This is one of those anime I feel so conflicted about. I know some people find it hilarious and that's fine, for me though a lot of comedy is just so incredibly mean spirited. Spoiler talk, There's a background pairing that are quickly murdered by the main duo, and you get an extra bit where you learn how they wanted a happy life (and I think marriage?) together after an episode. There is a lesbian couple in the series...but it's hard to tell if they're going to survive long, and I don't know how sincere the series is about the relationship. Which brings me to the main duo that this art depicts, they often have an uneven and mean spirited dynamic between them, and I genuinely can't tell if the series is only playing up the potential "Yuri" between them as a joke. There's some entertaining things about the show overall and cute designs, but again I'm very conflicted.
BeanBeanKingdom
May 17, 2025 1:02AM
HundredBurger is the author of the manga, so tag this as official.
LilyBlueCat
May 17, 2025 2:21AM
^^ @Fluffycow I get what you’re saying. The anime does have its funny moments, like when Satoko’s boobs size were ridiculously increased in episode 6 I believe it was, but the whole concept with the sudden deaths still feels a bit off to me. Even with the humor, you can still see how much the characters wanted to live normal lives, especially in those scenes where we see bits of their personalities after they’ve been turned into Lefts. Those scenes are pretty sad, in my opinion, no matter how much the show tries to play them off as comedic. Watching them still left me with a lingering of sadness. Regarding the Lefts, in the anime Satoko is learning how to turn lefts back into humans. I haven’t read the manga, so I’m not sure if that’s she actually succeeds, but it could offer some hope for the characters who were transformed. Those glimpses of their lives at the end of each episode might be hinting at that possibility. The series definitely balances comedy and sadness in a unique way, that’s for sure. :D. I actually really enjoy the anime. The characters are genuinely funny, and I love how it occasionally switches up the animation by using real-life photos, like when they were making sandwiches. Aside from that, I’d say I’m also a bit conflicted about the anime. I know it’s just fiction, but sometimes it comes off as a bit insensitive
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FluffyCow
May 17, 2025 2:50AM
@LilyBlueCat I'm glad to see someone is in a similar boat as me with the series, and I do agree that the series is generally well done in terms of how it's handled, animation and direction, so fourth. I also uh...hate to be the bearer of some bad news with anime spoiler talk, in the same episode they talk about the possibility of people being reverted from leaves back to corpses, and revived from there, they take that information to then burn the leaves and use them to roast potatoes. That's why they give a bag of roasted potatoes as a gift. They used the dead girls to cook potatoes...and I genuinely hate how disturbing and dark that is. Plus it's a way of rubbing in how they're dead and never coming back...
LilyBlueCat
May 17, 2025 4:24AM
^ I completely forgot about that part, I don’t know how it slipped my mind! (^^ ") I agree, using the girls’ leaves/corpses to roast the potatoes was definitely odd, to say the least. I get that the anime’s main concept is to be comedic with disturbing elements dark humor and colorful setting and animation, but some scenes feel really unsettling. Like in this case with the leaves, and also how they kill off ninjas so suddenly without much care for those characters. I’m actually a little confused about the direction the anime is taking so far. Initially, it seemed focused on the duo using their abilities to take down targets for the assassin, but now I’m not sure if it’s going to keep that approach or if there will be a sudden shift after episode 6. Who knows maybe it will become more sentimental :D
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FluffyCow
May 17, 2025 4:30AM
^Yeah I'm honestly morbidly curious where it's going to go with everything, even if it's often an upsetting watch that messes with my head lol
Yoorie19
May 17, 2025 7:24AM
^ Lol if you've been feeling like that from the first six episodes, then better be prepared to be completely devastated by the next ep.Even for someone who already read the manga, I and my friends still can't bear with that to this day.
Also, never doubt the yuri content in the series, the author themself said that Ninkoro is a yuri series.
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BreadBunny
May 17, 2025 7:28AM
I mean I've been reading the manga which has been getting scanlated on mangadex for a while before the anime and like, yeah the humor is meanspirited but also, characters who make it past their introductory chapter tend to be safe from death.
There's also something to be said about how Hundredburger talks in the volume one credits that they thought they'd been signed up for a oneshot and that's why the series started out so cavalier about murder, and then once they were made to realize it was just a genuine serial they had to keep up with that tone lmao.
luinthoron
May 17, 2025 7:40AM
Good.
I don't really mind the tone taken with the pursuing ninjas, it very much reminds me of what Austin Powers did with showing the friends and families of Dr. Evil's minions.
FluffyCow
May 17, 2025 1:47PM
@Yoorie19 Thanks for the heads up maybe I'll just...call it good here, I don't know...
@BreadBunny Ah that's certainly an interesting way for the series to be shaped
@luinthoron I was never into Austin Powers myself so I can't compare the tone unfortunately. All I know is that the mean spirited tone of this series isn't really something I vibe with personally
myrrhmidon
May 18, 2025 9:28AM
I just realized this image (MANGA STUFF) kinda has spoilers with Satoko's eye colors being different.
As a manga reader I would also recommend it's probably best to drop the anime if the deaths are too much. IMO the next episode is probably gonna be the worst and after that happened in the manga I just got desensitized. Tho so far what BreadBunny said about characters surviving their introductory chapter has been true so far... (MANGA STUFF) which doesn't stop from me getting worried about Marin's sister
FluffyCow
May 18, 2025 1:38PM
^Thanks for the heads up. Well with two warnings I think I definitely don't have a problem dropping the anime lol
There's other things I'm watching and shows + movies in my backlog to watch, so I think I'm better off watching something that I will find more enjoyable instead
Doctor_Hoot
May 18, 2025 3:08PM
For me it's been a surprise that the characters are allowed to be 'bad people' because the art style is so cute. But after re-calibrating my expectations the anime has been quite fun and provides a nice balance to the much more upbeat Rock Lady that also comes out on Thursdays.
deltahalo241 May 16, 2025 9:31PM
My two favourite psychopaths of the anime season
FluffyCow May 16, 2025 9:33PM
This is one of those anime I feel so conflicted about. I know some people find it hilarious and that's fine, for me though a lot of comedy is just so incredibly mean spirited. Spoiler talk, There's a background pairing that are quickly murdered by the main duo, and you get an extra bit where you learn how they wanted a happy life (and I think marriage?) together after an episode. There is a lesbian couple in the series...but it's hard to tell if they're going to survive long, and I don't know how sincere the series is about the relationship. Which brings me to the main duo that this art depicts, they often have an uneven and mean spirited dynamic between them, and I genuinely can't tell if the series is only playing up the potential "Yuri" between them as a joke. There's some entertaining things about the show overall and cute designs, but again I'm very conflicted.
BeanBeanKingdom May 17, 2025 1:02AM
HundredBurger is the author of the manga, so tag this as official.
LilyBlueCat May 17, 2025 2:21AM
^^ @Fluffycow I get what you’re saying. The anime does have its funny moments, like when Satoko’s boobs size were ridiculously increased in episode 6 I believe it was, but the whole concept with the sudden deaths still feels a bit off to me. Even with the humor, you can still see how much the characters wanted to live normal lives, especially in those scenes where we see bits of their personalities after they’ve been turned into Lefts. Those scenes are pretty sad, in my opinion, no matter how much the show tries to play them off as comedic. Watching them still left me with a lingering of sadness. Regarding the Lefts, in the anime Satoko is learning how to turn lefts back into humans. I haven’t read the manga, so I’m not sure if that’s she actually succeeds, but it could offer some hope for the characters who were transformed. Those glimpses of their lives at the end of each episode might be hinting at that possibility. The series definitely balances comedy and sadness in a unique way, that’s for sure. :D. I actually really enjoy the anime. The characters are genuinely funny, and I love how it occasionally switches up the animation by using real-life photos, like when they were making sandwiches. Aside from that, I’d say I’m also a bit conflicted about the anime. I know it’s just fiction, but sometimes it comes off as a bit insensitive
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FluffyCow May 17, 2025 2:50AM
@LilyBlueCat I'm glad to see someone is in a similar boat as me with the series, and I do agree that the series is generally well done in terms of how it's handled, animation and direction, so fourth. I also uh...hate to be the bearer of some bad news with anime spoiler talk, in the same episode they talk about the possibility of people being reverted from leaves back to corpses, and revived from there, they take that information to then burn the leaves and use them to roast potatoes. That's why they give a bag of roasted potatoes as a gift. They used the dead girls to cook potatoes...and I genuinely hate how disturbing and dark that is. Plus it's a way of rubbing in how they're dead and never coming back...
LilyBlueCat May 17, 2025 4:24AM
^ I completely forgot about that part, I don’t know how it slipped my mind! (^^ ") I agree, using the girls’ leaves/corpses to roast the potatoes was definitely odd, to say the least. I get that the anime’s main concept is to be comedic with disturbing elements dark humor and colorful setting and animation, but some scenes feel really unsettling. Like in this case with the leaves, and also how they kill off ninjas so suddenly without much care for those characters. I’m actually a little confused about the direction the anime is taking so far. Initially, it seemed focused on the duo using their abilities to take down targets for the assassin, but now I’m not sure if it’s going to keep that approach or if there will be a sudden shift after episode 6. Who knows maybe it will become more sentimental :D
last edited at May 17, 2025 4:24AM
FluffyCow May 17, 2025 4:30AM
^Yeah I'm honestly morbidly curious where it's going to go with everything, even if it's often an upsetting watch that messes with my head lol
Yoorie19 May 17, 2025 7:24AM
^ Lol if you've been feeling like that from the first six episodes, then better be prepared to be completely devastated by the next ep. Even for someone who already read the manga, I and my friends still can't bear with that to this day.
Also, never doubt the yuri content in the series, the author themself said that Ninkoro is a yuri series.
last edited at May 17, 2025 7:27AM
BreadBunny May 17, 2025 7:28AM
I mean I've been reading the manga which has been getting scanlated on mangadex for a while before the anime and like, yeah the humor is meanspirited but also, characters who make it past their introductory chapter tend to be safe from death.
There's also something to be said about how Hundredburger talks in the volume one credits that they thought they'd been signed up for a oneshot and that's why the series started out so cavalier about murder, and then once they were made to realize it was just a genuine serial they had to keep up with that tone lmao.
luinthoron May 17, 2025 7:40AM
Good.
I don't really mind the tone taken with the pursuing ninjas, it very much reminds me of what Austin Powers did with showing the friends and families of Dr. Evil's minions.
FluffyCow May 17, 2025 1:47PM
@Yoorie19 Thanks for the heads up maybe I'll just...call it good here, I don't know...
@BreadBunny Ah that's certainly an interesting way for the series to be shaped
@luinthoron I was never into Austin Powers myself so I can't compare the tone unfortunately. All I know is that the mean spirited tone of this series isn't really something I vibe with personally
myrrhmidon May 18, 2025 9:28AM
I just realized this image (MANGA STUFF) kinda has spoilers with Satoko's eye colors being different.
As a manga reader I would also recommend it's probably best to drop the anime if the deaths are too much. IMO the next episode is probably gonna be the worst and after that happened in the manga I just got desensitized. Tho so far what BreadBunny said about characters surviving their introductory chapter has been true so far... (MANGA STUFF) which doesn't stop from me getting worried about Marin's sister
FluffyCow May 18, 2025 1:38PM
^Thanks for the heads up. Well with two warnings I think I definitely don't have a problem dropping the anime lol
There's other things I'm watching and shows + movies in my backlog to watch, so I think I'm better off watching something that I will find more enjoyable instead
Doctor_Hoot May 18, 2025 3:08PM
For me it's been a surprise that the characters are allowed to be 'bad people' because the art style is so cute. But after re-calibrating my expectations the anime has been quite fun and provides a nice balance to the much more upbeat Rock Lady that also comes out on Thursdays.
last edited at May 18, 2025 3:10PM