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“Two girls explore an abandoned Nakano Broadway, a Tokyo anime/manga shopping haven.”
Hentatsu (TV)
へんたつ
5.07
14,072 rank · 6,521 viewers · 2 favorites
Adventure
Mystery
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Synopsis
Two girls explore an abandoned Nakano Broadway, a Tokyo anime/manga shopping haven.
Hentatsu follows two girls exploring a seemingly abandoned version of Nakano Broadway, a Tokyo shopping mall known for Mandarake and other shops catering to fans of anime and other forms of pop culture. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
3.8
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
40%
recommend
Score distribution
median 2
mode 1
σ 3.06
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.06 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.2 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 1.3
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Score over time
↓ 3.20
Running avg · Feb 2020 → Jul 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “A series of cute shorts which amounts to metacommentary by Yaoyorozu interspersed with slice of life dialogues. If you're familiar with Yaoyorozu and Tatsuki then it's certainly worth a watch and...”
- 7 “One day Tatsuki woke up with wads of cash and nothing to do so he decided to be an anime girl. Tatsuki turns himself into Oni girl and talks about random stuff from his day to day experience and...”
- 1 “DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, SERIOUSLY. Story: The story is nonexistent; the show's whole premise is two characters talking to each other—that's it. I know what you're thinking: well, that can work....”
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Short · 60%
Medium · 40%
Long · 0%
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A Tv Production · Winter 2020
Yaoyorozu.- Format 12 × 1′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2020 – Mar 2020 Winter 2020
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-16024 catalog