Nov 4, 2014
For those who like to skim:
If you enjoy the harem genre, a bit of light action and comic relief to spice things up occasionally and are running out of things to watch Asu no Yoichi is definitely fun enough to merit a viewing.
For the rest:
Plot-wise Asu no Yoichi is rather simple, though not so thin as to be unsatisfying: a young samurai, Karasuma Yoichi, descends from the mountains, where he has spent his entire life training, to join a dojo in the city, which is of course maintained by 4 sisters living without parental supervision.
Even without the main antagonist of the story the interplay between
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characters as Yoichi adjusts to his new life is enough to make the series enjoyable. A mess of tangled back and forth unrequited love mean that comedy is never far away, often delivered in very well executed and hilariously drawn daydreams.
I found the romance aspect to be a bit lacking. Many crushes and few meaningful confessions with tangible outcomes left me feeling that the characters could have developed deeper, more complex relationships than they did.
Overall, I found Asu no Yoichi to be a rather average anime. A few good artistic ideas and what I found to be genuinely funny comedy proved to be just enough to balance the uncomplicated plot and standard characters. I enjoyed each episode, but feel that the series overall difficult to describe without using the words 'average', ' standard' or 'OK'.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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