And in comes Kanokon. I thought, " Hey, it's been a few years, let's give it another try and see what happens". Oh boy.
The plot revolves around Kouta Oyamada, a new first-year high school student not quite used to the 'big city'. He quickly meets Chizuru, a second-year student who falls in love at first sight with Kouta on the first day of school. And here is the kicker... she is a fox spirit. In fact there are a lot of spirits masquerading as humans and for some unknown reason going to high school. Go figure. Chizuru is what any protagonists love interest should be in a harem ecchi anime; that is a big-chested horny no personality woman who is older than the main, but only just barely so. There are other people as well, including a horny wolf spirit and a slew of easily forgettable characters whom you will have no real connection with... unless you believe your animal spirit is in heat. Seek immediate medical attention if that is the case.
There wasn't even time to prepare for this disaster as it jumps right in without even really trying to setup any kind of back story. Now I can adapt to different styles of storytelling just fine without pause but it just left me feeling like they just wanted to get to the TnA as soon as possible. It's the bread and butter of shows like this and I can understand that the segment of anime viewers they are shooting for want that, but wow is it just blatant. And the main character looks like a child, which in itself is disturbing.
The quality of the animation was average, which isn't saying much. It doesn't pop out at you, and tends to use the same cliché faces and actions. Nothing really surprising as again the demographic this is keyed for isn't necessarily as concerned about the quality as the quantity, *cough*ofbreasts*cough*.
I know this is a rather negative review for a score of 5; that it should have probably been a lower score. I Can't fault anyone on thinking that. However once everything is put together, in concert with one another, it's more than the sum of its parts. Not much more. Let's not get carried away now. If you like ecchi harem anime add +2 to the score. Otherwise, go watch something else.
