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TLDR: Just watch the last part of the story, "Bakeneko" (Ep. 9 - Ep. 11)

Before I started watching this anime, I was expecting horror anime with scary ghost and jump scare. I pretty much disappointed because apparently the meaning of horror from this anime is different with mine. I stopped watching after the first act of ''Tenshu Monogatari". I picked it up again months later as an 'anime to watch while I'm in lobby queue,'. Then come "Yotsuya Kaidan" which is also mediocre. At this point, I pretty much want to drop this anime but I tried to finish the last story, which only includes ... three episodes. Lo and behold, I glad that I decided to watch "Bakeneko". Although it does not really fit the description of horror in my dictionary, it's still damn good. The characters, the storyline and the sound effects are all good. The art style is unique and well done. If "Bakeneko" is a stand-alone anime, I will simply rate it 8 or 9. "Bakeneko" is the only reason why I bother to write this review. Also I did found out that there is a sequel to the journey of the "medicine seller" in anime called "Mononoke" (2007). Welp, gonna watch it now.

Are you lost? Yes I am. I was lost while searching new anime to watch and stumble upon this anime. Basically Sounan Desu ka? is about 4 high school girls stranded on an island after a place crash. They have to survive with what ever skills they have. Pretty cliche right? There are a lot of this kind of genre such as Lost (Hollywood TV series), Cast Away (Hollywood movie), 7 Seeds, Dr. Stone, and even documentaries such as Bear Grylls, and novel such as Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. You get the idea how this genre are abundant out there. So what makes this ... anime special? NONE. except for some cute girls and fan service.

So why did I gave it a pretty high ratings? Well to be honest, I am a fan or survival genre. I played a lot of survival game and watched this kind of genre. So maybe I am a bit biased. Sounan Desu ka is by means no special than others but that is nothing wrong with cliche story as long as it is well done.

First the story. It is pretty generic. You get stranded, you get to find food, you get to build shelter, etc. Along the story, you also get to learn something new as this kind of anime turns out to be 'educational'. each episodes tells different issues and how they overcome them. Neither great nor it's bad.

For art, nothing much to say. Not good and not bad. I kinda like how they designed the character as 'thicc' instead of 'fake model body' which is I find okay.

Sound? Nothing memorable came in mind. I heard the OP and ED once and skip them afterwards.

Then we venture into Characters. To survive, you need to have generic character. What if none of them had survival skills? If so, this anime will ended in 1 episode. Here is where Homura fill in. Unsociable high school girls who traveled a lot with his Dad around the world and picking up survival skills along the way. Then we have Mutsu, nerd spectacle girl (cliche!) who's educated but not so much on survival. She's eager to learn new things and pretty dependable. Next we have Shion, spoiled rich kid who acts like princess but has a bit of soft spot. Lastly, Asuka, the airhead and muscle of the group (Again, cliche!). Not to forget Homura Papa (that's cute of Homura to call her dad Papa >.<) where he occasionally appeared in Homura's flashback. Overall, I found that the characters are generics but pretty well done when they are interacted with each other. Since this anime only 13 minutes per episode, there's no much character development happens but it's still there. Pretty good though.

Enjoyment? I enjoy this anime. 13 minutes per episode is a great length. It's not too boring but shorter episode means less character development. I did binge watched it in one night. The educational parts of the anime is pretty well done to. I learned a lot though. Also, I hate anime that rely on fan service to sell but it is tolerable.

Overall, I find this anime is pretty much good and what as I expected. Before I knew, I already looking forward to next season if there's one (I hope so). This anime might not be appeal to a lot of people, even to survival shows enthusiast. It is good to kill some time but you gotta turn down a bit of brain and just watch it for enjoyment or yuri echhi-ness if that's what you're looking for.