Megami no Café Terrace

After his grandmother Sachiko passes away, Hayato Kasukabe returns from Tokyo and inherits her cafe—Familia Café Terrace. He aims to demolish the cafe and convert it into a parking lot, only to discover that his grandmother had taken in five girls prior to her death.

The girls—Ouka Makuzawa, Akane Hououji, Riho Tsukishima, Shiragiku Ono, and Ami Tsuruga—evidently shared a deep bond with Sachiko, and they naturally refuse to give up the place they call home. They convince Hayato to change his mind, albeit reluctantly. Through this encounter, Hayato eventually remembers his past with his grandmother as well as his love for the cafe.

Now resolved to carry on his grandmother's legacy, Hayato enlists the girls to act as the "goddesses" that will ensure the preservation of this precious abode.

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Hououji, Akane Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Makuzawa, Ouka Main

Aoki, Ruriko Japanese

Tsukishima, Riho Main

Yamane, Aya Japanese

Ono, Shiragiku Main

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Tsuruga, Ami Main

Suzushiro, Sayumi Japanese

Kasukabe, Hayato Main

Mizunaka, Masaaki Japanese

Makuzawa, Kikka Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Confectionery Seller Supporting

Takeuchi, Emiko Japanese

Kasukabe, Sachiko Supporting

Ikura, Kazue Japanese

Hayato's Daughter Supporting

Hieda, Nene Japanese

Aoi, Hiroyuki Producer

Yamazaki, Hiroaki Producer

Katou, Masazumi Producer

Matsukawa, Yuuya Producer

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Oct 9, 2024

Yoopie22

Recommended

ADULT ROMANCE HAREM THAT IS ACTUALLY FUNNY AND WHOLESOME

Really Good show i didn't watch when it was Airing I saw the synopsis and I thought it was just another shitty harem thus skipping it and I will gladly Admit that I was wrong.

The GOOD - The show isn't cringe like Most of the harems and the jokes actually makes you laugh and the best part is it is all Adult Anime not the Cringey Underage Teenager Romance Harem Shit which pisses me off. And the characters do have pretty decent backstories. The Opening Song of the 2nd cour On Autotune Full blast makes ... me lose my shit and laugh everytime.

The Bad - I really don't like the animation quality and Colour palette. And lastly too much Ecchi leaves me with mixed feelings especially when Mr.Hayato Massaged 17 Year old Ami's Melons. Otherwise I don't really have any problems with it Considering The Degens this anime is Catering to Which is me.

Thanks and have a Good Day

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 18, 2025

GarlandReese

Mixed Feelings

I think the Harem genre has become almost like McDonald's. It is the most repetitive junk food that we have the audacity to call sustenance. And with Anime, the Harem genre has devolved into something just as poorly executed for the sake of making money. Sex sells the same way McDonald's fries do. With "Megami no Cafe Terrace" or "The Cafe Terrace and its Goddesses", the viewer is served another copy and paste, fast food, Harem genre featuring thin plots supported by big breasts and your choice of hair colors and hackneyed personalties.

The plot involves a college student named Hayato who inherits a cafe ... from his grandmother who raised him after the tragic death of his parents. Little does he know, that five young women live and work there, too. And after a shocking first encounter involving collisions with these ladies in various states of undress and slapstick, the six find themselves in an awkward living and business arrangement. Hayato is a very bland character, but he is strong in business acumen and overall decency as a human being. If this were a visual novel, he'd be perfect for the player to insert themselves. And despite his hours of studying, running the business, and trying to manage the five very different personalties under his roof, he still has the build of a UFC lightweight. I guess unrealistic body standards should be universal.

The five ladies have good enough designs to tell them apart, even though they're all similar in that they're rather voluptuous and light-skinned. To give you a short roll-call, we have:

-Ouka, fuchsia-haired semi-tsundere.
-Riho, dirty blonde-haired, tough on the outside, hiding a soft, vulnerable inside.
-Ami, indigo-haired, martial arts fanatic, goofball, comic relief.
-Shiragiku, the green-haired, gentle, who gets turned into a nympho by the slightest presence of alcohol.
and last, but not least,
-Akane, fair-haired, exudes a calm confidence and courage.

Each are a feast for the eyes, with enough personality to tell them apart, but even as their backstories are opened up, I still feel mild lip service was being paid to them as human beings. What's made more difficult is that the Akane is quickly positioned as the proverbial "best girl" in the group, sharing many intimate moments with Hayato that don't circle around acres of flesh or that now common cliche that "arguing is chemistry" that ruins so many romantic comedies. This is not to say that Akane is the only one positioned to take a romantic interest in Hayato, as by the end of the season, many others do. But, this feels more like, as I mentioned, a plot for a game and not an anime or even the manga it was adapted from. It's not as if I have much say in whom he ends up with, but it is strongly implied he will end up with one of them, without naming who.

That might be because we have a second season ahead of us, that I'm not entirely sure I care to watch. It's not that I don't want to see what lies in store for the Harem, especially now that introductions are out of the way, it's just that Tezuka Productions doesn't seem to care much about them, either. The animation suffers from more than a few continuity errors, and just has a lot dialogue sequences that feature a panning shot across one of the girl's chests or backsides. Hello, animators, their eyes are up there! I guess I shouldn't have expected anything more than ecchi mediocrity from a plot like this. And while it's not terrible, it's far from anything good.

5/10. Take it or leave it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 14, 2024

TrainerOfLegend

Not Recommended

You don’t need to watch this and I would honestly recommend you don’t. If you’ve seen any harem show at all, you’ve seen this; hell, you’ll be able to predict beat-by-beat where it goes. The only “edge” I would give this show is its adult cast. Everything else about it is bland.

This is Seo Kouji, the mangaka, at his worst. His first hit, Suzuka, touched on relevant topics that few mangaka dare touch on—I appreciated it. His next hit, A Town Where You Live, was a slogging melodrama that nonetheless hit the right notes at the right time to keep audiences engaged. His third hit, ... Fuuka, was… controversial but ultimately brave.

In contrast, this work is so by-the-numbers that I can only assume he wanted to produce a hit big enough that he could retire. Five women work at the café that our MC inherited. They all have a vested interest in seeing the café succeed and the women, like bowling pins, fall over as he helps them solve their longstanding childhood traumas that inevitably involve a terrible parent.

Theres romance but don’t expect it to move very far in twelve episodes. There’s “comedy” but it’s really just that each character has the same joke repeated for infinity (did anyone ever laugh?).

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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