Hentai Ouji To Warawanai Neko Weekly Update – Episode 4

A sister’s love knows no boundaries (?)

This episode started off on a serious not but it’s not too long before the hilarity breaks out. Like Maou-sama, Henneko did a really good job in incorporating humour in the supposedly dramatic moments of this episode.

Last week, Tsukiko claims that she’s not on good terms with her sister because Tsukushi hates her. She believes that her childishness is the reason for this. Ever since their parents died, she clung too much to her sister and became too dependent on her. After she graduated from Junior High, Tsukushi has been avoiding her. In order for them to be on good terms again, she wished to the cat statue to be more adult-like thus resulting in her being expressionless.

When Youto brings Tsukiko home, Tsukushi confronts him about her sister. All throughout this episode, she believes that Youto has a twin brother and that he’s the one together with her sister, which seemed ridiculous. She’s not so smart eh? Youto takes this chance to ask why she’s acting like that. She tells him that she wants to cut her sisterly bonds with Tsukiko because she wants to do whatever she likes. It’s a little bit reasonable right? However…

With Azusa’s help, he looks for what Tsukushi’s going to do after she graduates from high school. They discover that she’s going to study in Massachusetts, eventually leaving her little sister behind. He confronts Tsukushi and discovers that she has a sister complex. From that point onwards, her personality takes 180 degrees.

So the REAL reason for her having fights with Tsukiko is the so-called Wedding Blues. Apparently, she wants to marry her little sister to fulfil their promise of being together forever. I didn’t expect something like this to happen and it seems really stupid but oh well. She heard that Massachusetts allows same sex marriage, but her dreams are crushed when she discovers that incest is not allowed.

This is literally my reaction

The cat statue gives back Tsukiko’s expressions but she chooses to give it to her sister. She thinks that her sister is often misunderstood. With her expressions, Tsukushi can show her feelings properly. She did that because she doesn’t want her childishness to become a problem again and she doesn’t want to cut the ties that bind her and Youto together.

Now, I feel too bad for Azuki Azusa. She was friend zoned by Youto although she has feelings for him. I mean, they look so good together right? Anyway, that’s not what’s so bad about Youto. During her confrontation with Tsukushi, he declares that he loves Tsukiko… as an IMOUTO! Yes, and Tsukiko hears him loud and clear. We all know that she loves him so much to a point that she’ll give up her expressions for them to be together. She even tells him that she’d rather bring Armageddon than to have Youto as her brother. As I’ve said in my previous post, Youto is that clichéd oblivious guy and now he’ll have to face the problems regarding his true feelings for Azuki and Tsukiko. But maybe not next week. He’s facing a much more dire problem – his house vanished! Let’s see where he is going to stay.

Overall, it’s a really great and funny episode though there are some weird developments. I wouldn’t say that it’s the best episode yet but it doesn’t disappoint with my expectations. The jokes and reactions are totally spot on! And I can’t ask for more when we are given this kind of fan service 😉

What can you say about this episode? Lemme hear your opinion!

Snapshots!!!

Hentai Ouji To Warawanai Neko Weekly Update – Episode 3

This episode is divided into two parts – the ending of the Azuki Azusa arc and the beginning of  Tsukiko arc. Both are good and cute in their own way.

Yokodera Youto finally resolves the issue between him and Azuki Azusa and manages to get his facade back from her. At first, Azusa doesn’t want to hear him out because she thinks that, together with Tsukiko, he plotted their date so that she’ll meet her former classmates. The problem with her is that, she easily misunderstands things and jumps to conclusions right away.

When Youto confronts the girls who teased Azuki in the arcade, he learns that no one bullied her, they just wanted to tease her a bit to see her reactions. Er- well, you can call it bullying. Anyway, back in her old school, during their class trip she went to Hokkaido alone thinking that that was their destination. However, the class went to Okinawa. She frequently skipped her classes, so the girls thought that if  they lied to her, knowing that she wanted to go to Hokkaido, she could be tricked into going on the class trip. They were shocked that she flew there alone, waiting for them. Next thing they knew, she transferred schools. Yeah, it really was the girls’ fault for not telling her directly about it. However, their intentions were not malicious. But becuase of this she became distrustful of others.

Youto kidnaps Azusa from her apartment so that they can talk. I just like to note that her mother did NOTHING to stop him and she even called a taxi for them to escape. What a supportive mother. He manages to convince her to give up her facade and act naturally. In that way, people will like her more, including him. That causes a little misunderstanding in Azusa’s part but was eventually cleared when Youto strongly turns her down in terms of romance. Really? He’s so honest that he even goes as far as saying she doesn’t make his heart go “doki-doki”. However, Azusa won’t give up easily, right? They went to the stone statue and he explained everything about it. I’m surprised that she accepted and believed everything so readily. Well, at least it ended well.

The second half shows that Tsukiko and Youto met in the past. Back then, Tsukiko wore a mask to conceal her emotions from the children in kindergarten. She told Youto about her dream of becoming a kindergarten teacher but it’s difficult for her because she gets angry and cries easily. They met twice and during their last conversation, she told him that she will be studying at his school and that he should remember her. The use of flashback in this part was done pretty well without disrupting the smooth flow of the story. We’ll get to know more about her next episode.

For me, some scenes feel a little bit off and forced. Like when Youto lists down all of Azusa’s characteristics as if he’d known her for years. I mean, they just knew each other for a short period of time and the way he told her that felt so cheesy.

Also, let’s go back to episode 1, Tsukiko freaked out when she saw Youto at the stone statue. But it was revealed that she had met him in the past. Her actions back then are a little inconsistent because she should’ve been familiar with his face. They met months ago if I’m not mistaken. She considers him a precious friend so it would be a little bit impossible to forget him completely. I understand Youto, because when he met her, she wore a mask.

Anyway, that’s just a little bit nitpicking on my part.

When Youto says that he knew that Azusa tosses and turns in her sleep is just plain ugly. I mean, really? That’s so C-R-E-E-P-Y.

A pretty decent episode although it could’ve been written better. Hopefully, we’ll get to know about Tsukiko’s issues with her sister next week and I’m excited to see her in action again.

What can you say about this episode? Feel free to comment!

Screenshots!

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko Weekly Update – Episode 2

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko – First Impressions

So far, Spring has been a really great season for anime. Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko., Henneko for short, came out as one of its surprises.It’s a romantic comedy show produced by J.C. Staff based from a Light Novel of the same title. The first episode is really entertaining and energetic and there seems to be something more in this show so let’s see how it unfolds.

The story starts with Yokodera Youto, who’s not been able express his actual thoughts. He has this facade, which prevents him from doing what he likes and that is – Spending time thinking about women! So, after hearing about the rumour evidenced by his friend Ponta, he goes to see the Cat Statue. It is believed that it can free someone from something they don’t need and give it to someone else who needs it more. He wishes to remove his facade and let his perverted self prevail. But before that, he met Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko, a girl who can’t hide her feelings at all. She prays together with Youto to be more adult like and to be able to hide her feelings a “little”. The Stone Statue grants their wishes and that’s when the problems start.

Youto’s facade is gone and he constantly blurts out every perverted thought in his mind. Tsukiko, on the other hand, can’t  even show her feelings on her face. The two learn that their wishes have caused them more problems and difficulties than before.

Together, they came up with a plan to find who gained their lost traits. Here comes our Ojou-sama tsundere Azuki Azusa. She’s been unable to show her true feelings in front of others and keeps up her ladylike demeaner, which made Tsukiko think that she gained Youto’s lost trait. Youto then asks Azusa to stay by his side in front of many people in an attempt to regain his lost modesty.

Henneko has the chance to explore themes like accepting who you are and improving yourself, of course, in a not so serious way. Though I expect a tad bit of drama in the end as they’ll come to realize how important those traits are in their lives and in building up their own selves.

I’ve really enjoyed this show probably more than I should. It was really funny and the jokes have more hits than misses. The overall atmosphere is light and upbeat, with the help of its bright and colourful visuals. The characters are very adorable with their own unique personalities and dialogue done in really good taste. Their designs are also very appealing and cute, look at those girls!

The sounds are great and the OP “Fantastic Future” by Yukari Tamura [Tsukiko’s VA] is very catchy and memorable. I’d like to note how great Yuki Kaji’s performance for our main lead, Youto. After watching his role as Eren from Shingeki, then now as Youto, he’s proved to be very flexible in his roles. Though, in my opinion, he’s much more suited with this kind of role.

The pacing of the show is a bit fast though. So many events happened in this episode and half of the problem was already solved within this debut. Not that I’m complaining because overall it’s a really fun show.

Here are some screenshots!