Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka?

As far as it goes, many boys, especially in their teenage years, want to have a girlfriend. Keiki Kiryuu is no exception. One eventful afternoon, his days of yearning for a lover seem to come to an end when he receives a love letter from an anonymous sender—along with a pair of white panties.

To determine the identity of his secret admirer, referred to as Cinderella, he proceeds to investigate several possible candidates including his senior Sayuki Tokihara, his underclassman Yuika Koga, and his classmate Mao Nanjou. However, as Keiki seeks to uncover who this mystery girl might be, he comes to know about the perverted fetishes hidden behind each candidate's innocent exteriors...

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Tokihara, Sayuki Main

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Kiryuu, Mizuha Main

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Koga, Yuika Main

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Nanjou, Mao Main

Nomizu, Iori Japanese

Kiryuu, Keiki Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Ootori, Koharu Supporting

Ohashi, Ayaka Japanese

Fujimoto, Ayano Supporting

Haruno, Anzu Japanese

Akiyama, Shouma Supporting

Koumoto, Keisuke Japanese

Vegetarian's Owner Supporting

Ohashi, Ayaka Japanese

Angel Keiki Supporting

Nitta, Hiyori Japanese

Usukura, Ryuutarou Producer

Isogai, Noritomo Producer

Murakami, Sou Producer

Takeishi, Kouhei Producer

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Sep 23, 2019

forster82

Recommended

Short spoiler free review:

After reading the synopsis and watching the trailer of "Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka?" I was expecting nothing other than a Harem/Comedy/Romance/Ecchi/School anime, and it turns out, that's exactly what I got.

I will admit that this type of anime has gotten to the point of it being really overused (right after the glorious Isekais of of course), but nonetheless I still enjoy them. I will admit that I consider myself a "tasteless brainlet" when it comes to good quality animes, but I have to say that I really enjoyed "Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka?" more than ... almost any other harem anime out there.

The story takes place in the typical setting that you would expect any other harem anime to take place in: "A SCHOOL!". I'm not sure why animes constantly overuse this setting, but what I will tell you is that the story is quite different to all the other harem animes out there, and all the characters have their own unique personality, so you should be able to find that one school girl which you could proudly call your "best girl".

Overall, as a trash taste weeb, I'm proudly giving this anime a solid 7/10. If you are a harem loving weeb like me, you should give this anime a go.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 23, 2019

PyraXadon

Mixed Feelings

I'd like to start this review off with saying that there is no best girl.  In fact there is no good girl.  They're all terrible and christ, this man needs better friends.  Let's observe what happens next.

Story:

Hensuki stars our main protagonist of Kiryu Keiki, a boy whose simple high school boy wish is just to get a girlfriend.  After finding an enclosed pink letter dedicated to him in the Shodo club, he soon finds that this mysterious 'Cinderella' left behind a calling card as well; a pair of pink women's underwear.  His goal now?  Find this Cinderella amongst the people he knows and confront her ... with underwear in hand so that hopefully he can accomplish his high school wish.

Now I can't really stamp a genre on what Hensuki really is.  On one hand the series plays its hand as a generic (albeit extremely perverted) harem where the MC is attempting to find 'the one' amongst a plethora of available bachelorettes.  But on the other hand, it's almost a parody of what it's supposed to be by systematically making any choice among the available girls the wrong choice since everyone is either insanely horny or pushy thanks to their embodied kink.  Because of this, Hensuki becomes this weird amalgamation of tropes and meta jokes that all stem from asking if Kiryu would be able to survive getting into a 'relationship' with a girl who's main ask of him is satisfying the thing that turns them on.

Surprisingly enough, the story actually does go through the story arc that it sets out to do, something I genuinely thought it wouldn't do considering a lot of harems don't really have an answer to since they wouldn't be a harem series otherwise.  So does that mean Hensuki is good?  ...Not really.  A lot of the early episodes as a result of trying to get to the show's stopping point end up being rushed and almost unsatisfactory with how quickly things transition from one to another.  The series does a lot of switching from one brand of crazy to another, and the show gives very little breathing room for the audience to process what's going on before the next girl shows up and makes Kiryu go through a similar song and dance over again.

On top of that, the series relies heavily on shock value and perverted antics in order to keep the engine going.  Hensuki does a lot of things I never thought a writer crazy enough to write it would put on a page.  And yet, here we are.  In combination to the show's ludicrous amount of retorts and snappy commentary on the sheer outlandish nature/stupidity of the situation, Hensuki makes an almost valiant attempt at telling the audience on how much of a fuckfest it really is.  There is hardly any real romance in this show.  So little in fact that I find it insulting it's even tagged that in the first place.  But that's kind of why I like the story.

It's (sort of) self aware at how dumb it is and never takes itself seriously since being perverted and ironically generic is what makes Hensuki a fun watch.  Its story is garbage without much substance to it beyond asking the question of 'what's going to happen once he finds the Cinderella', so why not just sit down and enjoy watching the trash fire slowly burn away with weirdly sexy moans going on in the background?  

Characters:

Kiryu Keiki is one of the best things in Hensuki.  He's also probably the only thing in Hensuki that lets the show be a mostly tolerable watch.  While his simple wish of getting a girlfriend doesn't paint a positive picture for him as a character, Keiki serves as the foil to most harem protagonists by being a competent human being.  Often we're shown just how calculating and serious he is in trying to figure out the mystery on who left their underwear behind, all through varied and different scenarios.  The most standout trait about his character however is his moral compass and infallible ability to retort back.  Very often Keiki serves the role of either outright rejecting the suggestions of his female cohorts or asking them to repeat themselves to make sure what he heard was right the first time.  He's a breath of fresh air being a protagonist that actually knows what he's doing being aware of the kind of deep shit he's constantly in.  Ironically because of the early episode rush, his relationship with all of the girls are not very solid, which serves as a bit of the series's downfall considering how often his relationships with them is brought up.

To counteract this are the five girls that he interacts with over the course of the series, all with varying relationships with Keiki, most of which are sexual in nature with several of which involve extorting him for personal gain in some way.  Sayuki, Yuika, Mao, Mizuha, and Ayano are their names, and by god there's a lot to unpack here.  The one upside I will give them is that most of them are memorable, but usually because of the wrong reasons.  Regardless, they are what gives Hensuki its title to begin with, and do well in serving their roles as the problematic girls that legitimately are probably a lot more troublesome than they're worth given how pushy they are to begin with and the awkward situations that come out of Keiki not wanting to satisfy their kink.

The final members of the cast worth talking about are Koharu and Shouma, a duo that gain a lot more traction towards the latter half of the cour with their own mini-arc to boot.  Likewise to the troublesome girls listed above, both of them have equally troubling niches with Koharu being a stalker and Shouma being a lolicon.  Two traits that really should make you reconsider who your friends are, but hey, we've dealt with five other flavors of crazy already.  I bring them up mostly because the show makes a very honest attempt to take itself seriously using them.  Occasionally the series gets into 'debrief' mode where both of these characters sit with Kiryu in order to solve the Cinderella mystery whilst having sneaked photos be either mounted to the wall or being actively printed while the conversation is going on to add a bit more absurdity to this already crazy amalgamation of a show.

Aesthetics:

Art is a bit of a weird subject for Hensuki.  Produced by a dual effort of Seven and Geektoys, the look of Hensuki has a light, almost visual novel feel to it with its whiter color palette and stylized cutesy designs.  It's a style that I got used to when watching Saekano, which becomes a better comparison since both shows also share a weird red outline on the eyelashes in the artstyle.  Kind of average all around, but still has a style to it that doesn't make it seem as generic.

However where the art is at the very least interesting, the animation is lacking in more ways that one.  That 'way' being it's almost non-existent.  There really isn't a lot of movement in Hensuki, and any major movement done is really small potatoes and helps lead into the reasoning as to why the visual shock value of the series outweighs any other way the series has to make the audience at least mildly amused.  I expected for a few more things to be dynamic, but alas that was not meant to be.

Now I don't know why, but for some reason the music for Hensuki is really catchy?  Ayaka Ohashi 'Daisuki' is an OP that for all intents and purposes does not deserve to be as good as it is.  It's a poppy song that features the girls clapping along to the beat, but for some reason that combination on its own is something that keeps drawing me back to this song.  I don't know why, but I really like it and is weirdly enough one of my favorite OPs of the season.

In contrast "Mubyuu no Hana" by Mia REGINA is a calmer song that by comparison isn't as memorable or catchy.  It's got a smoother beat with a bit of a jazzier tone to it that I don't fully understand why it's here.  My theory is they wanted some nice song to help the audience cope and process what they just watched in the episode prior, but I'm most likely wrong about that.  Regardless, the music really is a lot better than it has any right to be, and I kind of like that?  Expect the unexpected I guess.

Personal Enjoyment:

Hensuki has really become one of my guilty pleasure series.  Don't get me wrong, the story is TERRIBLE.  It's a weird cliched mess that ends up throwing more cliches and one liners back in order to keep the ball rolling.  Topping that crazy cherry pie with a fetish induced nightmare where everyone wants the MC just to satiate their unique fetish becomes downright scary in some circumstances, and highly entertaining in others.

Because of this, I really could not stop laughing watching this.  It's the kind of dumb comedy routine and combination of things that don't mix yet somehow work that really makes this show seem like it's something worth considering.  Keiki is a very good protagonist acting as the sole counterbalance to everything, and for that I really can't be more thankful.  Having a protagonist with common sense really helps a bunch.  That being said, this show is not the faint of heart since Hensuki doesn't exactly have a filter, and the series's innately raunchy and sometimes abusive story beats make this more of a niche show that I would definitely not recommend to the general audience.

All in all, if you want a harem that isn't completely a harem with hijinks and carefully planned events to fish out information from extremely horny high school girls, then be my guest.  If I can give it anything...it's definitely unique.  And take that statement how you will.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 23, 2019

Stark700

Not Recommended

I hope you like female characters dressed in slutty animal outfits. I also hope you like anime with girls chasing after a guy 24/7. There’s plenty of trash each year and some of them fall into the harem-ecchi category. Hensuki is about low as trash can go.

Adapted straight from the light novel, the anime is pretty much self-explanatory on its own. The first episode opens up with the main protagonist Keiki Kiryuu receiving a love letter and panties. It doesn’t take long for him to get into affairs with Sayuki Tokihara, who declares “I want to be your pet!” When the show starts off with ... such a premise, it makes me wonder how high the author was when they made this. Surely enough, this is the type of wish-fulfilling fairy tale you get straight from a trashy light novel.

If you ever watched a telenovela before, picture Hensuki as a younger version without the violence and actual love scenes. However, there is adult themes related to panties jokes, animal fetish, and characters that adheres to every harem trope imaginable to the human race. The roster includes:

Tokihara Sayuki: the classic school beauty with large breasts complete with hairband and masochist personality.
Koga Yuika: Another sadist with a cute smile and blonde hair for the sake of looking cute.
Kiryuu Mizuhara: One of the more normal girls in the show but often finds herself difficult to express her feelings. Think of her as one of those innocent types.
Nanjou Mao: The girl with a loud mouth and seemingly has a fujoshi fetish.
Ootori Koharu: The quiet girl with a reserved nature but that doesn’t stop her from having a perverted personality.

The main protagonist Kiryuu Keiki is about as dull as a doorknob. Like most healthy boys at his age, his mind is filled with perverted fantasies and it doesn’t help that girls wants to get into his pants. The first few episodes gets him involved into various misadventures with the different girls. There’s not much development between them and the only character chemistry can be described as tasteless. The reality is, the female characters all wants to “serve” Keiki as servants while calling him the “master”. It’s the sort of perverted master-slave relationship the show wants to advertise. To me, it’s a desperate attempt to sell its sex appeal in the show. The female cast has zero personality especially when interacting with Keiki. With every passing episode, the show makes less sense and focuses more on selling its sex appeal than anything else. What a joke.

Unfortunately, the show itself is not a parody or satire. It actually seems committed on bringing out some form of meaningful romance development between Keiki and the female cast. Between the sex jokes, animal fetishes, and perverse interactions, the anime attempts to make sort of emotional appeal for the characters. What ends up happening is making the girls look even worse than what they already are. For instance, you’d think someone like Saiyuki can grow to understand Keiki more on a personal level. Instead, she ends up wanting to service Keiki like some sort of masochist fetish. It’s tasteless humor that can be described no less than perverted love. It’s almost if the show is a hentai but manages to avoid being too explicit about it. In the meantime, the storytelling is about as bland as Keiki himself. There’s some elements of “mystery” added in but it all comes down to weak execution. Really, when you have episodes focused on who sent him a pair of “panties”, every fiber of my being wants to turn the TV off.

Not even the artwork style or animation quality can save the show. The characters look like fake plastic dolls made with the clear intention to arouse the audience. There’s plenty of ecchi content with the amount of boobs and ass. Every main female character is a culprit with the camera enjoying its time to flirt with the clever camera shots. Voice acting doesn’t really hold up to bar either as almost every character sound the same. That won’t matter much anyway since there’s plenty of sexy moans and machoism.

Hensuki seemed like the type of anime that no one wanted to see being adapted but somehow slipped through the cracks and ended becoming one anyway. There’s so much tasteless humor with a cast degenerate characters. Somehow, I managed to finish this show without stabbing my eyes. This is like a hentai in disguise without the actual sex. And for the love of God, please don’t watch this when you’re family is around. Just watch a hentai instead so it’s easier to explain.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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