When she was a young girl, Iwanaga Kotoko was taken by youkai and made a into an intermediary between the spirit and human world. The price for this power was an eye and a leg, though it’s not certain who exactly took them. Now, years later, she works on solving mysteries involving the supernatural. She also has a tremendous crush on a young man she once met at the hospital (and might have been stalking after): Sakuragawa Kuro. One day fate reunites the two and they decide to work together on solving these mysteries. Kuro isn’t a regular human either. By ingesting the flesh of two different youkai he gained abilities himself.
Well, this definitely wasn’t what I expected when I watched the trailer. If you’re thinking this is a high-speed, supernatural, action-comedy, you are wrong. It does have these elements, but the show is actually quite slow. This is a character driven thriller where dialogue is the main part. Some might call it boring, and at times it did seem to drag on too long, but what makes or breaks shows like these are the characters. Luckily Kotoko, for me at least, carries the show. She’s a genius at solving and investigating while being unashamedly horny for Kuro, who’s having none of it. Kuro’s kind of bland at first, but the reason for his lack of emotions is made clearer later. The two are a lot of fun to watch, but I won’t blame you if you find the final arc to go on for far too long. Because it does. Still, I enjoyed it.
Subtitles are from Erai.
Series rating: 7/10
Opening & Preview (Middle-click the image to open video in new tab. Contains subtitles)
https://anidb.net/anime/14602
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Comments - 9
deadman80
Thanks for this. :)
Answer: Try asking something obscure about your next release as a hint to what’s coming maybe?
DmonHiro (uploader)
Ohhh… I like that. I’m gonna use it.
Moses35i
Thanks!
Hermandshot
Definitely one of the most underrated shows of the year.
Nokou
I actually liked this series and I hope there’s a second series.
@DmonHiro Thanks for this.
DrWolfnstine13
Some people didn’t like this because of the stretched out pacing, personally I thought it wasn’t that bad. I liked the show over all and the characters played great off each other.
Answer: Ask a controversial question with no real answer and watch people in the comments section burn each other at the stake trying to prove how right they are. Highly entertaining. ;)
As an example: Which of the Monogatari girls is “best girl”?
SomaHeir
Looks fun!!!
Izes
Thank you
SingLove
when I saw previews for this, I didn’t think I’ll like it so I skipped on this. Over 7 months later, I finally decided to watch episode 1…instantly fell in love with the show.