Anime Review: Nyan Koi!

Here’s my first review, I chose Nyan Koi! because I just finished it. Feel free to rip apart my writing skills, tastes, and anything else. Positive comments are also welcome, just don’t go overboard.

Summary: Nyan Koi! is a simple harem anime. It’s plot focuses on Junpei Kousaka, a boy who is allergic to cats. One day he breaks a statue of neko-jizou-sama, guardian of cats. He becomes cursed to turn into a cat(and therefore die from allergies) if he does not help 100 cats, which he can now understand. Also, it gets worse if someone else finds out.

Length: 12 episodes of standard TV length (~24 minutes).

Pacing: First few episodes introduce the girls and the situation, middle episodes elaborate on them, last few focus on plot developments and resolution. Pretty normal pacing for a harem anime.

Plot: Nothing amazing, although better than the average harem anime’s plot. You won’t be engaged and shocked, but it’s enough to keep the show entertaining.

Conclusion: The story is left fairly open. The plot that develops in the later episodes wraps up, but the main plot about the curse, as well as the harem plot, are both left open.

Characters: Almost entirely girls, of course. The characters were mold characters. Don’t expect anyone with a unique or particularly strong personality here.

Entertainment Value: Funny enough and with enough of a plot to want to watch all the way through. Probably not worth rewatching unless really bored.

Lessons: You won’t learn anything here, unless you haven’t seen any harems, in which case this is a good example.

Recommended For: Bored People, Harem Lovers, Cat Lovers.

Other: If they don’t do another season and wrap up the curse plot and the harem plot, I will think less of the show than I currently do. Optimism.