Review of Dagashi Kashi

The longest commercial I've ever watched and it worked. It just goes to show what putting anime girls next to your product can do. There is nothing particularly outstanding about this anime, if you are interested in learning a bit about dagashi through another means besides Wikipedia, I'm sure you could find this interesting enough to check out. There are also jokes, which are sometimes funny I guess. If you don't enjoy the art style or the characters, you probably won't enjoy watching this. Let's break it down then, since MAL wants me to write an unnecessarily long review. For the record, you don't need to readany of this, I've already said all that needs to be said.

STORY: 4

The story is simple. A boy wants to become a mangaka, but his dad owns a candy shop and wants him to inherit it. One day, a girl shows up and wants to take his father away to work at their company. Unfortunately, doing this will force the boy to inherit the shop, so the father refuses to leave unless he does so.

So there is the premise, but the story mostly unfolds through the explaining of dagashi, and not derivative "WacDonalds" level parody stuff, but actual dagashi that exist in real life, where the previously mentioned girl, Hotaru, will usually explain the history of it with her usual hijinks that become a staple of the series.

There is another girl by the name of Saya, who is the main character, Kokonotsu's (Whom is often referred to as "Coconuts" as a pun throughout the series.) childhood friend. She likes coffee, but dislikes sweet things, so there is kind of that clash between her and Hotaru, as the three of them get to know each other as the advertising- I mean story unfolds.

ART: 6

Dagashi Kashi's art direction is different, but it's also one of its main appeals. (So much so, that the season 2 art style has been seen with disappointment.) The character designs are simple, but have a charm to them. One of my favorite design choices are how the eyes are done.

Sound: 4

Barring aside the OPs and EDs, which have nothing to do with the series itself (Hence my reason for skipping them after a single viewing.), there is nothing noteworthy to say about the sound here. It's not bad, but it's not good either. As background music, it does its purpose and nothing more. The voice acting is good, but not enough for me to warrant raising the score of the entire series' sound direction.

Character: 5

There's not really a lot to say about the characters, they're simple, but fun. I've described them and their premise earlier, but a lot of what makes them charming is the art design and voice acting. They're essentially what sells you on them, but if you're not a fan of their design or voices, I'm not too sure there is really any in depth "character" or "personality" if you will, that is going to attract you if the other two options failed.

Tsundere Coffee Girl
Hyper Candy Maniac
Shy Manga Boi
The Side Character (Haha didn't even mention him.)

Enjoyment: 7

Not going to waste anymore time repeating myself, the characters and art style of the show are what sold me.

Overall: 4

If it wasn't for the fact I found the characters appealing and the main topic of the show interesting, I probably would have never finished this show. Actually, finding enjoyment in that alone is probably not enough for most people to finish it, but what can I say? I wanted to see more every time the end of an episode came.

If I were a more cynical person incapable of finding enjoyment in simple things, I would have torn this series apart, but I like fun things. Not like there was anything better that season anyway.

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