Hotaru has spirals instead of pupils, and most of the other characters have extremely beady eyes or look incredibly sleep deprived. The characters in this show have some of the strangest eyes I've ever seen. The overall design is very minimalistic, but one specific part of the character designs will stick with me- the eyes. To is the typical good natured perv friend, and Saya happens to be a master of everything she attempts (our perfect human being character), except the ways of love. Saya and To are twins, and the best friends (and possibly only other people in town?) of Kokonotsu. So much so, that she even frequently hallucinates that she is talking to, making out with, or otherwise in 'actual' love with candy. Hotaru is a rich heir to a prominent candy manufacturing family, whose airheaded-ness is surpassed by only her obsession with eating candy. He flip flops between being white dwarf-level dense and a go-getter, but ultimately settles for being another trope-guy. Kokonotsu is our put upon protagonist- charged with running his absentee dad's candy shop (which apparently is famous, yet has no other customers besides mostly Hotaru, but also Saya and To). There are RARELY even unnamed passers by in this show- it focuses solely on the main 4: Kokonotsu, Hotaru, Saya, and To. 5 characters- and one of them appears in maybe two episodes. This show features one of, if not THE smallest cast I've ever seen in an anime. It picked up again around the ending, promising a little more in the way of romantic subplots, but like most shows of one cour in length- ends up going absolutely nowhere. The beginning was amusing, but then quickly fell into a plodding middle- especially given that Dagashi Kashi shows its hand very quickly, and then continues to play the same cards, in a sense. This novelty was endearing for a while, and with the backdrop of the candy store- I though this show could be a fun little niche thing for a while, but the novelty soon wore thin. Yet at the same time, the early episodes had some really strange happenings that I can only describe as "Japan". This show started off as a curiosity to me- it was charming in its simplistic, unassuming stance- as nonthreatening as an anime can possibly be. Yeaaah, so, Dagashi Kashi: a show that serves basically as a 4.5 hour commercial for various Japanese candy manufacturers under the pretense of a slice of life comedy. Shikada-dashi jam-packed, hot as a tea kettle Temperature rising, okay, let's go to the next level You gon' sip that Ramune, or should I put some Pocky on it?
You could have it your way, how do you want it?
Keep going 'til you hit the Hi-Chew, whoa I'll have you spending all you got (come on) By Kokonotsu Yen (9 Yen, 50 Cent's Japanese half cousin)
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