Asu no Yoichi! (Samurai Harem)

Yoichi Karasuma has spent all of his life in the mountains, training in the Soaring Wind, Divine Wind swordsmanship style. Under his father’s guidance, he is able to master the technique at the age of 17. With nothing left to learn, Yoichi is sent to a new dojo located in the city so he can continue to train and gain an understanding of modern society.

Unfortunately, Yoichi has no idea how to act or speak to anyone in the present day and acts like a samurai, complete with odd speech and traditional clothing. As he goes to live with the Ikaruga sisters at the dojo, Yoichi, clueless on how to interact with others, is constantly hurtled in hilarious misunderstandings. Asu no Yoichi! follows Yoichi as he stumbles through his new life and tries to learn how to live in the modern world with his new family.

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Takagi, Motoki
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Tanaka, Junichirou

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"Egao no Riyuu (笑顔の理由)" by meg rock

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"Life and Proud" by Misato Aki

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Jan 12, 2021

ironsakura32

Recommended

Story:

Typical harem anime, guy shows up in a place (in this case a dojo) that for the most part is filled with girls and they all end up falling for him.

Yoichi Karasuma has lived in the mountains his whole life, but is sent into the city by his father. Of course, he is going to stay in a dojo where 4 girls live. It is pretty amusing most of the time.

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Animation is done pretty well. It looks good and things seem to fit well.

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Oct 31, 2019

Sesshomaru

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明日のよいち! Asu no Yoichi - Samurai Harem, so the English title, an old-school comedy that literally pours harem RomCom clichés on the audience. Fun and entertainment for those who do not mind a lavish fan service and who enjoy laughing at the awkward hero who is always beaten-up by the girl(s). If you can't find anything to laugh at in the first episode, then this series is not for you.

Story: Excessive fan service, really thin plot, but the basic concept has enough twists to be entertaining (5/10)
Karasuma-san taught his son all his knowledge about disciplines of the Divine Wind technique, and eventually Yoichi became better ...

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Jan 27, 2021

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Not Recommended

Story: Mountain bumpkin, Yoichi Karasuma ,moves into the city and has to adjust. First couple of episodes were actually fun and enjoyable, but after that, this show just got significantly worse. Even though the story sounds unique it's just your generic ecchi harem anime and that's what makes it suck. I say this because it had potential based of the premise, but decided to just pull the same harem crap we were oversaturated with in the early 2000s. It's a show that could have been cool, but changed its mind immediately. Now this show could of course remained being a harem if it so desired, ... the issue is the lack of story. You sent the main character to his new location for a reason, so make that reason apparent instead of making it the background activity. The story also sucks because the characters suck too (more on that in the character section).

Art: Just like the story, it's generic and bland. It's not bad, but it aims to just get the job done and that's all. It's as if what we're watching is the draft of what's to come, but they thought "meh... good enough". The "action" scenes are also just plain boring and repetitive. I'm positive that this samurai only has one to two move-sets in his repertoire because that's all he uses. I also have a hard time believing that the four sisters, Ibuki, Ayame, Chihaya, and Kagome, are related at all. I know it's anime, but I'm a fan of characters that are siblings to at least look alike in some way. What genetic pool births a brunette, a blonde, a green haired, and blue haired children? That kind of detail in anime has always bothered me when it comes to siblings.

Sound/Music: Starting with the opening and ending theme: They are boring and forgettable. I actually had to go look it up and listened to it just in case if this series had a hidden gem and I was disappointed. I now regret looking it because it was just meh, which I guess matches the show completely in retrospect. I'm now happy that this show doesn't have a great opening theme song because it would have been wasted on hot garbage. The soundtrack overall was just generic. I don't even know if that's a good thing or not at this point. I can't tell if the soundtrack is only good because everything else just sucks or if it's bad just like everything anymore.

Characters: They all suck and when I say they all suck, I mean literally everyone in this series. Yoichi is just your boring, generic, harem protagonist. Guess why these girls like him? Because he's a nice guy and you know why he's a nice guy? Because you're a nice guy. Of course that means he's dense to other girl's feelings. I seriously have no clue why any of the girls like him. Yeah, he says sweet things every once in awhile, but they are by no means panty droppers. The weirdest part about this harem is there's literally nothing you can look at and go "Oh okay, that's when she fell for this schmuck and this is why". Ibuki is the eldest sister and she digs Yoichi the moment he exists in her life. Dead ass fam. There's not even any build up to it, she just likes this dude and I'm going to have to go with the shallow route with this one and presume it's because he's handsome/cute. There's literally nothing with her. Ayame is my favorite because she's tsun af, that being said she also sucks. She never progresses with her interest for the MC which I do not know what she sees in him other than "Dude is nice", but she's one of those characters in the harem that you can tell is not going to succeed whatsoever, but she has the most moments for some reason. Now you might be asking me "How does she have the most moments, but not progress with the MC?" Good question dear sir, but it seems every time a moment occurs between these two, that moment is deleted moving onto the next episode. Chihaya was a waste of space of character. She adds nothing to the story and don't even know why she's here. She's not even in on the harem really, but she's here alright. Kagome is also a waste of space, which is a shame because I love little sisters in anime (They make my heart warm and fuzzy). The only character I managed to somewhat care about because they have character development and I believe that's really cool is Ryou Washizu. He acts as a rival to the MC for Ibuki's affection, fails, joins the dojo so he can become stronger and get closer to Ibuki then eventually joins the gang to go save her and my dude does not get enough credit like he should. I would go through the rest of the cast, but no point; I hate the rest anyway.

Enjoyment: I enjoyed this series when I was 12 and now as a 25 year old, I despise this show. I'm positive skinny dipping in an active volcano would be more fun than re-watching this series. If Men in Black showed up to wipe away my memory, I would thank them beforehand. Even the fan service wasn't fun and enjoyable. If you can't even pull off fan service anymore, just give up.

Overall: This show is a waste of time and I couldn't even recommend this show as a joke. I wish it had developed an actual story since it had a pretty decent premise to run with. If you want to watch something generic, this is your show. You wanna watch some fan service that doesn't get excited in the slightest? Boom! This show is the one for you. Have fun!

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