Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san

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I'm confused as to how to rate this. I've never rated a manga. It is not even finished, it is already almost at chapter 90 and going.
I'll figure out how to organize this review as I keep reading more volumes.

VOLUME 1

First 7 (+ 0.5) chapters. I love the idea. Volumes are incredibly short, though. The art is a little amateurish, but I guess most mangas are like that. Not the characters nor the story are developed to a substantial extent, but it's so blatant that the whole point of all of it is simply the roles of the characters and the easing of modern age's ... existential dread and alienation.

VOLUME 2

Chapters 8-15.5. I enjoyed this one better. There's more variety of scenes and it helps building the feeling that they're a real family. The scenarios were very well chosen, in my opinion. They really make you feel the closeness between the protagonists. Their relationship grows very charmingly.

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I agree with the author; this world needs a Senko-san. You'll struggle to find a story that accomplishes its goal so easily. It is as simple as a stone but oh so effective. I can't help but agree with Senko-san ideals also. She's right about everything. Human beings wouldn't be so shitty if they were pampered more often. In my own more-than-eight-centuries dealing with them, I can tell that they need some serious pampering more than they need bread. They get all stupid with politics and all kinds of twisted fuckery because they can't just shut up and let Senko-san pamper them.

The existence of such a character heals your soul... if you let it.

(TL;DR at the end)
If you're going into this manga expecting an actual story I recommend you not read this. This manga has little to no story actually present (which doesn't really subtract from the manga itself.) It's mostly about these two characters and their wholesome and "not sexual" interactions. The few characters that are present are interesting and make you want to know more about them. Honestly, it's a fairly good manga to just relax and spend a weekend reading.

TL;DR It is a pretty good manga if you're looking for just wholesomeness, not so good if you're looking for an actual story.

The manga's artistic style is fine, but if I had to choose between the manga and the anime...
I would pick the anime's style over the manga on the account of how much cleaner it looks.

Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san is NOT a manga or anime I would recommend.
Why? Because there is an extremely problematic element regarding Nakano and Senko's relationship and (by extension) most of the relationships in this story with exception to maybe his friendship with Koenji: pedophilia.

You can tell me over and over again until you're blue in the face that Senko is 800+ years old and when it comes to the culture ... of the gods, pedophilia might not be an issue, but that doesn't change the fact that the creators of this story thought it was a good idea to have the waifu in this look like a LITTLE GIRL. In fact, it's admitted in both the manga and the anime (when they first meet Koenji) that (as far as Senko goes) she's BOTH the WIFE AND THE MOTHER.

If I didn't know any better, I'd strongly believe that this was a male's fantasy story to an extent (which I can believe if you look at the artist's notes): coming home from a hard day at work and bringing in the bread to his wife who's not only beautiful and (dangerously) young, but is pampering him to his heart's content. With as young as Senko LOOKS (NOT IS), there is a disturbing implication: a child bride/wife.

Add the fact that all of the girls are young in some degree with the fact on how (at least two) of them dress, and it's only adding fuel to the fire. Sure, I've seen it common in stories from Japan to use sexiness as a joke, but when girls under the age of consent are seducing older men (in this case, Nakano) for any reason, you've got a problem.

I used to love this series for the hurt/comfort element and how sweet it was Senko just wanting to do something nice: on reflection, hurt/comfort one of my favorite genres. However, the underlying pedophilia ruins this series for me, and that sucks because Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san could've been something better.