Omamori Himari is your typical harem/ecchi anime, Amakawa Yuuto graces us with his MCness and has your typical background. Parents are dead, memories with a girl when he was younger and living alone and having someone take care of him everyday. Honestly this whole anime screamed clicheness and boy did it not disappoint with the harem/ecchi tags. There are so many boobs and pantyshots, its beyond ridiculous.
Story 7/10
The story started off strong but for me kinda started dropping near the middle. This story revolves around Yuuto but Himari is the one that takes center stage most of the time. Himari is an Ayakashi or a demon and she is bound by contract to protect Yuuto untill he becomes a demon slayer. When Yuuto turned 16, Himari appeared to abide by the contract. Then they begin their lives as a Master/Bodygaurd type relationship.
Art 8/10
The artsyle presented in this anime was pretty good, one of the main things that it falls flat on is that its animated the same way other ecchi/harem animes are so its lackluster in that department. The fight scenes were decent but it didn't really amaze me. The main attraction that anime goes for is the plethora of boob and panty shots as per the ecchi type of anime but I still felt like it was a tad beyond neccesity.
Sound 4/10
Im not going to write too much into this category. The only thing I enjoyed was the OP, it was catchy and I found myself listening to it on youtube abit more than I care to admit. Other than that the sound was pretty nonexistant, they used the same bgm for almost all the fight scenes and much of the other bgm's didnt appeal to me.
Character 7/10
The characters both annoyed me and amused me, they are a colorful bunch with a variety of personalities and I enjoyed that but they are so oversexualized it killed it abit for me. I do not mind that they act perverted in front of the MC but I had to stop myself from screaming at my computer for them to stop so they could continue with the plot. The way they just strut around with panties everywhere and public nudity(yes, can't have an ecchi anime without public nudity) made me wish why isn't my life like this. My favorite character would have to be Kuesu, she is determined to make a name for herself and prove her family is strong and I admire that. She also uses a grimoire which is extra points for me. My least favorite character is Lizlet, she only has one grand scene which is her opening to the story then she falls flat afterwards. I question why she is even there sometimes, she does almost nothing to help the group and is gone half the time but she is a apart of the harem circle of heroines and it makes me wonder but you gotta have at least 5 heroines to make sure you fit in the harem crowd.
Enjoyment 8/10
Although I have bashed this anime, I did enjoy it to some extent. There was some good comedy and the side characters were amusing. Really this anime is pointed towards the group of guys who watch anime purely for the pantyshots and semi-nudity because thats what this mainly has. I found that this anime is either a hate it or you don't anime because I could not find an inbetween.
Overall 6/10
I have to give Omamori Himari a 6, it had its moments but it fell flat alot and figured it could get back up with oversexualized scenes and panties. This was one of those animes were I enjoyed the heroines more because Yuuto was one useless dude who did nothing but sit on his ass the whole damn show and I had to deduct points for that. Overall, this anime is good if you enjoy the harem/ecchi genre but if your looking for more then I suggest you look somewhere else because this show won't give you more than that.
