Mayonaka Punch

Masaki's career on NewTube ends abruptly when the Harikiri Sisters decide to kick her out of their group during a livestream. With her bad reputation, Masaki has a slim chance of returning to popularity with a solo channel and she is plagued by comments of hate.

Masaki soon meets Live, a vampire who just woke up from her slumber in which she dreamed of Masaki and developed an obsession with her. Believing this discovery will be the next internet sensation, Masaki forms a pact with Live: in exchange for Masaki's blood, Live will help her reach the milestone of a million subscribers.

Now, with the other vampires in Live's house on board with Masaki's ambitious plan, she and Live work together to film videos and restore her to career glory.

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Sonoue, Masaki Main

Hasegawa, Ikumi Japanese

Live Main

Fairouz Ai Japanese

Yuki Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Fuu Supporting

Youmiya, Hina Japanese

Ichiko Supporting

Itou, Yuina Japanese

Tokage Supporting

Ueda, Hitomi Japanese

Sonoue, Sakura Supporting

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Lonely Ooedo Girl Supporting

Omigawa, Chiaki Japanese

Juwachan Supporting

Iwase, Shuuhei Japanese

Minister of Daifuku Supporting

Sasuke Japanese

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Sotokawa, Akihiro Producer

Tsuji, Mitsuhito Producer

Matsuda, Taiyou Producer

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Sep 23, 2024

Marinate1016

Recommended

PA works had a busy summer season with 3 anime originals. Mayopan was the best of the bunch. Lesbian vampires, emotional storytelling, loveable characters and some of the funniest moments this season, this was a blast with very few if any flaws. It starts off as a silly gag comedy about a vampire wanting to drink a disgraced YouTuber’s blood and develops into really heartwarming story about overcoming grief and loss and moving forward in the face of adversity. Don’t let the comedy fool you, there’s a really good story in this one that I think puts it among the best recent PA works anime.

As ... a content creator Mayopan struck a cord with me because in an era where people can be “cancelled” for damn near anything, seeing a YouTuber go thru that and have to pick herself back up was interesting. Masaki isn’t alone though, she’s joined by an ensemble cast of some of the most colourful literally and figuratively characters you’ll see in anime. The best part of this show for me was slowly seeing Mayopan come together as a YouTube group and family, breaking down everyone’s walls and being vulnerable. With one another. I find the idea of being a long lived being that’s never really *lived* before quite interesting. Recently we’ve seen that with Frieren. Making connections with people is what life is all about even if they’re only temporary we are social beings and need to be in communion with others. So when shows like Mayopan give us emotional backstories about characters being lonely and just wanting to be accepted or follow their dreams and then they finally meet people who help them with that, it gets me right in the feels.

Like I said, it’s a comedy show, but unlike something like Nokotan it doesn’t rely on gags. I found myself laughing at how lovingly stupid the characters were at times, the jokes and Live’s obsession with Masaki. Every episode was really just a wacky and fun time and I think the writers perfectly balanced the comedy with some seriously heartwarming stuff.

The show looks awesome too. Out of the 3 shows PA did this season, I think this had the best team behind it and it shows. Art is gorgeous, animation is solid and there’s even a BTS video that Paolo from Tokyo did showing the in depth production process. A lot of love went into this and I appreciate it. My only wish is that PA do more with the IP in terms of a multimedia franchise or something with livestreams of the characters, but I doubt that happens.

Mayopan’s a good fun watch with a perfect mix of story and laughs. YouTube is a difficult nut to crack, but this is one of the best representations of content creation I’ve seen in the medium. All the ins and outs from script writing, camera placement, editing, coming up with ideas for videos and promotion. Yea, the Yuri bait is annoying because PA never commit to it, but I’ll allow it on this occasion because of how good it was.

Mayopan gets 10 out of 10

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 14, 2024

Aechgal

Mixed Feelings

Overall, Mayonaka Punch is a fun watch, but it's nothing extraordinary. The story itself is pretty simple, and the real highlight lies in its comedic moments, which focus on the quirky personalities of the characters. While the drama doesn’t add much depth, it also doesn’t detract from the experience.

One of the standout elements is the opening, which is really catchy and sets a great tone. As for the ending, it wraps things up in a way that makes the journey worthwhile. Its a simple but kinda fun ride, a ride that is focused on this very troubled girl called Masaki, who now fear the simple ... act of showing up in the camera.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Sep 23, 2024

ZeroMajor12

Not Recommended

Mayonaka Punch seems like a weak attempt at trying to portray content creators with their own spin on it. I don't mind a series that wants to be quirky or have eccentric characters take up the spotlight, but sometimes, it can be taken a bit too far when you don't attempt to keep your characters and script up in check, especially when the show is original work. I'm no stranger to P.A Works' blunders, but they have made some good original works in the past which I had fun watching. Unfortunately, this show feels so lackluster compared to the director's previous work on Paripi Koumei, ... proof you can make a show about getting fame in the entertainment industry ENTERTAINING to watch.

The show tries to sell you a story about making content in the nightlife with its vibrancy of colors, the animation and art are consistent and don't take any shortcuts, you get a solid cast with distinguishable characters that have different designs and easy to recognize. It has all of these in check and is usually a good mark to mark a good original show. But how reality often disappoints.

I think the show's problem probably starts from the characters, look at Masaki. A canceled member of a popular NewTube channel because she got caught in 4K punching her friend. How do you make someone who's prone to rude remarks or violence likable to watch? Just put her in a room filled with nutjobs who also happened to be vampires and have her manage that team to become the next sensation of the platform that once canceled her. It's a bold attempt at making someone who actually did something wrong the focus of the show, but making her being in an environment where nobody can really connect to Masaki without resorting to contrived storytelling or deus ex machinas is just a recipe for a bad show. It's difficult to find meaningful moments because of the disharmony between characters exist.

Continuing to the character's problem, I genuinely felt more disappointed because it had a couple of decent characters that I would love to see more, but held back by the series' subpar script and story. Let me focus on Yuki for a minute, she otherwise would appear as a strict vampire who tried to uphold the secrecy of their own existence, but her voice being Kayano Ai and the voice lines she had were pretty good! I would love to have more of her taking up screen time and being more focused other than the script's decision to haphazardly use her as a comic relief for the vampire nutjobs such as Live and her gang. I made an exception for Fuu because her role was just acceptable and didn't have any issues watching her. Live was a giant issue, it hurts for me to watch, because I love the voice actress, but her lines and character role just didn't sit well with me as I had to tolerate her antics in most of the episode. Tokage was genuinely difficult to watch because she's pretty much a gambling addict on paper and barely got development other than her reacting to the weird things the show propelled her in. Ichiko initially was annoying to bear with but got more tolerable as time went on.

Let's talk about the story, it's pretty bland, as if it couldn't be more obvious. Other than a few episodes where the endings change with the VAs singing (which stuff actually does happen on those rare occasions), it's mostly trying to show Masaki's new group producing content to garner views and subs to work on the 1 million milestone, but here I am, trying to ask you this, do NewTubers act like what was shown on Mayonaka Punch? I get other creators act differently than the usual creators we are exposed to like commentators, reaction channels, vlogs, challenges, or music covers, but anything that this show tries to copy, it feels mild at best and mediocre. The execution leaves so much to be desired and I can't help but groan when the only thing the show did right to portray was the comments you sometimes find on your videos or such.

I was hoping for a better portrayal of media creators. But I guess this is where their staff could only do at the end. There's really not much to say other than it being bland and forgettable. Your new run-of-the-mill product by P.A Works unfortunately ends here.

Thank you for reading.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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