The first episode of Kotoura-san was a big surprise. I expected a light comedy and got some fairly heavy drama, about a little girl who unintentionally drove her parents away and wrecked their marriage by the fact that she could read all their thoughts and innocently exposed them.The show has settled down into that romantic comedy I expected, but continues to give us some depth of feeling, too.Kanemoto Hisako does a nice job of the protagonist, as she does of Himeka in OreShura. Hanazawa Kana gives us yet another good version of her voice, as the determined president of the ESP society. And model/actress Kubo Yurika shows that her performance as Hanayo in Love Live! is no fluke. She can actually do this stuff.Click here or on the image to go to the full page:
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「この世界に私は」 (Kono Sekai ni, Watashi wa) "In This World, I..." In the absence of hardcore drama, does Kotoura-san still manage to perform well?
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Kotoura enjoys some much needed fun with her friends at the beach! Time for Kotoura-san! Just in case you wondered where the hell the reviews were I was a bit under the weather last week so there was some delay, but fear not you can look forward to a combined episode review of six and [...]
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It feels like Kotoura’s family is a bit messed up. I mean there’s her pervy grandfather, her missing not in the picture father and her mother who has some severe case of “I want to punch that face so bad” look. But anyway, this episode was interesting in certain ways. For a start, the Mori … Continue reading →
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Kotoura-san #07 Three-some?! Nope, It never happened, except in Moritani´s mind. It was a good episode. They went to an onsen that never worked but They had a nice time, except maybe by Kotoura san that always suffers Mortiani and Manabe antics. Second half of the episode is about Kotoura´s birthday. Manabe tried very hard to hide his thoughts for the bday surprise and Kotoura thinks He is hiding something from her. During the episode, We see mother looking from above and She still has her bad attitude for Kotoura. Next episode promise to deliver something interesting.
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[Kotoura-san Episode 6] You have no idea how tempting it’s been to forego doing a proper review and to just upload a bundle of screen caps with the words “moe” or “kawaii” as the captions. As usual it’s hard to sum up my feelings about an episode of Kotoura-san.  Lately it’s made me laugh out [...]
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[Kotoura-san Episode 6] You have no idea how tempting it’s been to forego doing a proper review and to just upload a bundle of screen caps with the words “moe” or “kawaii” as the captions. As usual it’s hard to sum up my feelings about an episode of Kotoura-san.  Lately it’s made me laugh out [...]
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Kotoura & Co. wrap up their summer trip with a dinner, and Moritani makes food that makes her and Manabe hallucinate all night long. The Head Priest informs Kotoura that her mother Fumiko stopped by, but wouldn’t meet with her; Kotoura isn’t bothered, and she and her friends return home. Kotoura calls Manabe every day [...]
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Kotoura & Co. wrap up their summer trip with a dinner, and Moritani makes food that makes her and Manabe hallucinate all night long. The Head Priest informs Kotoura that her mother Fumiko stopped by, but wouldn’t meet with her; Kotoura isn’t bothered, and she and her friends return home. Kotoura calls Manabe every day [...]
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Are we back to drama? Nope, not really. Her mother didn’t really make an appearance like I was thinking. She was just watching from afar… or rather, made to watch by the priest. She clearly doesn’t want to be there nor near Kotoura. D: ALL KOTOURA WANTS IS HER MOTHER’S LOVE ;____; The drama to [...]
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Episode 06 - Kotoura-san, as a series so far, has been a mixed bag. In terms of story, the series has had it’s intense moments with regards to how it handled Kotoura’s extreme isolation from others, her inability to control her psychic abilities, and her eventual opening up to a few people around her. While [...]
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I’ve been watching Sasami-San@Ganbaranai each week, wishing I knew more about the religions here and marveling at some of the visual ideas, but I began to worry that the show was drifting into a “supernatural being learns how to exist and make friends in the common world” theme, mind you, a Shaft/Shinbou version of such [...]
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Kotoura returned to school and was warmly welcomed by Moritani, much to her classmates’ surprise. Moritani joined the ESP Society through her “Moritani Fighting Style”. They all went and held a sleepover party in Kotoura’s new apartment. The next day, Kotoura was chosen to participate in a relay game for the sports festival. Although she … Continue reading »
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With all the drama that has been going on in every single episode that precedes this one, it’s a nice feeling to have a truly light hearted episode without any more problems. That and swimsuits. Seeing Tamako just had its summer episode, the trend seems to be spreading really fast. In this one week, Tamako, … Continue reading →
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[Kotoura-san Episode 5] In my opinion, it wouldn’t be a romantic comedy without a swimsuit episode.  Even for the more humour-driven Kotoura-san. With comedies it’s often hard to say precisely why they’re funny or not.  Putting the reason you laughed into words is about as unsatisfying as explaining why a joke is funny.  Even so, [...]
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[Kotoura-san Episode 5] In my opinion, it wouldn’t be a romantic comedy without a swimsuit episode.  Even for the more humour-driven Kotoura-san. With comedies it’s often hard to say precisely why they’re funny or not.  Putting the reason you laughed into words is about as unsatisfying as explaining why a joke is funny.  Even so, [...]
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Kotoura-san and company goes to private theme park, private beach...Sure, Manabe kun might get gold with Kotoura san. This time We watch the mandatory beach episode and everyone wore a swimsuit. It was a light, fun episode and also Kotoura and Manabe got closer. Moritani suffers as usual and it means some fun on the way. Probably the next episodes, We will see a little bit of drama because Kotoura san mom is getting closer as well.Kotoura-san 06 Shark Week!Kotoura-san and company goes to private theme park, private beach...Sure, Manabe kun might get gold with Kotoura san. This time We watch the mandatory beach episode and everyone wore a swimsuit. It was a light, fun episode and also Kotoura and Manabe got closer. Moritani suffers as usual and it means some fun on the way. Probably the next episodes, We will see a little bit of drama because Kotoura san mom is getting closer as well.
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