“Orphaned teen becomes housekeeper for exorcist girl after accidentally releasing demon cat.”
Isuca
ISUCA [イスカ]
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Synopsis
Orphaned teen becomes housekeeper for exorcist girl after accidentally releasing demon cat.
Poor Shinichirou Asano has the worst of luck. His parents abandoned him and ran off to Europe. If that isn't bad enough on its own, they barely left him any money to take care of himself. In order to pay rent and keep a roof over his head, he has to work. Unfortunately, he was just fired from his last job and as a high school student, he doesn't have many other prospects. One evening, he's attacked by a centipede monster on his way home. Shinichirou is saved by a mysterious girl with a bow and arrow, who he later discovers is Sakuya Shimazu, a beautiful student who attends his school. But when he later helps an injured girl, he discovers two things. First, the injured girl isn't human at all but rather a nekomata, a two-tailed demon cat. And second, Sakuya comes from a family of exorcists, who've protected humanity from rogue monsters and spirits for generations. Because Shinichirou was responsible for releasing the nekomata, Sakuya enlists his help in recapturing the demon, but that's just the beginning of Shinichirou's relationship with Sakuya. It turns out the Shimazu family needs a housekeeper and it just so happens that Shinichirou excels at cooking and likes to clean! It may not be his dream job, but if it pays the rent and puts food on the table...
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Derived from 23 sampled reviews
What 23 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.53 · split reception
5.4 pts
Recommenders 7.6 · others 2.2
↑ 3.57
Running avg · Mar 2015 → Dec 2024
- 8 “This anime delivers pure entertainment that kept me up until 2 AM on a work night binge-watching the entire series. While it suffers from gratuitous fanservice, an underdeveloped harem, and an...”
- 8 “This anime delivers solid enjoyment despite not being groundbreaking, with a decent story, attempted character development, and relaxing viewing experience that makes it worth watching. While it...”
- 7 “The opening and ending themes are pretty good, and the combat system shows some structural thought, making it watchable enough. However, the anime suffers from incredibly generic characters in...”
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- Format 10 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 3h 50m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2015 – Mar 2015 Winter 2015
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-9292 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Shoten Producer
- AT-X Producer
- DAX Production Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- MAGES. Producer
Licensed by
- Discotek Media Licensor