Lately i have been watching lots of romantic Anime and so far, this was the cutest one i have ever seen. Besides its romantic genre, we find in the story line a complex issue whereby ,Ririchiyo Shirakiin, a little girl from a royal descent wants to be accepted no matter how she is. Transferred to Room 4 of the Ayakashi Mansion, she, thus, builds up a new life and meets with new comrades. However, the one who clearly understands her inner feelings is Sōshi Miketsukami, her loyal servant with a mysterious past. As the story enfolds, we learn to understand the characters even if there's not much said on the two main protagonists' fellow friends. Much emphasis is on Miss Ririchiyo and Miketsukami and how their relationship strongly progresses throughout the anime.
Within the plot:there is a need to mention that only supernatural human being lives in The Maison de Ayakashi.it is a high security apartment building where humans with demon ancestors or yōkai live and are protected by their own Secret Service bodyguard. So Miss Ririchiyo is guarded by Miketsukami-khun.
(Art 8)
Inu x Boku treats the super-naturalistic and the naturalistic separately, whereby humans are rarely getting involved with the yokai/ demon and vice versa.We also find that humans hardly question themselves about those living in the mansions. This anime does not provide immensely distorted characters though transformed into demons. Instead some are given comic and funny transformations. Hence, the attention of the viewer is captured in a blink without being overly artistic. what makes the anime unique is the bond shared by a teenage girl and her loyal servant who is much older than her. Moreover, the anime provides us with some painful flashbacks of the main protagonists from time to time. From a personal point of view, this helps to create a high sense of pathos,likes and dislikes towards the characters. Moreover, Naokatsu Suda (director) has successfully achieved an atmosphere of love, conviviality and charm through the characters however, there is no such place to discover in the anime as the characters remain stagnate around the mansion, school and common places such as shopping mall. Finally, what i like the most about Inu x boku is how the characters are aesthetically drawn as expected from a 2012 production.
(Sound 6)
I do not recall much about the music through out the anime may be because i did not pay much attention to the music background. The characters however, strikes us the most with their voice and gestures (which i'll not describe here, see characters). The opening song remain the same from the beginning till the end of the anime series. However, the funniest is the ending songs as it changes randomly in the anime. Note that, viewers must watch the anime even if the ending song is over as the anime continues just before that.
(Characters 8)
Ririchiyo Shirakiin ,Voiced by: Rina Hidaka
A half-human, half-oni high school girl who transferred to Room 4 of the Ayakashi Mansion in a bid to start anew.Always being lonely, she is somehow independent as interacting with people is a nightmare for her. She is only dressed in Ultra Blue or black so that we can relate it to her painful past.She is not tall nor has an imposing body feature, the way she talks indicates directly her position as being superior and complex in the anime. Her body ironically does not fit her voice as her body is so tiny and thin compared to the roughness and coldness of her voices. At times her voice changes from bold to light when she is calm and thankful. Ririchiyo has characteristics of a tsundere ( a person who is initially cold,hostile), she is actually a tsunshun (lovey dovey) in terms of personality.
Sōshi Miketsukami Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
The assigned SS Agent to Ririchiyo is probably one of the most appealing character of the anime. Sōshi is descended from of the evil nine-tailed fox who was soushi's past life. He's very calm, polite, and gentle to everyone he interacts with, plus he is devoted to his Ririchiyo, blindly obeying her and protecting her with his life if the situation calls for it. Any girl out there will dare to fall in love with him due to his sympathetic cuteness and his pick up lines were made in such a way that his charming personality attracts you. I am talking out of experience.
Other Characters :Renshō Sorinozuka,Nobara Yukinokōji, Kagerō Shōkiin,Karuta Roromiya,Banri Watanuki,Zange Natsume. Overall, one can sense the presence of each characters in the anime. They were made to complete each other and most of them have comic appearances in the anime.
They all have enjoyable voices that suits their personality traits and characters.
(Enjoyment 7)
Though this anime lacks some action and fight scenes whereby the main protagonists would show their real power,abilities, skills, attitude, will and motives, the series provide us with a good and simple comedy line. It is more described as being a light drama due to those flashbacks, however, if you are a fan of romantic genre anime, you would probably enjoy the scenes till the end.
(Overall 7)
as you can see i love this anime because of its simplicity. There's no form of dislike nor resentment towards this anime. This is Romance.
