“Yakuza heiress Isaku seeks normal high school life, but her overprotective guardian Keiya enrolls and complicates her romantic dreams.”
A Girl & Her Guard Dog
お嬢と番犬くん
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Synopsis
Yakuza heiress Isaku seeks normal high school life, but her overprotective guardian Keiya enrolls and complicates her romantic dreams.
When Isaku Senagaki was five years old, the death of her parents left her to be raised by her yakuza boss grandfather, Tasuke. Now preparing to enter high school, Isaku is determined to start fresh with an honest attempt at having a normal high school experience. All she wants is to be able to make friends and find love without being defined by her connection to the yakuza. But Isaku's dreams are thwarted when her overprotective caretaker, 26-year-old Keiya Utou, takes it upon himself to enroll in Isaku's school by bribing the school administration. While Isaku yearns for a reciprocated love, she is trapped in a one-sided infatuation with Keiya, who only sees her as the boss's granddaughter he helped raise. Her longing for a normal life becomes a constant battle, and breaking free from her heart's grip is far more challenging than it sounds, as Keiya's overprotectiveness and disregard for her boundaries make it almost impossible to move on.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 64 sampled reviews
What 64 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.17 · split reception
3.4 pts
Recommenders 6.3 · others 2.9
↓ 0.09
Running avg · Oct 2023 → Apr 2026
- 9 “I loved this cute, funny, and action-packed anime that delivers a great story with excellent characters, capturing that unique "Yakuza meets high school" energy that made it incredibly fun to...”
- 9 “In all honestly I've tried looking for some new anime but none of them were like the old romance animes from 2010-19 era. This is super cheesy and while the age difference is crazy people should...”
- 7 “I'll be quick with this review. If you're looking for age-gap romance, you're in the right place. If you're looking for something other than that, I suggest you look elsewhere. The story is very...”
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- Format 13 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 59m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2023 – Dec 2023 Fall 2023
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-22941 catalog
Produced by
- Yomiuri Telecasting Producer
- Pony Canyon Producer
- Kodansha Producer
- Crunchyroll Producer
- Bit grooove promotion Producer
- BS Asahi Producer
- CHOCOLATE Producer