I’ve increasingly seen people watching the Japanese sweets show Candy Crus-sorry, I mean Dagashi Kashi, who are expressing their preference for the character Saya. This childhood friend archetype is [...]
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My new editorial is up! I took a bit of a different approach this time, as I contrast two shows in order to talk about the craft of comedy and show goals. Konosuba and Dagashi Kashi happen to offer a [...]
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This week’s Dagashi Kashi was another episode of Dagashi Kashi. The first half here was actually one of the show’s most endearing segments, as the gang got together to hang out and tell ghost stories [...]
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Well, that was certainly the strangest start to a Dagashi Kashi yet … I thought for a moment I was tuned into the wrong show! But I liked the reveal of Tou telling a ghost story during a stormy night [...]
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「超怖い話ガムと台風と…／けん玉とプチプチ占いチョコと…」 (Chou Kowai Hanashi Gamu to Taifuu to…/ Kendama to Puchipuchi Uranai Choko to…) "Super Scary Story Gum and Typhoons and... / Kendama and Pop Pop Fortune [...]
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I wrote a post about the eccentric heroine of Dagashi Kashi over at Apartment 507. You can find out why Hotaru might be my character of the year, and why her role as a sheltered dagashi heiress is so [...]
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Dagashi Kashi continued on its fluffy, relatively harmless way this week, offering another episode largely focused on the endearing relationship between Kokonotsu and Saya. The show is a pretty simple [...]
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This week DK does a festival episode, only in this case, Kokonotsu and You are there bright and early before any customers arrive. Koko’s confusion as to why his dad is setting up a monjayaki pancake [...]
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「夏祭りとほたると…／夏祭りとサヤと…」 (Natsu Matsuri to Hotaru to... / Natsu Matsuri to Saya to...) "Summer Festivals and Hotaru and... / Summer Festivals and Saya and..." Hotaru finally wins a game and [...]
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For as long as I can remember, watching anime influences my spending one way or another. It can be an anime figure or related merchandises such as DVDs. You have no idea how much money I spent on this [...]
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I read the manga, and I cannot believe they went this far, this strong, on the material that they had. It’s one thing to make anime from essentially no material, when you have a free hand, like they [...]
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Dagashi Kashi continued on its merry way this week, pulling off another episode that was far from laugh-out-loud funny, but also plenty endearing regardless. I like this cast, it’s nice spending time [...]
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「超ひもQとおはじきとときどきまけんグミ…／ヨーグレットとココナツと…」 (Chou Himo Q to Ohajiki to Tokidoki makengumi…/ Youguretto to Kokonatsu to…) "Super String Q and Sometimes You Don't Lose Gummies and... / Yoguret and [...]
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I kinda needed a week away from Dagashi Kashi, so last week’s hiatus was well-timed, and I had built up a hankering for some more cand-ucation. This week’s loose theme was “playing with your food”; [...]
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. Get your gummies and ready your ramune! The queen of dagashi, Hotaru Shidare, has arrived! Earlier today, Funimation revealed the English dub cast [...]
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We’re now a little over a month into the winter season which means it’s about time for Funimation to announce the English casts for their broadcast dubs… and here they are! Three dub casts have been [...]
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Anime: Dagashi Kashi Genre: Comedy, Shounen Studio: Feel Source Material: Manga   Plot: Shikada Kokonotsu’s father owns a rural sweets/candy shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one [...]
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Just a few months ago I knew nothing about the title, so when it was announced, I thought it meant “daga, shikashi”. Although perhaps it was an intentional pun by the creator. But one way or the [...]
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I like candies. I mean, who doesn't? Meet the candy girl. I'm sorry if this 'review' is rushed because apparently real life doesn't ...
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I won't drop this. Promise. As much as I have lost patience with this show, the setting and these characters (except Saya who, unfortunately, was rather absent this week), I shall persevere, since I [...]
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