Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

If you like to watch every seasonal cliche fantasy or isekai then this is for you. I see a lot of bad reviews on animes like these but I love them. I've seen a lot of bad anime before and this definitely isn't one of them. Don't start watching it and expecting it to the best anime ever, just relax and enjoy.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear is a cute lighthearted run of the mill isekai fantasy anime. The main character is a lazy stay at home high school girl who is transported to the world of a game she plays. She is forced to wear a ... bear costume, all her magic is bear related spells and her summons are cute bears of course. The thing I like about Yuna the most is she is very relatable and honest. Although Yuna is able to do a lot of things through her magic she stills needs help from others and she builds many relationships along the way. I really recommend if you like lighthearted fantasy anime or slice of life. Its by no means a masterpiece but I love this show. Also as a bonus the ending song is really good. This was my first review and I am not very good at them but i tried.

Story: 7
Art: 8
Sound: 9
Character: 9
Enjoyment: 9
Overall: 9

With the global pandemic going on around the world right now, there’s one form of entertainment that is satisfying for millions and millions of people around the world: video games. Specifically, RPG of the MMORPG genre are real time sinks. We find out the easy way once 15-year old Yuna is introduced to the show. As an adventurer in the online game, World Fantasy Online, she is best described as the typical nerd at home.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear is exactly what it sounds like. What it advertises is what you get and that is our main character dressed up in a bear outfit. It may ... seem like a peculiar trend but with the countless amount of fantasy shows in recent years, nothing surprises me anymore. Coming into this anime gave me the impression of playing a video game as we follow Yuna on her fantasy adventure. And here’s the catcher: Yuna enjoys her life in this new world more so than the real world.

World Fantasy Online is perhaps the most generic sounding game I’ve ever heard of. It’s taking the three most oversaturated words of the isekai genre and put them all in one basket. And as expected, the game itself has a colorful world setting of creatures, NPCs, characters, and of course, Yuma in a bear outfit. Despite the anime seemingly throwing everything to you at once, it’s actually pretty easy to figure out where Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear is headed. The premise follows the plot and doesn’t take deep understanding to figure out the show altogether.

First off, there’s Yuna, the 15-year old poster girl who is carrying this show in her bear outfit. Like most teenagers, gaming is part of her hobby but she takes it to an obsessive level. There’s charm about her character despite this unhealthy hobby because let’s face it, she’s nerdy on the outside but adorably cute on the inside. Watching Yuna solving problems such as dealing with roaming monsters in the wild, discovering treasures, or collecting certain objects reminds me of modern JRPGs. Only here, Yuna doesn’t have a main questline to get through to beat the game. At least from this anime’s plot, she’s free and builds her own life in this virtual world. And because she is so free, Yuna has come to love World Fantasy Online and the gaming culture.

Make no mistake. Yuna’s no pushover when getting work done especially when judging on her combat skills. It’s actually amusing once you witness her feats in the show. Fighting monsters seems more like an annoying chore for her than an actual challenge. The anime built her character to be powerful, and by powerful, she is pretty much unrivaled throughout all her fights. I could go on to list her achievements but you’ll have to see to believe it. The bottom line is, Yuna is more than just unbearably cute. She’s a selfless girl that has the personality of a teen but also with heart of gold. She even forms some important relationships with others such as Fina and Noire. While on her adventure, you can see more of Yuna’s real personality when she interacts with these characters.

With the show’s cour length being just 12 episodes, there’s concern about how the studio would handle the adaptation. Honestly, stuffing over 15+ volumes into a single cour is never a favorable impression when you know the juicy part of the franchise lies in the light novels. That being said, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear does have a smooth pacing and flows on its own as a story. With every episode, we discover that World Fantasy Online can be a dangerous place to other adventurers. There’s monsters, bandits, and other creatures roaming around that can kill, rob, eat, and commit all sorts of sins you can imagine. Remember, it’s a fantasy story and common logic is often thrown out the window. Yuna herself represents a defiance of common sense. I mean, just asking yourself this question: how can a little girl of her size in a beat outfit be so damn overpowered?

Limiting the anime to 12-episodes did set off red flags but thankfully is tolerable as you can enjoy the show for more than its length. Comedy wise, this show loves its recurring gags specifically with other characters making fun of Yuna’s bear outfit. She herself even realizes how ridiculous it looks despite the overwhelming stat advantages. Studio EMT Squared and the director designed her in such a way to sell the show’s appeal. It creates many moments of charming chemistry between the cast. The world setting itself is designed to reflect fantasy elements with the castles, dangerous creatures, and oversized bears. Even if you’re not a bear fanatic, there’s no doubt the show wanted you to experience its world.

I’m sure everyone can agree that we have way too many fantasy anime every season. Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear may seem like a clone with some added twist but deep down, this is still a charming anime. Without a complex story or characterization, we are presented with a show about a girl in a bear outfit enjoying her fantasy life. Life isn’t easy in the real world but Yuna makes it look like a piece of cake in her own world.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear - Bears are cute.

What would you do with your life after earning billions of yen in stocks? Our 15 years old girl Yuna confines herself to her house playing the world's first VRMMO. One day, after taking a survey in the game, she receives a bear costume without any clues where, why, what to do as a bear. But she quickly recognizes the power of bears and uses it to help people in need. And so, the story of our heroic kuma begins.

Real life sucks. Well…this is a point that we often cannot deny. Our main character Yuna also has ... the same view and thus her journey in the fantasy world begins. She meets friends there that she really likes. Every day she experiences new adventures with them together. The poor in need are helped by her power and the limit of the evil dukes are finally shown.
How does she make all of this possible? The answer is the bear costume. This present item has definitely cheat powers and can literally beat anything and anyone. Shortly after arriving the fantasy world, she saves a young cute girl named Fina from a pack of monsters. You can feel the harmony between the two girls and see that they get along perfectly. Fina guides her through the small down and after discovering the Adventures Guild, Yuna has found her destiny. She will become an adventure and fight against the evil! From an adventure without rank, she climbs them faster than lightning.

Yuna is initially presented as a lazy, carefree and lonely NEET. Real life simply sucks in her opinion. She also doesn't care about the opinions from other people, she is doing the things she loves. Despite her somewhat anti-social demeanour, Yuna is exceptionally kind and has a certain sense of justice. She also shows a soft side towards the people she loves like Fina or Fina's imouto Shuri.
Fina is the person saved by Yuna, not from the monsters only but everything. Meeting Yuna was the best thing could happen to her. With her help, Fina's mother recovered from her illness as well. Despite her young age (10), she already knows how to take care of her family. But not only Fina's world changed because of Yuna, instead also Yuna's view about the people who she really cares got in a positive way.

If you are a fan of the CGDCT genre in general, you will like the style here for sure. All the girls are shown very cute. Yuna's life becomes more colorful through this world, which is also well represented. It is colorful and you can feel her happiness through the bright and beautiful colors. The scenes are also well animated, even those where a little fight takes place.

The OP song “Itsuka no Kioku” is performed by our cute Fina aka Azumi Waki. She is also known as part of the legendary Blend S OP "Bon Appétit ♡ S" where she voices Maika. You can feel how happy Fina is meeting Yuna-oneechan from the music and the lyrics. She is the one who saved not only her but also her whole family and brought them the joy they deserve.
But what really stays in your head is the ED song "Ano ne" sung by Yuna (Maki Kawase). Maybe one or the other will still remember the "anone anone" from the Platelets (Hataraku Saibou – Cells at Work!), which is also just too cute. We saw your stories with happiness, Yuna. With this song she shows that she would do everything to protect this world and her friends. It is a place where she is accepted and feels home.

Although I am a huge CGDCT fan, I was a bit skeptical after the first few episodes. I have to admit that I found the bear costume a bit strange at the beginning. I would love to see Yuna more without it to be honest. I like her casual outfit much more. But gradually I got used to it and it didn’t bother me anymore. What really fascinates me is Yuna's attitude how much she is willing to help the poor and vulnerable people without expecting anything in return. I hope especially for Fina, Schuri and their family they can have a great time now, those two young ladies deserved it.
Relax a little, just lean back and enjoy the adventures with our bears! See how a 15-year-old girl save the world and put smiles on people's faces again.
I hope we will see more adventures with our kuma in the future as well!

Every season must have a generic "girls only" moe blob show and also some generic isekai power fantasy show. If you are fan of either of those then you can rejoice because this show combines both of them into the most painfully mediocre show you can imagine.

Art: 6
Pretty much standard moe art, nothing offensive, nothing special. Fights were decently animated, CGI is ok-ish.

Sound: 7
Only decent thing about this show. Both OP and ED are nice, voice acting is fine too.

Story: 3
There is almost none. It's your average CGDCT crossed into isekai power fantasy with grossly overpower MC. Things happen only for the sole reason ... of MC being able to flex how awesome her powers are. The little quirk of bear theme can't build a story by itself.

Characters: 2
Nonexistent aside from the MC. Every other character exists either so they can fawn over the MC or to be a comically bad fodder villain.

Enjoyment & overall experience: 3
UnBEARable to watch... I'll let myself out...

We had SAO. Then we had Spring 2020's Bofuri, which takes the former's inspiration and gives it a light-hearted, cutesy "moe blob" twist. Now welcome to the next level with the mish-mash of both shows, and you'll get the result (that is) Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear. KUMA??? GAO~~~

The Isekai power-fantasy genre has always been confined in a state of amassed "love-hate" relationships over the years since the introduction of Reki Kawahara's hugely popular LN series (that still to this day gets a bad rap), and many novelists have attempted to compose their own "unique twists" to varying degrees of successes and failures. It's not until ... fairly recently that there has been a resurgence with the "moe blob" twist, starting from Bofuri (which has the overly-cliche OP character, but relatable and fun in every way). And you can take everything about that show and apply it here, not forgetting to add the ever-so-popular bear-ish CGDCT genre for an even intriguing adventure of a pure, laid-back relaxation and enjoyment in a traditional VRMMORPG-like environment.

Forget what you remember of the tropes and clichés of similar shows in the past, and come along for this ride that is anything but typical. A stereotypical OP character, stemming from her lazy-bum personality who became a NEET at age 12, and never wanting to go back to the real world? Now that's something you don't hear much, and the atypical 15-year-old Yuna is just that. Being transported into the Isekai world, forced to be clothed in a black-or-white unBEARablely costume suit helming bear-able magic attacks, along with adorable and fluffy summoned beasts (white Kumakyuu and black Kumayuru), this is the adventurous story of Yuna travelling in spades, while giving off entirely different impressions of a "heroic" OP MC character (mostly being embarrassingly noticed because she's a donning a bear onesie), interacting with townspeople and imparting some assets of the real world to surprise them with wonderous mind-boggling awe. Oh, and make the "House of Kuma" and cook up Japanese food, just because she can and has real-world withdrawals of nostalgia to recreate.

The immediate thing about Yuna (as is with Bofuri's Maple) is that more than just being relatable, she's not trying to be over-pretentious about the various situations of encounters in her journey, be it wild monster battles or exacting her sweet, sweet revenge (of Kuma attacks, Jojo style) on greedy and heartless people that take advantage of oppressing common folk in simple one-note circumstances, giving a mix of both light and dark undertones for a competent and balanced story plot structure (unlike Slime Otoko's). That's not to say that she goes through this journey alone, as the growing and budding relationships with other characters (well, mostly "moe blob" lolis) makes for a somewhat conventional journey, even much more enjoyable.

Take for example, Yuna's first friend: 10-year-old loli, Fina. Living together with her younger sister Shuri and their single mother Tiermina, she is the sole breadwinner of the poverty-strickened family, and forced to take care of the family's circumstances, molding her character development of both responsibility and maturity at a young age (which accounts for her abnormal mentality of such a young child). It's not until another the Adventure Guild staff member (Uncle) Gentz does the family's happiness really takes off, and having a stepfather helps in the family's growth as well. Nice one.

Along with the other characters that come in toll as the series progresses (from a single-family and an orphanage to royalty), more than just the "coincidental" blessings in disguise, Yuna learns a lot about the meaning of life, being true-to-honest about her own reflections of her past in the real world and living the best out of the current times. I love stuff like these that just speaks to my heart-strings, and gives me the inspiration and perseverance to keep on living (and so should yours too).

Director Yuu Nobuta helms this anime project over at low-budget studio EMT Squared, and rightaway source readers see this as a "disappointing adaptation", due to the fact that Episode 1 was pre-screened early (started by yours truly), garnering mixed feelings from both source readers and anime-onlys due to the weird choice of pacing and the sub-par animation quality (that spawned spoilers for irrefutable reasons, that you can blame series composer Takashi Aoshima). Despite all the hoopla for a shaky start, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear slowly but eventually found its footing and from thereon, started the progress of a fast-paced recovery that only got consistently better as time passes. Also, no matter how simplistic the visuals feel with the tag-along low-quality animation that the studio is known for, it never once feels drab and out of place, but instead creates a colourful, vibrant world that matches an imperfect-but-wonderful background setting.

The OST is about as lively as you'd expect of the familiar nature of CGDCT shows, and is more of the same in that regard. Both Azumi Waki's OP and Yuna's VA Maki Kawase's ED may sound quite shallow, but they sound really nice and energetic, which also gives Kuma Bear the sizable competency of a good OP/ED pairing in a season of high-quality ones.

If you've been looking for the seasonal "LN Isekai power fantasy adaptation" cliche that IS worth watching, this is for you. This anime is by no means a masterpiece (nor even a mediocre) work, but getting a mid-range sized character cast with the lore of just enjoying a likeable OP MC rage her black-and-white fists in a world accepting the ways of "Miss Bear", that's saying a lot for a show that I'd recommend for those of you who can just turn off your brains and let loose the unBEARableness.

Underrated show this is not, but it's at least worth a watch. *Nipah-like* KUMA~~~

This show is basically 3 different shows combined into one. not in a good way.

It starts off as you expect. video gamer gets isekai'd to fantasy world with OP videogame powers. typical premise. the first few episodes are about her learning the world and her abilities. saving people by beating up monsters for the adventurer's guild. again, expected. The main problem in this part is that Yuna does it all with the soulessness of a puppet. Zero personality. Perhaps she's an autist.

After 4 episodes of that it devolves into a 'food tastes good' anime. I don't know how many times people need to be reminded ... that food tastes good, but this anime is here for all of it. Look, I get that Japenese people live lives intentionally devoid of most luxury and taste is one of the only things they allow themselves to become indulgent in, but jesus can we stop this trope already? almost the entire rest of the anime is her cooking food and everyone remarking how good it is. maybe they switch it up AND SOMEBODY ELSE COOKS and then everyone remarks how good it is. Occasionally you will get a "You mean if I go beat monster X, I can eat food X!?!?" type of scenario and it still sucks. the fights are completely lame considering she's so OP. literally never faces any real danger herself the entire time. She's also kind of a nitwit and not very efficient with using her powers. The only rule to them is she has to be thinking about bears and she doesn't even remember to do that most of the time.

But here is the kicker, at THE LAST HALF OF THE LAST EPISODE(!) it again devolves into a pure yuri anime out of nowhere. It doesn't make any sense. The show itself ends on a confession that really doesn't get resolved. Is the bear girl a lesbian with the other little girl now? I don't know. I don't care. I was honestly wishing they would just go eat some food and talk about how good it tastes again.

I find it rather confounding this thing isn't scoring in the 5 range. It's awful. Are people giving it 10s out of irony? has to be

After reading the novel, I was excited to see this story getting an adaption, only to be disappointed.

The book was written as a comedy with some dark overtones to mix it up. (The main character gets nicknamed the bloody bear after beating the crap out of an adventurer using a dull knife). But the show takes all the dark themes away and what is left is... a kids show with only one real character. Not what I expected given all the action the book includes.

If you haven't read the book, its infinitely better than the show plus it has real secondary characters. The show is ... mediocre adaption of the summary at best.

Spoiler:
lol, the show is more like the picture book Yuna creates for the princess than the actual book.

so it's pretty early to write a review but I can hardly see the show growing much past what it is now. so here's a quick TLDR: enjoyable fluff show with no stakes. It's cute and nice to just turn your brain off to.

on to the somewhat longer review. Potential spoilers ahead. this is written after episode 4.

story: 6
generic sent into another world type deal. the character has no real grounding in the original world. ill the story so far is cute fluff with any issues solved by the bear outfit.

art: 7
It's a nice cute palette with your average animation I can't really ... notice anything janky or weird about it but nor is it amazing its just nice.

sound: 6
I'm not much of an ost guy but the opening is eh and the outro is nice and cute but nothing really noteworthy.

character: 5
all relatively flat cute characters, your probably noticing a reoccurring point in this review and that being cute, and that's because that's all the show has going for it it's cute.

enjoyment: 8
I'm actually enjoying this it's just low effort time filler I'm not hyped for every episode but nor am I like ugh another episode is out, let's get this over with.
It's nice to just watch without really caring too much.

overall: 6

if you are after a low effort (and I don't mean production-wise or whatever I mean in terms of effort put in from you) then watch this its nice chill no stakes cute op bear solves everything. I mean episode 4 the mum is dying and Kuma-san goes "I just need to imagine harder!" and solves it.
her powers are pretty much capped by saying bear and imagining some dumb crap

so show ended and yknow it was just as ok as it always was chill cute bear does cute op bear stuff
(if i remember correctly it got season 2 right? so I guess that's hype?)

There isn't a lot to be really said when it comes to Kuma Kuma. Not in a bad sense at all, nor does it make it bad. But more so far, it seems a bit chill, a bit on the relaxing side. There is a sense of mystery behind it with it's premise. But so far, we haven't dived into that so much, besides finding out what basically works. Which is fine for the show.

The show drops us off into seeing our MC in action, showing us just who she is, and what the bear suit is capable of. Though it does feel a little ... disjointed, all because of it being episode 1, and then ep2 starts off explaining things. It's a bit confusing at first glance, you may think you've ended up in ep 6, rather than 1. But it does a job in showing you what is what I suppose.

As for the story itself, think like Goblin Slayer in terms of an adventures guild, with all kinds of jobs that one can take, with a ranking system. But it's not just that when it comes to the story, as I said, there is a sense of mystery, as this isn't no isekai, or least it believes it's not, it's a game. So one can wonder who is behind the game, and what their goal is. It's pretty interesting to say the least. I'm expecting it to get more interesting as it goes along.

As for the characters themselves, we've seen a fair few, with our MC in Yuna getting more of the spotlight, and just being chill and fun, but also quite the wonderer when it comes to everything that is going on. The other that's had more focus is Fina, who is a delight and a sweeite. I'm sure more will pop up as we go along, but fairly decent cast so far.

Same can be said for the sound and art of this show. The art is colourful, and pretty. There are some dark tones when needed, but most of it is a more pretty kind that seems more friendly. While the sound is fitting for each scene.

Should you give it a shot? Sure! It's looking decent so far, it won't be anime of the season, but it's certainly a good show. Give it a go.

I had my expectations to the ground because I knew that Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear was aimed at an audience of 4 to 13 and I am not surprised that it has a second season because this type of tea is very popular in the Japanese, we know that there are An adult audience that washes and if you see a year that invites you to see this anime even if it is a girl if you do not like it, leave with any excuse because that person is crazy and is selling you stinky skunk smoke because: the story is mediocre, bore 1000 ... % the protagonist does not have any danger as in the game or in real life, all the characters are not interesting like the world the only thing that could give him a point that pains me a lot is for the animation that is well cared for so much wasted talent and If anyone likes this type of story, what I can recommend is the anime Itai no wa Iya nano by Bougyoryoku and Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.

Cuuuuute~

Transported into a game: the genre, has just gone nuclear....nuclear cute!!

The premise alone makes it a hilarious take and the first few episodes really bring home the embarrassment and cuteness that comes with overpowered bear suits. The creativity to continue the bear theme is certainly impressive and the good-naturedness of the show is welcomely wholesome.

Unfortunately, as the show continues it suffers from the wash, rinse, repeat of it all with little to do with character.

The show itself is pretty and chose a unique palette for the art to emphasize the cuteness. It's a fun watch nonetheless.

There really isn't much substance, and when compared to ... other shows within this genre it also doesn't stand up to the mediocre ones as it can easily slip the mind and not be too memorable.

It'll be hard for me to recommend this outside of a "good afternoon to recharge yourself."

Before we get to the review this is very important in my opinion: Start episode 1 at like 20:42 once she's back in the real world. After you finish episode 3 you can go back and watch it. The truth is it makes zero chronological sense where that part is because her VRMMO avatar didn't look like that, so it takes place after she's isekai'd. Just ignore the other scene from 2:18 to 2:30 in episode 1 that briefly cuts back to the real world. Episode 4 picks up directly after the events of episode 1. Whoever set it up to start like that is ... really a dummy. It makes absolutely zero sense. So just do yourself a favor and follow my advice on that one, kay?

That being said it's a really wholesome anime. I can't say there's really all that much story, though things definitely do happen and it's definitely a cohesive story rather than episodic. Though it's not epic or anything by any means. It's very bingeable and super adorable.

The bottom line is that there are better adorable animes and better wholesome animes and better animes in general. But if you're looking for that sorta thing and want something to watch then I don't think this one will really let you down. It won't really blow you away or anything, but it'll be a nice little show to watch.

I'll say that the art isn't all that great, a 5/10 at most. Some just isn't very good. There's even a few scenes where it's just a still image with a bunch of talking in the background for like almost a solid minute before going back to stuff being animated. And some of the backgrounds and such look a little shoddy sometimes. Though it's not really distracting and they didn't use CG models. Though that being said the character design is really adorable.

The characters are generally quite likeable. Though it's definitely a really wholesome kinda world that they're in where most people are surprisingly good people, with some token bad guys here and there.

The MC's pretty much a Mary Sue good at everything with a near god mode cheat set of armor (the bear onesie) that gives her more power than you can shake a stick at. Like literally being able to effortlessly defeat over 10,000 monsters on her own in short order just randomly on a whim on her way somewhere.

(Note: finished watching it, but I couldn't bother with episode 10 and 11, my god)

I base all my scores on anime that give me enjoyment, therefore everything I write is subjective and my honest opinion. If you think my opinion is bad, fair enough. With that being said, let me say this. There is no reason to watch this show unless 1) you need to add another show to you anime list 2) you really long for something chill even though it doesn't make sense and 3) you're younger than 7 years of age (which would be by today's standards still an insult to the ... intelligence of modern children with access to the internet.)

1) The show/MC (Yuna)
This anime is your run of the mill isekai with a very intelligent main protagonist that, of course, trades in stocks and plays VR games and likes to be introverted most of the time. So far, so standard. What's the issue? Aside from this being just moe-moment-of-the-week type of anime, action scenes are not bad, everything else is kept to a pretty good standard, some corners are cut, like non-animated scenes of the landscape and of the city, animating just the characters we need to be aware of. Yuna is fine and just slightly, relatable, but I will not give out any more than that on her. You make your own judgment on her as a character, that's why we have our brains, not to be a flock of sheep, but think about everything we see, hear, touch, experience. I have no reason to write reviews except for ego boost and clout chasing.

2) Characters
They have a very simplistic design, Noir and Misa are forgettable at best, annoying young brats at worst. I like the character of Fina, she feels less forgettable and slightly relatable, unlike the former two. Art is standardized, meaning no matter the scene or place of the show (so far), you will be hard pressed to find anything wrong with their faces or anything of that sort. They're not doing much, but they always look flawless, so bonus points for "keeping it real". As for other characters, there's nothing so far to talk about.

3) The sound design
Not gonna lie, the fact that animation is good enough to not be a disaster or a masterpiece would make this anime just fine. But the music...as someone with a musical background, I gotta say, the music playing in the background or during action scenes, it all fits perfectly. Most of the music is fitting the general theme of the world, aka fantasy. Use of strings and reverb make some scenes more impactful and I have to stress, if the music is right, you won't notice it. If the music is good, you will come to appreciate and...yeah, I appreciate it. It's simple, but it works REALLY well.
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As for sound design concerning the action and the impact of...Kuma fists? I'm not an expert in this field, I don't make sound effects, but I know SFX are made once and reused until they become noticeable and recognizable in many animes. I think around 2018 or 2019, when we started to hear explosions in anime, we started to hear this "tearing, cracking and exploding bubbles of C4" type of explosions. So far, I was not able to detect any similarity with other animes, but I'm sure some of the impact SFX are being used from the soundbank somewhere in Japanese servers of animation studios.

4) Opening and ED
This opening is the perfect summary of this anime, it's gamey, it's lovey-dovey and incredibly unbearable to watch even once. Nothing interesting.
ED sound nice, you can vibe to it, much better than the opening, but unless you're a girl and like this type of music, as a guy, I can only listen to this once every 3 weeks. I'm not into this type of the song, but it sounds good, take a listen. It's not industry-changing or appalling, it's good.

Final conclusion: Don't watch it, you gain nothing and lose time.

They try to make this anime a worthwhile endeavour to watch, but their efforts are cut short by the non-existent story and lack of any meaningful direction. Watch Jujutsu Kaisen instead or DanMachi, at least they're fun to watch.

Kuma Kuma bear was one of the wholesome surprises of the year.

Cute, cozy and a badass female MC, Kuma Kuma bear provided us with 12 weeks of quality anime. It managed to take a lot of traditional isekai tropes and throw them out the window. If you’ve ever strayed away from isekai because of generic OP MC’s, horrible plot logic or writing, harems, fan-service, etc., you will find something refreshing in Kuma Kuma bear.

What I really loved the most about this show is how it focused on the real implications of being transported to another world. Yuna has to provide for herself and ... ends up becoming an entrepreneur of sorts. A lot of isekai tend to skip over these details in favour of showing cool fights or introducing girls into the harem, which I also like, but it’s nice to have a change of pace and focus on things that “matter”.

I think fans of Bofuri will recognise a lot of similarities between the two series, both in terms of the MC being a young cute girl and the worlds, character interactions, comedy, etc. Bofuri ended up becoming a lot more popular, probably due to it being Silver Link, while Kuma Kuma ended up under the radar. If you liked Bofuri, you will probably enjoy this too.

Kuma Kuma bear was a sleeper hit of the season and I honestly can’t find anything that I didn’t like or would change about the show, other than it only being 12 episodes. Kuma Kuma bear gets 10 bear suits out of 10.

I have never seen a show pull a 180 so fast and so effectively, I've to talk about it.

Honestly this show the previous 11 weeks used to be mindless fun, something to relax every wednesday morning, a charming protagonist helping people and learning how to interact with people, that was her only hurdle most of the season because in terms of power she started so strong in the alternate world that she didn't face anything on her level until her very last battle.

But that wasn't episode 12, episode 12 was completely different but also used the same elements it established since the first episode to ... deliver something beautiful.

Let me explain.

Yuna started as a loner that enjoyed being alone since episode 1, that was fine but it never looked like the show was gonna do anything with it, and I was okay with that, a chill show in which you just enjoy the slice of life with the occasional battles that never even have any sakuga because why would they? They aren't the focus, it was a simple show free of any serious issues, everything the protagonist faced wasn't taken seriously.

So I couldn't see what the show was building up since the start.

I noticed in one of the latest episodes our protagonist Yuna realized in a scene how nice it is to get along with people, it didn't last long but I thought that was a nice reminder of how much she has changed from what she used to be. It would end like that and move onto the next arc.

Oh how wrong I was.

Enter Fina, the first meeting she had with Yuna was considerably different to the meetings Yuna has with the rest of girls in the show, a bit hard to notice because Fina was before everyone else but now looking back in retrospective, it was kinda obvious they were setting up something back then.

But that's the thing, in retrospective.

The show did a perfect job to mask what it was setting up for 11 episodes, using adventures and battles and silly slice of life interactions with snarky remarks and good timed comedy. But everything was building up in the background.

Fina's feelings were building up.

Fina got a whole nice segment around the middle of the show about her and Yuna going out together the 2 of them and no one else. When the episode 12 preview showed its title I thought the last episode would be a repeat of that but on a much larger scale because it's the finale.

Oh, how wrong I was.

Turns out everything Yuna did until this point had consequences, namely neglecting Fina because she had to take care of all the people she knew. This wouldn't work if the whole show didn't play out as it did, we see Yuna do the things she usually does every week but this time from Fina's perspective, we see what she feels and what she thinks and at this point she had enough, she decides to distance herself so she can be as worthy of her presence to Yuna as all the other "useful" citizens are to the bear.

But that's not what she wanted, that's not what Yuna wanted either.

Enter Noa, all the previous bonds Yuna made through the show will always be important even if they aren't as important as Fina's, and now that the 2 main girls are distancing themselves those bonds have to help our protagonists. Noa is a delight of a character and she shines the most here, as much as she loves the bear she has to help these 2 useless lovebirds to realize what they are doing wrong.

And help she does.

Yuna doesn't understand it but she knows Fina is the only one that fills the emptiness in her heart, meanwhile Fina always knew but because she lacked courage she couldn't say it. When it finally happens and both let everything out and tell each other how much they want to be together, it's the most cathartic moment ever not only because of how the episode built up to it but also because everything that was presented since the very beginning. This wouldn't work if we hadn't seen a lonely Yuna in the first episode and how their meeting played out in 2, things that were seemingly meaningless had the strongest meanings all along.

And that's beautiful.

10/10, this show should be a guide to everyone about how to write a proper romance.

Over the past few years, there has been what some might call a glut of adorable low-stakes isekai/VRMMO shows with cute OP female protagonists going on fluffy magical adventures… and ‘Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear’ (DAH BEARS... just kidding. We'll call it '3KB') just might be the most cutest, fluffiest and adorable-est of them all.

Literally everything about this show is absolutely fucking precious. The music, the artwork, the characters, the adventures, and even the motherfuckin’ title - all of it will bombard your every sense with the purest essence of cute-itude. There is not a single moment in 3KB which is lacking in cuteness, even when ... the story presents a number of unpleasant situations. The viewing experience was so cute, light, fluffy and that I felt as though I was floating in the sky on a cloud made of cute… although that might have been the drugs.

Do you get the idea yet? No, you don’t. You really fucking don’t…

Here is how I rated this scintillating bastion of moe:
Story: 8
Art: 8
Sound: 10
Characters: 8
Enjoyment: 10
OVERALL: ***9/10***

STORY: The premise is indeed as simple and formulaic as one would expect from a ball of fluff like 3KB - I mean, it is an isekai story with a world based on an in-story VRMMORPG that focuses on the adventures of an OP NEET, minus Truck-kun. What sets this series apart from others in the isekai genre, though, is not only the abundance of interesting details, but just how committed it is to maintaining its specific atmosphere. While the storyline may have a flaw here and there, the progression is smooth and the mood is pretty much always maintained. This show knows what it is, knows what it does best, and doesn’t deviate too much from that.

ARTWORK: I would say the artwork is about average in terms of quality; however, I personally rate it a little higher because, well, I just so happen to enjoy its overall style. Wanna fight about it, bruh?! The animation matches the content very well, and there is very little in the way of gratuitous CGI, which usually bugs the shit out of me. The character designs for the main cast had some unique qualities about them, and at least some effort was put into the supporting characters, although some do look pretty generic. In terms of aesthetics, DA BEARS is cute, polished, adorable, and cute.

SOUND: This, for me, is one of the high points of the show. The first thing I noticed regarding audio quality is that I didn’t find any of the voice acting to be annoying, which could have easily happened with a CGDCT-fest like this - that alone is worth an accolade or seven. The background music, while not particularly memorable, wasn’t off-putting or distracting, and that is more than enough for me in most cases. The real bright spot, though, is the ED, which is FUCKING ADORABLE. The OP is pretty good, too, but the ED is so cute that it might lead to an overdose of sugar moe.

CHARACTERS: Obviously, most of the focus is going to be on Luna, our intrepid MC and bearer of all things beary. She is a delightful protagonist, and her pursuit of the cuter, sweeter, funnerer things in life keeps the show shining brightly from beginning to end. What is even more interesting, though, is her effect on her surroundings, particularly as she gains friends & followers along the way. I won’t delve any deeper into this aspect of the series, because doing so would cross into spoiler territory - you will just have to watch and find out for yourself.

ENJOYMENT: Just in case you didn’t notice, I absolutely fucking loved this show. 3KB is not only a perfect offering for its intended audience and a great diversion for anyone looking to get their fix of sugary entertainment, especially as we near the end of this era of gloom & doom known as 2020. There is one aspect I have yet to mention, though, one which helps tie everything together in a nice cute bundle: This show is extremely funny. Even looking past the obvious self-awareness, there is plenty to keep you at least giggling for most of the runtime, and a few of the jokes had my sides splitting. I must say, if this show were any more precious, it just might be unbearable. You know why that’s funny? It’s because the word ‘unbearable’ contains the word ‘bear.’ Huh huh. Huh huh.

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IN SUMMATION: 3KB is just what the doctor ordered for those who are isolated, depressed and starving from a dearth of cuteness. What you will get from this huggable teddy bear of a series is plush, adorable fun with plenty of chuckles and even some entertaining action mixed into the stuffing. Cute, fun, bright, fluffy and funny - anyone with a sweet-tooth could not possibly ask for more! Such a moe-fest is definitely not for everyone, but if you can loosen up that sphincter and shut out the world for a bit, you just might catch yourself having a good time...

A MUST FOR A MOETARD!!!! EVERYTHING IS GOOD!

the character, the plotline, the theme, coloring, sound, voice actings, character progression, everything is good!

a typical vrmmorpg anime+moe+heartwarming story

good to watch with family.

I want to watch MOARR!

... Now I can tell you how the anime market is going to the right direction :)

The story: 10,
the writer take a good ol VRMMO isekai genre, yet it doesn't feel generic and still gives you a heartwarming feeling and a good laugh every now and then.
Art work(Moeness): 10
for a moetard(Me) this anime is very good, the characters are CUTEE, WAY TOO CUTE!
Sound: 10 -> very good music and voice acting
Character design(Moeness): 10, I mean this is your typical weekly dose of moe!
Enjoyment(Moe-score):99999999.
Overall:101

I found this anime a few months ago while looking at upcoming anime and saw this as a cute isekai that I would probably enjoy and not think too much about, but this was better than that. At first glance, it's your standard fantasy isekai that doesn't stand out much from the others, but if you give this anime a chance, you will find it is really wholesome. Every episode left me with a smile as I watched these characters develop and the main character help more and more people. 10 out of 10 would recommend. I can't wait for season 2, and will probably ... start reading the light novel this show was based on until then.

The bear theme is a rather novel take on the whole isekai genre. I'm really enjoying it. They took a generic concept and added some interesting, fun and cute things into it.

However, the beginning of the anime is out of order with the source material, which makes it a little chaotic. But once you get past that, the strengths of the series start to shine through quickly. The more unique main character and theme carry it very well in comparison to most other isekais (thinking of some typical "schoolmates in isekai" and "slime blablablas" here). The moe elements are among the main attractions too.

It's one ... of the better animes of the season for sure. Maybe I won't remember it for decades and decades but it's a really solid 8 for me.

Just a cute and lighthearted anime
if you like any anime similar to K-ON, Bofuri, is the order a rabbit, etc
you most likely will enjoy this anime, because it has no other reason to exist than being a wholesome and pure anime

while i wouldn't say it is flawless
there aren't any flaws at least for the people that are into these kinds of anime
you either dislike it, or love it
in my case i loved it, because i just love these kinds of series..

7/10 story (because it has none)
... 10/10 art (Cute art style)
10/10 sound (just wholesome)
10/10 characters (again, it is adorable)
9/10 enjoyment (not the most enjoyable anime out there, but still great)
overall: 10/10 (would recommend if you enjoy the kinds of anime like the ones mentioned earlier)