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Anyways, Dagashi Kashi! This series was the one I was most interested in before it aired. Because of that busty babe on the picture! And now, after watching it, I can confidently say that Dagashi Kashi was actually the complete opposite of what I thought it would be. Find great deals on eBay for dagashi. Shop with confidence.
Synopsis Out in the countryside stands a sweet shop run by the Shikada family for nine generations: Shikada Dagashi, a small business selling traditional Japanese candy. However, despite his father's pleas, Kokonotsu Shikada, an aspiring manga artist, adamantly refuses to inherit the family business. However, this may start to change with the arrival of the eccentric Hotaru Shidare. Hotaru is in search of Kokonotsu's father, with the goal of bringing him back to work for her family's company, Shidare Corporation, a world famous sweets manufacturer.
Although the senior Shikada initially refuses, he states that he will change his mind on one condition: if Hotaru can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family shop. And so begins Hotaru's mission to enlighten the boy on the true joy of delicious and nostalgic dagashi! [Written by MAL Rewrite]. Overall 5 Story 0 Animation 7 Sound 6 Character 5 Enjoyment 6 Dagashi Kashi By Kokonotsu Yen (9 Yen, 50 Cent's Japanese half cousin) I'll take you to the Dagashi shop I'll let you lick the watapachi-pop Go 'head girl don't you stop Keep going 'til you hit the Toppo, whoa I'll take you to the Dagashi shop (yeah) Hotaru, one taste of what I got I'll have you spending all you got (come on) Keep going 'til you hit the Hi-Chew, whoa You could have it your way, how do you want it? You gon' sip that Ramune, or should I put some Pocky on it? Temperature rising, okay, let's go to the next level Shikada-dashi jam-packed, hot as a tea kettle Yeaaah, so, Dagashi Kashi: a show that serves basically as a 4.5 hour commercial for various Japanese candy manufacturers under the pretense of a slice of life comedy.
This show started off as a curiosity to me- it was charming in its simplistic, unassuming stance- as nonthreatening as an anime can possibly be. Yet at the same time, the early episodes had some really strange happenings that I can only describe as 'Japan'. This novelty was endearing for a while, and with the backdrop of the candy store- I though this show could be a fun little niche thing for a while, but the novelty soon wore thin. The beginning was amusing, but then quickly fell into a plodding middle- especially given that Dagashi Kashi shows its hand very quickly, and then continues to play the same cards, in a sense. It picked up again around the ending, promising a little more in the way of romantic subplots, but like most shows of one cour in length- ends up going absolutely nowhere. This show features one of, if not THE smallest cast I've ever seen in an anime. Minacriss server download.
5 characters- and one of them appears in maybe two episodes. There are RARELY even unnamed passers by in this show- it focuses solely on the main 4: Kokonotsu, Hotaru, Saya, and To. Kokonotsu is our put upon protagonist- charged with running his absentee dad's candy shop (which apparently is famous, yet has no other customers besides mostly Hotaru, but also Saya and To).
He flip flops between being white dwarf-level dense and a go-getter, but ultimately settles for being another trope-guy. Hotaru is a rich heir to a prominent candy manufacturing family, whose airheaded-ness is surpassed by only her obsession with eating candy. So much so, that she even frequently hallucinates that she is talking to, making out with, or otherwise in 'actual' love with candy.
She a freak, though. Saya and To are twins, and the best friends (and possibly only other people in town?) of Kokonotsu. To is the typical good natured perv friend, and Saya happens to be a master of everything she attempts (our perfect human being character), except the ways of love. One last thing of note is the artwork. The overall design is very minimalistic, but one specific part of the character designs will stick with me- the eyes. The characters in this show have some of the strangest eyes I've ever seen.
Hotaru has spirals instead of pupils, and most of the other characters have extremely beady eyes or look incredibly sleep deprived. It adds another odd element to an oddity of a show. Overall, this show is about as interesting as vanilla ice cream- but if learning the names of a bunch of Japanese candy and getting a sales pitch in animated form is exciting to you- by all means, give it a spin. Overall 6 Story 4 Animation 8 Sound 7 Character 8 Enjoyment 8 So Kokonotsu. Do you wanna try becoming adults? Say yes you beta bastard, say yes! Anyways, Dagashi Kashi!