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

This is a cute, humorous, and ultimately heart-warming tale about the daily life of an otaku and his normal wife. This show has pretty strong sexually suggestive content so is probably best served to those over 16. It's an extremely short show, following the recently-popular 4-koma based approach with each episode taking three minutes, end credits excluded. Though simplistic in its execution and animation style, the story is pretty nice and the message even more so. Go ahead and give it a try, a sampling will only take you three minutes! Animation: As expected from shows of this length, don't expect the same quality as what you'dget in a full-length show. Backgrounds are grainy and characters are drawn with very simplistic shading. Despite the slightly comic-book based animation, this work is definitely targeted towards a more mature audience. Expect lots of suggestive references and even some tile mosaics.

Sound:
The show is heavily dialogue drive and uses BGM sparingly. It ends with a fitting and melodic ED as the couple enjoys each other's company in the tub. Surprisingly, the show has strong voice talent as we have Yukari Tamura voicing Kaoru. You even get Rie Kugimiya voicing a supporting character as well.

Story:
Each episode has a specific theme related to the particular title, but most of them revolve around a fairly ordinary daily event. What supposedly differentiates this show is that the husband is an otaku. All this really means though is that he will occasionally drop references that only anime veterans will understand (and obviously this doesn't include his wife). The story gets a large boost in the last few episodes as the story of how the two met and how much they mean to each other is revealed.

Though short, this is a well executed and engaging story.

Character:
Both protagonists are pretty well explicated especially considering the length of the show. Expect some pretty good interactions and an especially nice surprise at the very of the show.

Value:
There have been a lot of short, 4-koma shows of late. This is probably one of the most engaging and interesting one so far. Though I won't go as far as saying that it has an analogous effect on the viewer as Usagi Drop, it is pretty positive nonetheless. Well worth the ~40 minutes to watch.