Review of I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying

I Can’t Understand What My Husband is Saying is a series of three minute episodes obviously based on a comic strip. Each episode is either a variety of gags or a single story that compounds to create a quick, cute slice-of-life. Kaoru is a diligent businesswoman who smokes and drinks a lot, a complete opposite to her otaku husband Hajime. Despite this, they enjoy life together, getting out of their comfort zones in order to better understand and love each other more. The main draw of the series are the newlyweds. Kaoru is a wonderful, funny character who is obviously meant to be the ideal womanfor any otaku. Hajime is a funny supernerd, meant to represent we, the people who write anime reviews or read them or watch anime nonstop. Surrounding Kaoru and Hajime are a bevy of entertaining secondary characters from a creepy guy/girl who draws inappropriate manga and wants to fuck Hajime, to Kaoru’s hilarious father.

The humor boils down to sex jokes and anime references which are both handled pretty well. The series shines in the short, tender moments of romance; especially an episode where Kaoru and Hajime babysit and start seeing that maybe they’d like to have a child. It all culminates in an emotional ending that leaves you wanting more.

Despite I Can’t Understand What My Husband is Saying having only thirty-nine minutes of content, you’ll find it does everything right. The animation and music aren’t strong, but the characters are funny and likeable and the overall show is charming.