Punch Line

After escaping a bus hijacking with the help of masked superhero Strange Juice, Yuuta Iridatsu finds his soul separated from his body and in the care of a perverse cat spirit, Chiranosuke. As a spirit, Yuuta wanders around his residence, the Korai House, aiming to regain his body and observe the other residents: Meika Daihatsu, a genius inventor; Mikatan Narugino, a cheerful idol; Ito Hikiotani, a shut-in NEET; and Rabura Chichibu, a spiritual medium. After catching a glimpse of Narugino's undergarments, Chiranosuke reveals to Yuuta that he becomes exponentially stronger upon seeing panties. However, if he sees another pair while he is still a spirit, his power will cause an asteroid to crash into the earth, ending the world and killing his friends.

Punch Line follows Yuuta as he unravels the mysteries surrounding Korai House, its residents, and a villainous organization attempting to end the world. Will Yuuta be able to save everyone, or will the ever-present threat of panties result in their doom?

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Iridatsu, Yuuta Main

Inoue, Marina Japanese

Narugino, Mikatan Main

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Hikiotani, Ito Main

Kotobuki, Minako Japanese

Daihatsu, Meika Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Chichibu, Rabura Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Chiranosuke Supporting

Yoshida, Yuuri Japanese

Hikiotani, Muhi Supporting

Yamada, Mari Japanese

Pine Supporting

Shouji, Yui Japanese

Teraoka, Ryuuto Supporting

Akabane, Kenji Japanese

Rumi Supporting

Date, Arisa Japanese

Kimura, Makoto Producer

Ootsuka, Manabu Producer

Odagiri, Narumi Producer

Noda, Fuko Producer

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Jul 29, 2023

ChiakiNanami82

Recommended

I’m very familiar with Uchikoshi’s other works, and I decided to check out his other works, which includes this delightful anime. If the premise weirds you out, don’t worry, the fan service is scarcer than you think. I had that thought when I finished the first episode, but I put my faith into the writer, and he did not disappoint.

The art style, the character designs, and the characters are great. They’re wonderful, and I appreciate the friendship they have. The underwear designs were well-done and beautiful. Seriously, as a woman myself, I loved them and wanted them for myself. The fight scenes are spectacular. ...

As for the plot, it goes the way you expect a Uchikoshi plot to go. There’s twists and turns, robots, and of course multiple timelines. It wouldn’t be a Uchikoshi game without multiple timelines. I did enjoy it, and I think everything really comes together.

The music wasn’t that amazing but it was acceptable and appropriate for each scene.

For his first foray into anime, Uchikoshi hit it out of the park. I’m not surprised that it’s a sleeper hit though. Maybe it’s just a curse, since all of his work is super underrated, yet it’s really good. If you’ve made it this far into the review and enjoyed my ramblings, please check out the Zero Escape series and the AI the Somnium Files series if you haven’t. Both of them are excellent and they’re written by Uchikoshi.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 9, 2022

Kirvan

Mixed Feelings

I tried to watch Punch Line 4 times, 3 of which I didn't get past the first episode because it's pretty boring. I was finally bored enough to get trough the whole thing so now I can tell you that, it actually gets better towards the end.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a great show, but it's watchable. There's some slightly amuzing moments and honestly fairly interesting plot, altough a bit convoluted.

If you're gonna watch Punch Line do it when you can pay some amount of attention but don't wanna turn your brain off completely.
Not recommended, but also not completely trash.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 17, 2024

LegionIscariot

Not Recommended

Wow what a nonsensical anime.

It starts off kinda funny. It distracts you with fanservice.
It drags on quit a bit, i kept waiting for the anime to just get to the point.
But it just devolves more and more into idiotic convoluted nonsense.
With a bunch of stupid characters acting in stupid ways.

A bunch of elements tossed and mashed together. Ghosts, time travel, military, robots,..yeah that sounds good on paper but you still have to write a good story around it with good characters.

This is full of a bunch of lame twists and lame characters.
With an annoying tonal shift.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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