Natsume Yuujinchou 1-4

The show centers around Takashi Natsume, a young boy who ever since he could remember have been able to see spirits.

Because of his ability Natsume has has always been alone, avoided by other people as they found him odd or believed he was lying to get attention. His parents passed away when he was very young and he spent his childhood being passed around amongst different relatives. Now living with with distant relatives to his father Natsume is trying his best to keep is abilites hidden, but things get complicated when he inherits a book from his grandmother, Reiko, containing binding contracts with all the spirits whom she's defeated and won the names of. In order to release them from their conctract Natsume must now find the spirits and return their names to them.

I like this show, the storyline is not revolutionary but it is good and the characters are very likeable. It is the perfect series-between-series in more ways than one; each episode has it's own little storyline besides the main story and you have no trouble following it even if you don't watch it conseculatively and since nothing major ever happens it's a very easygoing show, perfect for when you need a bit of a break from all that drama that threathens to tear your heart in two.

Despite the fact that I really liked this show I will still only be giving it 4 out of 5 otakus, the main reason behind that being that it just didn't "get to me" enough to be rewarded a full score.

Ino x Boku S.S.

The Maison de Ayakashi aka Ayakashi Kan, is rumored to be a residence for the rich and famous, the elite of society, it is protected with the highest security and every tenant is bestowed a personal bodyguard. In reality though it is a place for humans with non-human ancestors to live and the secuirty is not there to protect anyones wealth, it's there to protect the residents from more powerful monsters.

In an attempt to improve herself the socially-inept Ririchiyo moves in to the Ayakashi. Her plan is to spend some time alone until she feels capable handling interactions with other people without ending up insulting them by putting up her usual front, because of this she has also said no to having a personal bodyguard but upon entering the Ayakashi she is met by Soushi, a member of the Secret Service, who requests that she lets him be her "dog".

Ino x Boku S.S. is a decent show but it didn't really captivate me, it wasn't until the second to last episode that it really made me feel something (but then I really felt something, so much so that I had to re-watch the last bit of it). I think it might be due to the lack of a cohesive plot line, it gave me a hard time staying focused because with so much going on in every episode the end result was a series that felt a bit hastily put together, almost sloppy. Even given that the series is about the developing relationships between the tenants I still think it would have benefited from a more coherent plot.

Despite (or maybe owing it to) humour and bishounen galore this show only gets 3 out of 5 otakus.

Kamisama Hajimemashita

Kamisama Hajimemashita, or Kamisama Kiss as it is called in English, is a romatnic comedy about a girl who, after being abandoned by her indebted father and evicted from her apartment, finds herself as the heir to a rundown shrine.

After being both abandoned and evicted Nanami finds herself alone in a park late at night. There she meets Mikage, a strange man who is terrified of dogs, and ends up telling him about her misfortunes. Mikage then surprises her by saying she can have his house as a thank you for rescuing him from a dog and since she has nowhere else to go, Nanami accepts, she is given a map and after following it she finds herself standing in front of a rundown shrine. Thinking it must be a joke but that she doesn't have any other options Nanami enters the shrine where she meets Kotetsu, Onikiri and Tomoe, the shrine guardians, and finds out that not only was she given a shrine, she awas also appointed the new earth deity of said shrine. The story then follows the life of Nanami and the shrine guardians and how their relationships develop through ups and downs.

With a good ratio between love, humour and character development this is a really good show if you are into the typical anime-love-series. Despite the plot being a tad on the weak side (which was expected) this is one of those series that really tug at your heartstrings, not because it is sad but because it's just that little bit too perfect. It gives you the perfect amount of butterflies and with only thirteen episodes it leaves you wanting more. It also has the perfect tsundere bishounen (who also happens to be supernatural beings) for the fangirls to dream about.

This show pretty much killed my heart with longing for that perfect butterfly scenario but other than that (or maybe because of that?) I really enjoyed it so I give it 4 out of 5 otakus.