Audience reviews
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The_Namer
It starts with an over-the-top premise. A UFO crashes into a boy and, in the process of reviving him, the aliens accidentally turn him into a girl. This somewhat complicates things for the two girls who are in love with him/her, but not in the ways you might expect. I was also surprised that the aliens stuck around for the rest of the show, and became relevant again later on. Despite that, by episode 3 the world has lost interest in the body-swapped teenager who was globally annouced as the first human to have come in contact with aliens. I guess the news cycle moved on to a celebrity scandal or something. Instead the scope of the story narrows back to a high school rom-com for the most part.
Some rom-coms blend their romance and comedy elements throughout. This one draws a definite line…
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I did take my time to write the review because i wanted to think about why exactly i disliked this anime. Concerning Art and Sound the series is in my opinion and experience rather OKAY. There were better made anime in that time but there were much much worse ones.
The storytelling and the idea of the anime are pretty okay too. But what really ticks me off about this series is the obvious forceful behaviour to push and pull a non-heteronormative person into their predefinied position in society. Because of external influence a boy becomes a girl. That is a rather modern concept of breaking the habits and the rules our society embodies concerning the sexes. But the entire show focuses on ridiculing the "unnormal" behavior of a boy who is in the body of a girl and of the surroundings that t…
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KashiMashi has a very unique concept, even by anime standards, but still manages to tell a contrived, uninspired, story. They hit some right notes along the way, for example the scenes where Hazumu is learning to cope with her gender change, but the majority of the show felt pretty bland and unoriginal, and I had to force myself a little bit near the end in order to finish.
The (extremely cheesy/cliché) OVA clears up any questions resulting from the shows ending, and while I was happy to see things work out for Tomari in the end (the only good character in the show), the OVA felt forced and a little bit unnecessary.
On an unrelated note, the show's OP and ED were both very relaxing and enjoyable to listen to.
Read at the sourceMetamayto
As transgender woman myself, I thought I should give my two cents on this series.
Going into it, I was only aware of the bizarre occurrences that set the story going, and that people were very mixed on the series. Now that I've seen it, I can confidently say Kashimashi is a beautiful romance that unfortunately gets bogged down by the author trying to be funny.
I was very thankful to see that the series was void of any transphobic themes or jokes and was generally pretty respectful. Only thing I find strange is that throughout the course of the story, people constantly refer to Hazumu with male pronouns. There are some outliers sprinkled around here and there, but Hazumu doesn't ever object to being referred to one way or the other, so I'm going to assume she's cool with it. Gender is a f…
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Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl is a bit of a different take on the Girls Love genre that only lightly existed when this came out, fifteen years ago. While there are obvious nods to the Trans-community, I would argue that this anime's goal wasn't to target that part of the LGBTQ+ group. For this review, I'll be reviewing the entire series, including the thirteenth episode that came out a little later and is listed on MAL as it's own entry.
Story: Girl Meets Girl starts out with us showing schooler (their ages are never revealed) Hazumu asking out Yusana, but she rejects him. Saddened, he goes to the mountain for a hike, but gets lost and gets hit by an Alien spaceship. Yes, you read that correctly. To make up for this, the ship's pilot, Hitoshi, "regenerates" Hazumu, but explains that he need…
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This anime was one of the main reasons my character is made, almost the same thing happened but in again a different scenario, ...
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(if memory serves)Hazumu running into the forest due to him not being accepted or in terms feeling accepted because the girl hes been wanting
>Yasuna, has rejected him not because she wasn't into him but more of the fact that she..was into girls? and how i saw this anime was when she sees males she sees them as a static texture like a TV, that was also probably the reason she rejected him, (its been very very long since i've watched this)
because she couldn't "see him" i ask myself how deep must i go into this anime just to find a certain point on why she couldn't see males,
was it because she was personally harassed? was it because she was m…
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I'm of two different minds of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl. On a pure enjoyment level, I think it was great. I loved the characters and loved the twist and turns on their path to love. I just wish that the creators had taken the story seriously.
Dissecting the story though, shows flaws that towards the end I could not ignore. The opening was totally idiotic. Someone wanted a yuri harem series, so instead of doing it in a mature way, they come up with a really stupid alien angle. A ship crashing into a mountain, killing male Hazumu. Their alien "space science" is able to restore him, but for some reason comes away from it as a girl. That is stupid, sorry creators, you could have done better. The ship crashed like a lawn dart. Come on! If a ship that size had really crashed, there would have…
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I watched the dubbed version of this. It started out really weird and it was easily a wtf anime. It's just got this strange vibe to it. The characters are quite likeable - it's easy for me to hate characters, especially girls, but I couldn't hate any of them in this anime. It wasn't the most entertaining and the story can be pretty repetitive but for 13 episodes, it's not terrible. I did find myself laughing and smiling a few times, so it wasn't bad enough that it didn't engage with me at all. It was a bit frustrating, but I guess high school drama is meant to be that way, and I really liked the message at the end. The ending was quite nice, so while this anime is a bit weird, I wouldn't say not to watch it. If you have some time to spare or you're just interested, check it out.
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I'm sure all of you have seen a bunch of shows that had a good premise and an interesting setup, in one word, potential, that unfortunately fell flat on its face after a few episodes and never really recovered. For me, Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl is one of those shows.
The premise of this show was great: we have a guy who is in love with a girl, gets rejected, turns into a girl by some bizarre accident and then maybe has a second chance in winning this girl's affection, this time in a yuri way. Once that accident happened at the end of episode 1 I was as hyped as I've could have been, and if someone would ask me to rate this show right then and there I would have given it a 9. But, unfortunately, it was not meant to be.
The two biggest problems with this show were the story and the charac…
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There's a lot working beneath the carefree surface of Kashimashi if you stop to think about it. I'm going to try to dig into nuances that might be easy to miss if you're just a casual watcher/reader, and try to keep spoilers to a minimum (but there will be some; you should watch the series for yourself first if you mind spoilers, and if you don't the ones here shouldn't affect your enjoyment). Also, it's gonna get pretty long.
Let's start by saying Kashimashi is one of my favourite yuri works. The manga is slightly preferable but only slightly; overall, both it and the anime are great stuff, sweet and earnest and with some true drama that never feels like they simply slammed the Drama Button. I won't go into a lot of detail up front about the basic plot, since I think the synopsis at the…
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Kashimashi started as a yuri manga by Akahori Satoru, the same writer behind the generic Bakuretsu Hunters. He was also one of the writers for Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, which was pretty decent. In 2006, the manga got adapted into a twelve episode anime, and a follow up one episode OVA, by Studio Hibari, the same studio behind the mediocre Venus Versus Virus. So, given the people behind it can we anticipate something that's mediocre or just all right or will it surprise us in a positive or negative way? Let's look at Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl and find find out. Keep in mind, I will be covering both the series and OVA.
Story:
We open with young Hazumu wandering around some hills to get over his broken heart after he was turned down by Yasuna, the girl he likes. The melancholy scene is int…
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This was a huge let down for me. I knew it wouldn't be as good as Maria Watches Over Us but I hoped for something at least interesting. Poor characters don't help the boring story. Bad run on jokes, a poor thought out romance, and overly dramatic plot twists with the most pointless central idea of a boy turned into a girl make it even worse. Yasuna's weird illness just becomes stupid the instant its mentioned. Hazamu is unlikable as either a boy or girl. I can't say enough bad things about this show.
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Aliens, a boy becomes a girl, and yuri....somehow good? That's right this show is actually good. First off, it is yuri, so that needs to be taken into consideration. I got into this anime because I was interested in this yuri thing. Turns out I chose the right show. If you are a yuri fan you will really like this! There is just enough physical activity that it doesn't take away from the show actually being good. It doesn't try to be just an in-your-face-yuri-fest. My only complaint is actually the alien aspect. While they do add to the story, I feel like it takes away from it being taken more seriously. The only thing is I don't know how else the boy could be turned into a girl genetically, so I suppose that is an issue. Either way, this is a fun, but serious and actually interesting yuri!…
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Kashimashi, what a strange series it was. And oddly enough, it turned out as something of perfection.
Although at first it may sound either like some junky fanservice anime, or something just plain weird, I'll tell you right now that the "core" of the series isn't about Hazumu's gender change, it was something more of an initial gimmick. But for a gimmick, it worked well and evrn tied itself into the larger, real story in an oddly natural way.
I consider one of the most important points in a series its 'heart'. Kashimashi fully succeeded in having heart to it. The characters, from the dynamic characters of Hazumu, Tomari and Yasuna, to even more static characters like Jan-puu and Ayuki, were likable and easy to understand. When the series took its turn for the emotional, we got to see dee…
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Gender Benders are my personal favorite, By the exception of "Kashimashi: Girl meets Girl" Oh god that anime still makes my blood boil, The message of the creator and the labeling of the tittle and genre totally contradict each
I'm not an expert in romance but i'm quite the observer and use common sense, when creating "Yuri" based on GENDER BENDING, Timing is crucial, The 2 female characters in love, Had history with "Hazumu" the gender bending victim
A) Was a childhood friend
B) Was a classmate and love interest
If it was to be a "Yuri" romance, Hazumu the character in question. had to have no ties whatsoever to the heroines , Thus creating a chance in which the heroines fall for the after known female "Hazumu" Thus making it "yuri genre", If it's done before their history and timing…
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Um, wow. This is um… something a little different then what I have ever seen before. I give the show props for an idea, but an extremely lousy way of making that idea bare fruit. The story feels shallow, the execution is bland, the English voices are a mess, the animation is just standard fan fair. I would of loved if they got into the physiological aspects of a man turning into a women a bit, but they don’t. They just pussyfoot around like it’s a teenage drama. I know it is one but with a concept this interesting, I wish it could have been better done.
Hazumu really freaken sounds and acts like a girl! It doesn’t seem like there is any freaken difference to him being male or female. I do think its somewhat Ironic that when he first sees the ‘star’ coming straight at him, he wishes to be…
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I just needed to post this
i was introduced to anime when i was young and Ive watched countless series but this was the first anime that i actually cried about its just so sad,i was told it was silly because the anime was about a guy that got turned into a girl but its not about that really its just a way to get the story rolling but i really cried on the later episodes when there all so confused about the relationship between the three girls and there all so hurt by the fact that it takes so long for Hazumu Osaragi to make her decision that it tears them all apart and when Yasuna Kamiizumi looses her sight to the ill treated love between the three i really had to stop watching it then i had to calm down and continue.
i know its weird for a guy to cry over something so simple but it remi…
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Honestly, I am not good at writing reviews especially in this situation. Hashimashi is my favorite anime of all time it hits you on every level from super funny to just straight depressing. This show made me reflect a lot on my life and while it probably doesn't deserve all tens (what does?). It has greatly affected my life in ways I do not know how to explain; this show is the embodiment of what makes love so special and also how important it its to be able to balance the mixture of friendship and romance. Kashimashi is a masterpiece it cuts down to the core roots of what love really is about. This show is about trying to juggle between love and friendship and not everyone can win. I have never been so emotionally involved with and anime than this one although Strawberry Panic is pretty d…
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Kashimashi is a perfect example for a truly magnificent anime. It stands out in a crowd of anime that anyone could watch. It is a trip of wonderment that viewers will never forget. But what makes it that great? Well, let's have a look see.
Story: I don't have to tell anyone that this is a unique story line. It's story really is fascinating. It's like the Yin-Yang of anime. It is completely normal at times, and at other times, seem fucked up. But both of these aspects are balanced well, compliment each other and are executed perfectly. Another thing, it is paced excellently. The episodes run with each other to create a story. It doesn't move too fast or too slow. It really know how to use your emotions as well. It actually feels like you're watching someone's life rather than an anime.
Ch…
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I was not too sure about this series when I first read the synopsis. It had one major flaw. Boy gets rejected by girl, gets wiped out by spaceship and is then made into a girl too! However, once I got past that, things got interesting.
The main character Hazumu definitely looked better as a girl, and it was hard to get over the fact that he was now a she. Tomari is cute, and a tomboy at that, but her connection with Huzumu was deep because of her childhood friendship. Yasuna was the girl who rejected him originally (although she has a valid reason too).
Once that is out of the way the story becomes a problem because who will Huzumu fall in love with? and did any of them notice he is really a girl now?
There is also the seemingly mysterious Ayuki who kept on throwing me off the trail. But…
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