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Oct 30, 2024
**This review comes after watching the anime series & the Spain-hen movie**
I am someone who enjoys my anime without really caring to leave a review but the review meter for this one is completely cooked on MAL so i wanna make a contribution if anyone wants to watch "Dakaichi" in this day and age, i.e., The BL space of 2024-going-into-2025.
To watch Dakaichi, you have to acknowledge the existence of anime that are "Junjou Romantica", "Sekaichi Hatsukoi", "Hitorijime My Hero", "Tasogare out of Focus" (and the likes) where the 'top' absolutely devours (pun intended) the 'bottom'. As someone who isn't a fan, personally, of the above
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mentioned anime, and leans more towards the types of "Sasaki to Miyano", "Given", & even "Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard" - I have to admit, I ate Dakaichi up (and it ate me up too).
Basically, there is an audience for this kind of BL/yaoi content and, for them, this anime is a breath of fresh air with its concept, spice & steaminess, story, & characters. The anime is also well-made enough to be palatable to audience who aren't all that into the source's uncensored material (imo). I, personally, love seeing adult men put into the fiasco of love and relationships bcs truly there is a dearth of it all in mainstream media. As an adult myself, I am looking out for queerness—even 'bait' ones—in the anime space that isn't all high-school set.
Now that I've set the grounds for who this is recommended for, let me outline a few points re:Dakaichi - good and bad –
the good:
• characters
• story (to an extent)
• aesthetic backgrounds
• animation (facial expressions and such)
• the spicy and steamy actions - truly will have your toes curling
• the voice actors - standing ovation
• the troupe of desire as consumption - i LOVED it, I LIVE for this, I LOVE how well it's done here! - it's literally introduced in the v 1st ep - "eat or be eaten"
• venturing 'difficult-to-portray-on-screen' grounds & executing them with a well-enough balance of tact, tenderness, passion & lust
• soundtrack - this was far more distinctive to appreciate in Spain-hen. I really liked the music/OST for the movie!
the bad:
• story - i didn't really care all that much since my eyes were hooked on all the characters, especially our MCs. besides, i think there is no story per say, just all episodic in nature. the story are the characters honestly.
• animation - given that this was taken up by studio CloverWorks, my expectations were higher. Mind you, i didn't full-on dislike the animation as it was overall acceptable and well-done but it also wasn't anything exceptional to gawk at—something that CloverWorks nails at doing. For me, I'd say two things stood out to me most: the weird shading effect b/w characters' chin & neck area. Made me think they all had weird beards lol. 2nd would be Takato's character design—it was inconsistent as the story moved forward after ep 1. His figure started to become thinner than he was introduced & also more feminine looking. Of course, Takato is supposed to be the 'bottom'/more fem-like, but I wish that his character design was taken care of more.
• subtitles - why do we have typos on a final official product like what?
Overall rating for me - 8.5/10 — I really really enjoyed this show. It had me feeling all sorts of things. The impact was exceptional & different from the usual 'moe'!
I do want to close out with saying just one thing—even though its common sense—while i know & agree & understand that representation in fiction is important. Let's not take *every* fiction so seriously. yaoi/BL comes in varying different flavors for everyone to enjoy. that's the beauty of it. that's the fun & excitement of it. and we should encourage that to help make this genre more accessible, creating demand so that studios & creators take more stories up for screen adaptations!
ty :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 18, 2024
high card = the good looking sad boys' club
haha
not a bad series actually - i'm glad i didn't trust the ratings & went in pretty blind. the animation was pretty good & the story was ok i guess. the entire package was pretty entertaining i'll say. i definitely like the borrowed aesthetics of Kingsmen - i enjoy the movies a lot so probably that bias plays in High Card too.
the anime tries to move the story both character and plot wise which is probably what makes it quite lackluster, but honestly if one doesn't think too hard about the series (or if you're
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here w masterpiece expectations), High Card has the attraction to keep you curious enough for you to click on the next episode, and the next, and the next, until you've reach ep24 & it's over.
6.8 out of 10 overall :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Sep 19, 2024
If you take certain aspects of Zootopia and paste it with certain aspects of Owari no Seraph, you will kind of get the main story of BNA.
But thats a good thing, because Zootopia and Owari no Seraph are one of my favs & have rewatched each multiple times.
Its probaby why i liked BNA as well, other than the fantastic animation and art and colours. Its an enjoyable anime overall but doesnt go in too deep. Rather straight forward.
My fav has to be Oogami. He is what gives BNA the "hot" aspect :3
Also i think they should have been a throuple. I
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said what i said.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 31, 2024
the saving grace of this anime was Umehara Yuuichirou (voices Kamitani Hayato, which was such a blessed surprise for me) and the cuteness of Kotarou really. the kids were also adorable in their absolutely cheery, indescribable kiddy way.
story - umm, there really isn't any but at least it's wholesome ig?
characters - my umehara biased-ass likes Hayato best
art - looked straight out of 2008/2010 really than 2018 -standard
that's all there is really - this is a pretty laid back anime - a bit 'too' laid back maybe cause this anime doesn't really accomplish much - in all honesty idk what that premise was other
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than to show a bunch of cute kid characters and they shenanigans which i'm sure there is a (RIGHT) audience for - i know i did find some episodes cute and fluffy but that's kind of it.
infact, this actually reminded me of this other anime - which i actually recommend if anyone wants to watch something cute and laid back - "Mira no Kaikata" / How to keep a Mummy - Mii-kun is ADORABLE and u can never get enough of its cuteness really.
overall verdict - could have been better in some ways i think. story isn't very engaging.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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May 31, 2024
"The Way of the Househusband" was actually very entertaining and I liked it very much!
I thought the art style was pretty great! - the manga panel-like adaptation from page-to-screen was kinda neat! it did not bother me at all - heck, i sometimes forgot that that what's happening cause my brain kinda 'filled in' the parts that needed animation? (if that makes sense?)
i love this kinda anime where ur extremely eccentric characters gets pulled into the mundane normie-ness of life haha.
also the MCs love for his wife sometimes really spills out & i find it adorable >///<
there's not much of a story
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as everything is pretty episodic & the characters are all 'developed' enough for viewers to enjoy them as-is.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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May 31, 2024
"Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting" imo, is a misleading title 😂I was expecting something similar to how "The Way of the Househusband" did it however, this one had a story and more than just babysitting.
plainly, this anime is more about Kirishima Tooru's life has a feisty yakuza and his soft-spot for their boss's daughter Yaeka - who is super cute I liked her a lot actually. there was no guide on how Tooru babysits Yaeka so yes, i'm right in my opinion.
story - good except that one "streaming" episode
characters - good too
animation - good
soundtrack/songs - decent i guess cause nothing stuck to me as noteworthy
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a solid 7.5
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 31, 2024
i thought i'd enjoy Dekiru Neko a lot more. don't get me wrong - i did. the opening episode was super aesthetic and detailed in terms of animation goes (GoHands DUH!!!). and i know what i was going into too so i kept my expectations of enjoying this one at par.
i think what fell flat has to do with the last few episodes where it felt like "welp, we ran out of our main story so let's run with some repeats and call them 'flashbacks of the past :D' "
and it didn't really work :/
because they already did that in the main story! how
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many times you gonna repeat it?? it's like they made 4 more episodes to qualify for a 12-episode short anime.
that was disappointing because it absolutely pulled me out of whatever enjoyment i was getting from a housewife cat doing household chores lol.
i mean the premise is unique and the concept of Dekiru Neko really works! the episodic stories also has good storytelling. I like the overall sentiment that sometimes u just need someone to look after you when ur entire life and being is enveloped in making money and making sure ur job sticks so u don't lose ur basic needs of survival - it's pretty realistic setting! & Fukuzawa is a relatable working woman for many i'm sure (even if reviews here slam her for being "messy" and "stupid" and "irresponsible" - why don't you try doing everything in ur house AND a job huh? let's see u win in life hmmm?)
anyway, overall it's a solid 7 for me and i hope to pick up the manga someday cause i did enjoy the anime :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 31, 2024
Came for Umehara Yuuichirou (voices Seiya), stayed for Toyosaki Aki (voices Rista)
No, really! if I were not a blind fan of Umehara, I'd have totally skipped this awesome anime - in fact, it's only because i was searching for Umehara voiced MCs did "Cautious Hero" even end up in my lap.
And I'm so happy & glad that I got to watch it! It's super! As much as I enjoyed Umehara's voice acting, I have to say that it's Rista (Toyosaki) that took the cake & hit home-run for this anime - her character and the dynamic voice acting absolutely stole me! The characters really
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make this anime worth it and enjoyable.
as far as story goes - enjoyable too! i liked it and overall, viewers will have a great time watching "Cautious Hero" is my opinion. I know I absolutely ate it up! it was delicious :P
As far as OP Hero characters go - i think Seiya is one of the few best ones created - he really embodies the OP-ness of an isekai-ed hero as well as the cautionary that is essential should you want to survive & win quests. I thought it was really well done and would love to see more of this Hero Character in anime more.
Honestly, if this doesn't get a S2, I'm ok because the ending was nice & I can live with that. But I can always wish and hope for a revival right? ^_^
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 20, 2024
(i should have dropped this seeing the "recommended" to "not recommended" ratio, except I forgot to check that before putting it in my watchlist)
Look, (to whomever reading) I didn't watch "Momochi-san chi no Ayakashi Ouji" to trash on it. The premise seemed very "Kamisama Hajimemashita" (or "Kamisama Kiss") and I was all for it. I was very much here to enjoy a shojo ayakashi rom-com...
Except, you can just watch Kamisama Hajimemashita instead.
I don't know what this story tries to accomplish or what the story is even, it just seemed like a bad copy-paste work of Kamisama Kiss. And that has me sad & angry.
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At first I was thinking 'well, this is juts an average anime that walks straight behind Kamisama Kiss', but by the end of it, i knew it doesn't. It's bad. it's not worth the time or the energy. and it makes me sad that it is like this.
animation? - so-so, iut got v worse by the end. was not a fan
VA? - Yuukari (tachibana shinnosuke) saves the day. Aoi's & Ise's were also nice. *but take a drink everytime you hear Aoi & Himari being uttered - hospitalized hungover)
OST? - idk man, was not invested/ HOWEVER, The OP & ED are bangers! it's like the entire brain power and budget went to creating them vs the actual anime & story.
story? - was all over the place. things just popped up & happened & it went like that. they thought they could get away w the finale being all mushy-overflow w a happy ending. welp, didn't work for me. Kasha had so much potential as main villain - didn't see him at all, nor is his obsession with Nue explained (and thus, that's my ship - Nue x Kasha)
if you miss Kamisama Kiss & wanted something similar, skip this & re-watch Kamisama Kiss - you'll be 10x happier & fulfilled. Idk if it's because Kamisama Kiss has just been so successful in this particlular sub-genre of shojo rom-com or because Momochi-san chi no Ayakashi Ouji was just bad... - i guess bcs the stories are so similar i couldn't help but keep comparing the two throughout my watch.
There are plenty of ayakashi-falls-in-love-with-main-girl stories out there however, i opine that Momochi-san chi no Ayakashi Ouji directly wanted to challenge/compare itself to/with Kamisama Kiss. Nue is a lovely kitsune design - i absolutely loved Kasha's and Nue's character design, but alas is this anime a failure :(
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Apr 17, 2024
WHERE IS MY SEASON 2?????!!!!!
Our Villainess was anything but carefree in the entirety of season 1. the plot just kept thickening with each episode and the politics was a nice surprise. this is not the "soothing" shojou isekai I was expecting - tbh I started this completely blind and I was definitely hooked by episode 1.
here are things that I liked about 7th loop:
- the animation is just STUNNING!! you just don't get used to it even after 12 episodes
- VAs was pretty spot on for the characters
- OST is also pretty good
- the ending song is very apt and a banger,
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the OP took some getting used to but I grew to like it too
- Rishe & Arnold reminds me a lot of Raeliana & Noah & that's probably because both have such similar MC characters with similar end goals however, the anime successfully sticks out to be different both in terms of characterization & personality. I loved the similarity & the difference.
having said all the good pointers, I do believe that S1 with 12 episodes wasn't enough to convey even half the story. it felt like pilot season. I don't know whether we'll get the full ending for this anime in multiple seasons or it'll get discarded. either way 7th loop is a high-potential anime that isn't the run-of-the-mill otome that had started this (no longer a sub) genre. heck, this isn't even isekai lol it's pure shojou fantasy :')
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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