Momo Kyun Sword

Momo Kyun Sword is a fan service show true and true. Not the greatest of shows in the season, but it has its charm.

The story is based of a Japanese legend or folk tale that I'm unfamiliar with, so I'm unable to comment on how accurate it was or was trying to be. Though I doubt it was the show's main focus. As mentioned before, this is a ecchi fanservice show, so someone who's seen a decent amount of anime will know what that entails, thus I will judge it in the context of a fanservice show.

Story - It's simple, as one would expect from ... a show like this. Magic peach shards that hold power are scattered across Japan and it's up to our heroine to get them before the bad guys do. Think Inuyasha but minus 200 something episodes and with no romantic drama.

Characters - There's a colorful cast of characters in this show, though we aren't watching for their personalities, but for their bodies. Still though some character interactions will be enjoyable

Art - This is the most important determining factor for a ecchi show. How good it the actual fanservice? Momo Kyun Sword delivers the goods. Large breasts, skimpy clothes, torn clothes, panties, beaches, hot springs, it has it all. If you love a show with sexy women as the main attraction, then this show won't disappoint you.

Other aspects - There's some pretty good comedy in here. The hot spring episode had me rolling. There's also some fighting. Decent enough for a show whose main focus isn't really fighting, though I wouldn't go in expecting much from either of those if you don't care about the fanservice aspect.

Final verdict - Momo Kyun is, and I hate using this word, pretty generic anime. If you skip it, you won't be missing anything you haven't seen before. If you go in with any strong expectations, you'll likely come out unsatisfied. There's really not much to it, but some people enjoy that. If you're not a fan of the genre of ecchi shows, or have had your fill of it, or simply are looking for something with more substance, then this isn't what you're looking for, but If you do like ecchi fanservice shows, or simply large bounching breasts, sexy demons, and naked women, then go ahead and check this out. You'll get your fill of beautiful women, and might find more that you liked than just that.

It is a light-hearted anime that doesn't take itself too seriously, and has plenty of relatively light fanservice. It is also quite silly, but that is what makes it interesting. The anime also has surprisingly nice art/character design... and at the same time occasionally displays significant dips in music quality. I would say the series are a bit underrated. Detailed breakdown below.

Story: 5/10
It is based of several japanese legends, but mostly those are an excuse to make heroine travel around, doing various silly things and often changing costumes. The story isn't exactly DUMB despite being silly, meaning I didn't get any facepalms while watching. ... Occasionally story gets a bit predictable, and its quality drops in several filler-like episodes.

Art: 7/10
It is surprisingly good/solid. Very nice character designs on everybody, without rushed drawings anywhere. Most characters are visually very interesting, from girls/women which are cute (onihime specifically) to the large detailed onis. It is definitely not a super high budget designs, but it is surprisingly solid and above average quality. I think the only issue with art is odd design of momoko's primary costume, but everything else looks good.

Sound: 4/10.
The music is odd. There are a lot of interesting or average sounding tunes, but the anime frequently switches to some very weird electronic music that at times sounds almost like a chiptune. Those fragments feel completely out of place.

Characters: 5/10.
It is a light comedy, meaning characters are mostly plot devices and thier primary purpose is to be entertaining, so there isn't much to tell. THey aren't horribly written, and main characters are okay. There's nothing deep in character, but they're entertaining/amusing enough without being overly predictable. In short - archetypes, but no or at least not many horrible cliches.

Enjoyement: 6/10.
I liked it. It is a good anime to unwind while watching some characters doings something silly. It is not a super high quality comedy, and honestly the main reason to watch it is eye candy in term of character designs.

Overall: 6/10:
Worth checking out if you're okay with light fancervice or like/don't mind a bit of ecchi. However, this isn't really an strong ecchi title... to put it bluntly it doesn't ever show a nipple, and characters (surprisingly) don't have a habit of falling into some sort of risque/provocative pose every time. Still, there were several obviously fanservicey episodes.

Bottom line: Light comedy with cute characters and some ecchi overtones. Worth a watch if you want to unwind, skip if fanservice offends you.

This is the best bad anime I've seen in a while. It isn't good. It doesn't really stand out. Due to Momo Kyun Sword's rather shallow exterior and interior, there isn't really a good way to write a long review about it without some filler. Therefore, I'm going to keep this review short. But I'm going to try to recommend that you watch it, despite the low score that I think it deserves.

Here's the story: Follow Momoko, her boobs, and her 3 animal friends as they travel Japan, meeting more boobs and changing costumes along the way. Beware of predictable plot twists and cliches. ...

The art is colorful, but isn't all that special. Everyone's shoulders and cleavage and various other body parts are blushing at almost all times, unless they are male and are therefore not sexual objects. But who cares about them, right?

The music confuses me, it's usually generic and more annoying than not, but then sometimes I can almost dig it. I was left with a feeling of vague satisfaction coupled with deep disappointment in the sounds in this anime.

Every character falls into some archetype and doesn't expand on it or do anything out of the ordinary. Onihime was my favorite. That's really all I can say here.

Enjoyment: Well, I enjoyed this. I'll explain why, but that's where this review kind of gets long, so if you want to leave off here, just know that it's possible to revel in Momo Kyun Sword's lack of substance, but that doesn't at all make it a "good" anime. It is inherently bad, as (hopefully) evidenced by my brief description of everything about it above. I didn't really leave anything out, I think I've described the entire anime in this review.

Anyway, here's where my "short" review ends, and my "long" analysis of why I enjoyed this anime despite its terrible-ness begins:

This is a very simple-minded anime made with a very simple-minded audience in mind. It doesn't look down on its viewers at all - it puts itself exactly on their level and celebrates the mediocrity. I assume that if you're going so far as to read a review about Momo Kyun Sword, you aren't the type of person it was intended for. So, in order to enjoy this anime, you need to exert some effort. There is no meeting halfway here. You won't be rewarded for your trouble with anything that is at all redeemable by the end of this story. No, for someone that enjoys thinking critically about anime, the only surefire way to make this worth your while is to go all in and lower yourself to the very standards it expects of its audience.

At least, that's what you have to do if you want to enjoy it and also rate it higher than a 3. I, however, enjoyed this anime without respecting it. It was risky though, I very easily could have hated it (still probably giving it a 3, but without the fond memories). All I had to do was start watching this anime, fully anticipating something underwhelming. I know that people say that you shouldn't watch this anime if you're wanting something deep, but I'm going to change this to "only watch this anime if you're wanting something shallow." It's not enough to know that this anime is bad, you have to WANT it to be bad. If you want this enough, you will be rewarded with exactly what you want, and therefore enjoy this anime!

But really, everyone needs a mediocre anime or two under their belt. Not necessarily to accentuate the better anime, although that's not a bad reason. I just kind of like to take a breather, to stay grounded in reality. If I throw in some bad anime along with the exceptional anime, I won't get bored with my favorite medium always meeting my expectations. But that may just be me.