Plot: Westernization, a time when humans and spirits coexist. The modernization of Japan has begun. The Ministry of Spirit Affairs was established to resolve mysterious incidents involving the nati…
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Otome Youkai Zakuro
Title: Otome Youkai ZakuroGenre: Action, RomanceRating: 8.7/10 Summary: In an alternate history of the Meiji era where humans and magical beings known as “younin” live side by side, half-spirit girls team up…
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Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 13: The Rampaging Spirit and the Despicable Wuss
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Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 4: The Demon Sword and a Simple Touch
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 4, “Timid Distance,” Kushimatsu once again decided to sideline Zakuro and Kei Agemaki, while the rest of the team went into…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 12: Over the Rainbow and a Higher Cause
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 12, “Looming Crisis,” Kei Agemaki, with the help of his friends, convinces the Lords A and Um to send them to…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 9: An Innocent Game and a Tipped Hand
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 9, “Joy of Love,” Lieutenant Hanadate brings the Ministry of Spirit Affairs a new case. Young women pining for love have…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 8: A Tragic Shopping Trip and a Tearful Embrace
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 8, “Fickle Rain,” Kei Agemaki was out shopping when he came across Susukihotaru. She was going to return a sword to…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 2: Their First Mission and the Shadow of Doom
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 2, “Crimson Brilliance,” the Ministry of Spirit Affairs gets their first field mission. Development on a new hotel has come to…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 11: A Tender Embrace and a Its Terrible Cost
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 11, “Hollow Touch,” Zakuro tried hard to get away from Byakuroku and her evil boss Omodaka (Hanadate). As she ran, the…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 10: Lost in a Maze and a Spirit Spurned
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 10, “Creeping Shadows,” the gang at the Ministry of Spirit Affairs is all excited to visit a local festival. Once they…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 6: A Crisis of Cookies and The Emerald Pendant
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 6, “Onward Together,” Ganryuu Hanakiri still felt humiliated about his performance in their last battle. Bonbori and Houzuki tried their best…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 5: They’re Just Ears and That’s a Big Spider
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 5, “Sticky Trap,” there’s a spirit who’s luring soldiers to their deaths, and the Ministry of Spirit Affairs is assigned to…
Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 3: The Truth about Half-Spirits and Kei Sings Badly
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 3, “Tragic Past,” Zakuro was anxious to go on her next mission, especially since Susukihotaru and Riken Yoshinokazura were already on…
Monster Girl (Youkai Girls)
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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 – 07
This constituted a needed course correction.
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.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 05
This show is certainly taking a kitchen sink approach when it comes to alternative fiction.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 09
My takeaway from this episode is how important Buchio is to my enjoyment of the series.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 04
I think the importance of mystery to the health of the human psyche is vastly underrated.
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 – 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.
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.
Koiseyo Sennen NEET by Muzuhara Zakuro
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I don't think this is going full despair, but you definitely saw that little hint of a darker side grow into full-on expectation.
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There was definitely a core of something profound here.
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Initially I gave Taishou Otome Otogibanashi the skip because you know, not really into those kind of period drama and romance titles. Even if this series is of…
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