The Neighbors Club

Earlier I was having a conversation on Twitter about Kill Me Baby and the remarkable voice acting. I especially like Yasuna and Agiri’s voices (just try listening to Agiri’s Character CD, not because of the music, but the tone of her voice). I really hope their seiyuus, Akasaki Chinatsu and Takabe Ai respectively, get more roles!

So this conversation reminded me of other shows like Nekogami Yaoyorozu and Kanamemo. What do these three anime have in common, apart from being comedies? That I truly believe they have been unfairly underrated. Now, of course some people don’t like comedy too much, others like one type of comedy and not another, but still with some exceptions (such as Nichijou, and let’s not deceive ourselves. Nichijou is remarkably good, but if Kyoani hadn’t be behind it, it might have shared the same fate as other comedies) most comedy or slice-of-life comedy animes are ignored at large. I mean, Kill Me Baby, Kanamemo or Nekogami are really good, better than the attention they have received might indicate. To the point of being masterpieces? Maybe not? However as far as I’m concerned words such as “masterpiece” or “work of art” are just little annoying pompous words and what matters the most is, or should be, the entertainment value, how it makes you feel.

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