Omamori Himari

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Synopsis (from ANN): The slapstick romantic comedy centers around an ordinary 16-year-old high school boy named Yūto Amakawa who is protected by a spirit — specifically, a beautiful, sword-wielding cat girl spirit named Himari. Yūto is descended from a family that has subjugated demons since time immemorial. The charm that once protected him is now impotent, but fortunately, at that same moment, Himari appears before him as his new guardian.

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Episode 1: DL (subbed by REC) | Stream (Veoh)

Oh, and as an added bonus, the VA for Himari is Ami Koshimizu, who was Horo in Spice and Wolf

This comedy entertained me better right off the bat than the other comedies of the season like Ladies vs Butlers or Chu-Bra. I might be more inclined to keep this than those two.

Ami Koshimizu surely likes her roles with animal ears.

Yea, the comedy in this episode was good, and the music too!

That wasn't half bad, i think i'll stick with it

I liked this one, Himari really laid the smack down on the overprotective child hood friend and she is a sexual fantasy come to life. That said, I found myself strangely agreeing with the indecisive male lead in putting the brakes on their potential coupling. Just having sex with a hot demon girl you just met and know nothing about is kind of trashy but who cares. What really seals the deal is that she's potentially dangerous. He doesn't know if she has weird succubus powers or some condition that would let her suck his soul out or at least turn her against him if he were to mate with her.

That said, the episode was fun and I look forward to more.

I do hope a better sub comes along though, the CR tl was nice enough but the styling and the raw were pretty bad

Episode 2 --

Torrent - Subbed by HorribleSubs

Veoh Streaming

Excellent episode with a good balance among fanservice, fighting, and the kick-ass music.

The water demon was somewhat baffled by a demon slayer not wanting to leave a demon behind. But no member of the audience was surprised. A fine episode all in all. Himari's attitude is nicely sexy and she seems to read the dude well.

The childhood friend was really flat, though, now that she was shown in a bikini.

What are you guys archiving? I can't seem to find anything worth it

I'll probably end up archiving Horriblesubs unless a real group suddenly starts to sub the show. Fortunately this is no Durara so an excellent sub is hardly necessary.

the [KSH] version are actual fansubs that are pretty decent. i'll probably end up doing them.

Frostii is subbing this series as well so it's a nobrainer which sub group to archive.

Episode 3:

Torrent

Streaming

Seems like Yuto's life just got more complicated with Shizuku and the tea girl in his harem. I don't buy Shizuku's trust in Yuto, but at least she is pretty entertaining.

yeah I agree, It is just the weird harem/shounen power which makes girls like him for no reason.

Frostii 02

I can see the archaic English getting old really fast...

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Originally Posted by Kraco

I'll probably end up archiving Horriblesubs unless a real group suddenly starts to sub the show. Fortunately this is no Durara so an excellent sub is hardly necessary.

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I can tell you that the SFW version has better video at least, courtesy of yours truly.

Hrmm, I didn't even know that SFW was doing this show. I got all 3 episodes from KSH. I guess I'll switch over.

Lol Keishou... they suck in both their anime and manga front

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Episode 4 was pretty awesome, hopefully they'll balance the fights and the harem well

I watched Commie's ep 5 (a very bad mistake) and Ryuumaru's ep 6, and I have to say the series just keeps getting better, despite the harem keeping growing. In any case this Jinguuji girl (the one with the crescent on her forehead) is a nice addition with her rather aggressive and villainous attitude. It also helps she says there's an old agreement of her being Yuuto's bride already.

Fundamental differences:

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Hard to say yet whether Jinguuji will even come to understand Yuuto detached attitude to the demons. She has been fighting the fiends all her life, it seems, based on the flashbacks, and also has been suffering under the derision of the older clans, so the coldness and hatred should be the basis of her basic personality. I hope they will come to some manner of an understanding before the end but I pray it won't be Jinguuji simply accepting Yuuto's stance as the correct one, abandoning her own. Unless she ends up dying. That would be just as good.

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I'm not entirely sure if I should be happy or not that this episode actually surprised me a little bit. It doesn't actually make me happy because it surprised me by choosing the most cliched route when I was expecting a more complicated, but on the other hand it reminded me of the fact this is a comedy and should be treated like one.

In any case Jinguuji certainly turned understanding fast when Yuuto finally regained some of his memories. The more interesting part was how much Yuuto actually wanted to be a demon slayer in the past. Quite an opposite of his current stance. Still, I liked him more when he was seriously listing to Jinguuji why they can't be together, before he regained those memories. He hasn't probably been that composed and serious ever before in the series.

This show is becoming more and more a traditional harem for sure, and of the more boring kind to boot, with a main character possessing no balls.

I'm guessing that it has something to do with her training to be a witch, but I really wonder why Kuesu's hair turned from black to white. I hope they get to it rather than blatantly leaving in unexplained.

The first half of the episode with Himari was cliche and boring, but I really liked the conversation between Yuuto and Kuesu. It's not that common that his character archtype tells a girl flat out that their two views are completely incompatible and he wants nothing to do with her. One usually expects some sort of plea for her to change her mind, but he goes right in for the attack. What happened after with her flying out the window and being saved by magical means is, but like Kraco said, it is a comedy.

Like it or not (I do), Kuesu and Yuuto fit together. She's still kind of evil, and I can't deny that I really like how she grabs him so matter of factly and forcefully kisses him, drawing great ire from Himari and the like.

She's still kind of evil:
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Damn I hate pacifist main characters. Especially when a friend (and a girl, no less) is getting eaten alive but still the dude is unable to do more than stand and shout angrily. Well, it might be due to a limited animation budget and the fact the shounen anime textbook seems to say standing and talking are the most important parts of a fight. Yet knowing all that makes it no nicer to watch. I really hope Yuuto will grow a pair soon. It's torturing to watch his indecisiveness and excuses for avoiding his destiny.

This series would have an awesome ending if he became a considerate demon slayer only dispatching troublesome demons, married Kuesu, and kept Himari around as a bodyguard and friend (and of course for some threesome). It's not like he could produce offspring with a cat demon so Himari couldn't really be more than that if he intends to have a family of his own and pass on his genes.

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So, they spent the past few episodes building up Tama as this badass Ayakashi eating fox, only to have her taken out within the first 8 minutes, pfft. Very disappointing.

Himari's full demonic form was pretty crazy looking. I laughed when Liz passed out after seeing it.

I was glad to see Kaburagi finally get what was coming to him. It's just too bad that Shutendouji didn't kill him instead.

Magical Change! I liked Himari's Light ferry clothing and prefer them over what she normally wears.

Shutendouji didn't even last half as long as Tama did. Himari turned out to be more of an antagonist than these two, which is quite sad.

Yuto seems to have added another member to his harem at the end. Too bad they'll all go to waste, since he won't do anything with them.

I'm glad the series is finally over. Medicore ending as expected for a harem anime. Although I liked Himari's outfit at the final battle.

This was seriously written by a mediocre 12 years old author. I can't imagine any other reason that would explain these miserable last episodes. Especially this very last was so bad I found myself laughing at the sheer stupidity. The only good scene was Shutendouji telling Rinko he doesn't even need to understand her shitty maiden reasoning. What the fuck had that lecture even got to do with anything?

I would have archived this series if Himari had indeed massacred most of the characters but with a completely useless ending like this, I deleted the folder as soon as I had finished this worthless waste of HD space show.

Yuuto himself will score highly on my most annoying main characters list. His loser points are increased greatly by immediately forgetting the power he finally acquired after such a long and difficult road. It takes an exceptional idiot to succeed at something like that.

What more can I say, Kraco summed up my feelings pretty well. I'm glad this is over. I really hope they don't pull a season 2. For one thing the Kitsune girl is pretty solidly established as an emotionless cannibalistic psycho, and adding her to an already full harem of Ayakashi without her eating them at first opportunity would top off what was already a pretty heinous case of villain decay.