#kokonoha

As someone who minored in journalism and uses all the knowledge that I obtained from school to start this blog, it hurts to see how far journalism as a whole has sunk. People will twist anything for attention and approval. Meanwhile, this sh*t stain of a journalist thinks he can just insert a tiny camera onto a rooftop and take a picture of Tsunagu and Mari without their consent. These are the types of cameras that Korean women are afraid of when they go use the public restrooms because of nonconsensual shots! What this guy is doing a crime, yet people are quick to blame Tsunagu all because he’s a beastman and that makes him an easy target. Yukihiro is too nice because I’d be slapping him because violence is non-consensual, just like Kinari’s actions!

The fact that the school isn’t really doing much for Tsunagu sucks. He’s been working hard to attend human school so that he can achieve his dream of being a doctor for the beastfolk, yet because of someone’s lies, they’re considering a leave of absence for him. It just shows that they aren’t really willing to accommodate beastfolk and don’t really know how to deal with situations revolving around prejudice…yet it was the school’s decision to take in a beastfolk as a student. It feels hypocritical… Fortunately, the class aside from those two jerks don’t believe in the article as they know Tsunagu is a good guy. I honestly like that Ochi kicked one of the jerks’ chair when they were talking bad about Tsunagu, which shows some positive development on his part.

I honestly am happy that Mari is not written as a weak-willed shoujo heroine because she’s not moping about the circumstances, but is trying her best to help out. I get that people might be questioning why she isn’t speaking up by telling people she wasn’t assaulted, but people might just make more nasty assumptions and would probably gaslight her as well. I’m glad that she was going off on the guidance counselor Hamashima, who’s voiced by Ryoka Yuzuki who voiced Taiki’s mother in Blue Box, Ino Yamanaka in Naruto and Satsuki Kiryuin in Kill La Kill.

Man, the whole slanderous article bit really soured my mood. I can’t feel happy for the Yukihiro and Kisara moments. They’re so cute, but the bitter aftertaste of what happens afterwards sucks. It’s funny how I want Natsuki Hanae to voice more villainous characters and this asshole is probably the most vile out of his repertoire so far…and he’s from a furry shoujo anime! I’m going to end this review here before I blow my lid off completely. Let me know your thoughts on this episode!

Since Mari and Tsunagu aren’t officially dating and are in a situationship, insensitive questions on if they’re dating gets the person asking punished, which I like. I like how Yukihiro and Ritsuka attacked Ikeda on different occasions. They are aware of Mari’s feelings, but don’t want to complicate things for her and for others. Still, it’s also sweet of Ayano and Ritsuka to make Mari spend time with Tsunagu whenever they have a break.

First off, we do see a bit of Ochi in this episode. He’s helping out Yukihiro with passing flyers. While he can easily grab female customers with his good looks and charm, he doesn’t like superficiality and wants to be honest and true. As Yukihiro noticed that he doesn’t hang out with his two friends anymore, he almost offered him to join his little crew before Kisara interrupted. It does make me wonder what sort of storyline Ochi has as he’s quite the mystery. Taori also shows up in this episode and it does make me wonder if she’s developing feelings for Tsunagu.

And yes, Kisara does show up, but as Mari’s friend as she invited her. She’s not very good with crowds and there’s also a conflict that revolve around her where she gets sexually harassed by human male visitors who were trying to hit on Mari and thought Kisara was a girl who was wearing a cat hoodie. The fact that they learned that she’s a beastfolk caused their demeanor to shift from chill to anger. It does come off as prejudice and a bit racist as they stopped being interested in Kisara the moment they found out she’s a beastfolk, so she’s not appealing to them anymore. Anyways, those guys suck and I’m glad they were turned over to the committee. They seem like young adults, so it does feel icky that they were trying to hit on high schooler Mari who’s turning 16 soon.

The little twist that their cafe is actually a beastfolk cafe was hilarious. Kisara was baffled as she didn’t think that humans would actually do such a concept. Still, it’s sweet of the class to come up with it real quickly just in case if someone had a bad opinion of Tsunagu. It really shows how much they care about him as a person and not just his race. Kokonoha, the glasses guy, even shows his love and respect for the beastfolk to the point that he made a manual for what’s acceptable to beastfolk for humans. He doesn’t want to appropriate their culture in a sense. Though, kid, don’t think about becoming a beastfolk—don’t become someone like Oli London…

There’s also some potential ship tease between Yukihiro and Kisara as they got some cute moments together. However, since it’s already Episode 10, it’s definitely not going to be resolved, but just a thing. Still, it’s sweet that Kisara was able to remember his name, which shows that she’s good at listening and respects others even if she met them briefly. She did brush her tail on his hand and even said that him donning a horse head is weird. He even walks her home as it’s dangerous at night and that she chose him to take her back. Though, there was a true purpose: she can detect his feelings for Mari; however, he knows she has feelings for Tsunagu. I wonder how this will be resolved next week…

By the way, Kokonoha is voiced by Yuki Sakakibara who voiced Neil in Secrets of the Silent Witch, Tamao in Yohaji and Hirose in the upcoming Nakamura-kun anime. Ikeda, the blond guy with the ponytail, is voiced by Kentaro Kumagai, who voiced Laios in Delicious in Dungeon. It’s interesting how these rather known names pop up here and there.

Anyways, what do you think is going to happen with this Yukihiro and Kisara thing? There are only two more episodes left, so they’re definitely not going to be a side ship just yet. Let me know your thoughts on this episode. One more question before I end: does Yukihiro make for a hot horse, like he said?