Inukami: A dog deity (god) who oftens takes the form of a human
A summary of episode 1: A man wearing nothing but a cape, with his phallus censored as an elephant shoots lasers from his nipples and dick that turns people naked. Note: It only works on men. There is also a robot with a drill on his groin and narrowly misses drilling a man's rear end. Pretty much sums up the experience of this anime. Alcohol is absolutely required with this anime (if you are old enough). Also check drunk edit
Inukami follows the story of a pervert Keita Kawahira, who along with his Inukami that lives with him, has a job to defend people from malicious spirits and monsters. The genre is ecchi (only), yet some might argue it is comedy. I didn't laugh once, not even after a few beers (which usually lets me laugh at terrible ecchi anime). I'm telling you now, I do not like ecchi anime and my opinion will affect this review.
Animation/Sound
In terms of animation quality and style, it is actually good for an anime made in 2006. Very bright and colourful. Of course any obscenity is thankfully censored and most of it is actually men. There is still a lot of ecchi, the normal stuff, with chicks however. The sound design is actually done well too, with the some very suitable music during scenes and a decent opening. If the music was a bit better, then it might even justify getting the soundtrack. However the music cannot save this anime, proven by comedic music not helping to add humour to scenes that obviously try to be funny. This anime is only available with Japanese audio so English subtitles are required.
Characters
The main character, Keita Kawahira is one of the worst characters ever in any anime. A member of the Kawahira family who have been Inukami Tsukai (Inukami master) for generations, he is the dunce of the family bringing much shame. The guy is not only a pervert, but he won't take the chick he has, his Inukami called Youko, always making the excuse that she's an Inukami. Therefore being a hypocrite as he has no problem going for other Inukami and once even makes the excuse her breasts are too small, despite Youko having a reasonable bust size. And whenever something might be about to happen between them, he just thinks of her as (literally) a bitch. And he treats her like one too, wanting her to do the housework and chores, but not actually getting romantically involved. It's almost as if he doesn't actually want to get laid. Did I mention he's a, shameless pervert, thinking of nothing but hitting on all chicks except for the one he has. They seem to make him out to be a good person overall, but fuck that shit, this is one character, who, if I met IRL, I'd break his arms and then his genitalia to stop his damn hormones. I'd then probably torture the guy.
Youko who SPOILERS< isn't actually an Inukami >SPOILERS has powers of teleportation (which she can use on others) and fireballs, which she often righteously uses to punish Keita by teleporting him out of his clothes, into the public, where he often gets arrested for indecent exposure. As far as the cast of Inukami beings go, she is pretty much the most powerful. From the start it seems obvious she has a romantic interest in Keita, but of course that won't go anywhere. She also likes to eat cake, gets angry easily, is obsessed with the size of her tail (similar to how some people are obsessed with weight) and and constantly apprehends Keita for attempting perverted deeds. You'd think there would be something wrong with her, since Keita doesn't want any from her, but no. It seems the thing he dislikes is her personality, which is something that doesn't put off perverts.
The other characters are the various Inukami owned by Keita's family members (he only has a grandmother and a cousin it seems). Hake is the only male Inukami in the cast, his master being Keita's grandmother and even has some backstory. Most of the cast consists of the other 10 female Inukami, who all share the same master, Kaoru. Kaoru never seems to be around and seems to be some mythical nice guy who is always busy aparently helping others. Because of this, I am disappointed by this character, since he is referred to so much, yet is barely seen. Most of the female anime sterotypes are present within the cast of Kaoru's Inukami. There are also talking animals and a lot of weird, wacky, perverted dudes.
Story
So, with this universe of magical powerful beings called Inukami and their masters, you'd think there would be a comprehensive story, possibly covering as stuggle against some major villain? WRONG. There is no overarcing story and its only made up of seperate stories where the larger ones take up a 2-3 episodes at most. Of course this includes the token beach and hot-spring episodes and a lot of filler.
DRUNK EDIT: Oh the end! Episode 21 to the end were great! They fixed so much of the worng of this anime. And I actually enjoyed it, though that might be the alcohol speaking. Keita barely appears and things go places! I'm going to put up story score by 1 cos there actually is a story at the end! And maybe the full score by half. I hope sober me doesn't regret this.
There is a lot of homoerotic content (in the form of machomen bodybuilders) in this anime. Well, at least its different from the normal ecchi where usually its women being oversexualised and censored (due to nudity). However, that still doesn't stop them from trying a bit and neither does it make the ecchi content forgivable. Often scenes start with dialogue that suggest something sexual is occuring and SPOILERS< its always actually something safe, purposely sripted to sound suggestive. >SPOILERS The appearance of elephants directly correlates to the amount of censored male genitalia and there are a lot of elephants.
Conclusion
My verdict, the characters, lack of story and absurd themes and content make this anime among the bottom of the ecchi cesspit. The character of Keita alone justifies a loss of 2.5 points of score. If watching this anime, being drunk is a must. Even after some drinks, I didn't enjoy this anime, where I'd usually laugh at the terrible ecchi. There were no laughs.
Family-friendliness Rating: 4/5 No nudity, but there is a lot of censorship. (lower is better)
Overall Rating: 3/10 (higher is better)
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