Tonagura!

Kazuki has been awaiting 10 years for the day when her neighbours moved back to their old house. She has a crush on Yuuji, whom she considers as her first love but to whom she never managed to express her feelings for him before they moved out. Yuuji often comes over to play with Kazuki, Kazuki's older sister Hatsune and Yuuji's sister Marie when they were kids. Her ideal depiction of Yuuji was soon shattered when he turned out more than she had expected, him acting all ecchi during their reunion. With their parents off in South America, both families must learn to live with each other and rekindle the childhood feelings they shared together. Things get even more crazy as they attend the same school.

(Source: ANN)

Kagura, Yuuji Main

Yoshino, Hiroyuki Japanese

Arisaka, Kazuki Main

Kanda, Akemi Japanese

Arisaka, Hatsune Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Kagura, Marie Supporting

Hazuki, Erino Japanese

Suzuhara, Chihaya Supporting

Sekiyama, Misaki Japanese

Isokawa, Niina Supporting

Tsuji, Ayumi Japanese

Serizawa, Miu Supporting

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Yamanaka, Takahiro Producer

Nishioka, Daisuke Producer

Abe, Tatsuya Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Series Composition

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

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Nov 16, 2020

SoleSoul

Recommended

It's a really great coming of age anime, revolving around a bratty immature girl(MC) learning to be more honest with herself/others and to see both the good and the bad in both people/situations instead of just the bad or the good, it's character driven more so than story driven but the characters are all pretty great.


First two episodes give a kinda bad/misleading first impression regarding how perverted the guy is/his personality, but it's to set up an important twist later on that's really important to the narrative(from a how are we going to tie all the story elements together angle), if the only thing making ... you want to drop this upon first trying it is the your first impression of the guy try to stick with it at least through episode 3 before deciding it's too over the top, the guy is actually quite tame, mature, and just an all around good guy.


Note regarding the genre: it's mostly just a slice of life/romantic comedy(emphasis on the comedy), everything else is mostly coincidence the fact that they're students isn't really relevant, they're rarely at school, all the "drama"(character development segments) is light hearted stuff that gets resolved happily, it's not really ecchi aside from using very light "ecchi" behavior as humor, and while there is a love story mixed in there, it takes second fiddle to the girl growing as a person, not really being the focus until after she's finally kinda mature as a person at the very end of the anime and certain revelations are made.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 27, 2015

torrapamii

Mixed Feelings

Ever wanted to find a good rom-com anime that'll make you think, "Hey! That was probably one of the best anime I've ever watched, sad to see that there's no season 2 of it," well look no further, because you won't be definitely thinking that after you've seen this anime.

Story: 5/10

Barely any story, it was just basically a "Hey, that happened so let's add on to that!" type anime. It wasn't done that badly, though. The comedy side on this anime is light-hearted, but it happens mostly when Yuuji is being perverted either towards Kazuki or someone else. If this was just a romance anime, ... I would've voted the story a 2, as it was mostly a one-sided romance anime.

Art: 7/10

When I was going to review this anime, I would've thought it was an anime that was made around 2010-2011, but when I looked at the date that it was aired, I was very surprised. The art was above average, with somewhat smooth animation.

Sound: 6/10

Soundtracks that play at scenes were average, it wasn't overused. The OP reminds you of a very normal school, romance comedy anime so does the ED.

Character: 6/10

I'll just state my sentences on the 4 characters: Yuuji, Kazuki, Marie and Hatsune.

Kagura Yuuji, Kazuki's childhood friend, the perverted-type protagonist, which the kind I dislike but an exception for him. He can be serious sometimes, which made me like him as a character.

Kazuki Arisaka, Yuuji's childhood friend, the character I hated the most in this anime. Why do I hate her? It's because she can't make her mind up. It's either she hates Yuuji or she loves Yuuji, choose one for fucks sake. On top of that, she makes Yuuji feel bad, by making him think that she likes this person or she likes that person, even though she knows and accepts the feelings she has for Yuuji. Mainly at the last 5 episodes, I felt really pitiful for Yuuji.

Kagura Marie, the quiet, yet the type who always punishes her brother for doing indecent actions. She's unsocial, but good friends with Niina.

Kazuki Hatsune, the type you would think that would fit best as a princess/queen, because of her elegant speeches, how she does everything perfectly and her nice, kind attitude.

Enjoyment: 7/10

Though I disliked a lot of points about this anime, I still managed to enjoy this anime. Would I re-watch this anime? 95% no.

Overall: 6/10

Looking for a rom-com title that will kill some time until you find a better one? This anime may be for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 30, 2025

Aobaaaaaa

Not Recommended

Tonagura – A Cringe Piece of Shit with No Sense of Story

There is nothing to talk about in this show because it makes no fucking sense at all.

The story has a romance tag, but throughout the entire show, you won’t see any goddamn romance—just annoying bullshit.

The whole story from episode 1 to episode 12 is just this: an annoying bitch (Kazuki) treating the MC (Yuji) like shit, blaming him for everything, and yet he keeps chasing her like a dumbass. Her reason? She thinks he’s a pervert. Yeah, he is, but she also wants the old "good" Yuji back—the one who wasn’t a pervert. The ... problem? That Yuji never existed His entire role in this anime is just being a punching bag for this bitch.

But let’s be real—Yuji is the only decent thing in this trash heap. He’s a pervert, sure, but at least he’s got a personality. Unlike Kazuki, who’s just a toxic, annoying piece of shit that makes every scene unbearable.

Comedy? In the name of comedy, Yuji does some ecchi shit, and Kazuki punches him. That’s it. That’s the only dumbass excuse for comedy this show has.

Overall, Tonagura is a cringe-worthy piece of shit with a no-sense story.
1/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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