BLCD Review: Ookami-kun wa Kowakunai
Title: Ookami-kun wa Kowakunai (オオカミくんはこわくない)
Author/Artist: Sakura Riko
Cast: Kumagai Kentarou x Nogami Sho
“Do people fall in love with someone on their first heat…?”
The world is filled with animals that can evolve into beast men. There is a young and earnest wolf who was always mistaken for a showy person because of his flashy looks. The easily mistaken wolf has fallen for an attractive looking rabbit named Usami, whose skin is tanned. Even though Usami is very cautious of the carnivores, he would put his guard down only when he is with the easily mistaken wolf, who was a pervert that became a life saver for Usami. But what will happen to Usami on his first heat!?
Huh, this also wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.
First of all, I do not like Sakura Riko’s works. Miss me with that problematic characters and incest bs. Their ukes also tend to be spineless and bland, so I was already biased about this from the start. I mean, Usami was a bit bland, but was certainly a great improvement from sensei’s other ukes. Doesn’t help the fact that sensei’s works can be a little—okay, well, maybe considerably poorly executed (because I still haven’t read anything other that was solid) which is why I immediately nope out of a new work when I see that it’s theirs. I’ve read Karasu no Yomeiri along with Ookami, but I finished with the former first and since it came at me with incest, I dropped Ookami. Had I known how Ookami would’ve ended, I would have finished it then and left Karasu no Yomeiri in the gutter. Also, idk if it’s just me, but even though their art is modern, their characters are so stiff that it looks like they were made back in the late 2000′s. Can I also just say that Shiba’s ears makes him look like My Horse Prince?
I’m glad that it ended on a lighter note without any shitty traps whatsoever, though. It wasn’t that predictable either, which is nice. This might just be sensei’s best work yet. Ten years is definitely a long time for bad to transcend into decent, but progress is progress. 🙊 OH MY GOD FRANCESCA WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN?! I mean, it’s true. 🤷 Unpredictable as it was, it’s not like it’s a new concept. It’s very similar to Tokishiba’s Yagi to Ookami no Hatsujou Jijou and they were released around the same time even. And tbh, Yagi to Ookami is way better than this even though it’s all about sex and the plot is almost non-existent. But I guess that’s just my personal preference. I will, however, look forward to the BLCD adaptation of the sequel, Thoroughbred wa Nabikanai, which involves Shishidou and Shiba because I low-key ship them lol. Karasu? We don’t know her
Moving on to the voice acting.
My god, Kumagai Kentarou! Where did that come from?! This man will do good in anime, especially in shounen anime, I tell you. I’ve only ever heard him in his stint in Kimi to Boku no Sekai’s Phase 2 where he topped my bb Murase Ayumu, but I honestly thought that he wasn’t that notable even though he did well there. HE SOUNDS LIKE KAGAMI TAIGA I’M SCARED. I repeat; HE SOUNDS LIKE ONO YUUKI. It’s weird because he was in a lower range in Phase 2 and the difference between the tones he used in these two works is so huge! I heard it the second he spoke, but it wasn’t until he raised his voice that I confirmed it. How can you even sound like someone to that extent?! But his similarity with Ono Yuuki aside, he managed to get Shirou to move. Again, sensei’s style is a bit stiff, so I feared that their voice acting would be stiff, too. Yeah, sounds impossible, but try listening to Kimi wa Hiniku na Kirakira Boushi’s BLCD and you’ll see what I mean. I actually had no idea that it was Sakura Riko’s, but when I knew, it all clicked.
Kumagai Kentarou also voices Daichi in No Color Baby (which I’ll be listening to later), so I’m super pumped about his future endeavors.
Sadly, Nogami Sho still hasn’t done it for me. Father Fucker was forgettable and I’m glad that I’ve forgotten Oni ga Shitau. Again, since Usami’s personality was a bit bland, Nogami was bound to act blandly as well. I’ve actually even forgotten how he sounds like as I’m typing this. I do know that he acted well, so he’s got that going for him. The mattress mambos were great, too.
As for accuracy, there were a lot of ad libs in the BLCD which is understandable and needed because they had to compensate with more dialogue explaining the movements since the manga lacked movement because of the stiffness. But you can definitely read the manga along listening the CD. I read YaoiSekai’s English trans of it, and it had some mistranslations here and there, but it does not affect the story whatsoever.
So we had semi-generic and decent plot, great voice work and chemistry, and loyalty to the original content. I’d grade this a 7. I’d recommend listening to this because of Kumagai Kentarou’s performance and not the plot itself, but if you’re a fan of the work, or in for something light, then this could be for you.
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