Introduction
The world of Yozakura Quartet is actually not one, but two worlds: one of humans, and one of youkai. Despite appearing mostly human, youkai may have animal like physical traits, along with a number of special abilities. Normally youkai are confined to their world, but some have found their way into the realm of humanity. As a symbol of peace, and a bridge between the two realms, a city was constructed within the protective barrier of seven magical trees, otherwise known as the Seven Pillars. This city of Sakurashin is home to both humans and youkai, with the peace between them maintained by the Hizumi Life Counseling Office.
The director of this office is Akina Hiizumi, a teenager with the inherited family ability to perform “tuning,” which can send harmful youkai back to their world permanently. He is aided by a group of girls, including the town’s 16 year old youkai mayor, Hime Yarizakura, their town’s announcer and resident telepath, Ao Nanami, and Kotoha Isone, a half-youkai who can summon objects just by stating the object’s name.
As new residents enter and mysterious events begin to take place, this quartet of protectors and their closest friends must continue to guard the city of Sakurashin, and maintain the fragile balance of peace between humans and youkai.
Audience reviews
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This anime is a test of the theory that you can throw together a bunch of semi-random plot events and vague worldbuilding, intersperse it with somewhat flashy fights, add a little deus ex machina, act all this out through relatively unchanging characters, and then get something worthwhile out of it (my verdict: no). The animation is fairly good, the production was competently executed, and some individual scenes are reasonably entertaining, but the overall narrative structure is clearly taped together out of cardboard; this is not a story one can fall in love with. Final episode was pretty cool though. Also I like the opening song.
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The premise of the show is that it blends two worlds together, and the various shenanigans that go on in this world.
Of course you only see it in like, the first and second episode, the rest of the series sees this plot fall by the way side as they focus on the main antagonist for the rest of the show. That's not inherently bad, but the problem is that the characters are so spineless.
Yeah you could argue "oh they're just kids", well, yeah they are. However, they're kids given the responsibility of looking after a town, and they're failing. It's not the folly of youth, it's that they just can't make a decision. They're completely crippled when it comes to making decisions.
In simpler terms, they have to choose between letting 10 people die or the one person die. The metaphor says you'd…
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After watching the 12 episodes of Yozakura Quartet I can say with full confidence that this anime was a huge disappointment and a waste of time.
To keep this as brief as possible the story itself was filled with many plot holes with no explanation given and no back story was hardly given to explain how the characters developed into who they are now.
The characters didn't stand out and just seemed to be bland with no unique character-trait that made them stand out or memorable.
The animation was pretty good for when it was animated and the music DURING the show was great and the sounds were not bad. However the opening and ending to the episodes didn't really match at all just overall was not good.
The main characters of this show also show to be naive in the extreme even given their p…
Read at the sourceLazyBoy-kun
Now ill say it first, This anime is the type of anime that most adults may find boring and will hardly be enjoyed.
This anime is really lacking and it really needs a season 2 or more. I may sound negative but its true. But if your looking for a temporary enjoyment then this show is good for you. This is one of my favorite anime and that is due to complete Bias-ness. Personally I can't find anything special about the anime except that it contains one of my top coolest scenes. I will be biased and reasonable at the same time in this review.
My #1 reason why I like this anime is Akina. Akina at first look can be considered as a generic protagonist. But one thing that most people fail to notice is that Hime is the Main protagonist of the anime/ or atleast share the spot with Akina. You see…
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I dint watch the anime in full... cause i drop it at episode 10... all i can say is... the story was really bad... i ended up complaining to my self... why am i torturing myself watching this anime....
The character is soo cliche'... the main character??? Who?? Akina or Hime?? what is their relationship???
who and how and why were the worker in the central are all school girls???
the never ending complaining from the villagers... and only cause trouble???
They keep saying "Do your job!" what is the job???
The first episode has a lot of preminiton for a good 12 episode anime... Which goes dowm the hill after just 4 episode...
For once the villain seems very weak compare to Hime... But that battle scene was horribly written...
in the end... im sorry for those who like this "Show" b…
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Yozakura Quartet is focused on a consultation office of demons and humans in a consultation office who exist to protect a town where demons and humans coexist against evil demonic threats, this series dealing with evil demon Enjun trying to unleash the evil demons that have been sealed by the group. Many of the episodes in the first half of the series serve to introduce the members of the consultation office, their backgrounds before the start of the series and their regular duties throughout the town. They are fleshed out enough where you could care for them as characters, but these episodes lack much in the way of intrigue or tension beyond hints of Enjun's incoming arrival as they are mostly light-hearted and sort of follow a slice-of-life style plot.
The second half of the series is w…
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Yozakura Quartet was only a twelve episode series. That's not a lot of episodes to go wrong with. A basic plot and story can easily be done in twelve episodes. Characters can be fleshed out in twelves episodes. Yozakura Quartet did not manage to do any of that.
Story - 3
The first few episodes showed how much potential Yozakura Quartet had. They were interesting and hooked me instantly. The rest of the show continued to mock me as if saying I was a fool for having any hope in the plot. The characters made stupid decisions and many plot points never made sense or were poorly explained. Do not be tricked by the strong beginning.
Animation - 8
The animation was pretty good. The character designs were wonderfully done, and all the fight scenes were fun to watch, if taken out of context. Th…
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I'm writing this review, in part, to respond to the other reviews. I felt strongly that the number ratings given do not correspond with what was said, and that they were unnecessarily gentle. This series is 4(Decent) at best.
As to the story, it had a lot of potential, but none of that was realized. It ended up jumping around to random battles and poorly scripted conversations that seemed to have something to do with a general movement of plot, but in actuality did not. Lots of things happen in the plot, but the plot parts are so disjointed that no real story emerges, at least no story that can stand up beyond a vague general description of the overall arc. Very poor, indeed.
The art is nothing special, and it is not at all bad. The battles scenes are very average, with fighters swingin…
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Yozakura Quartet is an extremely odd show, and you'll be forgiven for scratching your head and wondering what the hell was going on come the end of the show.
The series began life as a manga by Suzuhito Yasuda that was published by Kodansha in Japan, and by Del Rey in the US. Prior to the manga, Suzuhito worked as the character designer on Kuwashima Yoshikazu's series Kamisama Kazoku, and Yozakura Quartet is his first solo work.
The anime was directed by Matsuo Kou (Kure-nai, Rozen Maiden, Red Garden, Dead Girls), and shows some of the trademarks of Matsuo's directorial skill.
The story is very similar to that of Rosario + Vampire, in that a human boy is living in a town with Youkai (vampires, oni, etc,), however it differs from R+V in numerous ways, not the least of which is the fact t…
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There are few times when an avid anime fan goes into something expecting so much and gets so little in return. Yozakura Quartet happens to be one such example. Based on a much more highly acclaimed manga, the first episode starts off with all one could expect from a show that could deliver. Interesting, well-drawn characters centered around at least a moderately unique plotline. The music and sound quality are top notch and there are even early introductions to romance possibilities.
However, as some stories tend to do, that’s when the train leaves the tracks. Yozakura Quartet is about a group of young people (there are 5 of them actually, and originally 6 so the title really makes no sense) who protect a town that harbors both humans and Youkai. An evil Youkai, who has possessed th…
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