Otome youkai Zakuro (2010– ) User Reviews

Fantasy romantic comedy for kids

[Ladiloque · 6/10 · 6 May 2017]

I gave this a try following the advice of a major anime site which suggested "Otome youkai Zakuro" as a good historical piece for the Taisho period (1912-26). Unfortunately my hopes crumbled as soon as the first episode was over.

This is an anime for kids and young teens where comedy, romance and magical battles alternate in unoriginal fashion.

It's not bad if all you're looking for is cute romantic-cat-girls, cute dumb-soldier-boys, cute embarrassing moments, cute animal-spirits and a "big fight" per episode. But still, you could as well watch 200 episodes of Inuyasha which is better overall, get older and forget about the genre.

Even if we try to dig under the surface looking for signs of depth, historical characterization or whatever we can hope to find in well-done entertainment, all we get is still a superficial comedy-fantasy for kids.

A nice funny anime about demons and soliders working together

[Irishchatter · 8/10 · 11 June 2019]

The other person who reviewed this thought this anime was for children, yes I agree it was lighthearted in some parts but it wasn't either. There were some scenes that I definitely wouldn't show to kids or even show the whole anime at all to them. In this anime, I liked the fact that the blond bombshell Agemaki wasn't acting all "high and mighty" as some good looking guy characters tend to do mostly. He spoke his own truth that he is afraid of demons and holds his cool whenever Zakuro is always peed off by his cowardness. I honestly thought the two were a totally charming couple regardless of their different personalities. I also liked Susukihotaru and Riken as a couple also. Riken may be serious but he really is passionate about Susukihotaru. The pair of them weren't seen kissing but I'm sure that part would have been added to the manga lol.

Anyways overall, I thought this anime was cute, hilarious in some parts, magical and most importantly, it added a good bit of history to it with involving the Japanese first trying out western stuff (I think this was set in late 18th to the early 19th century I believe?). 8/10 I give this anime!