Audience reviews
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vinnzm
After watching Centaur no Nayami, I had mixed feelings about it.
On one hand, the characters are very lovable, and the artwork is impressive. The show's focus on racism and discrimination was a refreshing take on the anime genre, as I haven't seen this topic brought up before. Additionally, the opening and closing songs of Centaur no Nayami were great. On the other hand, the story felt disjointed and lacked a coherent narrative thread. While I understand that the Slice of Life genre doesn't necessarily require a significant plot or lack thereof, it still felt a bit empty and it was mostly just full of fan service and sexual assault.
Overall, if you're looking for an anime with a meaningful and immersive storyline, this particular anime may not be the best option. However, if you're in th…
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#1
A Centaur's Life is the first Anime I watched in my A-Z Journey, and it's appalling. There is no plot for the entire show, just random spurts of information and lore that nobody could really care for. There were some parts where it was humorous, but then there were parts where the show was humorous because of how horrible it was. It's impossible to relate or care for the characters, or in general, understand the concept of this show. Not even the fan service made it interesting, and that must say something. Personally, it missed the mark by a long shot and I cannot recommend this anime to anyone. I would only make my friend Mulberry watch this to torture him. This anime is torture. I will find whoever made this anime and ask for my time back.
“Talking to Highschool Girls Isn’t Really…
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Centaur no Nayami, also known as A Centaur's Life, is a charming anime that beautifully blends the genres of fantasy and slice of life. Set in a world where supernatural creatures are the norm.
From the very beginning, I was captivated by the unique premise of this anime. The world-building is impressive, presenting a society where extraordinary beings coexist, each with their own distinctive features. The attention to detail in creating these diverse characters is commendable, and it adds a sense of enchantment to the overall narrative.
What truly sets Centaur no Nayami apart is its ability to create a tranquil and light-hearted atmosphere. As a fan of anime, I sometimes crave a break from intense conflicts and action-packed sequences. This anime satisfies that desire perfectly.
I must…
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It's average at best. I had a few chuckles. The idea of an alternate reality of these types of humanoids is interesting at least. But nothing exciting happens. Neither myself nor my wife were invested in any of the characters. A couple boob shots were in there, that was honestly surprising, haha. And this concept they keep pushing of "everyone's equal and that makes the world better and nothing is wrong" seems to be shoved into the viewers face constantly. It's funny they try to say their utopia is great while sending people to jail for just speaking, haha. This is a real depiction of Nazi Germany. A teacher question the legitimacy of the centaur's hair color and was sent to prison for discrimination?.... That's some serious fascism.
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The essential concept of the show is that instead of evolving into traditional humans, fish evolved into forms of humans that have various animalistic characteristics, whether that be to the effect of having a horse body, goat horns, or even looking like an angel. These people would clearly be different, so the show is set up to explore the whacky hijinks of accommodating for a 1500 pound horse girl AND a 4'11" small demon girl. The unfortunate turn here is that within the first 10 minutes the established cannon goes into detail about how slavery is an engrained part of their history and how there are ultra sensitive anti discrimination laws in place that are HEAVILY enforced to the effect of having to be taken away from your home and sent to a rehabilitation camp for violations. This is n…
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Centaur no Nayami
If you are someone who hopes for at least "average" quality to entertain yourself, regardless of genre. Then let me save you 3 hours of your life and spare you this anime.
[Story 3]
Somewhere on this planet, a third-rate writer had a third-rate idea. "What if humans adopted a different form of evolution, with different animals as the starting form? Fish people? Bird people and even centaurs? And these would live in a slightly sociocritical situation, just like us. The basic idea would be interesting, wouldn't it?"
No matter how I look at it, the concept would have been suitable in itself. Likewise, the intro also relatively aroused my curiosity. But what did the viewer get?
A not even average comedy, with some of the most boring slice of life episodes you can imagin…
Read at the sourceNanakoAC
This was a very strange show, I suppose the seinen tag should have given me a clue. It was never theless really special
It's a slice of life with a mostly lighthearted tone about monster girls. Lots of cuteness, likeable main characters. That sounds like something that's been done a million times.
But what CnN does different is depth, worldbuilding, and more mature themes. It goes into quite a lot of detail about the evolutionary and political history of its world, about how various clothes, structures and appliances are adapted for the multitude of species. There are a lot of little comments and sideplots about the protagonist's sheer size affecting her life, like the dangers she faces from drowning because no lifeguard could lift her out of a pool.
It's extremely varied and never gets…
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Bland, with hints of great potential and failed attempts at ecchi.
The show and story are very confused. It feels almost as if it was written as a regular slice-of-life series, but an editor came in and said: "Monster girls are popular, so make them monster girls." Then they wrote a very complex and wholesome story about the struggles that come with living in a society with such varied species. Then the editor came back and said: "This is too complex and real, make them do lewd stuff."
If you boil them down to the very basics, Centaur no Nayami and Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou have very similar components. But the end products could not be any more different.
The slice of life stuff is pretty entertaining but gets boring fast. I've attempted to watch this show multiple times already,…
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Overall, Centaur is a pretty good Anime to just sit through and enjoy. It did bring more slice of life (and a bit of humor) to the table more than anything else, but I totally don't mind that since I'm a fan of it. But if you don't like slice of life, or if you expected/wanted something entirely else from Centaur no Nayami then I can understand it might not be your thing.
Anyway, the slice of life that is there is pretty entertaining. Not absolutely great or incredibly noteworthy, but definitely fun at the very least. For me, it didn't feel like a chore to sit through at all: it gave me a few laughs and interesting concepts to keep myself busy with. The quality of the art and the sound was decent as well.
The biggest drawback to Centaur no Nayami, at least in my opinion, is that it feels…
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This anime was overall okay. There were things I liked, as well as disliked when it came to this anime. As for the likes, I think the characters were extremely adorable and the art was great. I judge anime on art a lot of the times, and if the art doesn't look good, I won't attempt watching it most of the time. (I understand I miss out on some good anime doing this, I'm trying to get myself out of this habit.) I also liked the opening and ending songs. I found myself listening to them even after I'd already finished the anime, so that's a plus. As for the things I disliked, it was really only one thing, but one of the most important things; the story. I didn't like how it was all over the place, not really carrying on a story at all honestly. It felt like a whole series that was completely…
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Story:
When I found this anime, my first thought was that it would be full of fillers and fan service. To my surprise, only the last episode is a mix of filler and fan service. I just can't imagine why they chose the last episode for that. What a weird way to end!
The story was a very pleasent surprise as well. Evolution is diferente from what we know. Snakes, frogs, cats were the winners of the gennetic lottery on their world. This scenery is used for social criticism. On the background, the anime hints about world politics (antartics, americans, amphibians and oceanoids politics), but, as the story never develops, it stay as a slice of life with social criticism notes.
Art:
I didn't realy like the art. As the artist wanted to have many students, they all become generic and even the main…
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(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
Centaur no Nayami features, coincidentally enough, a centaur as its leading character. Thinking about centaurs got me thinking about horses, and thinking about horses got me thinking about how I’ve never gone horseback riding.
It’s interesting to think about how traveling by that animal hundreds of years ago was the norm. People still do so for fun of course, and horse-drawn carriages are still a thing in bustling cities for those that desire a romantic escape. But riding a horse is no longer a necessity to go out and see the world.
In Centaur no Nayami’s world, if a person there were to ride a centaur, let alone talk about doing so, they could potentially be arrested for disrupting the peace. But, thankfully, no…
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Although the story does focus on racism and equality, there's a lot of sexual harassment and assault depicted in the show between the characters. If you're uncomfortable with gratuitous amounts of fan service, depictions of sexual harassment and assault, I would stay away.
It would be a great anime if those things were not in it. I haven't seen a lot of anime's that tackle social issues like this. Also the different races and how their society is depicted is unique. The art is good and I like the voice actors. I can be very cutesy and slice of life.
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Upon seeing this anime when it was announced in my anime news feed, I immediately think that this anime will be roughly similar to Interviews with Monster Girls or any relaxing plotless show... Well, yeah after watching first few episodes, it does somehow reaches my expectations... but...
Story:
I like the whole idea of the story, but for some reason, It didn't grab my attention after watching the first few episodes... I tried to at least follow the whole episode story but hell, my mind just can't take it. In other words, BORING.
I realised this anime was based on manga, so I can't say for sure the whole anime is shit since I haven't read the manga. Producer's fault I guess huh?
Art:
Not really good... with boring scenes and cheap looking drawings, I just wanted to end every episode as…
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Centaur no Nayami, otherwise known as Centaur's Worries, is a Slice of Life episodic series that follows the everyday activities of Kimihara Himeno and her classmates, exploring topics we deal with on a day-to-day basis such as sexuality, racism, and taking care of a family. These topics are shrouded by a moe art style, allowing viewers to take in a message along with the classic animation they desire.
Story: 6/10
Centaur's Worries takes place in an alternate universe where humans have been some hybrid of supernatural beings such as angels, demons, satyrs, mermaids, and of course, centaurs. Centaur's Worries doesn't have much of a story to follow since it is an episodic series. There are references to past episodes as you follow along, however. Anyways, each episode is split into a Part A…
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I have only one thing to say about this anime, and that is: BORING!!
It was torture to watch and it took all my willpower to push through those last episodes. The only thing that really caught my attention was that part that was about WW2. Everything else put me to sleep. You don't really adore any of the characters because they're all very generic, the story has no real plot or conflict. I get that maybe it's kind of a slice of life anime (and I love slice of life animes btw), but this one was just awful. To really love a slice of life, you need to love the characters and each character needs to be entirely unique and defined throughout the show. This show was just all over the place it was weird and boring and distateful and just an overall waste of my time. I did enjoy the art because…
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In a world saturated with slice of life anime, there has to be something special to make a show stand out. For this one, it’s the fact that everyone is a descendent of the four legged animals instead of our world that descended from the two legged one. Don’t ask me how this all works out, they don’t fully explain how and why most of them look very humanoid with just animal things tacked onto them, it just works out that way in the show.
There are a LOT of characters in this anime and although I would consider three (or four) of them as main characters, they are not always main in the stories that are played out. That’s why going through the characters personalities is really hard to do. There really wasn’t any character I actually did not like which is extremely rare; normally there is a…
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Most of the time A Centaur's Life is heading to be ok/good slice of life anime. Its nothing special, but its ok and gives enjoyment.
But when it comes to the point of "being good", some weird shit happens. Once it is main characters lookin on each other genitals, next time is holocaust! I mean, c'mon... holocaust?! Really?
About Story: Its just slice of life, school etc. nothing to expect.
For me Art is best part of this show. I really likes that brith colors. Backgrounds and characters dont miss enything. Sound... In whole show there was about meybe one background song, nothing more. Any other sound effects are standard.
And characters. All seems to be one dimensional, but its nothing bad for me. Unfortunetlly main character is one of the worst slice of life characters, shes so bori…
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I picked up this anime because I haven't seen a monster girl anime in a while and this was relatively new by the time I started watching. I did not read spoilers and chose it based solely on the picture...a Centaur MC was something I have never seen before.
The first thing that strike me as odd was the amount of Yuri baiting there was in this series. Almost everyone can be paired up with another girl but there is no clear cut answer except for one couple.
I started this series because of the Centaur girl but by episode 2 I was already fed up with her character, it only got worst as the series progress as almost every other character, including one off characters were more interesting than our MC.
Half way through her role diminishes and focus is placed on other characters, I must say I…
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Warning possible Spoilers
After seeing Monster Musume and Interviews with Monster Girls, I was really wondering what this anime would bring to the table, at first I thought it was going to be pretty boring, yet by the end I actually enjoyed it.
Story (8/10)
The story is set in a world where normal humans don't exist, instead evolution has produced many different types of supernatural humans who all have an equal life, we focus on Himeno, a centaur girl along her friends as they live out their school life.
Now the story focuses a lot on the Slice of life genre, we see Himeno, Nozomi and Kyouko doing normal things, like going to school or talking about personal questions so if you're looking for something incredibly interesting to happen then you're in the wrong place, however despite sho…
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