Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi

Abandoned as a child by her mother, Aoi Tsubaki has always had the ability to see "ayakashi"—spirits from the Hidden Realm. Shirou Tsubaki, her grandfather who shared the same ability, took her under his wing and taught her how to live with the ayakashi in peace. When her grandfather abruptly passes away, the independent Aoi must continue her college career, armed with only her knowledge in cooking as a means of protection against the human-eating spirits. In hopes that the ayakashi will not turn to her or other unknowing humans as a tasty meal, she takes it upon herself to feed the hungry creatures that cross her path.

After giving a mysterious ayakashi her lunch, Aoi is transported to the Hidden Realm, where the ayakashi reveals himself to be an ogre-god known as Oodanna, the "Master Innkeeper." There, she learns that she was used as collateral for her grandfather's debt of one hundred million yen, and that she must pay the price for her grandfather's careless decision by marrying Oodanna. Aoi valiantly refuses and decides to settle things on her own terms: she will pay off the debt herself by opening an eatery at Oodanna's inn.

Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi follows the journey of Aoi as she proceeds to change and touch the lives of the ayakashi through the one weapon she has against them—her delicious cooking.

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Oodanna Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Ginji Main

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Tsubaki, Aoi Main

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Chibi Supporting

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Akatsuki Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Byakuya Supporting

Tamaru, Atsushi Japanese

Ranmaru Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Shizuna Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Oryou Supporting

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Sasuke Supporting

Inoue, Yuuki Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oomori, Shinji Producer

Saitou, Masahiro Producer

Kaneiwa, Motoko Producer

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Jan 4, 2024

Senna

Recommended

Kakuriyo is pure comfort food to me, a warm and cozy anime about preparing food to form bonds and soothe the pains of life. The first half feels like something I could watch while laid up sick on the couch, while the second half ups the stakes just a little while still being very relaxing to watch. The basic plot is the main character Aoi, a human girl transported to a world of ayakashi, makes food for ayakashi and usually produces some other good as a result. I would say it fits the slice-of-life genre above any other. It has hints of romance, but this ... definitely isn't the primary purpose, even if it is full of attractive male characters. (Some other review said it failed as a romantic comedy -- but I don't think it's even trying to be one.) You can feel its light novel origins in the romantic angle, since the romantic development is quite slow. Somehow I'm not bothered at all, though, as I watch this anime to destress, not to get my heart pounding. Anyway, it feels more natural here than in some shows (Aoi has reasons to take it very slow since her partner is an ogre who practically kidnapped her).

I will say that the animation is unfortunately subpar. Going from the gorgeous manga to the low budget anime was a shock to the system, but either I got used to it, or it improved somewhat later in the show. The opening songs are fine (I really like the second one), while the ending songs are mostly character songs, ranging from decent to forgettable.

The only downside to me is the animation, so if you can get past that, Kakuriyo is a really enjoyable, relaxing slice-of-life anime. If you can't get past it, I do highly recommend the manga.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jul 24, 2024

twinkiequeen

Mixed Feelings

I feel like i was tricked by this anime. it starts out heavy on the romance theme and then basically stops the romance plot halfway through. They give you enough almost-romance scenes to keep you watching ('oh maybe the next episode will go a little further!'). But no, it never developed into anything. the show is also incredibly repetitive. i watched the whole thing because the entire time, it seemed like this could be a cool anime, but its just not.

The characters are dull and a little annoying. i do like the art style.
if youre a pre-teen maybe this if for you!

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 15, 2021

AlicetheJoker

Not Recommended

Yikes. Embarrassing that this show has such a high rating when better anime like Kamisama Kiss exist with a similar feel. The animation for this show is straight up lazy. At first the premise sounded cool and I enjoyed the first episode, but the whole anime feels like filler--pointless episodes going absolutely nowhere. The characters weren't even good enough to make it worth while; MC is a mary-sue, and everyone else is so flaccid. Where's the flavour? Theyre all just caricatures of certain personality types. At least their character designs were cute
I wanted to see more of a relationship form between the ogre and ... MC but they get random odd scenes together (mainly when he's rescuing her because she's constantly a "damsel"). In fact, it seemed sometimes that Ginji and the MC had a possible thing going on more than the ogre.
I would never watch this again lol

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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