Aug 5, 2013
*Probably some spoilers in this review
Kanokon is the story of a 400 year old fox girl who really badly wants to have sex with a thirteen year old boy. This leads to all sorts of shenanigans as Kouta and Chizuru try to make there forbidden human/fox spirit love a reality.
Some of the deep plots which explore what it really means to be human are as follows; Kouta gets a bracelet stuck on his arm which makes it so he can't get horny anymore, Chizuru's "sister" (The snow person) threatens to kills hundreds of high school students in order to test Kouta and Chizuru's love, and
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Chizuru's boobs disappear. All these arcs really make you think and take a good look in the mirror at your life. Even after completed this series I found myself thinking what did it really represent when Chizuru's lost her boobs to a magic potion, and what would I do if I was in the same position as Kouta (With women throwing themselves all over me for no particular reason).
Not only did this series have an interesting narrative, the character development was superb as well. Kouta, for example, goes through some very interesting changes as he begins to learn and grow. At the beginning of the series he is dead against having Chizuru shove her tits in his face 24/7. He sees it as an everyday annoyance that he just has to deal with, but as the series progresses he comes to the realization that perhaps he doesn't mind all that much if he has breasts in his face. We can see this when he asks Chizuru to do it to him.
Even though the character Kouta's arc would usually be enough to warrant a 7 or 8 out of 10 for the series the creators of this anime didn't stop there. Here are some of the other characters whose arcs really touched me on an emotional level:
Nozomu starts out as an emotionless girl who feels as though she doesn't need help from anybody but herself. After meeting Kouta, however, she turns into an emotionless girl who really wants to have sex with Kouta.
Chizuru also has some interesting development in this anime. In the beginning she believes that Kouta was hers and hers alone but later on realizes that maybe a threesome with Nozomu wouldn't be that bad after all.
The last, and my personal favorite, character arc belongs to Nozomu's older brother, Saku. When he first reunites with Chizuru he feels that he must have her. In order to accomplish he tries to put a stake in between the relationship of Kouta and Chizuru. This only changes after Kouta and Chizuru join together and beat him up. Only at that point does Saku begin to realize how wrong he was and how true the love between these two actually is.
Overall, this series really made me think about my life and if I'm actually following the right path. Even writing this review stirs up many emotions that were brought on by this series. I give this series without a doubt 10/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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