Isuca

Poor Shinichirou Asano has the worst of luck. His parents abandoned him and ran off to Europe. If that isn't bad enough on its own, they barely left him any money to take care of himself. In order to pay rent and keep a roof over his head, he has to work. Unfortunately, he was just fired from his last job and as a high school student, he doesn't have many other prospects.

One evening, he's attacked by a centipede monster on his way home. Shinichirou is saved by a mysterious girl with a bow and arrow, who he later discovers is Sakuya Shimazu, a beautiful student who attends his school. But when he later helps an injured girl, he discovers two things. First, the injured girl isn't human at all but rather a nekomata, a two-tailed demon cat. And second, Sakuya comes from a family of exorcists, who've protected humanity from rogue monsters and spirits for generations. Because Shinichirou was responsible for releasing the nekomata, Sakuya enlists his help in recapturing the demon, but that's just the beginning of Shinichirou's relationship with Sakuya. It turns out the Shimazu family needs a housekeeper and it just so happens that Shinichirou excels at cooking and likes to clean! It may not be his dream job, but if it pays the rent and puts food on the table...

Shimazu, Sakuya Main

Kido, Ibuki Japanese

Asano, Shinichirou Main

Koumoto, Keisuke Japanese

Tamako Supporting

Sadohara, Kaori Japanese

Isuca Supporting

Fujimura, Ayumi Japanese

Shimazu, Suseri Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Souma, Nadeshiko Supporting

Zougou, Saeko Japanese

Shimazu, Nami Supporting

Ootani, Ikue Japanese

Asano, Mother Supporting

Takamori, Nao Japanese

Asano, Father Supporting

Maruyama, Takeshi Japanese

Il-Dana Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Gomi, Kenjirou Producer

Iwanaga, Akira Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Shimizu, Katsunori Sound Director

Koshiba, Junya Episode Director

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May 26, 2019

Dreammist

Recommended

Some people feel the need to have a story spelt out to them – they need to be explicitly told what happens. They need things to be neatly wrapped up with a bow, without any ambiguity or thought. They don’t want to be part of the story telling process, no intellectual investment, just pure entertainment.

It’s almost laughable to speak about intellectual investment in terms of a harem anime which is definitely what this is. But while Isuca is far from a masterpiece, or even the best example of the genre, that doesn’t mean it isn’t entertaining in its own right.

The plot is relatively simple – ... the main protagonist, Shinichirou, is saved by our bow-wielding heroine, Sakuya, who it is revealed is vying to make her temporary title as head of her family of monster killers, or exorcists, official. Shinichirou it is discovered has a special ability to vastly increase the power levels of those he kisses. Therefore harem mischievousness ensues.

While the approach and execution of the story are nothing revolutionary, it is entertaining. And at ten episodes, completing the series is not a significant drain on your time. You could binge this in an afternoon, without missing a beat. And you’d be entertained, as long as you are not going into this expecting it to be a deep exploration of the human condition.

I will note the character development is a little lacking, perhaps due to the ten episodes this anime is limited to. But perhaps deep character development is also not the point. As light, fun entertainment with cute girls and awkward situations, it holds fast and true to expectation.

While character development is minimal – there is change among the two main characters. Shinichirou grows in acknowledgement of his blossoming feelings, as does Sakura. There is also a deeper plot which is touched on, but not significantly explored, with the mystery surrounding Isuca and Sakuya’s father. The anime was slowly moving in the direction of exploration, but the ten episodes were over before this was drawn out in any detail.

It should also be noted that this harem anime does stray into ecchi territory. Personally I found this aspect of the show a tad unnecessary – especially the sheer volume of strategically torn clothing, or various states of undress the girls find themselves in. This aspect of the show was unnecessary to the enjoyment, but it is there – and makes watching the uncensored version necessary, for ugh, educational purposes.

So despite what you may have heard about this anime, it is solid entertainment. It’s not a must watch – but if you come across this – I’d recommend giving it a go.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 15, 2018

JAMPS

Mixed Feelings

If you like ecchi, just watch it. The story is bare-bones.

The animation is stiff, rushed, choppy and basic. And mind you i watched the Blu Ray version. So don’t expect anything from that department. It is as average as it gets.

The main character, Shimazu Sakuya, has a recurrent trope where she constantly hits the other main character, Shinichirou Asano, for whatever reason. I found it surprising that for an anime that lasts 10 episodes, Sakuya's behaviour gets annoying and repetitive extremely fast. Looking like she won't be able to break out from her psychotic tsundere personality.
This makes her character unrelatable, repulsive and appalling to withstand.
Definitely ... something i hated throughout the series.

The story is bare-bones, right on the start of the first episode you are supposed to understand a lot of things that are happening that never got explained in the first place. So that's a rough start that lasts until mid series where most things get finally clarified.

This anime has lots of fan service and titi shots, so if you like hard ecchi anime, you'll like this anime.
A huge point is the gore scenes, very direct and crude. Definitely liked that and expect the amounts of blood it had to offer.

Overall, it is rushed and bare-bones, of course the ending is not the original one since the anime started in Jan 24, 2015. And the manga ended in Apr 4, 2017. Yet that is not a good enough reason not to watch this anime.
The poor quality is withstandable.

It has a cat girl, big tits, small tits, nipples, magic and gore in its favor. If you are into that, give it a shot. This has nothing else of value.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 3, 2018

Rasly2

Not Recommended

It is NOT a comedy and it is barely a romance and not realy ecchi. This anime is a action drama with horror scenes. So yes i gues you can understand why its score is not so good, it is because description is all wrong.

So in story there sre some girls hunting spirits and there is that guy that is helping them. And i gues if youre looking for an easy horror action anime then you may even like it, however if you want to enjoy a ecchi romantic comedy then go watch something alse.

And its not unusual that people try to sell dramas as ... comedy for some reason, i usualy get lured to watch such animes by wrong description.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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