I wish I could go to the start of the season and tell myself how much I was going to enjoy Tonari no Yokai-san, and how what I thought I knew at the beginning was nothing compared to where we’d end…
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Anime Like Tonari no Yokai-san
In a rural town, yokai, humans, and gods all live their normal, everyday lives together.
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First Impression: Tonari no Yokai-San
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In a society where people and youkai peacefully coexist, a 20-year-old housecat named Buchio living in the Japanese countryside is reborn as a nekomata, much to the delight…
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Tonari no Yokai-san – Episode 1
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Tonari no Yōkai-san
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 05
This show is certainly taking a kitchen sink approach when it comes to alternative fiction.
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 03
In general, I think Tonari no Youkai-san is getting the balance between its dual natures pretty much right so far.
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 08
At this point I may as well just accept that I'm probably in for the duration with Tonari no Youkai-san.
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 07
This constituted a needed course correction.
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 09
My takeaway from this episode is how important Buchio is to my enjoyment of the series.
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 12
The world is going to be “inverted” - and while details are scarce it seems a safe bet it won’t be good for anyone we care about.
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 04
I think the importance of mystery to the health of the human psyche is vastly underrated.
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 10
I feel kinda Grinch-y for my mixed reaction to this episode.
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Tonari no Youkai-san – 11
The sheer tonal chasm between the two main threads of this series is among the widest I can recall in quite a while.
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First Impressions – Tonari no Youkai-san
Boy, if any show ever looked like central casting for that niche we talk about, Tonari no Yokai-san is that show
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There was definitely a core of something profound here.
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So is Roshidere just systematically copying every ED cover Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san did first?
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