Audience reviews
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stickdaddy
Dagashi Kashi is awesome and I’m tired of pretending otherwise. Oh YOU want a super serious and intellectually deep anime? Yeah skip it serious pants, but for those who just love anime in all themes and form, I definitely recommend it.
It’s episodic but there is a driving theme for the anime. I have no complaints in the pacing or story, it’s a gourmet after all. Expect heavy dialogue about food.
Hotaru is one of the cutest FMCs I’ve ever watched. Her personality carries the anime and that’s perfectly fine for me. For me the whole experience is lighthearted and fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you like anime that isn’t super serious and has a great FMC, I suggest you give it a shot.
Read at the sourceSakamakiKoyatsu
The catalyst of this anime is candy, setting is just a small candy shop, and character sets, mainly our protagonist Shikada Kokonotsu and other main character Shidare Hotaru is the surface from the start of this anime, but that is not the appeal but just an introduction of what is in store for this. Appeals of Dagashi Kashi are are mixture of comedic roundabout revolving around a set of jokes, aggression from our other main character Shidare Hotaru in attempts to gain an understanding, and the idea of playing around and socializing about a small shop's commodity's trivia, being candy... this cinematic in the retrospect that the setting is a relaxed summer break in time and all the time revolves around character interactions which before, from are now being changed by the arrival of our mai…
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a lot of reviewers of this anime makes me think that people nowadays don't appreciate this type of show enough, a show where the plot development progress slowly/not a single progress at all, a story like doraemon where a kid keep facing problems in every episodes, and his robot cat help him everytime. Ok back to dagashi, if we put aside criticism toward this type of plot, dagashi kashi is a great slice of life comedy show that works best if you were growing up in japan eating some of the japanese snacks when you were a child as the show revolved around that Though if you're not the chosen one to be able to grew up there, dagashi kashi is still a pretty nice feel good show packed with japanese type of humor. I would not suggest you to digest all episodes in one sitting though as this type…
Read at the sourceLegionIscariot
I didn’t like this anime at first because I didn’t understand what it was going for.
Plus im not into Gourmet anime.
But once I started to understand what kind of humor it was going for I started to really like it.
Alot of it is thanks to the main character Hotaru. A very strange, eccentric and hilarious girl.
She is the heir of a candy company and wants to hire the owner of a small candy shop named You to come work for her father’s company. But You refuses unless his son Kokonotsu agrees to take over the shop.
From thereon episode after episode its Hotaru being cute, sexy, and silly. Trying to find ways of convincing Kokonotsu to take over.
She develops a strong friendship with Kokonotsu and his two friends the siblings Saya and Tou.
Its a very entertaining anime. There is a lot of t…
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I found this anime on Funimation when the dubbed was first released in summer of 2016. The plot of this anime is really interesting. It talks about Dagashi culture in Japan which revolves around cheap snacks often sold to children and usually for the price of a single 10 yen coin. You might have heard of some of these snacks such as Umaibo or Ramune Soda. Its both educational and fun learning the history behind different snack brands. The character designs are great, with the unique art style giving each character a unique look. Especially Hotaru Shidare has an amazing design and the voice, the dub by Ray Tabitha gave her such a unique voice that I've never heard before or since. The anime is well paced in the first season but kind of slows down in the 2nd. The soundtrack is great and the…
Read at the sourceAeroGunz
“Dagashi Kashi” is what happens when a sugar addict gets a chance to create something.
I honestly don’t know why it isn’t classified as a “slice of life” on MAL but… c'est la vie.
It’s a story about a boy who really doesn’t want to succeed his father in running a small dagashi (from what I understand it’s an umbrella term for cheap candy and snacks) store out in the boonies. One day an eccentric (borderline obsessive and crazy if You ask me) girl shows up in town to recruit his father to work for her family company. By the power of anime logic the father and the girls conceive a pact. If the girl manages to convince the boy to take over the shop, the father will work for her. Because of the banality of the plot the show relies heavily on their cast to carry the show.
Kokonotsu Shikada -…
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Alright folks, gather round and let me tell you about this sweet little anime called Dagashi Kashi. Now, I gotta be honest with you, I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I fired this one up. But let me tell you, it's a real treat.
First off, let's talk about the story. It's not gonna blow your mind or anything, but it's definitely entertaining. We follow our main character Hotaru, as she tries to convince a dude named Kokonotsu to take over his family's candy shop. And let me tell you, this girl is passionate about candy. Like, borderline obsessed. But hey, it makes for some good laughs.
Now, the art style is pretty dang nice. It's got a real vibrant and colorful look to it, which fits the candy theme perf…
Read at the sourceTrashWasTaken
At points this anime feels like a ad for random snacks, there are scenes that feel like something on a TV ad break but it makes up for it with funny characters and good comedic timing.
Even though the cast is only 5 characters they are have varying personalities so it doesn't get boring. It's average but it's a great anime to watch as a time waster.
The romance is good, it's mildly predictable but it isn't over the top or unbelievable. Even though it feels like an ad it isn't bad enough where I'd say it isn't enjoyable by others, but it is average
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Okay so this anime is pretty good, but only if you are into the subject matter.
For what it is it is pretty entertaining, if you are into japanese culture or overall learning more about weird little trivia, each episode has what's basically a little ad for some japanese candy, which might sound like a bore but the whole scenario that's played up for the ad is often very amusing, the characters are all pretty funny and vibrant, they all have a very destinct personality and are overall a joy to see them interact.
Speaking of characters, Saya and Hotaru (the two female leads) have a very large wardrobe and they look super cute on every scene, Hotaru especially, her outfits are always amazing, it's quite impressive what this anime can achieve with her one note style. The boys on the other ha…
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Dagashi Kashi has been criticized by many on this site for it's lack of plot and character development. Both criticisms are valid - the series is neither character- driven nor really is it plot-driven. The characters are just a means to an end - that end being to educate viewers about the wide range of traditional dagashi that are out there. If your goal is to learn more about dagashi, the characters serve as a painless means of doing so. If you're looking for a romcom with a satisfying ending, or even a more traditional slice of life series, this is probably not the one for you.
Aside from the plentiful information about dagashi the series features decent, if a bit cliche, character design and catchy opening and ending themes which you might not mind sitting through a few times. There's…
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This is definitely feels like a simple slice of life with little to no real notable characters. Every single one of the characters you are introduced are not interesting and stay quite bland throughout the entire show....
I am not quite sure what the point was of this show. I think the only thing i was able to take away from this show is knowing what dagashi is and that is about it. I also don't think it was funny either, it seemed like a lot of the jokes/bits felt like a swing and a miss.
I am kind of surprised how this anime got a score that's over 6....
If you want to watch a show about nothing and characters that are boring, and with a story that really doesn't have much substance, then maybe this is the show for you. It felt like a show that you can leave in the background and for…
Read at the sourceSlavicIndo
There are a lot of mixed feelings for this show for what I've read, but here's my take on it.
Is this show just a big advert with a giant boob girl? Yeah. Do I enjoy it? Yeah. Here's why:
-This show in reality has a pretty repetitive plot, however it's only 12 episodes long, so in that aspect it's not as bad as some viewers make it out to be, since lots of other anime have gotten away with it for hundreds of episodes. Every new episode usually would introduce a couple of snacks/candy, and doing stuff with them. The good part is, although the core of nearly every episode is the same, it's so short that every new installment has a new creative way to use the candies and tell it's story. In the long term such an anime can't last, but remember, it's so short that it doesn't matter.
-This an…
Read at the sourceWickedMonk
(POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD) first review about anything so please bare with me lol. I’ll start off with the story/plot, well there isn’t really one. I get the shows name is “Dagashi” which is a meaning for inexpensive fun snacks and you can’t expect much from it, but from what I’ve seen from clips on social media I thought I’ll at least enjoy the show but I honestly didn’t. The whole 12 episodes and 20 minutes are almost always talking about different snacks and either how to eat them or their history and it’s fun and interesting in the first two episodes but then it just gets boring and repetitive. The story was honestly a 4/10 in my opinion and I think I’m being too nice, but the only reason I’ll give it a 4 is because of the 2-3 good episodes that it actually had that made me think this…
Read at the sourceNebby524
Do not watch this if you are hungry! I repeat do NOT watch this when you are hungry! While it is a good anime it will make you want to snack. I aware, every time I watch this anime I buy some of it overly priced because of shipping. On the flip side it's an amazing way to learn about Japanese candy and snacks and see if any interest you. Besides the snack recommendations the story (if you can even call it that) is very cute and has a lot of charm in it. The animation quality is pretty good and the voice acting is very expressive.
Read at the sourceDearyDarling
Headline: Dagashi is a Snack Crate anime
Wow this is one love-or-hate-it anime. In America, for sure, but I'd imagine all over the world, we humans have a lot of nostalgia for toys or licensed cereals, foods that came from our favorite childhood shows or cartoons. That's what this anime reminded me of, and while i only have tasted a couple of the dagashi from the show, it made me excited to try many more. Snack Crates are enjoyable for the same reason this anime is. But also, the characters were fun, the interactions were innocent but cheeky, people keep saying it was a 4.5 hour commercial for Dagashi but, if so? It was a great commercial. Made me wish to travel and visit a dagashi shop :)
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An adaptation of Kotoyama’s slice-of-life comedy manga of the same name, Dagashi Kashi focuses on Kokonotsu Shikada, the son of a rural dagashi shop owner who is trying to talk his son in inheriting his business. Things get more bizarre when the eccentric Hotaru Shidare attempts to recruit Kokonotsu’s father to work for her family’s dagashi company and he won’t accept work from her unless Kokonotsu chooses to pursue the family business. This leads Hotaru to attempt persuading Kokonotsu to inherit his family’s business through use of tactics like games, stories, and riddles using dagashi to convince him to pursue it.
For anyone not aware, dagashi is cheap candy and snacks that are typically sold to children in Japan. Dagashi Kashi appears to be aimed at those who dabble heavily into the sn…
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So it's been a while since I wrote a review, obviously, but then again it had been a while since I'd watched much anime.
I moved out of my parent's home and into my own place since then and I decided I was in the mood for some Slice of Life anime.
And that anime was...Azumanga Diaoh. And it was damn great.
But AD got my appetite wet for more Slice of Life anime and by sheer happenstance I happened upon this Dagashi Kashi, an anime about working in a small Dagashiya, a sort of small corner shop that sells cheap sweets similar to Penny sweets in the UK.
Having worked in a newsagents myself for 3 years, I thought this would be so relatable, and I was right. The very feeling of the show brought memories back of working in a similar establishment, to the sheer mundane discussions with co-work…
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I saw this anime while trying to find more recent anime to watch & it seemed like it might have been something that would be pretty interesting to watch, so I started watching Dagashi Kashi & of course I found it to be a fun anime that I ended up enjoying. Each episode there is a new snack introduced, with some type of comedy also thrown in as well. There isn't a huge cast of characters in Dagashi Kashi, just four main characters, with some occasional side characters here & there in some episodes. As for a story, well pretty much Hotaru wants Coconut to run his dad's cheap sweets store, or the dagashi store, which of course Coconuts has no interest in doing so.
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SPOILERS FOR ENDING: (sorry but it was needed in my review beware
of the last 3 lines tysm)
Dagashi kashi... hmm what to say? Its a good slice of life/comedy anime. I think personally the overall rating is a bit low maybe in the mid 7's or just a 7. I know that SOME people wont agree with me so hear me out. For the purpose and story this anime is written there isnt much more to add. But i will say one thing the ending isnt satisfactory. I would have liked to see if coconuts engages in a romantic relation with either saya or hotaru and close off the deal there. Or maybe if he actually does take over the shop or not in the ANIME i mean
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tl;dr: An anime that isn’t driven by plot nor really by it’s characters, but rather solely by a girls obsession with snacks, and somehow it’s really amusing.
This is a manga based entirely on snacks. It starts off with some semblance of a plot with there being some conflict about the protagonist wanting to follow his own dream of being a manga artist instead of inheriting the family snack shop, but that pretty much never comes up after the first episode. I think his manga is mentioned twice after that and only in passing, and no one really tries all that hard to persuade him to take on the snack shop either. In terms of character development there is literally nothing. There are only really five characters and they stay exactly the same for the whole season. In terms of relationships, the…
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