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

Sasuke Supporting

Inoue, Yuuki Japanese

Oryou Supporting

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oomori, Shinji Producer

Saitou, Masahiro Producer

Kaneiwa, Motoko Producer

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Oct 20, 2025

anemogender

Recommended

This was such a refreshing watch! It's rare to see anime related to mythical creatures and beliefs, most especially ones seen in Japan or other asian countries. I don't know why this anime isn't more known!

At first, I was a bit skeptical with the plot and the animation. A girl suddenly gets brought to the world of ayakashi and is told she is to marry the ogre lord. So much happened at first and it felt so random, but I like how as the episodes came by, things started to make more sense. You can tell that the animators did not do any shortcuts and ... made sure to add the needed detail of the plot. It was lengthy for a good reason! Although I do think the animation could be better, I will cut it some slack as this was created back then. I do wish they kept a similar style for season 2.

The bonds created in this anime are very wholesome too! I enjoyed being able to see how each character lived and how Aoi's food and presence made an impact on them. It gave me such a warm feeling when they all grew fond of her and the company became closer. Big shout out though to Ginji and Aoi's friendship. You can tell they genuinely care about each other and that they will continue to be best of friends.

What I can't wait to see more of is the development between Aoi and the master! I hope to see more about them and the master himself in season 2.

I highly recommend this anime! It's different from the ones we see now.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 15, 2025

joemaamah

Mixed Feelings

Into food porn? We've got the show for you!

The artwork all the way around is nondescript. It's not horrible but a touch below average overall. Backgrounds are meh at best. Animation is like the artwork. There's a lot worse out there, but nothing really is praiseworthy.

There's lot's of supernatural characters, but frankly, no one gets much development. They might as well just have been human. Our MC does little throughout the season, but cook, and get into trouble where she has to be rescued. The rest of the cast is just as 2 dimensional. No one is annoying, but then no one is intriguing ... either. They're all pretty much flat. Except the little chibi kappa. That one was defnitely annoying as time went on. Maybe the most interesting character is the MCs grandpa. But he's dead, so it's not like we get to see much of him except in flashbacks.

The narrative doesn't have much going for it, but it's relaxing enough where it's not annoying. It's very formulaic. MC finds herself in a pickle. Her friends try to help her out to varying degrees. She finally cooks her way out of a jam. Rinse and repeat. That's all there is to it. Not bad, but hardly inspired, either.

One thing this did have going for it was a really good VA cast. They are what made this worthwhile to complete the series, where maybe I would have given up on it after the first cour. The direction was a mixed bag at best. Meh animation, and mediocre use of the soundtrack were minuses, but the coaching of the VAs was well done. So put the direction down as slightly less than mid.

Not horrifying, but it certainly didn't knock my socks off either. Mark this one down as a C- at 72/100. It might do the trick if you need something to put you to sleep, but otherwise it's iffy at best.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 27, 2025

3willbefree

Not Recommended

So boring I almost cried. I knew from the start that the art style was going to be dodgy at best, but nothing truly prepared me for the sheer level of flatness the color scheme was. I kept this on purely as background noise when I went about my business. I'll give it one thing: the plot (as generic and a rip off of Kamisama Kiss as it is) was at least easy enough to follow that I didn't need to pay virtually any attention to it and I still understood perfectly what was going on. The English dub performances were so confusingly bad I ... actually contemplated switching to sub halfway through the first episode. Just so painfully mid.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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