Hatsukoi Monster

Freshman Kaho Nikaidou is from an influential family, and as such, no one has ever said anything even remotely mean to her, for fear of incurring her household's wrath. Wishing to be around people who will not treat her as special because of her background, she leaves home to live at a dormitory for her new school year. Shortly after arriving, Kaho accidentally wanders into traffic and is saved by a tall, handsome stranger. When she asks for his name, he tells her she is weird and walks away. Having finally met the only person to ever say an unkind word to her, Kaho falls head over heels for her savior.

After meeting her rescuer yet again and discovering that his name is Kanade Takahashi, she confesses her love to him. Kanade says he would like for them to be a couple, but that Kaho may not want to date him after she finds out his secret. To her shock, Kaho discovers the startling truth: Kanade is a fifth grader!

Deciding that she can't date a fifth grader, Kaho intends to break up with him. But as she spends more time with Kanade, she begins to care for him even more and continues dating him. Hatsukoi Monster follows Kaho's first steps into love with Kanade, her immature, yet kind, fifth grade boyfriend.

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Takahashi, Kanade Main

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Nikaidou, Kaho Main

Horie, Yui Japanese

Shinohara, Kouta Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Noguchi, Kazuo Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Taga, Atsushi Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Nagasawa, Arashi Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Renren Supporting

Aoi, Shouta Japanese

Makurazaki, Munemitsu Supporting

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Sannomiya, Ginjirou Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Nikaidou, Daikoku Supporting

Midorikawa, Hikaru Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Itou, Youhei Producer

Urasaki, Nobumitsu Producer

Suzuki, Renta Producer

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Sep 20, 2016

NoonebutMark

Recommended

I actually considered this on my summer watchlist because I needed a romantic comedy to balance out the list. What I got is a pretty weird romanctic comedy with lots of bleeps and lots pedophiles. It was cringey and sometimes the show can be a drag so I can't really say if you should watch it unless you have some kind of weird fetish.

Story:

It centers around a high school rich girl who stays at a dorm away from her family due to some cliche circumstances. There she meets this tall and mature looking guy who she instantly fell in love. But this guy has a ... secret and that if she finds it out, she might change her outlook on him, and that secret is that he is a grade schooler, so this is basically a cougar type of romance, there's a BIG difference in their age and their mental capacity. The anime tries to be funny using weird tropes that makes me cringe.

Art:

The art is so bad and it is like so thin looking and tallish art, like imagine, I don't like it and sometimes the animations gets wonky. It is just awful!

Sound:

I didn't like opening songat first but it grew up to me and I never skipped through it. The ending song was not my thing so I skipped it and there wasn't that much standout in terms of background music.

Character:

As you watch the anime, you will begin to hate the main girl, and the main guy because they're a bunch of idiots. There's also the antagonists who are idiots as well as sadists but sometimes you side with them because they are so right. The choices the main characters choose are so cliche and really boring that I can't even, ugh... The other tenants of the dorm are so trope-y and they don't really go out of their one-dimensional character.

Enjoyment:

This anime is the reason why I'm now wary of whatever boring anime that is to come this fall season. Because I didn't like Spring's Joker Game (which gave 100x yawn) and this summer's Hatsukoi Monster. I didn't enjoy that much but I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy all of it, since there was some parts that were funny but the rest were ridiculous!

Overall, this is an anime that must be forgotten due to how it pollutes the human mind with bleeps and pedophiles.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 16, 2016

Mikame-

Mixed Feelings

The really low reviews and ratings on this is what made me curious, I wanted to see what it was all about because the synopsis actually sounded decent to me.

I've never heard wiener said so many times said in an anime, especially just in the first episode.. But I didn't hate it.
It is a little weird hearing 'kids' that look like older teenagers talking and acting like children.

Kaho is adorable, she's been pretty sheltered in her life. People wouldn't do anything wrong to her or talk to her certain ways because of who her parents are, so when somebody finally does she has no ... idea how to react, other than thinking people want something from her because of what family she's from. But she's also very innocent and both her and Kanade are pretty oblivious.

The romantic parts between Kaho and Kanade are nice, you forget how much of a kid he is and get sucked into how loving he's being. He's a gentleman, most of the time, even though he doesn't know what that is.

The plot is pretty simple, falling in love with someone for the first time, trying to accept them for who they are even with big age and experience boundaries while working through the hardships that come with that.
But it's obvious it's not supposed to be a serious story, it's just some fun with little bits of romance mixed in. If you're looking for satisfying romance though, this won't get you there.

While watching it I was a little confused, as to whether I did or didn't like it. I did find it amusing. I think it was cute. I enjoyed watching it, but there's just some little thing that feels off-putting? Not the age difference. I can't pin point what it is. Saying all that though, overall I did enjoy it. It kept me amused and that's all I figured I'd get from it, so I'm alright with that.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 19, 2016

YumeiNikki

Not Recommended

Let’s make one thing clear. If you love penis jokes, gross indecent crushes and a siscon then this series is perfect for you. If you don’t; welcome to the world of common sense.

*PLOT PART COVERS LAST EPISODE SPOILERS*

Hatsukoi Monster was a show that I was looking forward to quite a bit. I’m a sucker for cute girls in plotless romance series (Ore Monogatari, Orange, etc). You see I don’t need a smashing ingenious plot to enjoy something. What I //do// need is a plot that doesn’t ridicule me. And well. That’s where this show went wrong.

Plot:
While the first few episodes introduce us to our characters ... and how they handle each other. (This actually had me rooting for the show and shunning everyone who dared speak negativity of it.) Soon enough some questionable things got introduced. A girl who steals clothing and lives in the same house as the man she stalks. An elder brother with a siscon so bad that he saves her bathwater to drink from. And a butler who gets nosebleeds from his 10 year old master. To say the least this show went for a shocking approach. By episode 6 it’s safe to say that the plot has little to nothing to do with romance anymore and it’s more about how many shocking jokes we can fit into one ep. Personally I don’t find any of these matters to be joked about. Stalking, paedophilia, incest. Haha I’m having a blast. The great resolve of the romance is also something that I missed I think? We get a daydream. A huge out of character confrontation about everything that didn’t make sense about the show (Why Kanade is so tall. Why he only acts childish when the plot calls for it, etc) and after that promises to be together forever that’s it? Also there’s a dog that feels up an underage boy.

Characters:
Usually I’m a sucker for cute girls. I love moe girls that make me want to protect them. But Kaho is just from another dimension. She’s so dense, yet empty at the same time that after 12 eps I’m not sure what her character is like, minus the fact that she loves Kanade. Kanade himself is this weird crossover between a bishie and a child, which is also all there is to his character. The same goes for most of his friends. They look old, act young. All they do is make penis jokes. There’s a mean dude who doesn’t want Kanade and Kaho to date. There’s a few funky housemates who do have interesting characters yet none of them are ever explored enough to be truly likable. And their relationship to Kanade and Kaho seems to be made of nothing but ‘we live in the same house so we’re friends right?’

Sound:
I’ll be honest. One of the main reasons that drew me in for this show was the cast. I’m an avid seiyu fan and seeing so many talented ones in one show was what got me hooked. That was also all I did enjoy about the show.
The opening is generic and the ending had me wonder what it had to do with a romance anime. The OST is decent. It reminded me of grade school.

Art:
The art is. Decent? I’ve seen worse. I’ve seen better. It’s not striking despite its colour palette. It has it’s good and bad moments. Key moments especially are the generic ‘wow I’m so in love with him’ shots and they’re pretty cute. But they easily get balanced out by laughably bad backgrounders

Overall:
Like I said in the opening you can probably not enjoy this If you like decent plot. I only finished watching it because I was waiting for it to regain the grace it had in the beginning. I can deal with whimsical, weird plots. But the plot has to be there. This show completely gave up around episode 4 and sailed onwards with nothing but penis jokes and drama that had me laughing more at being expected to believe it than actually enjoying it. Add to that the risky/downright gross subjects brought up and I personally can’t believe this series is supposed to be anything but an insult to the people who spend time on it.

If, on the other hand, you love series that need you to turn your brain off to enjoy it. By all means this is the series for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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