Audience reviews
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Drakestalker
The premise is as straightforward as this sort of thing can be. Kuroto Nakano is a single, depressed Japanese office worker perpetually stressed out by his job. Still, seeing as he lives alone, he has no choice but to struggle and push forward to sustain himself. According to the show's supernatural conceit, all of that stress, sleep deprivation, and depression inevitably takes the form of a darkness residing within the body, and once it surpasses containment level, it manifests itself externally as a sort of black smog, which not only negatively affects the people around one's self, but will also bring one's life to ruin.
Thankfully, the demigod servants of the Shinto gods, fox deities, always keep a watchful eye over humans. They can physically see the darkness caused by anguish and suf…
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Such a great show to watch. I remember how relaxing and comfortable this show can be. I think this show is worth a shot and if you are a slice of life watcher you will definitely like this show. The story is very understanding and there are moments you probably wouldn't expect which adds to this overall anime. I very much recommend this show and the characters all have they're moments too! Give this show a watch because even if you are on the fence with slice of life I believe this show will not disappoint! All of this show can be watched quickly so I recommend watching one a day cause this show is truly wonderful to see for the first time.
Read at the sourceMoonspiritX
The manga's artistic style is fine, but if I had to choose between the manga and the anime...
I would pick the anime's style over the manga on the account of how much cleaner it looks.
Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san is NOT a manga or anime I would recommend.
Why? Because there is an extremely problematic element regarding Nakano and Senko's relationship and (by extension) most of the relationships in this story with exception to maybe his friendship with Koenji: pedophilia.
You can tell me over and over again until you're blue in the face that Senko is 800+ years old and when it comes to the culture of the gods, pedophilia might not be an issue, but that doesn't change the fact that the creators of this story thought it was a good idea to have the waifu in this look like a LITTLE GIRL. I…
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helpful senko san is worse than indulgent--it's borderline offensive in its shallowness.
well! that just about reveals my overall thoughts, but i'm not happy to leave it at just that. there's so many different things that bother me overall with sewayaki kitsune no senko-san that i'd feel wrong not touching on every single aspect--but first, a couple clarifications. one: i am aware that this is an adaptation. in this sense, i can forgive the team for simply doing their best to adapt what i assume to be just as awful material as what is animated. in another sense, i can't forgive the team when i consider adapting to be an art and that an adaptation should strive to eclipse the source material and exist as its own unique product. in a final sense, i can totally forgive the team because this…
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I wanted to like this series. I really did. But goodness, this was just so, so disappointing.
I'll start with what I like. The series looks beautiful, props to the animators for this. Gentle, soft, and always really nice to look at, which fit the tone of the series. And the MC's neighbor, Kouenji, is always a joy to watch whenever she's on screen. Unfortunately, that's it, and it's far from enough to make me enjoy this series.
The premise: a salaryman suffering from massive stress receives a blessing in the form of the helpful fox, Senko (roll credits), who is willing to do just about anything to help him from day to day and get rid of his miserable life. A really nice, really comfy premise that had so much promise. But as I watched and watched, the novelty wore off extremely quickly - e…
Read at the sourceKuioyo
Story 8/10:
I really enjoyed the story even though it was as basic as a person being tired and a person coming to help them. It kept progressing and when it reached episode 7 or 8 (don't remember) where Sora came into the deal and kept saying about Senko's departure. In the last 2 episodes when Senko leaves I thought it would be one of those animes where it has an ending ending like there is a new season coming but in the end everyone was reunited and happy.
Art 10/10:
Everyone was well drawn some scenes seemed real. I have no words, it was just outstanding.
Sound 9/10:
Amazing. Alot of music was correct on the right timing. The only flaw I noticed is when Nakano had his summer "break" where the music stopped completely then resumed like nothing happened.
Characters:
Character developmen…
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Story: Nothing happens, its literally a fantasy scenario you are supposed to self insert to. its light on plot and simply boils down to cute things with cute girls, complete with the im 800 years old cop out.
art and sound: music is happy and bright, art is colorful and the characters are cute and detailed....cept the MC who is ironically clouded in a black mist of stress which is about his personality. Again hes a self insert.
Characters: senko is cute, neighbor nerd is entertaining, other foxes are fine. Mc is boring as mentioned. MC does creepy things, senko reacts with odd noises... this is someones cup of tea but it isnt mine.
Enjoyment: i didnt. friend did. he argued its supposed to be bright and happy. i argued this is someones fap material and he didnt exactly disagree.
Overal…
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Watching this show was, if nothing else, an interesting experience.
Throughout this review, I am going to be constantly comparing it to Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, an excellent show of similar plot, but with some key differences that I think are particularly interesting to think about, however, you needn't have watched Kobayashi to understand my comparisons, I hope.
To start off with, I will make this slightly strange statement:
Depending HEAVILY on what you are looking for in a SoL anime, you will either find this anime WAY better, or WAY worse than Kobayashi.
Why this is we will get into a bit as the review goes on, but this will sort of be the thesis of my whole review so please do keep it in mind as we go forward.
The plot of this show incredibly one-beat. The first episode in…
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Watching this, I can feel a bazillion of Senko-san action figures flooding all toy stores and otaku hobby shops worldwide.
First things first: this is Moe at its finest. However, what's truly impressive about The Helpful Fox Senko-san is its ability to turn a very basic premise into something worth binge-watching for 12 episodes straight. I have to admit, initially it was difficult to imagine how an anime about a cute demifox pampering a depressed salaryman as something to be invested in and best case scenario, this would simply be a Moe slideshows through and through. However, the good people at Doga Kobo were more than ready to conquer that challenge-- by slapping in incredible music score, background art close to Makoto Shinkai-level, and a very nuanced approach on how the most valuabl…
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honestly i wanted to watch this anime for a while. it seemed like kobayashi's dargonmaid and i loved that anime so i thought this one is good too
i was wrong. so wrong. a little bit right but a whole lot wrong.
let's start from the story, the backstory is disorganized and has a ton of holes in it and missing parts that we dont learn enough about at all.
the main story of the show is boring, dull and annoying.
every episode is literally the same. no special event, almost 0 jokes and no new characters after episode 4, or rather even the other characters besides the main ones almost never show. the jokes were also repeated almost every episode which made the show more annoying.
the art, music and voice acting were great tho.
the characters lacked... stuff.
it felt like the show was "here are…
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Adorable as fox!!! ❤
Lovely show, heartwarming cute and funny, we all need a Senko-san in our life ^_^
This show is probably more for adult audience who can relate to the everyday life of working people, therefore young audience may not really connect with this show, but for adults it is gold!
It has a great fun opening song with adorable art, and additional wholesome ending in each episode.
Do not expect a lot of action, as this show is a more calm and relax.
I wish it had more episodes, but it was all good.
This show will fluffy fluff your heart ❤
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Senko-san is an anime that aims at a certain audience, overworked and stressed otaku that have a lose grip on reality, but let's start from the beginning:
The Anime follows the life of the standard salary man Nakano, that is basically a 'yes' man pushover that can't say 'no' to save his life. Thanks to that, basically his only character trait apart from his love for fluffy things, he is endlessly overworked in a job where he is seemingly surrounded by bad coworkers that shove their work on him.
Some day a demigod fox girl (that is a 800-year-old legal loli, as the anime never fails to mention) drops into his life and starts pampering him to take away his stress that is so bad it manifests as a black aura around him and starts to threaten to infect other people around him (allegedly, we ne…
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Warning: Spoilers ahead (not that there's much story to spoil)!
So, the series itself is quite self-explanatory and I actually enjoyed the super-relaxed, cutesy SoL content it offered quite a lot: Senko, the 800 years old fox spirit with a history of watching over family of the protagonist, Nakano, comes to the human world to give him respite in his lonely life of an abused salaryman. Being quite out-of-touch with the modern world, she still tries to help him find balance in his life, which also leads to other characters, such as another fox spirit, Shiro and Nakano's quirky college student/mangaka neighbour, Koenji, entering the scene. All of it is quite cute and amusing, at least from my point of view.
While I've seen people expressing discomfort about the romantic undertones with the…
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Some times the best pieces of art aren't the one's which wow with extreme elegance, or an overwhelming showcase of skill. Sometimes they are the ones who are true to their nature, and give us a sense of fulfillment that is rare to see.
Senko-san has beautifully filled that sense of fulfillment niche with a grace and ease that I believe hasn't been done since the Aria franchise. The sense of nurturing and calmness that viewers get to experience is akin to a breezy, spring day with a warm cup of oolong tea. The complete environment that can whisk you away into a different place through a portal of serenity takes extreme care and effort.
Every single moment of Senko-san never loses its way with trying to be more than a fluffy-SOL that is meant to make you smile through personable, relatable…
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Mangaka is an overwork salaryman, decides to write manga about an 800yr old kitsune demigod who can look after him as a housewife.
Yeah, and that's it.
And yeah, it's still awesome.
We (and by that, I mean ALL of us) are being pushed to get the maximum amount of producitivity and for very little reward or recognition. Isn't it time that all of us took a step back to acknowledge what we are doing for other people?
This is what I like about this show, it takes an average man and allows him the luxury of being taken care of and/or allowing him to see what he's doing to himself through the eyes of another.
Why you watch 'slice of life' shows is entirely up to you, but this was something quite special that I've not seen yet - in a genre that is beset by misunderstanding and inability to…
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Doga Kobo has done it again with a series that's exactly what it sets out to be, a cute heartwarming show. Senko-san does this perfectly and you get exactly as advertised in high quality.
The story follows a hard working man who's beginning to be slammed with massive depression due to how rough just living and working is, when a fox girl who feels like she owes his ancestors arrives to start helping him feel better. If you can accept that as a concept, the show performs it perfectly, so it's just a matter of if that concept could be appealing to you. Every episode is a breath of life and happiness, and I couldn't help but smile when watching and that's saying a lot.
The art is standard Doga Kobo moe art, very well done though and very fitting for the show.
The sound was also good and h…
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"My Little Furry Loli Can't Be This Cute!", the animation. And an entertaining one if you buy into it's premise: a divine loli-waifu becomes your personal therapist, cleaning woman and love interest. While the show fails to achieve the full quality of it’s obvious role model “Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid”, it solidly entertains with feel-good slice-of-life comedy centered around the titular kemonomimi girl's vibrant personality.
*** Story ***
Let's start right with the elephant in the room. "Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san" stars a furry harem, and it’s best loli Senko and the MC Nakano have a lot of intimate physical contact situations. This includes bathing and back scrubbing, ear cleaning, back massage with bare feet, hair cutting, and they share a bed of course. This intimacy and it's depre…
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Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san is not your typical slice of life. The reason for that is because of the focus of the show. This anime tells about a demigod fox named Senko who one day decided to take care of our poor and miserable Nakano who's exhausted from work. That's it, there is hardly anything more of it. What makes it not typical is that the focus is on self-insert.
This show tries to makes Nakano simple so it is easy to self-insert ourselves. This is, of course, to make you fantasize how lovely it is to have someone like Senko take care of you. This point is further reinforced by the extra parts post-ending song. This part is the real self-insert with the first-person perspective. It is fanservice, but not the lewd kind of fanservice. And as bonus info, this anime likes to present…
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I don't think otaku pandering is generally a bad thing. One of anime's strengths is its instantaneous hook from maximized aesthetic appeal in character design, so wish fulfillment entertainment is simply a natural progression. Nonetheless, there are many ways for an anime rooted in pandering to go wrong, one of which Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san is a pretty good example.
Our protagonist Nakano is afflicted with a general malaise from being overworked by his office job, and Senko plays opposite as a fox spirit who decides to become his housemaid as a means of alleviating his exhaustion. There's nothing especially unique about Nakano. Besides having an affinity for Senko's fluffy tail, being an average exploited Japanese salaryman is Nakano's defining characteristic. Neither feel like ful…
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Remember that time when your parents, grandparents, sibling, teacher, your best friend, your lover, or someone told you that ‘there’s no such thing as free lunch?’ Tell that to Kuroto Nakano and he may surprise you. It just happens so one day when he comes home after a long day of work and finds a kitsune demi-goddess in his home!
Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san is about the fluffiest anime you can find this year. Literally, Senko’s long smooth tail combined with her gentle personality brings a feeling of easiness. Nakano’s miserable life changes forever after meeting Senko. From the very first episode, I was prepared of nothing less than a relaxing slice of life comedy. It’s what makes the manga so charming to read with the amount of daily life adventures…and misadventures. Animated by Dog…
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