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NEWS: Interviews with Monster Girls/Demi-chan wa Kataritai TV Anime's Teaser Introduces Characters

Honestly, this looks like a more generic version of Monster Musume. Monster Musume set such a high bar for weirdness and uniqueness of its characters and gimmick that any harem anime that tries a similar thing that does less than that, or that doesn't have some sort of other hook, seems bland and uninteresting at this point. From what I've seen from the PV, the only thing that can make this stand out is if the writing is especially good, and I don't exactly have high hopes on that score. Probably a pass.

Honestly, this looks like a more generic version of Monster Musume. Monster Musume set such a high bar for weirdness and uniqueness of its characters and gimmick that any harem anime that tries a similar thing that does less than that, or that doesn't have some sort of other hook, seems bland and uninteresting at this point. From what I've seen from the PV, the only thing that can make this stand out is if the writing is especially good, and I don't exactly have high hopes on that score. Probably a pass.

Sahmbahdeh wrote:

Honestly, this looks like a more generic version of Monster Musume. Monster Musume set such a high bar for weirdness and uniqueness of its characters and gimmick that any harem anime that tries a similar thing that does less than that, or that doesn't have some sort of other hook, seems bland and uninteresting at this point. From what I've seen from the PV, the only thing that can make this stand out is if the writing is especially good, and I don't exactly have high hopes on that score. Probably a pass.

This is Not Doing Research and Judging 101.

Demi-chan wa Kataritai is not a harem. At all. True, the main male character has a relationship with the three main girls because he is their teacher, not because he wants to bang any of them, the girls do develop a close relationship with him but the manga never implies that it could go with the teacher going out with any of his students, at least not while they are in school. Plus their role goes beyond of the central male character.

The interesting hook of Demi-chan is that this teacher is biologically interested in this demon-like girls, since they are not exactly monsters and look quite a lot like humans, and most of the chapters is the teacher learning new things about these rare species and how they work (there is like, only one Dullahan in existence and it's the girl in this manga) and their issues in handling normal school-life, some are related to their species, some are more broad, and it's a very interesting mix. Other episodes are basically comedy with a little progress on fleshing out characters, which are pretty entertaining by themselves too.

Valhern wrote:

Sahmbahdeh wrote: Honestly, this looks like a more generic version of Monster Musume. Monster Musume set such a high bar for weirdness and uniqueness of its characters and gimmick that any harem anime that tries a similar thing that does less than that, or that doesn't have some sort of other hook, seems bland and uninteresting at this point. From what I've seen from the PV, the only thing that can make this stand out is if the writing is especially good, and I don't exactly have high hopes on that score. Probably a pass. This is Not Doing Research and Judging 101. Demi-chan wa Kataritai is not a harem. At all. True, the main male character has a relationship with the three main girls because he is their teacher, not because he wants to bang any of them, the girls do develop a close relationship with him but the manga never implies that it could go with the teacher going out with any of his students, at least not while they are in school. Plus their role goes beyond of the central male character. The interesting hook of Demi-chan is that this teacher is biologically interested in this demon-like girls, since they are not exactly monsters and look quite a lot like humans, and most of the chapters is the teacher learning new things about these rare species and how they work (there is like, only one Dullahan in existence and it's the girl in this manga) and their issues in handling normal school-life, some are related to their species, some are more broad, and it's a very interesting mix. Other episodes are basically comedy with a little progress on fleshing out characters, which are pretty entertaining by themselves too.

My statement was a reply to the PV; I shouldn't have to do any research beyond that. If what you said is true, it sounds like it could be OK, but none of that was intimated by the PV.

My statement was a reply to the PV; I shouldn't have to do any research beyond that. If what you said is true, it sounds like it could be OK, but none of that was intimated by the PV.

Valhern wrote:

Sahmbahdeh wrote: Honestly, this looks like a more generic version of Monster Musume. Monster Musume set such a high bar for weirdness and uniqueness of its characters and gimmick that any harem anime that tries a similar thing that does less than that, or that doesn't have some sort of other hook, seems bland and uninteresting at this point. From what I've seen from the PV, the only thing that can make this stand out is if the writing is especially good, and I don't exactly have high hopes on that score. Probably a pass. This is Not Doing Research and Judging 101. Demi-chan wa Kataritai is not a harem. At all. True, the main male character has a relationship with the three main girls because he is their teacher, not because he wants to bang any of them, the girls do develop a close relationship with him but the manga never implies that it could go with the teacher going out with any of his students, at least not while they are in school. Plus their role goes beyond of the central male character. The interesting hook of Demi-chan is that this teacher is biologically interested in this demon-like girls, since they are not exactly monsters and look quite a lot like humans, and most of the chapters is the teacher learning new things about these rare species and how they work (there is like, only one Dullahan in existence and it's the girl in this manga) and their issues in handling normal school-life, some are related to their species, some are more broad, and it's a very interesting mix. Other episodes are basically comedy with a little progress on fleshing out characters, which are pretty entertaining by themselves too.

My statement was a reply to the PV; I shouldn't have to do any research beyond that. If what you said is true, it sounds like it could be OK, but none of that was intimated by the PV.

As a side note it's criminal Monster Infirmary hasn't had an anime yet.