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Apr 19, 2015

Gugure! Kokkuri-san (Anime) add

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Gugure! Kokkuri-san! is one of those episodic slice-of-life anime that will hook you up in the beginning of the series but tends to become boring when the same slapstick comedy is repeated. Overall, the show has some good points and touching episodes and some fail to amuse you.

Story- 5
The story is fairly simple. Kohina, the young neglected main character living alone without adult supervision, calls upon a fox ghost, Kukkuri-san. The fox ghost decides to haunt Kohina after seeing her bad living habits of eating of eating cup ramen daily. However, instead of haunting Kokkuri takes after her which he figuratively becomes a house ... mother-guardian of Kohina. Other spirits and ghosts decided to haunt the girl. The anime is just about the daily life of Kohina, Kukkuri-san and the other spirits haunting the girl.

Despite the simple setting and plot, there are instances where a themes of family and friendship is highlighted. While spirits and ghost are deemed frightening in nature, they in turn are viewed in a humorous perspective. Especially the older spirits, despite being called 'perverts' or 'stalker', become attached to Kohina and become a role model and protective of her. Instances like this makes a simple anime good, as one can appreciate small gestures yet still remains big and symbolic.

Art-7
Just like the plot, the art is also simple. There might have been instances where the art was remarkable but I personally didn't recognized it. However, the characters did appear cute and the OP and ED were visually eye-catching. This would've been marked 6 but since the animal forms of the spirits looked cute I moved it up.

Sound-8
The soundtrack was nice. The catchy OP makes me want to "kemo kemo kemo!", normally I would skip over the OP but the upbeat and disco feel of the song makes it surprisingly bearable.

Character-7
There were characters that I found absolutely annoying *coughs* the dog. But there are some characters that appear to have a surprisingly good nature despite being unreliable and lazy. The spirits that come to haunt Kohina tend to acquire likeable characteristics.

Enjoyment-7
The initial episodes were very enjoyable while in the middle of the series the anime was pretty bland but the ending left me with mixed feelings. I would say that atleast watch the 5 first episodes and watch the last episode to fully appreciate this simple anime. Although the final episode may leave some irritated, like me, but this is overthrown by looking at the anime in a wider perspective and just simply accepting it. Although the plot remains relatively fair, the themes of friendship and family is definitely present.

Overall- 7.2

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Apr 8, 2015

Uzumaki (Manga) add

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I'm absolutely a fan of horror mangas. I don't find them scary at all I instead appreciate the detailed art over getting scared and nightmares. I'm not in favour of watching live action horror movies or shows though but I'm fine withe anime.

Story- 7
The manga consists of short stories revolving around the two main characters in this small town where a frequent spiral symbol appears. The story isn't really scary or frighting but the victims that fall to be consumed by the spiral are left in a pitiful and sympathetic state. Although the chapters consists of short chapters the story progresses well to the ... core of the story. The constant motif of the spiral appears throughout the manga. The only message that haunted me after reading this manga or the moral I perceived from the relevance of the spirals: is that the finite turns of the spiral is like a cycle. Like a cycle that moves to spin indefinitely is similar to the cycle of life, and how one continues to move on.

Art- 10
I honestly loved the grotesque drawings of the demented forms that fall victims of the spiral. Although, it's scary for some I truly appreciated the fine and detailed art that Ito did. Furthermore, I love how distinct his art is, similar to how one can tell his or her favourite singer, I can distinguish Ito's art from other horror artists. The amount of detail drawn to illustrate the character's frightened faces and the distorted bodies left me to think how this author can come up with these disgusting and frightening yet remarkable poses. Surely, these drawings will haunt some people in their dreams.

Character- 7
There was very little character development since the story consisted of short stories. The major character perhaps are like-able, both with unique personalities and flaws. Despite their flaws of either being too naive and the other too self conscious, the pair complements each other which helps the story to move forward. If it wasn't due to the naivety and self-consciousness of these characters the mystery of the spiral will forever remain undiscovered *spoiler* and HA! the continuous cycle of the spiral will be disturbed *spoiler ends*. The rest are recurring characters and the sad but understandably the victims appears once.

Enjoyment- 9
Reading manga I needed to finish it quickly as I was intrigued by the creepy little spirals. But the ending wasn't magnificent but it served it's purpose for being a horror manga as it left me creeped out. It's a good short read.

Overall- 8.25
Nothing really serious but still looking for a good horror manga to read then Uzamaki is the book for you. There really isn't any major story and character development but if you want to see and appreciate good illustrated pictures, this manga is for you.

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