Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan

Torako Koshi is the epitome of perfection. With her peerless beauty, top-notch grades, and position as student council president, her popularity in school is unrivaled. However, she harbors a dark secret—she was a delinquent back in middle school—and this is something she conceals to the best of her abilities.

Unfortunately, when she meets the mysterious deer girl Noko Shikanoko, Torako's hidden shame is constantly on the precipice of being exposed due to Shikanoko's rather weird antics. To maintain the reputation she worked so hard for, Torako must go along with Shikanoko's whims, even going so far as to become president of the newly established Deer Club. All her efforts will be rewarded if she can prevent the menacing doe from accidentally blurting out damaging details about her personal history that will undoubtedly unleash Torako's greatest nightmare.

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Shikanoko, Noko Main

Han, Megumi Japanese

Koshi, Torako Main

Fujita, Saki Japanese

Bashame, Meme Main

Izumi, Fuuka Japanese

Koshi, Anko Main

Tanabe, Rui Japanese

Nekoyamada, Neko Supporting

Kubo, Yurika Japanese

Tanukikouji, Kinu Supporting

Tsuchiya, Rio Japanese

Narrator Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Tsubameya, Chiharu Supporting

Akasaki, Chinatsu Japanese

Tsubameya, Yoshiharu Supporting

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Ukai Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Fujiyama, Naokado Producer

Matsumoto, Hitoshi Producer

Lu, Xing Cheng Producer

Ootani, Joe Producer

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Jul 21, 2024

Neo_Randomz

Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Have you ever done drugs? Especially LSD? No? If you want to feel something similar, just watch this anime.

In 2017, Yorgos Lanthimos directed a movie called "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." Just like this anime, it has "deer" in its title.

So, what's the point of me bringing that up?

Well, despite the deer in its title, the movie barely shows any actual deer. This anime, on the other hand, makes sure to show you DEER EVERY. FCKING. MINUTE.
DEER, DEER, EVERYWHERE. DON’T YOU DEER FORGET THAT THIS ANIME IS ABOUT DEER.
IN THE OPENING: DEER
IN THE TITLE FRAME: DEER
... IN THE WALKWAY: DEER
IN THE CLASSROOM: DEER
IN THE RANDOM WAREHOUSE: DEER
And in the ending, YOU FCKING GUESS IT: DEER.

AND IT DOESN’T STOP WITH JUST DEER. YOU'VE GOT DEER BISCUITS, A DEER CLUB, A DEER GIRL HANGING ON AN ELECTRIC POLE, A GIRL THAT ENVIES A DEER, AND MORE DEAR SHENANIGANS. DEER GOD, IS THERE ANYTHING BUT DEER?

Surprisingly, there is. This anime actually has a story: a bizarre encounter of a seemingly high-profile and well-mannered student with a seemingly female high schooler with deer antlers. Then the story goes from there. We learn that she is a delinquent, a tsundere, and a virgin—a tsundere virgin. This tsundere virgin has a crazy sister who loves her too much. There are a few sprinkles of shoujo ai spices in here, but not much—too little even. Then this anime shows you that all of that is just a side plot because the main plot is and will always be DEER.
"This ain't about you girls; this is about DEER."

The animation is awesome. The character design is cute, charming, and pretty. Sometimes the animation looks like the budget jumped from "yeah, just some standard CGDCT animation" to "holy shit, how much does that cost?" Overall, very good animation—very fluid. Also, this anime has one of the best blood splatters I've ever seen so far this season, despite the fact that it's not really necessary. So, good animation, above average.
Then, there's the deer. They seem so out of place. They look like they don't even belong in this anime, but again, it's definitely made on purpose because they're trying to make the deer seems like a sentient natural forces spying on the MC's life like a watchful god.

The song is bopping. The ED song is very catchy, and adding a deer cracker-making video in the background just adds extra deer-iness to the show.

And the OP song is catchy, too catchy even. So catchy that it still plays even when I’ve already turned it off. Sometimes it appears in my dreams. Sometimes it haunts me in my nightmares. Sometimes it just digs its way into my head, making me sing it without my consent. Sometimes I bang my head to stop it, but the voices keep getting louder and louder. But overall, it's a very catchy and enjoyable song.

This show is the Deer-est deer anime that ever deer-ed, and giving it a 10 is merely a fraction of my thankfulness to the deer god for blessing me with this peak cinema.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Aug 10, 2024

OreoPudingu

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

Half of the anime has been released, that is enough for anyone to conclude their thought. The anime did not live up to the hype.

It is important to address that the Shikanokokokokoshitatan have been doing a good job with the animation, the art, and other effects. The anime itself is not terrible, it is somewhat enjoyable. So, what went wrong? The humor. Before the anime was released, plenty of memes and pr of this anime had been spreading rapidly, to the point where there would be one Shikanoko post for every three posts on social media.

In contrast with the high expectations, however, the humor in ... the anime feels forced and childish, the kind of humor a 9 yo would laugh at. The anime doesn't feel like it is made for children whatsoever, there are sexual and incest jokes, not suitable for what feels like the target age. The studio likely wants to imitate the kind of humor in Bocchi the Rock and Nichijou, but overdone it and what was supposed to be humor is now just some cringy jokes. There are some laughable jokes, just that there are more times when it feels more awkward than funny.

Overall, Shikanoko is a fine but overhyped anime with a little bad taste in humor. It is hard to recommend this anime but it is not bad enough to avoid entirely either. Humor is subjective, give it a try and see if it will fit.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 21, 2024

griddyweeb

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

People might say humor is subjective, but some things are really just not funny. After 3 episodes I can count on one hand how many times I laughed, smiled or even blew air out of my nose a little. Every joke feels forced and most of them have no punchline. The so called gag humor this anime is supposed to have are just desperate attempts to randomly catch you off guard but it just makes things weird instead of making you laugh. The only notable parts in terms of humor are pop cultural references, but they're not that frequent.

The show also likes to use Koshitan ... as a punching bag, constantly. In itself it's not a bad thing, it worked quite well in Bocchi the Rock, but it doesn't work here because this show overdoes it + the unseriousness of the environment makes it boring very quickly.

The best part of the show is the opening and the marketing, it sells you an idea that you get into some silly comedy. Instead you get into a weird, chaotic, uncanny universe that tries to be funny by throwing the most random "jokes" at you labeled as gag humor. It reminds me of the chatoic nature of MLG memes back in the day, but at least that's supposed to be a parody.

Watching one episode will help you decide if you wanna watch the whole thing or not because all episodes are similar and it won't get any better or worse.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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