Yozakura Quartet

The world of Yozakura Quartet is actually not one, but two worlds: one of humans, and one of youkai. Despite appearing mostly human, youkai may have animal like physical traits, along with a number of special abilities. Normally youkai are confined to their world, but some have found their way into the realm of humanity. As a symbol of peace, and a bridge between the two realms, a city was constructed within the protective barrier of seven magical trees, otherwise known as the Seven Pillars. This city of Sakurashin is home to both humans and youkai, with the peace between them maintained by the Hizumi Life Counseling Office.

The director of this office is Akina Hiizumi, a teenager with the inherited family ability to perform “tuning,” which can send harmful youkai back to their world permanently. He is aided by a group of girls, including the town’s 16 year old youkai mayor, Hime Yarizakura, their town’s announcer and resident telepath, Ao Nanami, and Kotoha Isone, a half-youkai who can summon objects just by stating the object’s name.

As new residents enter and mysterious events begin to take place, this quartet of protectors and their closest friends must continue to guard the city of Sakurashin, and maintain the fragile balance of peace between humans and youkai.

Nanami, Ao Main

Fujita, Saki Japanese

Yarizakura, Hime Main

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Isone, Kotoha Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Hiizumi, Akina Main

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Shinatsuhiko, Yae Supporting

Kuwatani, Natsuko Japanese

F, V Juri Supporting

Ookubo, Aiko Japanese

Kishi, Kyousuke Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Shinatsuhiko, Yuuhi Supporting

Matsumoto, Sachi Japanese

Hiizumi, Enjin Supporting

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Kishi, Touka Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Nakamura, Shinichi Producer

Kananiwa, Kozue Producer

Tanaka, Junichirou Producer

Tateishi, Kensuke Producer

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Sep 19, 2018

LazyBoy-kun

Recommended

Now ill say it first, This anime is the type of anime that most adults may find boring and will hardly be enjoyed.

This anime is really lacking and it really needs a season 2 or more. I may sound negative but its true. But if your looking for a temporary enjoyment then this show is good for you. This is one of my favorite anime and that is due to complete Bias-ness. Personally I can't find anything special about the anime except that it contains one of my top coolest scenes. I will be biased and reasonable at the same time in this review.

My ... #1 reason why I like this anime is Akina. Akina at first look can be considered as a generic protagonist. But one thing that most people fail to notice is that Hime is the Main protagonist of the anime/ or atleast share the spot with Akina. You see the story may look like as it revolves with Akina in the anime but what is actually happening here is that everything about Akina also revolves around Hime, or you could almost say that Akina's story revolves around Hime. No not because Hime does the fighting but because Akina's development as a character from his childhood was basically for Hime.

My #2 reason for loving the anime so much is Hime ofcourse. Her character may seem annoying at first for some people. Well not for me because I don't judge characters after seeing 3 or four episodes. But Okay looking at Hime she can look irresponsible most of the times but really who is the first one to jump infront of a train when its about to hit the city. Its Hime ofcourse, she really pushes herself for other people and I find that attractive to a character. The other thing I absolutely liked about her is her relationship with Akina and how cute she is around him. Imagine a tomboyish lazy girl that blooms around her crush its too cute.

The other characters was really interesting too and how the story plays around them was somewhat enjoyable in my opinion.

In short this anime for me falls in my category as an Anime where you pay attention to the characters rather than the story. Its the type of anime where you won't enjoy and Like it if you don't have a favorite character that you wanna see more.
(Bit of spoiler) The anime needs season 2 to be complete because it gets more interesting further in the manga and It gives more action than the anime

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Feb 22, 2009

adamantine

Mixed Feelings

Yozakura Quartet was only a twelve episode series. That's not a lot of episodes to go wrong with. A basic plot and story can easily be done in twelve episodes. Characters can be fleshed out in twelves episodes. Yozakura Quartet did not manage to do any of that.

Story - 3

The first few episodes showed how much potential Yozakura Quartet had. They were interesting and hooked me instantly. The rest of the show continued to mock me as if saying I was a fool for having any hope in the plot. The characters made stupid decisions and many plot points never made sense or were poorly ... explained. Do not be tricked by the strong beginning.

Animation - 8

The animation was pretty good. The character designs were wonderfully done, and all the fight scenes were fun to watch, if taken out of context. The plot seriously hindered my enjoyment of the fights, unfortunately.

Sound - 7

The OP/ED themes were okay, the actual score was nothing special. I really didn't pay much attention to the score, which means at least it didn't bother me. The seiyū's on the other hand were too good for this show. The seiyū's for Chiaki Shinichi (Nodame Cantabile), Shinku (Rozen Maiden), Suigintou (Rozen Maiden), Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji), Nagi (Kannagi), Yin (Darker than BLACK), and many more were wasted voicing dull, irritating characters.

Character - 5

The characters started out okay, but slowly a serious case of bad characterization appeared. By the end of the show, I could only stand to watch around two or three characters. The rest made multiple stupid decisions and contradicted their behaviour from before.

Enjoyment - 3

Pretty animation and nice sound will go nowhere if the story fails and you want to strangle to the main leads. The story was a giant letdown, but every week I hoped it would get better. But it didn't.

Overall - 5

So much potential, so little results. Yozakura Quartet was mediocre to core. I didn't exactly hate it - I was disappointed by it. Please, don't waste your time with this anime when there are plenty of others (Kamisama Kazoku, for example, is by the same author and is so much better) that aren't such a letdown.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Nov 11, 2024

aps_0

Not Recommended

This anime is a test of the theory that you can throw together a bunch of semi-random plot events and vague worldbuilding, intersperse it with somewhat flashy fights, add a little deus ex machina, act all this out through relatively unchanging characters, and then get something worthwhile out of it (my verdict: no). The animation is fairly good, the production was competently executed, and some individual scenes are reasonably entertaining, but the overall narrative structure is clearly taped together out of cardboard; this is not a story one can fall in love with. Final episode was pretty cool though. Also I like the opening song.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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