Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai (Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible)

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Synonyms: Kubo-san wa Boku wo Yurusanai, Kubo-san Doesn't Leave Me Be (a Mob)

Japanese: 久保さんは僕を許さない

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Currently Airing

Aired: Jan 10, 2023 to ?

Premiered: Winter 2023

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 21:30 (JST)

Producers: Pony Canyon, AT-X, Tokyo MX, Glovision, Shueisha, bilibili, Kadokawa

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: PINE JAM

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Theme: School

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.61¹ (scored by 18,786 users)

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Ranked: #1378²

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Popularity: #1571

Members: 127,832

Favorites: 888

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Junta Shiraishi is a high school student with one simple goal—to enjoy his youth. However, achieving this goal is not so straightforward since Shiraishi is effectively invisible to his peers; even his teachers routinely fail to notice his presence. In fact, there is a rumor circulating that whoever manages to spot him will receive good luck.

But there is one person who notices Shiraishi's presence without fail. Seated right next to him, Nagisa Kubo is determined not to let him quietly fade into the background. Unfortunately for him, this means that Shiraishi finds himself in some peculiar situations, all orchestrated by Kubo. Despite this, Kubo's playful antics might just be the catalyst needed to spark the thrilling youth that Shiraishi longs for.

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Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai was released on Blu-ray and DVD in two volumes from April 26, 2023, to June 28, 2023.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kubo, Nagisa

Main

Hanazawa, Kana
Japanese

Shiraishi, Junta

Main

Kawanishi, Kengo
Japanese

Shiraishi, Seita

Supporting

Ise, Mariya
Japanese

Kubo, Akina

Supporting

Itou, Miku
Japanese

Unzen-sensei

Supporting

Tatsuta, Naoki
Japanese

Kubo, Saki

Supporting

Amamiya, Sora
Japanese

Kudou, Hazuki

Supporting

Kakuma, Ai
Japanese

Taira, Tamao

Supporting

Taketatsu, Ayana
Japanese

Shiraishi, Yoshie

Supporting

Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Mai

Supporting

Takayanagi, Tomoyo
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Oohinata, Hiroshi

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Mukaitouge, Kazuyoshi

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Takahashi, Nobuaki

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Opening Theme

"Dramatic ja Nakute mo (ドラマチックじゃなくても)" by Kana Hanazawa

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"Kasuka de Tashika (かすかでたしか)" by DIALOGUE+

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Jan 24, 2023

DreadfulControl

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Alongside isekai, romance is one of the most common genres in anime thanks to its huge amount of subgenres: School romance, romcoms, romantic dramas, harem, ecchi romance and the list still goes on.
You can even mix the aforementioned subgenres and themes and if the author has its own unique style and makes an effort to create compelling characters with engaging storylines, which the audience may find relatable or believable, it has the chance to become a memorable love story. But there is one big problem: Romance, not only in anime but in every piece of media is one of the weakest genre because a lot ... of works are generic, corny, awkward and basically the copies of each other. Unfortunately, Kubo-san Mob wo Yurusanai or as I call it, Takagi-san Young Jump Edition is no exception.

After the unnecessarily long exposition, let’s talk about the anime itself. The main protagonist, Shiraishi Junta is an average higshchooler with a pretty absurd problem; nobody can recognize his presence, the fact that his picture is added on the school photo despite being in the picture says a lot. This is also really weird because in most school life anime or manga which contain the students having lessons, the teacher always reads the list of the students’ names at the start of the class. One day, Nagisa Kubo, the titular main character decides to have a closer relationship with Junta and they start spending quality time with each other. You may ask why Kubo-san is a seinen. Its source material is serialized in Young Jump, which is seinen demographic, so Kubo-san is a seinen anime.

Junta is the typical introvert romcom MC, who doesn’t really have much personality, he’s complitely unremarkable, maybe that’s the reason why he’s so invisible to his classmates but who knows. He’s so boring that I have to look up his name from the characters’ list because I didn’t remember it at all. Kubo-san is not much better either. First of all, she doesn’t only wants to help Junta, she seems to be in love with him and the anime hasn’t explained it so far why the latest disposable waifu is so affectionate towards bland MC Nr.42069. Kubo-san’s presence makes this anime another generic male fantasy, where the loser main protagonist doesn’t have any friends, the main girl likes him for no reason, who is also flawless, which is a very concerning sign of bad writing, when it comes to romantic fiction. They also have no chemistry despite having several wholesome moments, which may be engaging but this show wouldn’t feel different if the main couple were replaced.

As I already mentioned, the anime is another iteration of Takagi-san but is also very similar to Nagatoro-san, which is a sadistic and more straightforward romcom version of Takagi-san. This paragraph is about why Kubo-san is the worst anime from these 3 shows. Takagi-san is the story of two middle schoolers, where the main girl teases Nishikata who sits next to her, at first we don’t why she does that, later the anime shows this is how Takagi-san shows her love towards Nishikata. Takagi-san’s humor is pretty repetetive and unfunny most of the time but the two protagonists’ relationship is realistic and wholesome in a natural way. Nagatoro-san on the other hand is about a bully who is actually not a bully tries to help his senpai who is also an introvert but doesn’t really want to socialize at all, that’s why she interacts with him in such a radical fashion. They’re not flawless, the senpai is anti-social, the girl sometimes goes too far and she’s more often jealous due to her other friends. When it comes to romantic chemistry, Nagatoro-san is the best from these three. These things cannot be said about Kubo-san.

The art is decent, the character designs are okay but the background art is pretty nice both terms of colors and details. I haven’t seen so many Pine Jam shows so far but they are one of the studios which may not have too much budget to make anime but still manage to have good production values with their style and Kubo-san has a very soothing atmosphere despite not being a great show.

Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai is another generic romcom which has its moments but it fails to be entertaining due to its bland characters and overused formula. If you want to see a good anime about an introvert who struggles with socializing because of her childhood trauma and is also made by Pine Jam, check out one of the hidden gems of 2021, Kageki Shoujo!!, you won’t be dissappointed.

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Jan 24, 2023

PDKGAMEPLAY

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Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Hello fellow fans! its a great year to see this show in the winter season it is really a calming ,relaxing,and soothing anime that everyone would really like this story and the characters in it,it is a lot look similiar to karakai jouso takagi san,as a anime fan i cannot allow me to compare two animes in any category.well rom-com series are get better and better every year and season,this series one of the best show in this season for calming my mind,don't know what happens next but the story is meet a good relaxing ending i think.
story-7/10
characters=8/10
total=7/10
Remember those *chibbi* characters art styles are i ...

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Feb 1, 2023

DrummerX09

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

I'm going to keep this short and sweet, since most reviewers on here like the go on and on with word dribble. The main character is the most boring, soulless, spineless, and uninteresting character you'll ever see. Even his damn voice is boring. Someone will of course say "hurrr but thats how he's supposed to be!" That does not make it any less terrible. I cannot stand this guy, there is genuinely nothing close to interesting or entertaining or relatable about this guy, He is watching paint dry personified. I'm not sure if this is some self insert bullshit or not, but I have ...

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