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“Teen courier Takeru rescues naked alien girl Hikari; both awaken powers to battle attacking monster.”
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
この醜くも美しい世界
6.75
6,700 rank · 65,172 viewers · 164 favorites
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Sci-Fi
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Teen courier Takeru rescues naked alien girl Hikari; both awaken powers to battle attacking monster.
High school student Takeru Takemoto works part time as a (motor)bike courier. During one of his deliveries, he saw a mysterious light passing him and fell into a forest. What he had found was a beautiful girl coming out from a glowing cocoon, calling herself "Hikari." While Takeru was quite embarrassed because of Hikari's nudity, a strange monster suddenly showed up and immediately attacked the two. Both Takeru and Hikari demonstrated the power of their other selves before Takeru had a clue of what's going on. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 28 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 28 viewers settled on.
60%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.55
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.55 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 3.1
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Score over time
↓ 4.00
Running avg · Nov 2007 → Mar 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This anime is good for people who like Nudity and some killing in it. Story: Don't get me wrong its not that bad of an anime but the story was kinda fast paste one it try fitting the whole story...”
- 7 “In my honest opinion, this anime was an average to me. It had a good story line and was funny at points, but it took everything I had just to watch it. I also didn't like the fact that the ending...”
- 9 “This anime is a piece of work. People if you have not seen this anime I think you should because its simply about a boy name Takeru and he had a hard past. But that same day him and his best friend...”
Verbosity
Short · 39%
Medium · 50%
Long · 11%
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2004 – Jun 2004 Spring 2004
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0125 catalog
Produced by
- TBS Producer
- Rondo Robe Producer
- Movic Producer
- Geneon Entertainment Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor