Kanokon

A general rule I adopted in regards to watching anime (actually it's my friend's rule I stole); I only form an opinion on an anime once I've seen at least 3 episodes of it. So with regards to the new spring/summer 08 season, I'd say now is a good time to start voicing that opinion. With that said, I watch anime purely for enjoyment, so i generally don't critic it, as I try very hard to find merit in all the anime I watch. However, there have being animes I've found very difficult to enjoy. So far, Kanokon is looking like one of them.

Kanokon. It’s about some wimpy-looking boy called Kouta, and some fox-spirit/girl with huge tits named Chizuru. The story so far revolves around her trying to have sex with him at every opportunity, while the Nozomu, some wolf-spirit, interrupts their lewd relationship by latching onto Kouta at every opportunity. Oh yeah and these spirits can merge with human and shoot fireballs based on the strength of their love... Sounds ridiculous? I thought so too. I'm not too worried about ridiculous plots, but it's the heavy fanservice in this anime that put me off.

It goes from fairly standard...

To quite lewd...

To something that isn't out of place in a hentai...


Although I enjoy my fanservice animes, as any guy would, the level in this one is closer to that of some hentai. All that ecchi content between voluptuous Chizuru and prepubescent Kouta simply feels wrong.

Now, there does seem to be less fan service in the episode 3, and the writers seemed to have tried to put in some semblance of a story. However, the fan service are so excessive, it distracts me from the actual story.

The final nail on this misguided disaster is that none of the characters are likable. We have Kouta, with less personality than a door knob and the emotion span of a goldfish, on one side, and Chizuru, insatiable sexual appetite filling a pair of massive boobs. Together, they fail to strike any comical effect of the audience but rather make them cringe at the ecchi endeavours they undertake.

So far, this would not be an anime I would recommend. With that said, I will most likely still finish watching it as I don't like to leave incomplete anime series.


In case anyone actually reads this blog, let me just say that this will not turn into an anime blog. To prove it, I'll add some random picture just for the sake of it.

My attempt: lol wtf omg hax

Cat-douken anyone?

PS: Here is my anime list if anyone is interested.