Kennosuke-sama · review
A short movie based on an Akira Toriyama one-shot comic that is downright adorable. Set in a modern Japan that is still culturally stuck in Samurai times somehow, one young boy gets asked on a date by a classmate and tries to figure out exactly what a date is and gets advice from his pig-ninja friend. The type of humor here is very much akin to an American comic strip, where it's just kids being kids, misunderstanding how life works and making huge assumptions that turn into comedy gold. And for some reason, there's a swordfight and everything's in a fantasy world. There aren't explicitDragon Ball connections, but it feels very much like a part of that world, out in some remote island or something.
And in a confusing twist for a Toriyama production, there is no adult innuendo or crude humor to be found in here. This could air on American television circa 1990 and get away with no censorship. That's the craziest thing I heard all day.
So if you want to pass a nice, cute 20 minutes, Give Kennosuke-sama a chance.