WolfAngelus

First off, the English version is supposedly the way to go. The dialogue is aimed strongly towards the mature audience as it contains crude humor, sex & drugs references, and stereotypical comments. A lot of the references are a bit older in nature too, stuff you would be familiar with from the 2000's. All that though leads to an incredibly funny and entertaining creation though, that ridiculous dialogue and intense humor is the whole purpose for the Anime. It is quite a unique experience that you will very rarely find in terms of comedy.

The way the Anime functions is like Scooby Doo if you wanted a reasonable comparison. It even references their typical meddling kids line and Scooby Snacks. Each episode there is a new ghost that serves as the purpose of the plot. This also means that the Anime has no actual story, and is episode based. The other major piece as mentioned, is the dialogue. At times it is ridiculous, in an entertaining way, parodies on stuff, product references, takes frequent stabs at popular people (that were relevant in the 2000's). If you plan to take the dialogue serious or are offended easily, this wouldn't be for you. It really does require that you just sit back, get comfy, let go of being serious, and want a unique experience with lots of laughs.

Those two paragraphs pretty much describe the entire experience. It's simple, effective, and sets out what it's meant to.

It is an older anime though, so the animation style will be quite old. It feels nostalgic however, and combined with the dialogue, brings back a sense of living in that early 2000 era again. All things considered, it checks out and what you would expect, but for some it might be a bit too outdated.

Since it is an episode based Anime, the main 5.5 characters (.5 being the cat) are the only consistent characters. You don't learn much about them, they serve as a group that speaks their dialogue, that's more or less it. Each has their own personality with dialogue fitting their role. The religious girl is the odd one and a bit annoying though. Her dialogue gets to the point of where it seems like they are trying to convert people. Her role makes sense considering that ghosts & religion are closely connected, but still annoying.

Overall, it's a very entertaining, very humor filled experience. It's hard to describe in depth as it's just unique and so full of comedy that takes stabs at so much stuff, uses stereotypical jokes, mature humor, and simply goes outside of the box in a way that would be deemed offensive to some. Nothing here is meant to be serious and that is perfectly fine. Sometimes you just want to sit back and laugh, without the need to keep track of what's happening, and that's exactly what you will get here. Definitely something I will rewatch again down the line.

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