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However, there is so
much more to Kemono Friends than just that.
The biggest
draw of the show is that it has some of the best world-building I have ever seen in anime. Kemono Friends truly understands "show, don't tell. " As the series goes on, viewers start to learn more and more about the weird and mysterious world this seemingly simple story takes place in. If you're reading this review, it's probably too late for you now, but the theory-crafting and discussions had around Kemono Friends in Japan and the western world were so much fun. By drip-feeding us information about the world, fans were able to come together week to week to discuss their new ideas and knowledge. The mystery of the park might make this one of the best mystery anime too!
The story seems simple at first; a lost girl and an animal girl wander around a park filled with animal girls trying to find out what the lost girl is. Every week, they meet other animal friends and help them with their problems as they progress towards their own goals. But the aforementioned world-building is what draws this all together. In the background of each episode, new things are
added to the viewer's knowledge-bank about this unique and interesting world. As your interest in the world grows, so does your love for
these relatively simplistic, but fun characters.
[65][66] Muse Communication has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia and streamed it on their Muse Asia YouTube channel and its respective regional variants, and on iQIYI, Bilibili and
WeTV in Southeast Asia, Netflix in South Asia and Southeast Asia,[67] Catchplay in Indonesia and Singapore, meWATCH in Singapore, and Sushiroll in Indonesia. [68] On March 6, 2022, it was announced that a second season has been green-lit. [69] It is directed by Hiroki Hirano, with scripts
supervised by Toshiya Ono, and character designs handled by Sanae Shimada. [70] The season will run for two split cours. [71] The first part of the second season aired from July 3 to September 25, 2023. The second part is set to premiere on April 8, 2024, with Ryōsuke Shibuya replacing Hirano as the director. [72] The opening theme song is "Spiral" by Longman, while the ending theme song is "Musubime" (ムスビメ) by Yuiko Ōhara. [73] The second season will be collected into a total of four Blu-ray volumes in Japan between October 18, 2023, and September 18, 2024. [74][75] Audio drama[edit] An audio drama adaptation, titled Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu - Ten'i Meikyū-hen (無職転生 ~異世界行ったら本気だす~ 転移迷宮編), was released by Frontier Works on April 26, 2017. [76] The story involves Rudeus who was voiced by Hiro Shimono. The actor enjoyed the work despite being unfamiliar with the novels.
Dialogue delivery is definitely one of the thing I
expect the anime to do well, since it doesn’t exist in manga. And Horimiya absolutely nailed it, starting from the conversations to how they were executed, all of it.
In summary, Horimiya is a satisfying adaption. Many people will find plenty of reasons to hate it, since even I admit that this isn't a perfect anime or something. For example, people might not
like Hori's masochistic side or how he often hits Miyamura. Honestly, it doesn't matter to me. I am well aware of the fact that Hori is a bit violent in nature, but it is explained why, and it's not like she's the Tsundere from Zero no Tsukaima (An actual bitch), she admits her mistakes and admits how she knows she was wrong but she blames it on Miyamura anyways, she can't help it. Miyamura chose to accept that side of her, so who am I to judge what's good for him? Besides, S&M is getting more popular day by day among people, I'm here to watch anime, not to kinkshame anime characters.
After waiting for so long, I am nothing but happy to receive such a quality adaption. This definitely lives up to the manga. The manga ended weeks ago, and I was looking forward to the anime every week.
