Audience reviews
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Nerdodivergent
Yo this show straight up sucks.
I really tried to like this show, and I went in with an open mind. Reading the summary it has a cool premise with a fun cast of gals working together. But that is not what is happening here. This show is 13 episodes of uncomfortable, gross, yuri stereotyping that feels like a group of horny guys just threw together their fantasies. If it was just some sexualized ladies that would be one thing, and it probably wouldn't be that bad. But like half of the characters are literal minors? One is literally in elementary school??? Honestly it feels like something borderline illegal is going down here. I know that censorship and age of consent and sex culture is different in Japan and it's not cool to judge another country's culture by my standards, but this is just…
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my main qualm is it got cheap. the first episodes were good start, then the anime got great, but at the end id say 9-13 it was just rushed, no story and good moments but overall crap. id say its about 6-7 for enjoyment overall because of the earlier episodes. so much i can see done but i hate very much when the producers take a good story and decent characters and turn them upside down in an attempt to finish what they started. Mika and Kana couldve been so much more, the yuri is actually slight aside from the underage perversions. but it could have been so much more. i wish it couldve been and i believe there could be a second season but i would hope the time would be invested equally in every episode with each one being fufilling instead of rushing it out.
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Kansmemo is an anime from '09 based off of a manga by Iwami Shouko. It was brought to anime form by feel. One of the studios behind the 4th series of Galaxy Angel, which I'll get to eventually & the studio behind Oregairu. It's a shoujo-ai slice of life, so it should be pretty firmly within my area of expertise. Let's have a look.
Story:
The plot is simple enough. Young Nakamachi Kana loses her grandmother and finds herself without any relatives to look after her. Fortunately, she manages to find a job at a paper and it comes with boarding. It also comes with a bunch of quirky co-workers, which results in either completely normal events or shenanigans. As a premise for a slice of life comedy, that's fine but the true test lies in the execution.
My big issue with the way the comedy is h…
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(updated 9/20/18 for format and slight content revision)
Hi! Another Robert's Too Late Review coming down! As always, synopsis, minor spoilers maybe, yada, yada. Today we're going to be looking at the interesting case of Kanamemo. This anime is very interesting in that I discovered it via recommendations that don't really fit the style and type that this anime holds. I'll not deny my enjoyment of ecchi and yuri anime genres, and I came to Kanamemo via recommendations about it being one or the other. The thing is, only one character fits the ecchi side of things, and not in any kind of good way, and the yuri aspects are limited to that same character we'll discuss, and a lesbian couple that are smaller parts of the overall cast. Let's talk about now, if this show works as a slice of life c…
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So here we have a slice of life "ecchi" comedy. And what i think of this show as a whole is one of the hardest things to judge ever due to some episodes being extremly funny while i literally fell asleep during other episodes. But i will try to review the story, characters, animation
Story: the story is based around a girl named Kana who just lost her grandma and in search for a place stumble on a newspaper were the other characters are living so she start to live there and from there it's the typical slice of life story were each episode is individual. But due to liking slice of life types of animes i give the story 8/10
Characters: The characters is were this anime fail due to it is so little ch development and every ch has there personallity through the entire show whitout any develop…
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Kanamemo
Ecchi, extra yuri, crazy cute slice of life/coming of age anime with 6 girls! The story starts off rather sad and simple; Kana’s only guardian and caretaker, her grandmother, has just passed away and now all her things are being taken/sold/moved (never really explained). Kana, upset and frightened panics and packs her things immediately and sets on her way to find a place to live. She ends up working for a newspaper delivery “place”; room and board are provided, just as long as you can do the work! So it’s a quite the sad start, but worry not! The actual anime is very happy and very fun and really super adorable and cute. BEWARE: This anime contains some ecchi scenes such as a bathing scenario and things; there is also a character who is quite perverse.
For the girls, it’s rathe…
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Story: The story of Kanamemo is short, sweet, and overall, quite enjoyable. The characters and very likeable and realistic. One of my personal favorite aspects of this show is that there is a girl x girl couple, but they're not there just for the sexual appeal, yuri, or fanservice aspect many other girl x girl couples are. So, kudos to you, Kanamemo. :)
Art: The art in this series wasn't anything special, really, but it was in no way an eyesore. It was your typical animation, with bright colors and soft backgrounds. While it was nice, it didn't leave any major lasting impressions on me, unlike other shows, like Attack on Titan (the backgrounds), or Puella Magi Madoka Magica (also backgrounds).
Sound: A personal favorite episode of mine was episode four, where the entire cast performs se…
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Kanamemo is slow paced and for those who don't want something to take heavily. It's not bad, but has a few bumps in the road. Could be better, but for what it is you should have fun if you enjoy SoL/Comedies in general.
Story: 4
What story? There is barely a story if you can call it one. The main character Kana's parents have passed and she was in the care of her grandmother who soon passed and now she is homeless and looking for work. She ends up finding a place to work and live, but it's filled with eccentrics and quite the busy place. Her new found job is working as a papergirl delivering news to the neighborhood daily. This is the over-arcing story and all the rest is in a typical SoL episodic fashion. It's more or less cute girls doing cute things, but there is still some merit to t…
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Slice-of-life anime have a tendency to get thrown to the side once they're done airing, unless if they were made by KyoAni and sometimes Shaft. Which is sad, as while they are plenty of boring slice-of-life shows, they are a whole lot of good ones too. Kanamemo is one of those.
Based off of a manga by Iwami Shoko, who has done nothing else of note, and directed by Takayanagi Shigehito, who was also the director for the first two seasons of The World God Only Knows, it tells the tale of a girl named Kana. Her grandma, who was also her guardian died, and due to the fact she apparently has no other living relatives, she is all alone. She flees her house when the movers begin moving stuff of her grandma out, fearing they will take her too, and ends up finding a job at a newspaper place that…
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I downloaded this series to watch something funny, and I found more than what I was looking for. Kanamemo is jam packed full of moe with familiar characters and back stories.
~Story 8/10~
Kana's grandma dies leaving her all alone in this big scary world. When looking for a job and a place to stay she stumbles upon a group of weird chicks at a local newspaper business. She promptly skips this option and tries to look for other opportunities, but all either need her parents permission or have no living place available for her. Kana inevitably finds herself getting run over by one of the chicks of the freakish newspaper place, cementing her place in the household and the job.
The story felt a bit unique, but also familiar, a good combination for a comedy.
~Art 6/10~
The art is okay, but wi…
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"Kanamemo" is about Kana, an orphaned girl working at a newspaper delivery office after the passing of her grandmother.
Animation: 4/10
Nothing spectacular about the animation, I would even say it's below par. Character design is pretty cute, and the vivid coloring was nice though. Some outdoor scenes had a decent atmosphere using blurring techniques, but overall, lacking detail.
Sound: 3/10
Extremely poorly done and annoying voice acting. Perhaps it's my personal preference, but voicing of all the young girls sounded strained and tiring after couple of episodes.
Music/OP/ED were bland, and didn't really stand out.
Story: 8/10
Despite the technical flaws in this series, the story was extremely strong. Kana slowly learns the job, and gets along with fellow workers while facing various ob…
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Stressed out from the most dragging of dragging unfunny and unimportant/fanservice-filled filler episodes ever? Trying to find a totally relaxed slice-of-life anime? Not terribly offended by yuri? (PROTIP: Yuri doesn't have an everlasting effect, there is little to mild yuri hinted here, may be disturbing but most of the time it is quite used in a comical sense)
Then Kanamemo is easily one of the newer ones I would recommend to you. Remember though, that this is a very hit-or-miss thing. What you would benefit from, is to not think of it hugely as a comedy series but instead as a simple slice of life series that is, very easily, a simple slice of life series.
It has got the light-hearted atmosphere that some animes aim for but fail miserably at like it was nothing and it virtually looked…
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Here we have a yuri, ecchi, slice of life comedy with a little bit of a warm and fuzzy feel to it. If you like those genres then you should definitely check this one out. Allow me to break it down for you...
STORY 7/10- Other than the story behind the main character's arrival we don't have much of a plot, which is fine given the anime's episodic nature which I personally find fitting for a comedy. There are numerous strong ecchi scenes which an outspoken population of anime viewers find distasteful, but I generally look at it as another form of comedy since my typical reaction is to laugh when I see vulgar acts groping and molestation. It all depends on your taste.
ART 7/10- Everything was drawn well, characters were cute in my opinion. Nothing particularly amazing, but it was all in goo…
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