Demi-chan wa Kataritai

It's probably been years since I've written a review on an anime I watched, but here we are! This one moved me enough to want to rate and discuss it. It may seem unorthodox or unrelated to some people, but I'll be contrasting this with Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls), and I'll explain why in the review. I watched this one based on a suggestion from a friend and then running across a compilation of scenes from the show on Youtube. His synopsis wasn't a very detailed explanation, but the preview bits sold me on checking it out, and I'm so glad I did!! **STORY** Honestly I like the premise a lot. It's far more realistic than some and the show attempts to go in the same vein as M. Night Shymalan's movie Unbreakable. We're discussing what people perceive to be the supernatural, but could have a scientific explanation for it. The show doesn't try to push this theme too hard, but it makes for a good change of pace from time to time. Now with a good premise like this, you could even explore a lot of the typical HS anime tropes with a fresh perspective. It does feel this was the initial idea, and exposition about the girls feelings is well-done with them coming to Tetsuo for advice at times. For me, the only reason this isn't walking away with a 9 or 10 is the dialogue was a bit bland. This could just be the Crunchyroll sub that made it that way, but it just seemed like rather weak dialogue for the characters. Still, the show pulls through and delivers a solid first season. Very glad I gave this a try! What does this have to do with Monster Musume? **ART** I'm not much of an artist, so I can only give surface-level critique. It looks good, but nothing seemed to deviate too far from the status quo. In my opinion, a 9 is a perfect score for quality, but you'd need something unique or creative in terms of style to get a 10. This is in no way a diss on it, the show looked great and it was quality work by talented people no doubt. **SOUND** I usually lump in the dub with this rating, but since I'm basing this on the sub I also have to factor in music. As far as sound quality, the voice actors seemed great and their voices suited the character designs. The OP and ED along with incidental music wasn't bad, but it wasn't very noticeable either. Blended in, but didn't really stoke my attention. As I said, nothing was bad, just not remarkable enough to warrant anything past "good". **CHARACTERS** This section could get huge, but I'll keep it simple since I'm breaking it down for main characters: -Tetsuo: Definitely a +1 to your typical harem male protagonist. He has a realistic purpose for existing and his interest in the girls is not shifty or weird. The "oblivious guy" trope gets overdone a lot, but being a science nerd (albeit a very BUFF one for some reason...) it makes sense. - Hikari: Ok, yeah she's not THAT original of a character but you still love her to death. She gets most of the showtime out of the girls, but you still like her so it doesn't feel unnatural. Her situations and quirks seem plausible, making her a good character to explore and learn about. - Kyouko: She's a nice character as well, though I will say she's the one who gets sexualized the most out of the demi students. Her breasts are WAY more prominent than the other girls and since she's a Dullahan, there are some things that get a bit questionable about how Tetsuo interacts with her (just..you know, laying a teenage girl's disembodied head in your lap), but she at least seems to have pure-ish intentions for a young woman. I don't think the hints at her wanting to progress a relationship with Tetsuo fit the tone of the show, but it wasn't egregiously racy. - Yuki: The one who arguably got the least attention of the 3 demi students. She has the least explanation for her supernatural abilities, but she also seems to get little character development as well. She's also another super "polite" character, which Kyouko kinda falls under as well. Would have been nice to see her be a little more Tsundere (being a snow woman, figured that's a good pun), but she's still likeable. Maybe with more screen time she could get developed better. - Sakie: Ok, I feel they just really hit it outta the park with this character (and it's not her succubus powers influencing this!!). While the dream power she has is rather implausible, the intense aphrodisiac effect she has seems very plausible. The fact that she tries to conceal it with clothes and lack of contact is just perfectly done. They could have easily turned her into a lewdfest, but they didn't and she's just the perfect amount of sexiness to make her character believable as a succubus. The touch thing seems a bit overboard, but was done in a funny manner. I feel the "jiggle physics" gag was perfectly done, as it's something that most assuredly would catch a guy's attention and have that effect. Even up to the last episode, they kept this character very classy and could have gone overboard, but didn't. I'd have to say she's the best-written character. **ENJOYMENT** My metric for this is always "How hard was it to turn off?" and I can say this one was quite enjoyable. The sum of the parts is greater than the whole here. While some of the characters might have room for improvement, the music wasn't anything to write home about, and the dialogue could be vanilla at times, the show is funny and enjoyable to watch. I'm usually not a "laugh out loud" person, but this show made me choke on soda a few times mid-sip. The combination of everything is just very well done, like a quality cheeseburger...it doesn't need crazy flavors or outlandish ingredients to be good, it just needs to be quality ingredients with love and care put into preparation...and it shows with this anime. I watched the whole first season in two sittings. The first 8 in one sitting, then the last 5 after that. I liked it! **OVERALL** You can tell the people making this liked what they were working on. There's an endearing quality to the whole thing that's hard to pinpoint. Like with other great shows, it's something you just sit and enjoy. It's not trying to throw you narrative curveballs to feign originality or toss out tacky fanservice to cover a bad story/characters. It handles the content well, and even with the slight gripes it's more room for improvement rather than pointing out something that's "wrong". The most I could toss at this show as far as negativity, is that in some things it tried to be too "safe". Being quite honest, it's hard to find that unreasonable as their approach these days with how expensive and risky animating a series can be. "So what does all this have to do with Monster Musume?" you ask? Well I saved this for the end because this is rant-ish but very relevant to Interviews with Monster Girls...I'm no prude and I'm honestly VERY anti-censorship because censorship is not a voluntary thing, that's forcing YOUR morals on others without their consent. I also watched the entire Monster Musume series a couple of times, so I did finish it and watched it more than once (the Crunchyroll TV version). So I don't want that series censored or for it to not exist, but please keep that preface in mind when reading the rest of my comments. M.M. was basically softcore hentai and beneath that was SOME good writing, (will cover that in a review) but the focus for the show was the loud fanservice. The monster-ness of the girls was more along the tangent of getting to a girlfriend archetype than their actual differences from humans and how that plays out/exists. Not a literary sin itself, but more like misappropriated potential. If the lewdness was turned down, I would have liked M.M. a lot more. I also had the same problem with Ichigo Mashimaro, though it's to a much lesser degree than MM. There was much better writing in Ichigo Mashimaro but the sexualizing little girls was rather aggravating and bothersome to me. Now here's where Inter…

Lets not make every anime that we like must have 10 score.. this anime isnt underrated, i can say that this anime a little bit overrated. It got 7.8 score which is more than enough for an anime without an actual plot and just filled with cute girls doing cute things... A-1 pictures is indeed one of the big whale in the anime industry... They made one of the finest art and many of their anime are good to watch. But this anime is walking in a thin line between disgusting and great. When i first saw the sypnosis of this anime "a bunch of cute girls interviewed by an middle aged teacher" the first thought that comes to my mind is either this is a hentai or harem ecchi anime where the girls ends up being fcked by their pervert shady teacher(i hate these kind of crap) and that is still considered normal in japan society... But then A-1 picture managed to prove that an middle aged sensei can have a normal student teacher relationship without the girls end up getting fucked or kidnapped and they even managed to make the anime interesting and funny to watch! I thought that its strange at first watching sensei and his student getting along well just like how sensei and student should behave... But i like comedy and the comedy in this show is quite good,the art is great and the slice of life was OK. But still sometimes i still feel disgusted when i saw the way that sensei interview the girls. So yeah for you guys who likes comedy you wont regret watching this...

Interviews With Monster Girls is a highly enjoyable slice of life series. If you came here looking for another Monster Musume, look elsewhere. The series has a simple premise of 'how do demi-humans fit into regular human society?' It is a joy to see each character emerge from their shells as they learn how to live with their peculiar abilities. Ultimately the show is a social commentary about how difficult it is to adjust yourself to a new environment. Despite this underlying theme, warmth and happiness still fill the entire scope of this show. The characters are this shows strong point and all of them are highly engaging and unique individuals. This is the type of show where it becomes very difficult to choose a 'best girl'. From vampires to dullahans each character has a defining trait that makes them a joy to watch. If you've ever wondered how a dullahan would live with a separated head, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see how adorable it is. The student-teacher relationships present in the show drive the progression of the story and you can be assured that no romances take place here. The true romance lies with another teacher, who is a succubus. This leads to all sorts of hilarious scenarios where she must evaluate whether or not she is experiencing true love. If you want to feel happy, I definitely recommend watching this show.

Great story, but it could be a little better. It isn't really that original considering that there are many demi-human highschool or adulthood anime out there like Monster Musume, but this is more cleaner (less innuendos) than the previous mentioned anime. Also, I really found the episode where Kyouko goes to university to learn about herself interesting to watch. I could relate to that other intuitive supporting character. The art and design is great. I especially like how Kyouko's flames look (not sure if it's because of the colour or the flame itself, but I think it's cool). The music used in the intro and the end is fine, and probably would be better if a piano version was made. The voices sync with the characters as well as their expressions. It was pretty nice to watch. I didn't like waiting too long to watch another episode after I finished one. However, even if I do like highschool/Demi-human genres, I don't think this would be my preferred anime to watch (I prefer sci-fi, mecha, magic and fantasy). Overall, this was a great anime. I wouldn't expect less from Funimation, Kodansha and A-1 Pictures.

Demi chan wa kataritai review (As promised) Have you always wanted to see an anime about monster girls who is not all about aesthetics and big plot but more about the characters and their own life style? Demi chan wa kataritai is an anime that at first glance looks like your typical moe-generic anime setting but on a deeper level it has so much to offer for its viewers. The main theme of the anime is to portray the inner struggles of its characters through overcoming them and accepting their own nature. It’s all about finding your own identity and a place to fit in the society . Our characters aren’t your typical normal high school students ,they are supernatural beings that belong to the legends and myths from different cultures and countries. We have a Dulahan, a Snow woman , a Succubus and finally a Vampire. The anime offers an insight on the daily lives of those characters and their struggles to fit in the human world. What’s impressive for this anime is the fact that it never loses his reality approach on each problem of our characters although they belong in the supernatural department. Using psychology , common sense , ethics and physics knowledge the anime goes deeper into the inner struggles of each of our characters to find and understand the root that causes there own problems. Guiding a student to the right path in life, listening to each of it’s small concerns and helping him overcome them is what a good teacher is supposed to do. It’s not about ethics here the problem but more of common sense , a teacher is a symbol of admiration and respect for its students and the anime puts in discussion this topic. In the Japanese education system a teacher is more like a family member for its students , it dedicates all of his time to understand his students and guide them through life. Sometimes a simple “thank you” is what makes a teacher proud more than the grades his students obtain. The transition between the comedy and drama moments is poorly done. Sometimes the emotional atmosphere is ruined by the comic relief acts from the characters.For many people this may not seem a noticeable issue but it affects the overall story it loses some of the dramatical impact delivered for its audience. In conclusion how others perceive you in a society is what usually establishes your own identity. Being different from others is not a bad thing and that’s what this anime tries to deliver to its audience. Understanding what makes you different and accepting your own nature helps you and the ones around you to come to a coexistence. A 8/10 and damn A-1 made a good anime!

Zero Spoiler. Once upon a time, there`s a dude, a big one, muscular one, a teacher, a biology teacher, has taken a love interest to the Demi-Human, but he doesn`t know how to approach. Then comes 1 girl, vampire. Encourage him to take even deeper closer look to the demi-humans in the school. 1 Dullahan, 1 Snow Woman. And there`s another teacher which is also a Demi-Human, a Succubus. All have problems. And dude trying to find out what are their Habitats, Food and Sex Yep thats right, this dude have a lot of experience and knowledge about Demi-Humans and wanted to get even closer Inspection...more deeper. As far as it goes, there`s a lot of storytelling to understand demi-human characters one by one, and make you feel care about them. Which is unique. And this is also a Slice of Life series. Art is mostly noticeable A-1 Picture, but in Lazy manner. If you really noticed, as if you took the most minimum effort in animating a show, but charming way. Voice actor is great. So far, I`m enjoying watch this show, and feels like, really wanted for more, like Season 2 but not really going happen anyway.

Keeping it reasonably short: It's a perfectly watchable anime, but the reoccurring theme of the "Demi-Chans" all having some sort of attraction to the protagonist is an awkward element. Awkward in a way that it pulls elements straight from harem anime and is a driving force behind most story elements, yet nothing ever comes of it. To me it feels like at some point in the creators mind, it was supposed to be a harem anime. However it was altered it so that it was more "marketable" with only remnants remaining... Yet still being prominent in character development and storytelling. The timescale also seems to be strange, mostly because there is no solid indication of time. A simple calendar with the month shown and the day(s) of the episode marked could have solved everything. Compounded when a character monologues about the previous "year" as the next year starts. That could be said about alot of "slice of life" anime though.

It is a relaxing, relatively calm slice of life show without much of dramatic events in it. It didn't really "click" for me, but it is a good show and it is worth watching. Detailed breakdown below: Story: The story is a fairly calm one, pretty much without much drama. There was one awkward place where the story tried to make events more dramatic, but it quickly gave up on doing that. The pacing and overall mood resembles shows like Yuyushiki, "Flying Witch" or that one show which depicted life of banking workers (which name eludes me).The story mostly concentrate on character's antics, and while events happen in order, there really isn't much of an overarching plot with a grand end goal. So, just a slice of life anime with some comedy. Art: Art is fairly low detailed (still, not as bad as faces were, say, in Mahouka), but animation is quite good. Hikari is very well animated and moved in quite fluid manner, she is interesting to watch. The protagonist, however, looks a bit odd and something about his face doesn't look right. Overall it is mostly a cuter designs of characters, with some quality animation. Characters: The girls are interesting to watch, even though they're fairly stereotypical and without complex motives. Basically, they act mostly for the purpose of advancing story. The protagonist is really odd in comparison to them, because he displays very little character aside from having interest in talking to "demi" (which is never explained). Basically, it is almost as if he got no personality. Still the girls are interesting enough, and when they get screen time, they counterbalance oddness of the protagonist of the story. Enjoyement: It was interesting enough to watch, just it wasn't quite what I needed. Overall: I'd recommend to watch this if you're looking for a light-hearted show that doesn't have tons of drama to it, and provides some light entertainment. It is somewhat similar to "Flying witch" or "yuyushiki", so if you liked those, you'll probably like this one too. If you want gore, drama, fanservice and epic fights, though, you'll need something else.

This series is shining warmth and lightheartedness. Characters are cute but in their own ways different and their own personalities. There is of course moe-effect but it is contained in perfect amount for this kind of anime so everything doesn't seem "sugarcoatedly moe". This really is a less ecchi kind of monster girl anime compared to monster musume. Both are great animes on their own accord and because they have developed and enjoyable characters that go through everyday life situations and it is really eye-opening to have things looked from different aspects. That physics explanation for dullahans neck was a really funny and intriguing(studie physics in university level). And also for example how legends about these demis could have been formed through ages and how and why those stories have or don't have "real" basis. Eye-opening in such way that there are people in this world too that have special needs or differences that affect their lives in such ways that they are "similar" to those depicted in this anime. This really could also make people think how to improve and help those people like sensei does here. So this animes good handling of multiple chars. and warmth radiating atmosphere make this a joy to watch. It's a slice of life anime and it does not drag much so it is light and it handles important real life issues neatly so I give it a solid 8/10.

A-1 took a premise that feels destined to be treated poorly/wasted and instead kept it consistently interesting and entertaining. In general, each episode tries to deal with an issue with society using Demis as a metaphor (poor memory so e.g. ep.12, treating certain people differently). But rather than preaching for a certain view, the topic is discussed and usually ended with a "well, we'll see where this goes" -- because Demis have yet to integrate fully. Doesn't feel like a cop-out, doesn't feel like a sermon. Honestly, this is the most perfectly *just good* show I've seen in a long time. Along the same lines as Seitokai Yakuindomo S1 and maybe Hitsugi no Chaika (IIRC): the first few episodes lay out what the viewer should be expecting, and the rest of the series fulfills it very honestly. For that reason, enjoyment is the more important factor in this review. To cover the other points: * Story is simple, cute, & characters are introduced one at a time in the first few episodes. * Nice art, nothing that stood out for better or worse. Environments could be rather bland. * Average OP/ED biz, BGM did its job (again, didn't stand out) * Takahashi-sensei is RIPPED. Good premise made great. 8 <- great show, tons of fun, but *outstanding* in very few ways, so not worth a 9. Worth a watch if you're looking for a short, simple comedy/slice-of-life series.

Vampires suck blood because of the myths and legends right? Dullahans are the harbingers of death because of myths and legends right? Snow Women put curses on you because of myths and legends right? Succubus' seduce because they can because of myths and legends right? Demi-chan wa Kataritai sees these monsters in a more different light making the actual notion of having interview with monster girls a unique and comedic watch. If this anime is anything to go by title, the anime is essentially talking and more talking, nothing more, the unique "flavour" to all this talking comes from are looking at the different light of "common" monsters, be it playing against the type or using the monsters mythology and using it in a clever way at looking at monsters (be it through science or common sense on the part of monsters' behaviour) to it's advantage through usual comedic stances. Due to this, the characters are developed heavily, especially Yuki Kusakabe voiced by Shiina Natsukawa the snow woman and a little later on Sakie Satou voiced by Yoko Hikasa the succubus but the other main cast like Hikari Takanashi voiced by Kaede Hondo the vampire, Kyouko Machi voiced by Minami Shinoda the dullahan, Himari Takanashi voiced by Lynn, Hikari's twin sister and the main protagonist Tetsuo Takahashi voiced by Junichi Suwabe get a bit of disguised development through many of the banters the characters with each other (not just with Tetsuo mind you). So going by characters, LA will just say it immediately but LA's favourite character went to Sakie Satou and no it's not because of her being a succubus (but still her natural beauty is a great bonus nonetheless *cough*), but she along with Hikari getting the best comedic skits in the anime for LA. Sakie's comedy revolves around her aphrodisiac effects on Tetsuo and BOTH of their overexaggrated expressions are comedic good albeit a running gag and outside of Tetsuo, she DOES talk about Tetsuo or her succubus effects to the other main casts with very hilarious moments. Hikari is probably the most dynamic of the main cast as she not only is the genkiest character of the series, but she like Sakie and Tetsuo interacts with the rest of the cast and she even gets serious and heartfelt especially during Yuki's opening arc. On speaking of Yuki, she is probably the next best character, as her being a snow woman, yes she is awfully shy at first but once she opens up and finishes her opening arc, she gains a very great personality and even better chemistry with the rest of the cast afterwords (with usually her running gag of laughing or trying to keep in her laughter from stupid puns). Kyouko Machi the dullahan has some stellar visually comedic moments (you can tell from the possibilities of being dullahan) also with her "being a dullahan and her many features" to her behaviour also makes light, again like the rest of the cast, she has great character chemistry. Next is Himari, Hikari's human twin sister, the stern yet loving sister to Hikari as well as having a rather tsundere relationship with Tetsuo, ashing out on him whenever Hikari tricks Himari into thinking Tetsuo has done something lewd to her and really her relationship with Hikari is a focal point in the anime in HAVING a "monster girl" as a family member, with hijinks ensuing at the same time prior thanks to Hikari. Finally we get to Tetsuo who is essentially both the catalyst and the reactant to most of the anime as a whole and he too has great character chemistry, from his awkward talks with Hikari and Kyouko to fun experiments with Yuki to his talks with Sakie about her being a succubus and her fanserviced effects on Tetsuo. LA will remind you that Tetsuo relationships with Hikari, Yuki and Kyouko are taken is a sorta harem way, HOWEVER he is still a genuine teacher to them and cares for them just not in the harem sense, Sakie is the only exception as she's a teacher just like Tetsuo is thus kinda makes sense they are pushing THAT more than Kyouko or Hikari, also to that point LA wouldn't mind Tetsuo and Sakie getting together, it's the most LOGICAL out of the bunch in LA's eyes. Aside from Tetsuo's character chemistry, he does get a bit of character development later on, mainly about his overreaching help towards the demi's and his dilemma if his help is isolating the demi instead of familiarizing the demis with humans more other than himself. What can LA say but the character cast are very dynamic and LA said this countless times, but the cast has great chemistry with one another and is probably the main reason to watch this anime. In terms of animation done by A1-Pictures and the animation is actually pretty polished and very detailed to say the least, from the bright and poppy character designs to the beautiful backgrounds and even with it's comedic moments, sure it uses chibi faces at times but those faces are still in place of the detailed character designs at the same time and it can still be used to great effect due to the comedic timing, thus the animation is actually a great standout...nice job A1-Pictures. With the great characters, the voice cast in it's entirety is amazing, what else can LA say, it felt like the voice cast knew the characters rather than the other way around. LA's favourite character goes to...pointing out the obvious...Yoko Hikasa. But still some standouts are Kaede Hondo as Hikari, Minami Shinoda as Kyouko, Shiina Natsukawa as Yuki and Junichi Suwabe as Tetsuo so yeah...the entire main cast. Now, LA kinda needs to point out the elephant in the room, that being Demi-chan wa Kataritai's relationship with it's more *ahem* suave older brother anime Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou and LA will say the obvious but the fanservice compared to Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou is a bit more mature and slightly used for comedic effect (see Sakie for the obvious), saying the god damn obvious, but if you wanted see a less fanservice hell anime vers. of Monster Musume no Iru Nichjou, then this is an obvious pick, especially wanting to know a bit more of the world of Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou. LA will note that Demi-chan wa Kataritai still HAS fanservice and isn't just omitted and limited to Sakie, there's sprinkles of fanservice here and there but not to the point of what Monster Musume no Iri Nichijou takes it to. If there were any flaws LA would list out (as much as LA is praising this anime), LA would just point out that if you think that Hikari is too hyper genki and on speaking of which, Hikari herself "flirts" with Tetsuo though it's taken for comedy so take that like you will, LA just more or less rolled LA's eyes at that notion but knew it was SUPPOSE to taken for comedy and was only used ONCE, anyways Hikari might get slightly annoying nonetheless. The most obvious flaw (which LA needs to point this flaw out, it's rather an opinion than a solid flaw) is that it's just an anime about comedic talking, nothing more and that can deter some of the audience. Demi-chan wa Kataritai is a slight surprise of Winter 2017 for LA, merely due to how a simple premise can do so much with it and even get serious about certain matters (supernatural racism, "just being yourself" and pre-conceived notions can hurt) and the best strength LA has been constantly praising is of it's characters and their chemistry with one another. If you want to see a good punchline comedy anime with a more "heart" to it and greatly developed cast, then Demi-chan wa Kataritai is one to watch.

I loved this anime, even though it is flawed. Let me tell you why. This anime is about a teacher who likes "demi-humans", and wants to learn more about them, but never got the chance to meet any. But at the high school in which he's teaching, there are four! This anime explores his relationship to the four of them. Let's start with the technical stuff, because it's really not all that important to my review and we can get it out of the way. The art was good for the most part, and the animation had some moments where it really shone. It had the typical high-quality anime problem, which consisted of that being inconsistent, but there were a few moments that really popped out at me. The music was fine, if not great... though I particularly like how they animated the ED... the music they depicted using crayons was accurate enough for me to play it on the piano after looking at it (chromatically descending bass lines are cool!). Okay, let's get to the meat: story and characters, which I thought were good enough that in spite of the flaws, i gave it a ten. I loved these characters. What I loved about them was how full of life they were. Hikari is an energetic, fun, and consistently happy vampire who is full of laughter. Her little twin sister, Himari, is more studious, and the two of them had such a fun way of interacting with each other! Lots of anime have this "clingy little sister" vibe, but Himari and Hikari argued *constantly*, but in a very realistic way. They also obviously cared about each other when it counted. Her VA was amazing, her laughter was so genuine, you can't help but like her. And anime that can do that is... well, rare, honestly. There were so many moments of laughter and actual, uplifting hilarity in this anime that it was actually a little surprising. I've seen very few anime like this and that's the primary reason I rated it so high. Yukki, the yuki-onna (snow woman) was also very realistically and sweetly portrayed being a shy, sensitive, and nervous girl who blossomed towards the end of the anime. And the Dullihan was also portrayed sensitively, as an emotional, sensitive girl who lost her head over the teacher (see what I did there?). It was interesting how they explored her particular uniqueness. And don't forget Sakki, the succubus teacher, who was trying very hard to manage and come to terms with her nature. But the glue that holds the whole thing together is Takahashi, the teacher who took an interest in all the girls (even Sakki) and made their lives so much better just by being there for them. They grew to depend on and even love him, and he returned it in kind (but don't mistake this, I'll come to that in a moment). This is a fairly unconventional story about friendship and love amongst people who sometimes found themselves unlovable. So let's address the elephant in the room: This isn't really a romance or ecchi anime. Yes, there's a little romance... unrequited (and not returned) love between students and teacher (the teacher was always appropriate, if often barely so just due to his enthusiasm for the topic of demis), and the only real romance arc was between Takahashi and Sakki, but even that was somewhat muted, more as an avenue to explore Sakki's succubus nature than to explore anything particularly prurient. Okay, now, I've said everything I love about this anime, now let's get into its flaws. I think my biggest complaint about this anime was that it was not subtle, and was even a little heavy handed with its agenda. There are some anime which are "dead-dove" - they are exactly what they appear. "Onimai", for example. This anime had a message, and was not subtle about it. I personally think it was an okay message, so I'm not criticizing that in itself, but I am criticizing how "in your face" the message was. It could have dialed back the agenda a little, lost very little, and been more entertaining. Personally, I think an agenda is too much when it takes you out of the story and you're saying to yourself "wow, that wasn't subtle", and this anime has a few of those moments. I didn't really like that. Also, there were moments in which the teacher *really* skirted the line from being a good teacher towards being inappropriate. He never crossed it, and there was never any intention to, but it was a close thing and he allowed the girls far too much leeway with him physically. It very nearly got him into some trouble, and that trouble would have been deserved. Nothing ecchi or anything like that, like I said, it never crossed the line, but it was close. Now, that said, the fanservice wasn't too bad - it was definitely tolerable. Just a few jokes about breast size, and similar things. I actually think that if they'd actually wanted to, they could have been a little more fanservicey and ecchi, and played it well into the story in a way that would have been amusing. Like, for example, when the Dullihan's head was on a mission away from her body. I'm not saying *too* much, but there were definitely some opportunities for some slightly ecchi humor that were missed. Would that have taken away from the story? Actually, maybe. I can't decide if that's a plus or a minus, it's just something I noticed. (Those moments weren't *entirely* missed, though, let me be clear, but it's that fact that made me wonder how far they could have pushed it for laughs.) Okay, this review has gone on too long. On balance, I think this was a great anime, with a cheerful atmosphere with characters that were full of life, laughter, and easy to love. And that really is a lot of what makes a good anime, in my opinion. the characters made this anime, but it's otherwise flawed, and if you're not a fan of CGDCT, slice of life, or, well, let's be frank, slightly moe-blob-ish adjacent characters, then it probably won't be for you. I highly recommend, though.

Demi-chan wa Kataritai, or Interviews With Monster Girls, is a fun, interesting and lovely show about a chad teacher with cute but slightly different encounters. This review will be taking episode 13 as apart of the whole series. For a start, I'll say that the show is a pretty enjoyable watch. You've got an interesting concept, paired up with solid characters, there is not much you can go wrong here except for the writing. Thankfully the writing is not the issue with this series. While I know that those watching or have watched the show might bring up the concern about the misuse of a teacher's position to take advantage of their students. This is because the show presents a strong male teacher constantly giving an extensive amount of hands to the fellow demi-students. But I stand strong with my man Takahashi because he does it right by getting consent from all the students. With that cleared, what are the times you see a lady-killer like Mr. Takahashi, while I have seen some characters in other shows where the guy keeps getting chased by the girls, I have yet to see one where does not try at all to appeal to girls and still get them. Like, seriously, what a gentleman he is, while there a few times I felt he went slightly over the line I feel he makes it up with what he does later. But apart from the show, I think this is quite an accurate depiction of friendly teachers, in school, I do realize that teachers are actually quite childish and they could best be pals with their students. That's a nice takeaway I liked about the show. Plus the incorporation of this 'demi' idea into the real world is done pretty well that it gives that realism to the show. While it's not groundbreaking or anything, I do feel it's an enjoyable watch. -SCORES- Character- 8/10: Got a chad, gentleman for a teacher, the lovely person all around, Machi, the balancer of the trio, Yuki and the cute troublemaker, Hikari. Moreover, Sakie is pretty cute too. What I love about the show is that they managed to make all their characters lovable without trying too hard. Plus I know it's a very common pick but, Machi is the best girl for me. I guess what I wish was that the supporting characters like Satake are more dwelled into. Art- 8/10: Fantastic job, love the characters, they got noses and not all of them have gigantic oppais. Writing- 8/10: While I have read the manga and it's still ongoing so I can't really complain about the direction if there hasn't been one, but I say they do a good job on making the whole experience enjoyable. Plus, there has to be a second season to this right? Right? Please? Sound- 8/10: Nothing too amazing here as the sound can play little contribution to the score, but I'll say it's decent. Intro and outro fit the theme of the show and that's good. Overall, I just would love to see more from these bunch of lovable people, definitely would love to see a second season to this. Light to Decent 8

At first glance, this anime seems promising. Good art, interesting premise, interesting cast. (some spoilers) This is a slice of life with demi-humans and that's what it focuses on first and foremost. There's a fairly small cast which worked well in terms of giving the anime more of a focus on each character. There isn't a plot to speak of so don't get your hopes up there. The characters are more or less well written. The main issue with this anime is that it completely neglects one of the most interesting characters, the succubus. You'd think that the MC, with all of his obsessing over demi-humans, would be interested in studying Sakie the succubus, but instead she gets relegated to more of a supporting cast role. For an anime with an already very small pool of main characters, it was strange to me that they decided to more or less ignore this one. The anime also alludes to some sort of romance plot between the MC and Sakie but never follows through with anything like that. In fact, most of Sakie's character building and basic plotline gets ignored. The anime kind of just fizzles out towards the end of the season and there's no sort of interesting development of any kind. That was by far my biggest gripe. The writers hint at all sorts of possibilities throughout the season but never follow through with any of them. The art was nice, i'll give it that. If you want a really basic slice of life with some demi-human schoolgirls fawning over their professor you might enjoy this anime. Do not bother getting invested in any of the characters because there's very little in the way of character development or plotline. For what it is, this anime still deserves a 7/10.

tl;dr: A slice of life anime that does pretty well in regards to its core message but not as much the things surrounding that. This anime is centered around the message of accepting people for who they are including their differences. It also centers into the points that this does not mean trying to tiptoe around their differences or pretending that these differences don't exist, but acknowledging that people are different and respecting them. It does a pretty good job of conveying this message when it tries, but I felt that the other aspects were kind of weak. The structure of the anime is slice of life, focusing on the characters every day lives without any sort of overarching plot. Now beyond what message that such shows may want to convey, I believe such shows generally have two core aspects that determine how good they are, the strength of their cast and the how amusing they are in terms of comedy and such. I don't think this show did either of those particularly well. The characters were decent enough in general, but with the way the show flowed I didn't get all that attached to them to the level I do other slice of life anime. I think part of that is that it didn't feel like it delved that much into the characters beyond a simple introduction to them and getting through their original problems, which were resolved a bit too quickly and easily it felt like. I also felt that in terms of how amusing it was it was only decent. The comedy felt somewhat weak and portions centered around that felt like they were dragging on at times. The attempts at explaining phenomenon and legends related to Demis were hit and miss, wherein they were interesting when these were simple, but the attempts at trying more complex explanations were strange, such as the attempt to connect dullahans to quantum mechanics which felt cringe worthy and not even close to the same ballpark to how quantum mechanics actually works. In terms of animation it was decent. The art style, especially in regards to character designs felt a bit too simple and flat considering what the anime is about. The soundtrack and OP/ED were decent but not particularly memorable, though how the OP changed was a nice touch.

My overall opinion of this series is that this is nice story with adorable and well rounded characters. I appreciate the focus on character development and attempting to rationalize demi-humans over sexualization and fan-service. While others may argue that it still occurs, when sexual topics were occasionally brought up, they were done a way that felt appropriate and organic to the narrative. Having already read up to volume 6 of the English translation, I believe that this has been a faithful adaptation of the manga so far. I have to admit that when I heard about this adaptation, I was worried. As long as the creative teams continue to work with similar due diligence, I look forward to any future manga and anime from this series. The animation was beautiful and really did bring the manga to life rather than just being a frame for frame mimic. Overall, this is a good series, especially for those not into fan-service or hyper-antics. As someone who will be going into teaching, I find Takahashi Sensei to be an admirable character. I hope others out their will enjoy.

This weekend if started watching this serie. And it took me only 2 days to complete it. And a person like me with a concetration problem. I enjoyed this serie alot. The story in short. A teacher is trying to research monsters who are living in this world. Just like normal humans. But he never seen one before. And one day at school he met 3 different monsters. And a teacher who is also a monster. There is alot of problems and the teacher tried to help them. But not everybody accepts it. Story 9: Great story and easy to follow. Its not that the story withcliffhangers. Just a chill story with funny moments in the life of the teacher and students. Art 8: Just normal anime style art. But why een 8? The art of one student is really great. How the flame is made is just awesome. Sound 8: Standard opening and ending music. Only the opening clip was really fun to watch. Character 9: Ok there are 5 main characters. 1 *cough* normal teacher. And 4 monsters calls themselve Demi. The teacher is just a awesome dude. Very friendly and shows alot of respect to the demi's. Then a vampire child. Great hyper personality and one of my favorites in this serie. The yeah...call it just a headless horseman girl. Calm and really inteligent. The snow girl is a litte bit shy but evolves later in the serie. And the succubus teacher. Attract alot of men and she dislikes that. They are all great and did enjoy all of them. Enjoyment 9: I did enjoy this serie alot. And what if say in the start if complete it in 2 days. So for me it says enough. Overall 8: Do you need to watch it? If you like comedy and monsters who struggle with just the normal life. And a teacher who is calm and respectfull to the people. Then yes..its a great serie to watch. Alot of fun happens and even sad times. And its an easy to follow story.

Overall - 6: This show was a passable for a chill slice of life with some fantasy elements, and at times it could be kinda funny, but it didn't really go beyond that. There were some issues with the way the set up played out. Story - 5: The story was alright. But one of the issues with it is that the main character is a teacher, and all of the students develop feelings for him in one way or another. He does right by trying to avoid their advances (to a certain extent), but they play up them making a move on him and then someone seeing or finding out about it leading to a misunderstanding. This is overdone. Some of the episodes try to have a bit of a more serious tone as the characters deal with some problems they face, but, at least for me, the problems they encountered didn't seem all that bad, especially for how much they played it up. The setup of the main character being intrigued by the demi-humans is good because it allows him to fill the shoes of the viewer who is also unfamiliar with demi-humans and would want to ask questions as well. They also sometimes set up some new characters or raise some questions that don't get addressed very well, this happened not once but twice, and it definitely feels unsatisfying when it happens. Art - 5: Typical anime art, nothing particularly good or bad about it (except for this really jaring 3d water from one of the later episodes that just felt so out of place, but it only lasted for like 30 seconds max, so I'm not going to take off points for that.) Sound - 3: Boring soundtrack. Character - 6: I thought the most of the characters were kinda boring, nothing too bad about them, I just wasn't too interested. Takahashi is a decent protagonist with only being guilty of lacking any sort of flaws and therefore personal growth throughout the series. He's the protagonist, but the show really isn't about him. I like his inquisitive nature and tendency to get lost in thought. Satou is by far the best character in this series. She has struggles, goals, and growth through the series. My biggest issue is that she didn't get the screen time she deserved. She had like 1.5 episodes about her, which was just enough to set up her powers, struggles, and goals. Unfortunately nothing much came of her in the end, which was quite disappointing. Enjoyment - 7: Despite its flaws I did like watching it, I just feel like anything this show did has been done better in some aspect.

Well if there were one thing i hate about planet earth its that monster girls dont exist. BUT thats ok because this show makes up for that (somewhat) Lets get right to reviewing The story. 7/10. its not the best story under the sun its the cliche girls at highschool theme but oh boy does it make it 10000000000 times better that they're monster girls. Art. 9/10. The girls are so cute and really well animated. The dullihans flame has a great color to it and the succubus' tits bounce like real ones. The sound is an 8/10. Op is fun to listen to and the voice acting (sub and dub for muh dub people(dont worry im one too)) is great. The voices fit the characters like puzzle pieces. NOW THE CHARACTERS. 10/10. Much like yuru camp I loved the girls and the guy(not gay tho). Hikari especially because she was the perfect blend between cute and funny. Machi is fun to watch struggle with her head but she is also cute in ways. Yuki has some cool qualities like her stress sweat turning into ice. Mrs sato is well a succubus so her struggles are fun to watch animated and Mr takahashi is a boring guy in his mid 20's who likes staring at monster girls (much like me) 8/10 in enjoyment. Not much goes on but the events that do take place are enjoyable. Overall this show is an 8/10.

I loved watching Interview with monster girls and have to say that it was a great way to start my 2018 off! The anime was short and very cute as well as relatable. It hit the heart more than I thought it would. The girls in the anime have stories and problems that I personally understand. It's nice to see that over the course of the anime that they can work and find ways to overcome their weaknesses. I wished that the story could have shown more screen time with the humans perspective on the monster girls and gave certain characters more screen time. I would definitely recommend this anime to anyone who loves a calm story that really stirs up emotions. And I saw 13 episodes on Crunchyroll so I don't know if there's been a mistake on MAL, but there is 13 not 12 like it says. Oh and the anime had a beautiful ending and was overall a beautiful anime.