Omamori Himari

Yet another ecchi show aired this year proves that trivial things like plot or characters' depth might end solely as a bonus to the brainless fanservice. And I wouldn't mind that! Omamori Himari, though, was one of the worst and least enjoyable anime shows I've watched lately. Again, normally, I wouldn't mind fanservice>everything else design, as long as it's at least decent. This anime, though rated R+ lacked it at all! It's not like I'm watching the show solely of the fanservice purposes, but this one has literally nothing else to offer. Art isn't horrible, but mediocre at it's best. Characters' design is tedious and ordinary. Backgrounds areboring and dull-looking. Overally bland. Sound doesn't highlight much. Music is that typical that it hurts. Not interesting at all. Plot lacks plot, mostly slice-of-life except few episodes. Dialogues are dull, usually too long and boring. Characters are shallow, lackluster and stereotypical. Overally very predictable and beat. In general anime is bad and very tiresome. I don't suggest watching unless you expect nothing or get entertained very, very easily by boring stuff.

This anime was my “gateway” in 2012, this year I discovered the “world of anime” and discovered what is “ecchi” and your pleasueres lmao... after watching this anime, i discover other animes animes ecchi, i understand that at the time what i was looking for was a "hentai" but i didn't know about that (at the time) start my journey in this world hoping to find an ecchi that would satisfy me. For ME "Omamori Himari" is my first anime with 12 Ep's I have good and bad memories with this anime, and in 2020 I got a tattoo representing my memories and my love forthis anime. Yeah, i have a tattoo of anime and the score overall is 7, yeah, is about that.

Ecchi and harem, they go hand in hand in the anime industry and are two of the most popular genres within the otaku culture, but this is widely known, so the question is: Does this anime have anything else to offer other than fan-service? It's answer is: No, while it does have a plot and has some action mixed into it, this kind of a story could be from a kid's dream for all I know. So after stating that this has no story where does this enjoyment come from, the fan-service obviously, while plot wise it is bad, the way it introduces characters and createsfor the situations it has, it does relatively good. The "plot" revolves around a guy named Amakawa Yuuto, who is your ordinary high school student, nothing more than that, he has his caretaker (a tsundere) wake him up and tend to him for most of the time. Until one day he wakes up with a cat in his face (a catgirl, childhood friend) and they start out their adventures from that point. But a story with only fan-service in it has no chance of getting an anime, so they added action/magic theme to it, which is fine in terms of content, we get to see a variety of magic they creator thought of when he added powers to his characters, the action itself is actually a bit good, they have some good fights which aren't only for the sake of fan-service. Lastly in the story, I would like to address the episodes and their content, while it has a bad plot and no real character background, it doesn't have the cliché episodes and has some episodes with original stuff happening in them. Art-wise it is good, like surprisingly good, the boob physics are used without holding back and the characters look colourful and vivid. Sound-wise, it is decent, nothing amazing or outstanding which piqued my interest, seiyuu wise, most of them you can probably recognise and if not, you will later as they play lots of roles in different anime. Now to add up on that tsundere and catgirl, childhood friend stereotype, we can add: a loli kuudere, clumsy maid and childhood friend 2. By summing all these up you can come to the conclusion that every cliché harem character is present, although I do say that, some of them have their own variations from their archetype, but honestly, most of them are textbook cliché characters. Overall I though Omamori Himari was quite a weak anime, but there is worse out there, a lot worse, it made up for its no-plot with decently good fights and the fan-service was not half bad. Strong points: - Fan service has some nice variety to it. - The episodes have some decent content in them. - The fights in the anime are good, cliché and overused, but entertaining. Weak points: - Textbook characters. Including the weak protagonist. - Weak plot, which doesn't get any expansion on in the anime. - Nothing special about its sound part. So if you are looking for a classic harem ecchi with some decent fights and episodes (in terms of content) and don't mind the weak characters, then Omamori Himari is the anime for you.

Story: 1/10 I'm not the biggest harem or fanservice fan, but I don't mind if they have a good story and likeable characters. But instead of a good plot with fanservice, it's fanservice with little plot. I knew all hope was lost when the generic fanservice beach episode was the second one. Then episode 3 was written around fanservice. 'How can we make Himari's breasts/panties show this time?". I wanted to give it a chance, it sounded interesting and for the most part ecchi doesn't bother me. I mean series like 11 eyes, for example, find ways to write fanservice into a scene, but in thisseries, they try to write a scene around fanservice. It's pointless! And the thing is, it even has potential to be a good story! Demon slayers, demons, magic powers etc. Sounds like it could be a good fantasy story, but alas no. They might as well have taken the clothes out completely and made it a hentai. And I've seen hentai with more story.. There are maybe 3 episodes out of 12 that relate to the "plot". Character: 3/10 All of the villains tend to be large breasted females who also lust over the main character (and for what reason I don't know). The main male character barely looks a day over 12, yet is getting fondled and dry humped by a lot of women who look many years older than him (except one, who looks like an elementary school kid. She heals him by rubbing against him until she gets off). Of course he has his cliche annoying possessive female friend, and the the large busted bodyguard. However, I actually like Himari. She's pretty well rounded (and not just her chest). She's also a powerful cat demon that fights with a sword- what's not to like? She also shows the widest range of emotion. Really she's the only character worth mentioning. Overall, unless you watch an anime for just breasts and pantyshots and no story, this is not one I'd recommend.

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