Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san

Once a hot springs inn, now a boarding house with extraordinarily cheap rent, Yuragi-sou is virtually uninhabited save for a few peculiar residents. As rumor has it, it is haunted by a vile ghost which scares away all potential tenants. Therefore, it is the perfect refuge for Fuyuzora Kogarashi—a broke, homeless psychic seeking an affordable roof to stay under and ghosts to exorcise.

Kogarashi prepares for a face-off against the ghost, only to find out it is not as malicious as the rumors made it out to be. Instead, it is the ghost of a beautiful, silver-haired girl whose only recollection of her life before death is her name: Yuuna. Even more baffling is that the other tenants of Yuragi-sou not only are able to see Yuuna as well, but each has their own supernatural ability.

Amidst the chaos caused by his quirky fellow residents, Kogarashi attempts to uncover the regret that keeps Yuuna anchored to the world of the living, lest she become an evil spirit sentenced to spend her afterlife in hell.

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Yunohana, Yuuna Main

Shimabukuro, Miyuri Japanese

Fuyuzora, Kogarashi Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Miyazaki, Chisaki Supporting

Suzuki, Eri Japanese

Ameno, Sagiri Supporting

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Fushiguro, Yaya Supporting

Ogura, Yui Japanese

Arahabaki, Nonko Supporting

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Shintou, Oboro Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Chitose, Nakai Supporting

Harada, Sayaka Japanese

Shigaraki, Koyuzu Supporting

Haruno, Anzu Japanese

Urakata, Urara Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Nakayama, Nobuhiro Producer

Kurashima, Mayumi Assistant Producer

Sanjouba, Kazumasa Assistant Producer

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Jul 8, 2023

literaturenerd

Recommended

It’s become a cliché at this point to say just how powerful nostalgia is, but it’s all true. Once you get into your 30s, 40s, and beyond, you start to feel this longing for the things of your youth. Not just the most beloved things, but anything from your youth. My fellow boomers and I will dance to shit we HATED back in the 90s just because it’s from the 90s. Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs will set off an explosion of nostalgia for anyone who grew up watching shitty harem anime. This was made in 2018 but feels exactly like something that would ... have come out in 2001. The Yuuna manga ran in Shonen Jump from 2016-2020 and really wanted to pay homage to the romcom mangaka of the past like Rumiko Takahashi and Ken Akamatsu. To be fair to Yuuna’s author, Tadahiro Miura, that’s exactly what this feels like. If you were to tell me that Ken and Rumiko met on vacation somewhere and made the first few chapters of this manga together, I would genuinely believe it!

This is the story of a young man with spiritual powers named Kogarashi, who spent his childhood constantly getting possessed by ghosts. After the ghost of a failed day trader possessed him and made him go into crippling debt, he went into the countryside to find a Buddhist monk and master his psychic powers. After a few years of grueling training, Kogarashi is now a master exorcist and is OP as FUCK. When he hears about a haunted inn offering a room for dirt cheap, the utterly destitute Kogarashi shows up thinking it will be a quick exorcism and a peaceful life. Instead, the inn is home to a sexy ghost girl named Yuuna and a whole harem of supernatural babes.

Unfortunately for this anime, audience tastes often change over time. The same show that would have sold 2 million DVDs and been a smash hit in 2001 was met with utter disdain in 2018. Funimation passed on it. Sentai passed. Aniplex got roped into licensing it, but then they just sat on the license and never released a dub or DVD/Bluray. Allegedly, this was after test audiences despised it. I can definitely see why Zoomers would hate this anime. This isn’t a “cool” ecchi like Mushoku where you can tell people you’re just into the magic system and the world building. This is the cringeworthy shit that your weird uncle that watches anime jerked off to 20 years ago. This is “guy slips on a banana peel and accidentally a grabs a boob” humor. In fact, there are SOO many scenes like that in Yuuna that it somehow becomes funny again! The fanservice in this show is relentless. Kogarashi is accidentally getting his face shoved into tits, ass, or vagina for what often feels like 30% of the runtime. It’s fucking insane! Despite all of this, I actually still loved this anime! Don’t worry, I’ll explain myself.

So, what studio would put THIS amount of ass and titties in their anime? If you guessed Xebec, congratulations! You win a free trip to horny jail! This was one of the very last series that Xebec made before closing their doors forever. A fate that they shared around the same time as their longtime rival Studio Arms. Xebec burst onto the scene with the Love Hina anime and their entire history was mostly harem anime. These horny bastards did To Love-Ru, Shuffle, MM, Ladies Vs Butlers, Keijo, Mnemosyne, and a dozen others. This was their swansong and by God they wanted to go out showing as many titties as humanly possible. You know that really famous scene from Cinema Paradiso? The old film projectionist before he dies splices together all of the hundreds of romantic kiss scenes that the village priest forced him to cut out and it forms this beautiful compilation that represents his love for cinema and his life devoted to film. Well Yuuna is basically like that…only with titties. Xebec put in every single titty shot that they held back on in Shuffle and Love Hina and everything that came before. It is simply ludicrous how many titty shots are in this anime. I think you see every female character topless like 3 times every episode. This has to be the world record for a non-hentai anime. Interspecies Reviewers only has like maybe 1/4th as many titties as this show. Obviously watch the uncut version. Otherwise, what are you doing with your life?

So why do I like this piece of shit? Firstly, a lot of the humor when not resorting to “oops I grabbed a booby” is actually funny. I was shocked that it managed to deliver so many genuinely clever gags. In one of my favorite episodes, Kogarashi is concerned about Yuuna’s lingering regret that’s keeping her bound to the Earth as a spirit. So, he takes her to an exclusive couple’s resort to try make her happy. He does this without thinking about the fact that nobody else can see her and everyone is going to think he’s just some loser who is SO lonely that he’s gone insane. The shenanigans that follow are quite hilarious. Part of what makes the humor work is that Kogarashi and Yuuna are actually likeable characters and their romantic chemistry together is sincerely good! As in better than 85% of romcom anime main couples. The side characters definitely borrow heavily from Love Hina and Ranma, but they manage to work. The cast has really solid comedic synergy and it makes every scene of them hanging out together enjoyable! Like their previous work on Shuffle, Xebec managed to squeeze in these really sweet moments that catch you completely off-guard because you’re just expecting some dumpster fire ecchi show. What is THIS? The anime that just showed me 300 mammaries in the last 15 minutes is actually making me feel things?

So how does Yuuna compare to modern ecchi? I’m going to be honest here. Yuuna just beats the dog shit out of most modern ecchi anime. It’s not a fucking isekai. It’s not pretending to be better than what it actually is. Kogarashi isn’t just a “nice guy” who wants to help everyone around him with no ulterior motives. He’s much more than that. He’s also assertive, strong, and frankly admirable in his moral convictions. One girl desperately wants his seed because he’s super powerful and she will throw herself naked at him. He’ll calmly put her clothes back on and tell her that he’s only interested in doing that with the woman he loves. No nosebleed freak outs. No judgment. Just outright stating his feelings. Compared to most ecchi leads, Kogarashi is a fucking GigaChad. However, he also avoids being wish fulfillment bullshit. Kogarashi is not supposed to be us. He is an idealized positive example for young men to try living up to in the classic shonen sense. So many modern ecchi instead give us this lonely otaku who is “Just like me” but then he gains this power and starts desperately making up for all the ass he wasn’t getting in high school. Stories that mostly appeal to bitter, angry, single men in their 20s and 30s. That evolutionary tree within the ecchi family can pretty much directly be blamed on Rance, which led to Mushoku, which led to Shield Hero, Overlord, Redo of Healer, and SOO many others. I’m absolutely thrilled to see something that sprouted from the grandma Rumiko tree again. I’m sick to death of Rance and his offspring. Also, Yuuna is astoundingly wholesome compared to Higehiro, Domestic Girlfriend, Rent-A-Girlfriend, let alone anything from the Rance Family. The show with 500 boobies an episode is crushing modern ecchi in wholesomeness. That’s honestly very sad but it’s true.

In conclusion, this absolutely should have received a dub and physical release in the US. If it really was a test audience that convinced Aniplex to do Yuuna dirty like that, I have something to say to them. In the immortal words of Michael Jordan, “Fuck them kids!” Yuuna frankly deserved WAY more love than it got back in 2018. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a masterpiece or anything. It is still kind of bad in some regards. Some of the running jokes do get a bit stale. The full-frontal nudity unfortunately extends to the 13-year-old innkeeper. Why Xebec? Why would you do this? The anime also left on a cliffhanger regarding Yuuna’s forgotten past that will never be resolved in anime form. The manga eventually answered all the questions, but this anime sure isn’t getting a second season. Yuuna does have some problems. However, this trashy ecchi is also worth your time. It’s only 12 episodes and it’s pretty damn enjoyable. I have to recommend this one.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 2, 2021

minqt

Mixed Feelings

Is enjoyable enough but has some glaring issues:
1. Our MC is so OP that the story arcs lose their tension and significance.
2. Extremely high-pitched voice acting for the main heroine Yuuna and the inn-keeper. Caused actual physical pain to my ears.
3. General perception of the supernatural within the world of the show. On one hand, you have the MC mocked for claiming to be a spiritual medium, on the other you have a complete acceptance of floating objects, etc.
4. Characters unable to be fleshed out given a main cast of about 6 characters. I know nearly nothing about the characters that I didn't ... already know by the first 3 episodes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 13, 2022

Parhoper

Not Recommended

Тупейшее аниме, но местами я даже посмеялся от глупости.. если совсем скучно и вы аутисты, то можно глянуть. Сначала я уже после первых секунд хотел дропнуть так как одни сиськи, но потом если к ним привыкнуть, то даже можно что-то позитивное найти. Например как гг учит целомудрию :)00 Он сказал красивую фразу:"сексом заниматься должны обоюдно влюбленные".:) ЧЕСТНО, уже не знаю что и написать, но mAL требует намного больше слов, потому я сейчас просто спамлю считайте. О, знаю, переведу эти слова на английский через транслейнт:)
sorry guys. this is google translate
The dumbest anime, but in some places I even laughed out of stupidity .. if ... it's completely boring and you are autistic, then you can look. I wanted to drop it as some boobs, but if you get used to them later, you can even find something positive. For example, he said a beautiful phrase: "to have sex with mutually in love". :) HONESTLY, I don't know what to write anymore, but mAL requires a lot more words, because now I just have to read the spam.
Мал никак не может пропустить ревизию))) переведу еще на немецкий
Der dümmste Anime, aber an manchen Stellen habe ich sogar vor Dummheit gelacht.. wenn es total langweilig ist und du Autist bist, dann kannst du schauen. Ich wollte es als einige Brüste fallen lassen, aber wenn man sich später daran gewöhnt, kann man sogar etwas Positives finden. Er hat zum Beispiel einen schönen Satz gesagt: „Sex mit Verliebten zu haben.“ :) EHRLICH, ich weiß nicht mehr was ich schreiben soll, aber mAL erfordert noch viel mehr Worte, denn jetzt muss ich nur noch den Spam lesen .

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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