Review of Dagashi Kashi

Dagashi Kashi is one of those anime that punches the viewers in the nostalgia. Unlike many of the other anime which also produce down this like, I'll confidently say that the creativity behind Dagashi Kashi is through the roof. I'll skip the synopsis and whatnot and go straight to explaining. At first, Dagashi Kashi might seem a bit plotless or plain. You're actually correct; there's actually no major plot in this and it is plain. There's little to no romance and just looking at it, all that's left is the humour. But this is not what this anime is aiming for. Dagashi Kashi wants it'sviewers to hit that nostalgia spot and wants you to crawl back into your childhood.

Let's stand back a bit and look at anime from a wide perspective. Anime is targeted towards its local audience (Japan) before considering the foreign audience (other countries). Coming from an Asian background, childhood mainly consists of: Playing at the park, doing crazy things with other kids, and of course; visiting a Candy shop (Unfortunately Candy Shop are getting rarer and rarer so finding one is very difficult nowadays.)
From the whole 12 episodes of Dagashi Kashi which advertised a new candy on every episode, I've probably tasted around 30-40% of them. I've seen many of them before but never had a chance to taste them. Every time a candy that I've tasted or seen, I just think back of the time when I'd spend the weekly pocket money all on these candy and eat them all with friends. Really hits the spot, dead on.

The art was definitely well done; Characters were lacking depth but that shouldn't matter in this case as there is no major plot.

Overall, you will definitely enjoy this anime if you had a childhood that can relate to this anime. If you don't, just take this experience to build a list of Dagashi that you want to buy when you visit Japan for a holiday.

Adieu!