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Plot Synopsis

No plot synopsis or other information available for Kanokon

Story & Characters

Its a tale as old as time:

Boy meets girl, girl falls for boy, boy begins falling for girl, girl turns out to be a 400 year old spirit fox. And thus begins a tale of mythological Japanese animals living alongside, and falling in love with, humans, and discovering themselves all while trying to get through High School.

Kanocon exists as a novel series, a manga, and a anime and each have their own merits. I am most familiar with the anime and manga so I will stick to them.

The plot of Kanocon is quite often little more than an excuse for ecchi comedy and developing the main couple's relationship. However, as the series continues and more about the character\'s, their pasts and their families comes to light, some deeper elements emerge. However, the main theme remains to have a fun ride as the strange couple learns how to love each other better.

The characters of Kanocon are in some ways quite generic. Chizuru is the gorgeous, sexy female lead, Kouta is the small, shy male lead. They are surrounded by the typical assortment of zany characters, the strict, the sweet, the tough, the mean, the cool etc. complete with rival love interests for both characters.

In its execution though Kanocon diverges a bit from what is typical of series of this kind. Unlike most shy male leads, Kouta gets, and gladly accepts, a good deal of physical affection from Chizuru, mainly objecting only when she gets too touchy-feely in public. And unlike the typical female lead of series like this Chizuru is very difficult for Kouta to offend. Indeed she could be said to be as lustful as any "pervert" male in anime, albeit she limits her affection to one man only. This exception to the rules does not extend to her dealings with other characters however, especially her younger brother who is frequently the target of her temper.

On the anime and manga it should be noted that in my view Kouta comes out as far more childish in looks and actions in the anime compared to the manga. This is in part due to his extremely feminine voice (the voice actor is female of course).

Rating

7 (above average)

Art

The art style of the Kanocon manga is colorful (when in color), beautiful, fanciful and above all extremely cute. This is even more true in the anime where the majority of the characters positively boil over with cuteness.

As for art quality the anime can't compete with things like Ghost in the Shell, but it doesn't really need to. Its art matches the story's lighthearted manner. It also is favorable to me personally due to the crisp, clear art and attractive characters.

Rating

8 (good)

Sound

As the voice actors are speaking Japanese its hard to judge their quality and is somewhat subjective. As said earlier Kouta's voice makes his character seem younger than he is. However, in general the voice actors (particularly Chizuru's) seem to display an amount of energy and passion appropriate for their roles.

Rating

6 (average)

Presentation

Kanokon is in many ways a typical ecchi romance comedy, except it kicks the borderline material up to about as high as it can possibly go without actually being hentai. And it does so in such a sweet and hilarious manner that it hardly even seems dirty. The love between Chizuru and Kouta is as sweet a thing as you could hope to find and a welcome respite from typical manga/anime stories where the couples dance around even admitting their feelings for years of chapters on end.

Overall both the manga and anime have a strange charm about them that makes them quite enjoyable to follow. Albeit the anime can be said to be over the top when it comes to suggestive material.

Rating

10 (excellent)

Final Verdict

8.00 (good)

Reviewed by Ryodraco, 6d 8h ago