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(At least four episodes watched): I am guardedly optimistic about this show. Experience has shown that any anime with a premise that involves a 'perverted' teenager should quickly devolve into crass fanservice and borderline porn as a cheap substitute for decent jokes and/or writing. Henneko has a fair amount of the usual cheap stunts, like the guy tripping and falling on a girl and landing in a suggestive position (twice), but there is also a glimmer of hope here. Most shows of the pervert sort wouldn't bother to include a strange twist like the cat statue that, in exchange for an offering, somehow strips one person of some quality they don't want and transfers it to somebody else. I noticed at ANN that Henneko is based on a light novel, which suggests that some effort might have been put into composing the story. There's no guarantee that the same degree of effort was invested in the making of this anime, of course. The story is kind of confusing after one episode--the second girl has just picked up Tsukiko's habit of getting emotional, right? I didn't notice much a difference from the way she acted the first time we met her. But different people's habits being bounced back and forth between different individuals might be amusing and interesting. Tsukiko and even Yoto seem like likeable people. I guess the most reliable way of telling whether a show will have any depth to it is whether the main female character has a brain of her own or just sends the message 'please have sex with me'. Tsukiko might just have a mind; don't make her somehow fall for Yoto while she still considers him a blatant pervert, please! Henneko has survived it's first test and I will watch at least one more episode. Episode two seemed kind of confusing. Apparently this will be a romantic triangle rather than blond girl Azuki just being a supporting character. I wish the unwanted traits that everyone has been saddled with were made more clear; if I understand correctly (and I wish it had gone without saying that every viewer would), Yoto has become undiplomatically frank, Tsukiko has lost all emotion, and Azuki--I'm not sure exactly what has happened to her. She now acts like Yoto used to, doesn't she? Tsukiko's problem is pretty clear but those of the other two are less obvious; perhaps they are being toned down rather than, for example, Yoto being unable to keep his mouth shut about his horny teenager thoughts, which might offend people. But whatever the reason is, the result is that what's going on becomes difficult to follow. Is there really any supernatural curse going on here, or just bad habits that need to be broken? As a result, episode two seemed a good deal less fun than episode one. I was halfway through episode three before I remembered the basic premise of this show, that different people have switched character traits. Honestly, this show cannot be anything but yet another mediocre teen romance anime unless that unusual factor is emphasized. I was apathetic about the crisis that Azuki was going through; I don't understand it, I don't know her, so I don't care. There were no LOL jokes, nothing funny enough to make me do anything more than smile once in awhile. The thought occurred to me, if the premise is largely going unused, there is little humor, and uninteresting characters (except maybe Tsukiko, who I like), why am I still here? I finally decided to abandon this show, since the plot seemed to be going nowhere of any interest. Last updated Sunday, June 16 2013. Created Thursday, April 18 2013. | ||||||||
