

Nanase, Ayaka Japanese

Eniwa, Shii Main

Hioka, Natsumi Japanese

Shino-san Supporting

Uo, Ken Japanese

Homeroom Teacher Supporting

Hara, Eriko Japanese

Driver Supporting

Takeuchi, Ryouta Japanese

Store Clerk Supporting

Seki, Kouji Japanese

Announcer Supporting

Takahashi, Shinya Japanese

Worker Supporting

Saitou, Masaki Japanese

Mountain Lodge Owner Supporting

Ishii, Kouji Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Uema, Yasuhiro Producer

Herek, Samantha Assistant Producer

Fujii, Toshirou Director

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Jan 24, 2025

jus7aguy

Recommended

This is one of those super-slow pleasant to watch anime. As such it won't be to everyone's taste. There's no over-arching drama or suspense, no bad guys to be overcome or romances to ship, it's just someone taking those few steps to get out of a rut and find a little extra something to enjoy in their life, and the decision they made to enable that. It's probably a pretty decent advertisement for mopeds type bikes too.

The animation is fine, nothing exceptional but it doesn't let the show down either.
The music is slow, gentle, relaxing and on point.
The voice acting is again ... pleasant, nothing really stand out but no-thing that grates either and honestly if something did "stand-out" it wouldn't be in keeping for the show type. Not standing out is sort of the point.

I saw someone else liken this type of show to a bath and that's a pretty good analogy really. Watching an episode or two of this show is like coming home from a long day, you're wrecked, you don't want excitement or stress, or to blow off steam, you just want to run a hot bath, sit back, and "chill" for awhile as the tension of the day leaves your body. This is that type of show.

I rated it a 7/10, your personal mileage may vary.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 4, 2021

kids11111009

Mixed Feelings

Ok, so this anime just interests me at least, but It felt bland because it’s not really an attractive anime to all people. Not saying its bad, its good however it’s really underappreciated. I still have some concerns about this.

Story is too simple, and too straight off, literally seeing Koguma riding in her cub anywhere around, same with Reiko and Shii, but Shii on her bike. Its almost like you’re going places point A to point B shortly and do these things simply less than a minute or so. Also the unsolved cases like how did her parents leave her, how did she end ... up a very short life when it comes to low budget and everything, can’t you just pull them out, at least in the manga?

Artstyle is pretty interesting, probably the first anime I watched with classic artstyle, realistic character with uniform and hair color, except Shii. The fact that this will be a bit lower is because people don’t find this interesting. It’s not in the same tier as other animes but is unique. Artstyle does feel realistic as well with a different tone of color. I would give this a 9 because its interesting, but because of the lack of interest by most people, this will be a 7.

Character. Ok WTF. In the anime, fine its just small dialogue and smiles on thier faces. ok, Im satisfied. Whatever. Koguma is very limited, same with Shii. Reiko however has more personality than the main character, ok what the? Compared to the anime’s manga, Koguma has personality same with Shii. Reiko is even more than them. Shouldn’t Koguma get more recognition because she’s the main? Why don’t you add more on her besides being shy and moody. Just improve on that the next season soon. And that is why this is a 5

Sound literally is ok, the music is classical and relaxing, but its getting boring when it plays again on another scene or a different episode. The only time it gets satisfying for me is hearing the gymnopedie BGM on ep 7 which is the first time hearing a music outside of japan being used for an anime. Sound for the background is ok, but it feels less than I can imagine other than the Cub noise or the class in school. As for Opening and ending, they’re also good, but they’re just as nearly as identical as other animes that has an opening and ending with relaxing music like this. 7 for that.

Enjoyment is not really that exciting nor fun when you watch this. Very slow and very simple, makes me want to sleep and almost slept through the whole anime in just one day because this makes me feel sleepy. 5 for that.

Overall would be a 6. This is an interesting but very underappreciated and had some flaws that just really makes an anime a fine, but not so-fine watching. My opinion, not yours, so don’t fuck with me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 23, 2024

Kyou_Ryuu

Not Recommended

THE GOOD:
Nice visuals? Check. Laid back atmosphere? Check. Good vibes? Check.
Despite being a "Honda ad", this looked like it could become one of my favourite slice-of-life anime...

THE MEH:
...until ep. 5, when things started going downhill (ironically... if you watched the show, you know what I mean). First of all, there's a noticeable drop in production quality. Not the end of the world, it's a common pattern in many shows after the first few episodes. But at the same time, the story also takes a worrying turn. The Cub, which was initially described just as a passion for Koguma and Reiko, appears for the first ... time as an obsession: Reiko's goal with his bike is not only obviously unrealistic, but she is completely unprepared for it AND puts herself in danger to achieve it. First red flag.
From this point onwards, we don't watch two normal girls living a normal life anymore: we start watching two addicted who would do ANYTHING to spend time with their Cubs, especially Koguma. Unplanned hundreds' miles journey on dangerous roads? Check. Risky driving-for-fun on the snow? Check. Sociopathic behaviour to other characters vs. unhealthy attachment to her bike? Check.
While my enjoyment of the series took a massive hit because of this, I was still hoping it was just a... bump on the road. "The MCs will learn to balance out their lives and their passion." Right?


THE BAD:
...well, they didn't. In the last few episodes Koguma starts talking about her Super Cub as if it was a miraculous solution for all of her problems. Worst, she starts SELLING this idea to other characters. Textbook addiction.
The straw that broke the "scooter's back", for me, was the rescue scene.

[SPOILERS AHEAD, SKIP THIS SECTION. YE BE WARNED]
Imagine this: terrible weather outside, icy roads and snow everywhere. You receive a call from your friend: she just had an accident with her bike, called you because you were the first on her phone's list. You don't know where she is, and you hear her passing out mid-call.
What a normal person would do: call the emergency services, inform your friend's relatives, and only if the weather allows for it, go out to try and find her.
What Koguma does: takes her Cub WITHOUT INFORMING ANYONE and goes out searching, risking an accident herself multiple times due to the roads (thus endangering also her friend's life, since no one knows about her yet). When she finds her fallen into a frozen river (because of anime logic), she clumsily moves her out without checking if she is injured or not (risking further complications in case of fractures and head/spine shocks), then she puts her, still wet to the bones, in her Cub's front basket and brings her home. She is literally freezing exposed to the cold winter air? Who cares.
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At the end of this, I had no further hope for the show. I finished it just because only very little was left, but I would have dropped it if I had to watch even 2-3 more episodes.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
Despite the nice visuals, this is one of the worst series I've ever watched. It's a real pity, because it started off as a promising and relaxing slice-of-life anime with some interesting ideas in terms of direction and writing.
Not recommended, unless you are OK to watch only the first 4 episodes and call it a day: if the show ended there, it would have been a solid 7 in my books.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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