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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busybinging
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.
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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…
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"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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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…
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Haven't read the manga but i know the anime and the mango are complete opposites, while the mangoose is more tragic in nature, the anime is more comedic.
Story
The story is about a girl (Ririchiyo, who in fact is a Youkai) who wants to be alone in this special mansion, because she tends to make people go away with her harsh words, she then meets this man in this mansion (Soushi) who appeared all of a sudden and tells her that he will be her SS, she wants to make him go away but she fails because he knows her from a long time ago, but she can't remember and that's where their relationship could seem close but it's distant at the same time. The story was good, but from what i read from the manga difference, it could have been outstanding and thought ''why didn't they adapted the things like…
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Inu x Boku SS came has something a bit excentric and maybe controverse with the MC's relationship, but I m glad, really glad I came to watch the show.
Story and the Art are you average stuff, by average I dont mean bad, it is what I m accostumated to see in most anime nowadays, and of course that depends how what you choose to watch. So it can be relative by a huge margin.
But I digress, both were interesting enough, the story has its rythm, slowly expanding, developing and introducing new characters, and the art supported the anime very well. The OP is beautiful, if a character needs to be portraited in a certain way, make the viewer believe in those emotions, it got it across overall quite well. A plus for the cute moments, I really enjoyed those alot, if the art sucked, it would had d…
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There is something very unfortunate about a show that chooses to confirm certain traits and elements of the story that the viewer sometimes wanted kept to the power of the imagination.
One of the most important things to get out the way when watching this show: The place and role of the main characters, in this case the male and female leads, Miketsukami Soushi and Shirakiin Ririchiyo. Miketsukami is a 22 year old incarnation of the Kyuubi, the fox spirit, and Ririchiyo is a 15 year old high school student. Keeping in mind that this is a clear 7 year difference in age, one cannot blame the casual anime watcher feeling a bit uncomfortable in a situation like this. Seeing as how Japanese culture views older male partners coupling with younger girls and women as acceptable, this is not a fa…
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So I am not quite sure why some people are not so happy with this series. I thought it was very sweet and enjoyable, and I really really liked it.
Story:
While the story was not an overarching plot-line, nor was it extremely deep, it was very enjoyable. This series was more of a rom-com than anything else, but it definitely had some drama to it, and the supernatural aspect of it actually worked to enhance the story overall.
Art:
Nothing special or extraordinary in the art department, but the series had beautiful, bright colors, and the characters were unique and beautifully drawn. The art is a teeny bit "bishie" but it works quite well, no complaints here.
(as a side note, while there isn't a TON of fan service, there are definitely a few scenes that are NSFW)
Sound:
The soundtrack wa…
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This anime 'Inu Boku SS' seems to point to 'Dog and me secret service', but, it isn't the literal meaning of course, that would be a bit boring unless you had some super cool dogs! anyway.
The story is based on a girl named Ririchiyo who lacks social skills and can never say what she really thinks. The Fox Spirit, Miketsukami Soushi is her secret service agent and pledges his life to protect her. In the beginning you feel like there is an underlying story behind his commitment or a reason for his attitude towards his job.
Even though she is projected, I feel that the main character is Soushi, as he commands a certain presence in this anime that drags attention to him. Even if the anime focuses on her problems and how she evolves to make friends, it is really his character that it interes…
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In a way, I found this anime hard to watch at times. I had a strange vibe from it that didn't really suit me. But on with the review.
The story. They could of done much more with what they gave us, I feel they could of expanded some more on the things that we were first told in the first episode about their ancestors and such and less about the main protagonists everyday life (mainly school), that I could of done without. because they spent good amount of time each episode of the protagonists morning routine.
However, If you can get those quirks out of the way, you have yourself a rather well done anime. There is one thing that really stood out with this anime, and that was it's character development. You really learn lot about most of the characters anywhere from their personalities to…
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Inu x Boku SS is essentially a story about two people trying to learn about how to connect to others and while that sounds similar to other romance based anime's, this anime felt surprisingly unique.
For starters, with an anime with Romance and Comedy genres you would expect a Rom-com. However Inu x Boku manages to keep them apart which means the viewer can enjoy both the seriousness of the romance and the laughter separately. Furthermore the action scenes, while few and far between, are used to help drive the romance at key moments. Just don’t expect flashy fight scenes.
The characters are all fairly individual and none are alike and often appear to be opposite to what they first seem to be. Also they all provide their own different comedy moments with their personalities and character…
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So, when I watched the last - and completely unnecessary to the plot- episode of this series, my reaction was not: "Ooown, how cute!!!" , nor: "This is an amazing anime!!!"
It was literally:
"Wait, that's it?"
I think that pretty much describes my experience with it, if you're not up to reading the entire review.
Story: 5
Maison de Ayakashi is this super elite mansion with wealthy kids that happen to be descendants from monsters from Japanese Culture.
Not only that, but they also have one secret service assigned to each resident, for their protection and stuff.
What may seem like a promising idea to explore Oriental Mythology with some good dosis of action and adventure, turned into a mushy romance between this one girl who was socially awkward(Ririchiyo) and her rather "stalky" obses…
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Inu X Boku SS was one of those anime's i had seen around, or saw some tiny references to, but it never gave me any incentive to watch the anime and it seemed to me like it was one of those anime that focuses to much on fan service and comical stuff. That being said after having not a lot to watch i gave it ago.
Story 7
The concept itself was ok, nothing special, your typical romcom anime. The story had a slow start, i didn't feel particularly pulled into the story until about episode 11 where Miketsukami past was revealed the episodes inbetween i felt was purely fan service and it was there to make viewers laugh, and believe me it did =D. The ending i thought was pretty nice, although it did feel a bit rushed but it was quite heartwarming and im sure romance viewers will like it. But on…
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I'm going get straight to the point. This is my first review so ima to keep it simple. This is just my opinion. This anime was good overall. It isn't a ground breaking anime by any means but its just a lighthearted romance comedy. The female protagonist is pretty chill even though i hate tsunderes in general. What got me is the male protagonist. I hated his personality so much. He was creepy to the max. I know they tried to make his creepiness funny, but idk. It just didn't work for me. The age gap wasn't helping either. ACT YOUR AGE! Sometimes i just wanted elbow him in the throat. His back story explains why he's that way but come on bruh! The other characters were cool and funny which really made the anime enjoyable to me. The art was pleasing to the eyes. I think the art was the best p…
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At first I almost dropped this anime. I watched the first half and told myself, another anime that has useless character interaction that means nothing to the actual story. However I am glad that I stuck with it. The second half of the anime proved to be worth it as a love triangle ensued. Ririchiyo came to a new school that was for the supernatural. She ended up getting a butler or a contracted helper named Soushi that pronounced his undying loyalty to her. After some time they form a special bond based off of their past and realize they have a lot more in common than they thought. It was a cute little story, but I wish that the first half would've had the effort that the second half of the anime did.
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Inu X Boku SS from the very first episode I've became addicted. :)
(10) Story: The story line is fantastic! Its about a girl, Ririchiyo, who doesn't really know how to socialize with other people and by going to this dorm, Ayakashi Kan, where she meets many interesting people who she later calls friends. On her first day she meets a guy, Soushi Miketsukami, who swears to protect her as like her body guard. Soushi is very loyal like a dog otherwise referred to as the Inu. Many twists in turns happen in this anime I found myself intregued and wanting more and more each week. If you like a anime where you laugh at almost all the episodes which at the same time cheering on Ririchiyo as she begins to fall in love with a certain guy in here but I will say no more or I might spoil it. The point…
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A teenage girl struggling with her interpersonal skills; a loyal man struggling with his intrapersonal skills. Inu x Boku SS tells of the tale involving these two troubled persons. Over time, it is inevitable that one will change depending on his/her surroundings. The influences that come from peers and others are undoubtedly strong. To be able to thrive in such environments, one must be able to filter these influences and only be changed by those which they feel will benefit them. In the end, it is always others that do the shaping; one cannot merely wish to be transformed and have it happen. Whether these changes are good or bad is a whole different story.
Art (8/10)
Soothing and calming visuals are few and far between. The light colors, the soft lighting, the detailed facial expressio…
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I was drawn into watching this anime because of three reasons.
1. Yoko Hikasa, Aki Toyosaki, and Kana Hanazawa were cast in it
2. Ririchiyo Shirakiin looked cute
3. The picture I saw hinted at romance
I liked how the animation style switched between normal and chibi to make the funny moments even funnier. The story was mostly fun and light-hearted and was not about fighting like I was expecting. They only had to fight three or four times and they were not that serious. The story did not have that many screwed up events in it. The worst one concerned Miketsukami but it wasn't as bad as other good shows I've seen. (Gosick had worse for example)
This anime pushed all of my buttons. It was cute. There was romance. There was just the right amount of sex appeal, which was centered around Riri…
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When this anime first started airing recently I was unsure what it was going to be about. At the end of finishing this series, I still am unsure what this series qualify as. Inu x boku was supposedly a comedy story incorporating some supernatural and mysterious themes. However, it seems like the director changed their mind during the middle of the series.
The main plot follows around a young woman named Ririchiyo. Basically, she's a very delicate person, so delicate and shy that she can barely express herself. In fact, to the point where she almost expresses the opposite of what she means every time. Thus, she has no friends at school. But then one day she moves to a new environment where her lifestyle is replaced by supernatural beings. But that's al…
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"The time you have lived thus far; we will remember it, again & again, the story of a long, long time we will live out together"
Inu x Boku SS is one of the series that made a lot of us, laugh, cry, and smile all at the same time. This is one of the greatest and almost beautiful love story I have seen in a very, very long time.
First of all let's start with the storyline...well, there really wasn't any at all. But this really follows the manga so well, I'd almost say they got it word for word! The first episode describes a young sixteen year old girl named Ririchiyo who is moving into an apartment on her own. Serving her "until the death" is Soushi, a young, mysterious man that seems almost emotionless. Though the first part of the series the storyline seems to be not picking up and I wa…
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