Introduction
Ririchiyo Shirakiin is the sheltered daughter of a renowned family. With her petite build and wealthy status, Ririchiyo has been a protected and dependent girl her entire life, but now she has decided to change all that. However, there is just one problem—the young girl has a sharp tongue she can't control, and terrible communication skills.
With some help from a childhood friend, Ririchiyo takes up residence in Maison de Ayakashi, a secluded high-security apartment complex that, as the unsociable 15-year-old soon discovers, is home to a host of bizarre individuals. Furthermore, their quirky personalities are not the strangest things about them: each inhabitant of the Maison de Ayakashi, including Ririchiyo, is actually half-human, half-youkai.
But Ririchiyo's troubles have only just begun. As a requirement of staying in her new home, she must be accompanied by a Secret Service agent. Ririchiyo's new partner, Soushi Miketsukami, is handsome, quiet... but ridiculously clingy and creepily submissive. With Soushi, her new supernatural neighbors, and the beginning of high school, Ririchiyo definitely seems to have a difficult path ahead of her.
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Audience reviews
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Love_Letters
Inu x boku SS was one of the first ever anime that I ever watched, and although I must admit i got to it quite late, in 2020- I loved this anime to bits on my first watch and my rewatch. Its a very sweet love story with great comedy that really made me laugh. The character designs and their monster versions were incredibly well thought and each Character kind of synergized with the youkai whose powers they posses.
Art: 9
It was nothing special, but I give it an 9 for the cute and funny chibi styles that were commonly used as well as the closing sequence that each character had, its really worth it to watch each episode to the end in this show. Of course, it must also be taken into consideration that this anime came out around the 2000's so my standards for the art are quite lowered.
St…
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I feel like if I watched this back when I was 17, I would've loved this. But now at my age, I think this is just decent. This series is good but at the same time I feel everything yet nothing after watching this. It didn't really leave an impact which is fine but it felt a bit bland for me.
The characters were all interesting but the plot really had nothing going for it. Also, the female lead is 15, almost 16 and the guy is 7 years older than her... We'll justify that by saying they're not normal humans in this show and it is still just a show but it still feels off.
Natsume and Kage are my favourites here. Kage especially. I was having a bad day and his stupid greeting to Ririchiyo made me burst out laughing.
A 6.5/10 for me.
Read at the sourceCataOrShane
This review will have no spoilers.
Animation: the visuals are very simplistic but it works for this type of anime
Sound:
1) in my opinion the soundtrack is forgettable
2) the main selling point of this anime is the seiyuus. Every single one of them has loads of experience in voicing all type of characters in many other animes. Their experience was very noticeable throughout the episodes Story and characters:
1) There is a supernatural element but to be honest it doesn't add anything to the story. Despite being based on japanese folklore and that usually is enough to keep me interested, the fact that the story wouldn't change a thing without it, turns me off.
2) Sometimes the humor is really good. However, there's also instances of transphobia and that's disgusting.
3) I was into…
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It's been a while since I've written a review. Inu x Boku SS is the perfect anime to break my silence. This anime sat in my watchlist for a few years, probably due to the fact the cover art just doesn't look interesting. I randomly selected it to watch this morning and binged the show the entire day. I was grabbed by the first episode in which a house burglary revealed the main cast to be something other than human. But I stayed for the cute butler/man/dog with heterochromia. Appearance wise he reminds me of Tomoe from Kamisama Kiss (one of my favorite anime to date). The love story between butler and snotty schoolgirl actually developed a great deal of depth over the series. It wasn't a purely physical connection and teenage hormones, but a story of two people who fell in love with the ot…
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again i dont really remember the exact details for this plot, but im PRETTYYYYY sure that this guy was a fox? and i really dug it when i was younger? he was so hot too like little me genuinely thirsted over this fox guy i SWEAR he was a fox am i crazy? HAHAHA GOOGLED IT HE WAS DEFFO AN ANIMAL....i swear i almost became a furry, im so glad i didnt but hey i liked this when i was younger, i remember being a simp for the love confession in the playground at the end lmaoooo
i probably wouldn't watch it again just because i think this only appealed specifically to younger me, but i just distinctly remember obsessing over this anime and like i'm pretty sure i skipped a day off school just to watch it
Read at the sourceBabyGirl06301
Ignoring the age difference between the two main characters because, apparently, "it's anime" is a good enough excuse for *that*, let's talk about Inu x Boku. From what I hear the manga is better, but this anime wasn't too bad. I mean, I didn't walk away with any strong feelings about it, but it was fun. I mean, the art style is so that everyone kind of resembles a lamp post, but at least they all have nice eyes.
What a weird introductory paragraph that was. Anyway, let's start with the story. Legit, it took me half of the series to realize that this was supposed to be a romance. Not like I didn't understand that the two main characters were gonna get together; I got that. I just thought, what with the whole "youkai" thing, that there'd be another plotline running through this story. Turn…
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I ONLY WATCHED THIS ANIME BECAUSE IT WAS THE TOP RECOMMENDATION OF KAMISAMA HAJIMEMASHITA
and I was SO DISAPPOINTED.
I don't believe this anime even deserves to be on the recommended page of Kamisama Hajimemashita. This anime is horrible.
Story 3/10
The premise is interesting enough, but the whole series is completely pointless. This isn't even an enjoyable slice of life. I just remember going through each of the episodes thinking to myself what is the point of this? The episodes and the majority of the episode plots/situations were boring. Additionally, none of the characters are likeable, and some characters are borderline creepy.
Character 3/10
Speaking of characters, I absolutely hate the main girl. Her "hmph's" got so annoying that I could not even stand the sound of her voice…
Read at the sourceDraco16
Inu x Boku SS is a show about an anti social MC slowly learning how to properly mesh with the rest of society after a life of being almost completely held back from said world. It's got romance, supernatural, mystery and a healthy dose of comedy to keep it going. The general idea works for most of the show but about half way through it apparently decided that the supernatural part of the show was no longer needed and was dropped almost entirely for a romance story.
All of the individual aspects of the show were good and enjoyable but none of them seem to have anything to do with each other. All of the characters are supernatural beings but it's irrelevant when the story revolves around the MC's relationship with their bodyguard. There are many creative and interesting side characters but…
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If you want to see a good show - watch episodes 01,02, 04 and 08-12.
And if you want great show - someone need to cut out ~5-10 minutes of fillers from every episode above.
It's good one, but dragged out with unnecessary repetition of same things again and again.
And it doesn't even build characters or explain something. It's repetition of same things again and again.
Really it's a shame, because base story is good and characters are superb (both main and supporting ones).
If it was possible to do "OVA remaster" of Inu X Boku SS with 4-5 episodes length - it would be a massive hit.
Read at the sourcekawaii123456
"That's it ?"
--Zange
Tagged, romance, comedy, supernatural, shounen. Romance is a fail. Comedy is a fail. Shounen I am not sure about. About the only thing it manages is supernatural and not even sure I should give it that. About the only thing you give Inu is that it's animated.
"Thank you for welcoming me my human toilets"
--Kagerou
Lets start with the characters. They're awful. I mean really awful. If their dialog was part of a Turing test, everyone would assume they were badly made chat bots and laugh at their lines. Nominally the series is meant to be about their romantic entanglements, but as you watch them interact homicide is much more likely than romance. Heaven knows I thought they all needed to be killed just to make certain they didn't pass on their genes.
The story go…
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I remember back then when I watched the first episode, I immediately dropped it and called it a day. I honestly couldn't understand why I should waste my time on an anime that's main-storyline is about an agent being basically obsessed with a teenage girl who is most likely not even of legal age.
But then, after a year, I forced myself to watch it all over again, and get over the first few episodes, where we of course don't have much to digest and think about.
I genuinely thought this series is gonna fail so hard at everything it tried to build up, but to my own surprise, I was left puzzled. The last two episodes made my opinion make a 180 degree turn, and now I am more motivated than ever, to read the manga of this story, since many people said that the story is way better in the manga.…
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Ratings first with explanations-- if you want a review on the actual Anime itself, skip to the "ღ"
I thought I'd found all the Anime gems out there, but then I found Inu x Boku, which gives me hope that there's other's out there waiting for me.
I only gave the story an 8 because there were a few things I would have liked some more information on, but overall I think it wrapped up good, though it did leave me wanting more of my favorite characters. The art I gave a 9-- it's very good and beautiful. The sound was phenomenal-- no weird noises in the background, no odd voices. For the character, I gave it a 10 because I could not only relate to them, but they also delve a little deeper into the main two at least, and it creates more character development.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one-- eve…
Read at the sourceSmart_Cookie
When I began watching this anime series not too long ago from this dated critique, it felt like this anime was trying to make us believe we knew everything about each of the character's backgrounds. Ririchiyo (the main protagonist) has the problem of being smart-mouthed and verbally abused the people around her. Then she meets Miketsukami, her new SS bodyguard at Maison de Ayakashi. He is unnerved by her verbal language, and continues to serve her as a devoted ''dog''. However, the first few episodes replay the same routine with Miketsukami waking her up, giving her breakfast, and her watching a video about dog obedience on a flatscreen TV at the mall. The story takes a turn when she goes to high school at freshman year.
There were many comedic scenes, especially Miketsukami's invisible…
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Inu x Boku SS is like a warm cup of tea during a frigid snowstorm, there isn’t much substance to watching it but it’s really feel-goodsy and gooey, like a warm cookie. Other than that, it’s pretty much like Black Butler with a pretty girl instead of Ciel. All of the master/servant/secretly perverse servitude fetish-bases are covered in this series.
• David Production, the infamous company behind JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, produced this series, so the visuals do look very nice. The same chief director as JoJo’s was actually in charge of this series as well; there’s some animation studio cross-contamination. Aesthetically, a very pleasing and indulgent show for the audience. The directing is very good.
• The character are mostly all schlocky shoujo manga stereotypes and a weird S&M dude, s…
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What was I expecting when I started watching Inu x Boku SS? I really don't know, something entertaining at the very least? Unfortunately, Inu x Boku is nothing of the sort, just an episodic hodgepodge of random scenarios with little-to-no overarching plot. I'm actually not sure what this was supposed to be. A romance? If so, it certainly lacked progression until the very end. A comedy? Well, it didn't really make me laugh very much, which I admit, is somewhat subjective, but the humor didn't work for me, outside of a few characters or episodes. Supernatural? I guess it had supernatural elements. Honestly, those were the highlight of the show, but the supernatural powers got so little focus that they may as well have been just a plot device.
Artistically, Inu x Boku is going to blow absolu…
Read at the sourceCute_Love_Life_
This anime is really amazing! I really enjoyed it! Lemme tell u what there is to know 'bout this anime:
Plot/Story: I was kind of in the dark in the first episodes, as I didn't understand that much.... but slowly I started to see the plot revealing itself. (WONT SPOIL IT HMPH!)
Art: REALLY REALLY NICE!
Character: You have your main female protagonist... which is a total tsundere... but unlike many of the tsunderes in other anime, she does have a reason for her behavior and a sad past. And then there is the main male character... And oh boy... Black Butler being my fav anime... I am quite attached to the complex of master-servent..... but not like this.... THIS REALLY WAS SOMETHING!
And then you have some other supporting characters that are majorly in for the comedy part of the show...…
Read at the sourceRainbowSlowmo
Went into it not having a clue what I was about to watch and currently still have no clue what I just watched...
Story 6/10: The story is boring... There's no hardly any action scenes, no heart racing moments, it's basic story line telling of a rich girl and her butler basically.. I still to this moment have no clue what the end goal was apart from that they got together? I found most moments awkward and stupid.. Any romance scenes felt like I was watching two 12 year olds awkwardly oodling each other. It was honestly just.. boring! The backstories weren't that bad even though they could of added abit more to it then it would of been alot better. I like how they made the two end up together aswell (by this I mean the letters they used to send together and not the ending) As for how they c…
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*spoiler free*
I'm going to be honest, when I started this show (it was recommended by a close friend) I wasn't sure if I would like it. The first few episodes were alright, but they were extremely episodic, and while they were entertaining while watching them, the motivation to watch them really wasn't there because of the initial lack of character development and continuous storyline.
However, towards the end, the story and character development picked up and made a genuinely interesting anime!
The art was very beautiful, and while I didn't initially like the opening theme, it grew on me. Each episode has a different closing too, which was a nice touch.
Overall, I really enjoyed this!
I would recommend this if: you want a crack version of SebastianXCiel where they're around the…
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The first episode of the anime starts right off the bat and almost everything is explained. We start off with a girl named Ririchiyo, who has trouble expressing her feelings and as a result puts on a cold front whenever she interacts with someone, and how she is going to be living in a new place.
To say this anime is over-the-top and overdramatic is an understatement. From the first few minutes in, you should already by cringing by laughter at how excessively “extra” the anime is. However, that’s what makes it so good. Since it is too much at times, it is a very light hearted anime that gives you laughs.
Plot 8/10 – The main plot of the anime was following Ririchiyo as she finds her way around her new life in a new place with a little incidents here and there. It wasn’t anything extrava…
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I picked this anime up on a whim. The art looked pretty, and I wanted to watch something light-hearted with lots of humor. Mind you, this review is solely based on my opinion alone, It isn't related to the manga in anyway.
So, main question: Is this anime worth watching?
Well, the answer is complex. It depends on how you want the story to turn out. Lots of people have expressed their views on this anime, most of them liking how it turned out, while others wanting it to be a dark-toned anime, inspired from the dark manga. Inu x boku SS is an anime, that at first glance, is seen as cheery. And, yes it is. It takes a different approach than the manga, being someone who read the manga after watching the anime, I see it as a light-hearted romantic comedy, with a few supernatural themes added…
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