Koufuku Graffiti

The path to becoming a fine wife begins with being an accomplished cook—at least, that is what Ryou Machiko's late grandmother had led her to believe. For a middle schooler, Ryou's cooking skills are incomparable; but recently, though Ryou's food looks appetizing and smells inviting, the taste has not been delicious. Just when the dejected art student comes to terms with the possibility that she might continue living alone for the rest of her life, her aunt tells her that Kirin Morino—Ryou's second cousin—will begin staying with her every weekend since the younger girl has joined a cram school in Tokyo and aims to attend the same school as Ryou.

Surprisingly, with her cousin's arrival, Ryou finds that her cooking has vastly improved—apparently, it is not her prowess in the kitchen, but the sharing of the experience with those closest to her that seems to make the flavors shine.

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Machiko, Ryou Main

Satou, Rina Japanese

Shiina Main

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Morino, Kirin Main

Oogame, Asuka Japanese

Uchiki, Yuki Supporting

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Tsuyuko Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Shiina, Mother Supporting

Matsuki, Miyu Japanese

Yonetani, Misaki Supporting

Nishi, Asuka Japanese

Morino, Rin Supporting

Hirohashi, Ryou Japanese

Machiko, Akira Supporting

Nonaka, Ai Japanese

Itsuki Supporting

Nishi, Asuka Japanese

Ooshima, Miku Producer

Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Producer

Kawamoto, Sachi Producer

Hayashi, Youhei Producer

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Apr 8, 2020

Traxdize

Recommended

The story was nothing groundbreaking, just regular ol' slice-of-life. There are some interesting bits like Ryo's and her grandma but overall it's just regular slice-of-life. Nothing much I can talk about it. The animation was quite terrific, but I must say I hate the close-up when they're eating. There are also a huge amount of random face zoom-ins in this anime which I have no idea why. Overall, the animation was incredibly smooth as expected of Shaft. Albeit with a few inconsistencies here and there. I hate the SFX when they are eating, I don't know why but I hate them. I also wholeheartedly hate ... the Opening. The Ending isn't that interesting either. The character was decent or mediocre I would say.
My favorite character has got to be Shiina, I just like the beautiful-but-frail archetype. Not only Shiina, her whole family is interesting. Tsuyuko is great. Kirin's mother is great. A lot of characters are great. I enjoyed this anime quite a bit since the lockdown is getting me bored, this was a great time to past time. Other than that I love the message of this anime to cook and eat with someone precious to you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Feb 10, 2020

N44K00

Mixed Feelings

In the Masque of the Red Death by Poe, the chambers of the fortress make an erotic journey by which the antagonist-flow penetrates, slipping through like water pours through cracks in stone, following the channels and pathways set for it by what it invades. This anime does the same thing, using the social-cultural facts of food in order to be the linguistic-chambers of flow for the erotic flows of sexuality and romance which are shared by the two main characters. The food is obviously a metaphor for sex, pornographic shots of consumption and orgasmic expressions resulting. What's interesting isn't so much the fact of food ... being a metaphor for sex, but the fashion in which sex is related to the two characters. The characters share their experience culturally and socially, which provides the vehicles by which they share the erotic experiences. It's in this that we find the ultimate point of this series, the way in which *romance*, the cultural and social rituals, prepare the mind for a fully realized experience of desire, the fleshly-level emotion within it.

This being said, it felt overly long. This didn't need twelve episodes to get this point across. Very repetitious.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 18, 2017

DanevsAnime

Not Recommended

This show is a struggle to get through and largely forgettable for multiple reasons. The art style and music are nothing special, though they aren't bad. The story is also thoroughly uneventful and amusing. The main characters just sit around and eat food, and then react in a disturbingly sexual fashion to it. At first this appeared to me as just how this show felt the need to portray how good the food was; that everyone in this show's universe would go into throws of passion with every bite. Then at one point, the mother of one of the characters makes a comment about how ... she is glad it's not just her daughter who reacts this strangely to eating. This has some strange implications that it is only these girls who react this strongly to food and it's not a stylized way of portraying unseen emotions but instead they actually fully react the way they do on screen. When you take into account how often they eat in public or semi public places, this becomes kind of disgusting.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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