(L+CR) Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews with Monster Girls)

[Wandering Soul]

Seeing Sakie in a swimsuit was a nice treat, seeing how fit Iron Man is was quite the surprise. It looks like Sakie isn't the only one who has "tricks" up her sleeve. I would ​like to see those two end up together.

I'm going to miss watching this every Saturday, but at least we still have the manga.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for final thoughts:

8/10

The first couple of episodes were definitely the highlight of the anime. I guess the quality had impact at first, but it wore off eventually and was more or less just a fairly well done slice of life anime afterwards to me. Which is fine too. Better than boring.

So I'll give it a tad bit above average score for being fairly fun to watch.
Also, it is interesting to see the diagnosing of causes and symptoms of the girls, which, on contrary of the title and this thread's tag, are not monster girls. Because the portrayal of the girls are that they are just humans with special traits, mutants, whatever. But they are technically of the human race, not monsters. It's an interesting concept.

So yeah, fair anime to watch.

[SeijiSensei]

I had the opposite reaction to serenade_beta. I thought this show got better as it went on. The characters became less caricatured and more endearing, and the story deepened as well. Demi-chan moved to the top of my list for this season past Kobayashi-san. The latter is fun, too, but still largely a gag comedy. Demi-chan had real heart, at least for me.

The producers made a couple of decisions that I could fault, especially the Kurtz episode which went nowhere. It did introduce the relationship between Sakie and Ugaki-san, but that could have happened without Kurtz. Otherwise I thought the pacing was fine given they had to cram a lot of stuff into just twelve episodes.

I'm still wondering what happened to Machi's flame when her body was in the water. Unless it stayed upright the whole time and just played ball. Since submerging her head didn't cause it to fill with water, I'm guessing it is somehow sealed at the bottom of her neck. They never show us what her head looks like when viewed from below.

Despite the episode title, I notice hardly anyone did much swimming in this episode.

What a tease they were about Sakie's swimsuit, showing only her top and leaving us to imagine what the part down below looked like.

[Ultragunner]

sometime I wonder Tetsuo is teaching the wrong subject at school, he should be the PE teacher

we didn't get to see the others' reaction so I guess only Kyouko and Sakie are into "macho" muscular men huh *granted the two of them are already having a crush on him*

[Marcus H.]

I picked up this show after watching a handful of clips of Youtube showing the flustered Machi trying to get some affection from Takahashi-sensei. Because of that, I had the impression that the show was entirely fueled on humor and things like that.

Turns out that the show would be much more mature than supernatural creatures goofing off.

We have been through anime shows where the concept of "monster girl" exists to spice up the normal interactions humans have with each other. There's Monster Musume and Jitsu wa, Watashi wa, for starters, and both shows involve supernatural creatures having relationships with humans. But Demi-chan wa Kataritai did a more scientific yet warm-hearted approach to how a demihuman should be treated. As quoted by Tetsuo Takahashi, people shouldn't throw away a demihuman's "demihood" or treat her like a non-human outright—demihumans have both human and supernatural traits that make up their identity and people must recognize both aspects to truly grasp what being a demihuman is all about.

Originally Posted by Tetsuo Takahashi

"If you just see traits unique to demis, you'll miss their individuality. If you only see the human side, you won't understand their troubles. Both are precious. What's important is balance."

It's this kind of understanding towards the circumstances with Machi, Hikari, Yuki and Sakie-sensei that made this show worthwhile for me. Very few anime can show this kind of heart, and the comedy is a natural by-product of that heart.

Sadly, the show seems to have reached the latest chapters, so it will take some time before we could see more of the Demi-chan cast. I kinda agree with Takahashi-sensei on the last episode—we really could use more interviews with demi-chans.

[Gan_HOPE326]

For me the show started strong, got me worried a bit around episode 2-3 when it looked like it might take a route that was too harem-ish for comfort but then recovered and finished spectacularly well. I really liked it, as far as this kind of light-hearted gag comedies go, this one really packed in as much heart and serious themes it could without it becoming overbearing. My only regret is it would be really fun to see more of Tetsuo and Sakie's romance as that's an interesting concept all on its own - enough to carry an entire show, in fact . But guess we can't have everything.

[sparhawk1610]

Originally Posted by AB079

The moment all the demis went crazy

Spoiler for Tetsuo:

Yeah, that was overkill

[Ultragunner]

I wouldn't be surprised if Tetsuo had a part-time job somewhere as a body builder/trainer dat body ain't something you can get just by ordinary exercise

also....dem six-packs

[Magewolf]

It was funny that Tetsuo had more of an apparent effect on Sakie by taking his shirt off then she had on him by showing off her bikini.

[mergele]

Really great show.
I feel comfortable making the following prediction: Hikari waifu 2017.

[Ghostfriendly]

Originally Posted by mergele

Really great show.
I feel comfortable making the following prediction: Hikari waifu 2017.

Hikari or Vignette (Gabriel Dropout) for best waifu?

[npal]

Originally Posted by Ghostfriendly

Hikari or Vignette (Gabriel Dropout) for best waifu?

I'd vote for Hikari, only because Vignette is in a much worse series

[SeijiSensei]

Originally Posted by Gan_HOPE326

My only regret is it would be really fun to see more of Tetsuo and Sakie's romance as that's an interesting concept all on its own - enough to carry an entire show, in fact . But guess we can't have everything.

There's a certain charm in leaving it to our imaginations just like the bottom half of Sakie-sensei's swimsuit-clad body.

[nicky.]

Catching up with Demi chan these days; up to ep.9 now. Is this anime finished at 12 or 13 episodes?

Originally Posted by npal

I'd vote for Hikari, only because Vignette is in a much worse series

Why do you find Gabdrop much worse?
Both are really cute

[Flower]

You know ... its all good and nice, but can we leave Gabriel Dropout discussions for that thread? Let's try to stay focused on Demi-chan in here, okay?

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

There's a certain charm in leaving it to our imaginations just like the bottom half of Sakie-sensei's swimsuit-clad body.

In a way, but I still want to see a show about how a couple made of a human and a succubus manages to deal with everyday life. If they go to dinner in an elegant restaurant, will she wear a sexy dress thus causing nosebleeds to the entire hall ? How do they balance their sex life? Does the effect wear off with habit, thus leaving the man *only* as horny as a man attracted to a regular woman, or even less ? I NEED ANSWERS!

(possibly not in hentai form, though I wouldn't mind a bit of ecchi in such a story)

[IceHism]

7/10

Hmm while I liked the previous episode a lot, I don't know how I feel about the finale. Everything felt kind of vanilla. Also boo no progress between the senseis.

I guess my biggest problem is that I just find machi and yukionna really boring. Especially the eps just focused on them

[Ghostfriendly]

Originally Posted by IceHism

7/10

Hmm while I liked the previous episode a lot, I don't know how I feel about the finale. Everything felt kind of vanilla. Also boo no progress between the senseis.

I guess my biggest problem is that I just find machi and yukionna really boring. Especially the eps just focused on them

Yuki was probably the weakest girl for personality, even if she had the angsty bullying subplot, and an unexpected taste for manga. Nothing made her feel very unique or real, compared to the cuddle-bug model student Machi, or the most spontaneous of genki girls, Hikari. The Yuki-onna myth very much prescribes the characters of the solemn and enigmatic ghost-like siren. Yuki starts off only a bit like that, then turns out to be actually quite friendly and normal, without a great character change struggle, so her personality ends up very middle-of-the road.

On the other hand, Machi's Dullahan powers are linked very nicely to her desire for physical affection; her pleasant model student character contrasts both with her endearing inner neediness and the sinister Dullahan legend. She has to think about her future in ep 10, deal with her crush on teacher, and manages to give him a charming speech in ep 11, though her face as she exits stage left suggests she's squirming with emotion inside. She gets my vote for best girl.

Sakie and Hikari have similar striking contrasts between the legends of Succubi/vampires, and their personality; though Hikari evokes the charismatic and theatrical strand of vampirism, in very much her own way. Yuki is the only one without such a stand-out character contrast, though she also has good points; but the bullying issues weren't some of the strongest. Likewise, the actual discussions of demi powers were often not very deep or enthralling; the premise was more of a setup for the lighthearted of some lovable schoolgirls and teachers being themselves and having fun.

[nicky.]

Pretty uneventful last episode; it was like character appreciation day. Nothing wrong with that though, so long as it's the final installment (no season 2). More episodes would be boring, to be honest.
I give a 9/10. The show holds very true to it's title and expectations; it did everything it was supposed to.

[DragoonKain3]

I honestly just skipped the non-Sakie parts. Sakie's search for love that isn't tainted by her nature, is a premise that's good enough as a romance story by itself. I'd be all over this series if that was the focus, but alas it isn't that kind of show. So really, just not my cup of tea.