Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou

Kazunari Usa is a high school freshman who will start living alone due to his parents now working in a different area. Excited for his new independent life, he hopes to go about his teenage days without the worry of dealing with any strange people, but as he soon discovers, his new boarding house Kawai Complex is far from ordinary.

The various tenants at Kawai Complex are all quite eccentric characters. Shirosaki, Kazunari's roommate, is a pervert and masochist; Mayumi Nishikino, a borderline alcoholic office lady, hates couples because of her unfortunate luck with men; and Sayaka Watanabe, a seemingly innocent college student, enjoys leading men on. Shocked with the lack of decent individuals at his new residence, Kazunari is about to leave when he runs into shy senior student Ritsu Kawai and finds himself slowly falling in love with her.

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Kawai, Ritsu Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Usa, Kazunari Main

Iguchi, Yuuichi Japanese

Shirosaki, Shizuru Supporting

Shinomiya, Gou Japanese

Nishikino, Mayumi Supporting

Satou, Rina Japanese

Watanabe, Sayaka Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Kawai, Sumiko Supporting

Kobayashi, Sanae Japanese

Tsuneda, Miharu Supporting

Suwa, Ayaka Japanese

Usa, Mother Supporting

Taguchi, Hiroko Japanese

Hayashi Supporting

Numakura, Manami Japanese

Chinatsu Supporting

Shimizu, Ai Japanese

Tanaka, Junichirou Producer

Ishiguro, Tatsuya Producer

Yoshie, Terushige Producer

Hayashi, Youhei Producer

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Jul 2, 2014

Decoys

Recommended

It's difficult to produce a shoujo romance that doesn't feel rushed, especially within that 12 episode time crunch. With shoujo romances I like to see a nice a steady progression between the two soon to be flowering pairings. That's that's exactly what I got with Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou - it's a shoujo that's not rushed. However it ends at the climax - and without a second season to wrap everything up, the first season is quite pointless.

The story follows a high-schooler named Kazunari Usa as he moves into a boarding house complex, illustrating the unique blossoming relationship he has with fellow roommate, Ritsu Kawai. ... On top of that we see the connections Kazunari develops as a result from meeting his roommates.

The art and sound is an area where I find this anime excels in. The sound is perfect; everything from the pedalling of the bikes to the rustling of the bed sheets when someone wakes up is heard, it’s all there. The art is quite special as well, the colours are vibrant and pleasing to the eyes. I urge everyone who has not seen this series yet to download this series, do not steam this anime. Even if you are not a downloader, just download the first episode and compare the quality to that of streaming, you will enjoy and appreciate the art more and find the anime more enjoyable.

Charm and loveable characters are very difficult to radiate in an anime, specifically when we get to see a board spectrum of personalities from shy-introvert Ritsu to unusual/creepy Shirosaki to dysfunctional Mayumi. Even with that said everyone in this anime unusually interacts in harmony with each other, and I'm sure you will find someone from this anime that will gravitate towards you.

In terms of character development, we have Ritsu as our pupil. Her development is based off the main plot of this anime, which is flowering relationship between herself and Kazunari. If I were to use the caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly analogy; I would say that Ritsu evolved from a caterpillar to a cocoon by the end of the series (watch the anime and you'll understand what I mean). Which I find perfect because it just makes the concept of love more authentic and leaves an air of mystery for the audience for what's anticipated if a sequel is produced.

My enjoyment of this anime surprised me in a good way, I was going into this series expecting two people to eventually fall in love, confess to each other and by the end have their first kiss and that would be the end of this anime; just like and typical romantic comedy. To my surprise, it was the complete opposite of what I thought, you will have to watch and see I don’t want to spoil it! I will add, if you're into witty humour and stereotypical iterations between characters in a romantic comedy, this anime is right up your alley. However, if you're the type who just wants an rom-com anime where the main characters profess their love interests to each other, then you should not watch this until a sequel comes out.

Love in real life takes time and work, it doesn’t happen as soon as most romance anime depict it to be. It's refreshing to see that within a short anime, the important aspects of love is not crunched into 12 episodes. Overall I loved this anime and have absolutely no complaints, if you want an authentic romance anime with some witty comedy, I’d suggest you watch Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou. It just needs a second season to finalize everything.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 28, 2014

UsualGuy

Mixed Feelings

Mediocrity at best. While it could've been a promising anime, in reality its another anime that doesn't know what it really wants to show and if does something, its usually bad executed.

The story is nothing special, or why would i give it a 5? You know when there are so many ways to make an interesting plot, anime such as this only put it simple from the very first episode and theres no further developing.

The Art. Well, i don't see anything awe inspiring, moving on.

The Sound is forgettable and as mediocre as this anime in general. Can't remember a single track.

Characters. Now this ... is where it is going very dull. Main character is your average Joe that wants to spend his high school days with a girl and thats his only motive. No back story, no charisma whatsoever. The girl, Ritsu, is never developed fully and is just an unlikeable character. The crazy guy Shirosaki is just driving nuts considering he is plain stupid.

While the romantic aspect of this anime could be called a relationship, the comedy aspect however is not there. Simply put, the humor is missing. I didn't laugh a single time, not because i don't like comedy, but because this anime and such try to much to inlcude an uninspired humor that only mentally ill people would appreciate.


Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou is one of the millions upon millions of average shows that hide the real treasures of anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Sep 28, 2020

matheus_pikalolo

Not Recommended

Preliminary (8/12 eps)

After watched the anime and drop him in episode 8 I came to MAL to see the reviews and no one represents my feelings about this series.

Without a linear storyline, the anime works its script through jokes.

Basically the plot works around the interaction of the characters and their stereotypes, making unfunny jokes with that.
Talking a little bit about the characters... They are simple scripting features, which follow to the letter their sterilotypes.

Briefly the pace of the series is slow to the point of not presenting any proposals to the viewer and when he presents a proposal to the viewer, such as romance, he has no ... idea what he is doing.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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