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Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou – Full Season QandA Rundown

What’s the important information? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou is a Summer 2018 romantic comedy that aired 12 episodes between July and September. It is based on a Seinen manga by Nekoume.

What’s it about? Aki Shina is a shy and nervous boy who—due to his feminine looks is often mistaken for a girl. After leaving the countryside to move to Tokyo for school he begins lodging at Sunohara-sou and is instantly enraptured by the busty and motherly caretaker Ayaka. The series follows Aki’s daily exploits with the various other female residents of the dorm, while trying to showcase his masculinity wherever he can.

Why did you watch it? Despite not traditionally being a premise I was into, especially considering Wikipedia calls it a “romantic comedy” I saw big potential in this series—and by big I’m of course referring to Ayaka’s shapely bosom! Ahem…

Did you enjoy the show? I honestly really did to an expectantly high level. While there’s a large amount of sexually suggestive humour and harem-esque shenanigans with the various girls in the dorm, it’s also surprisingly wholesome and good-natured—though I guess that’s rather dependent on the viewer’s tolerance for the abating material more than it is the show itself…

At least he’s pretending to avert his gaze!

What was your favourite episode? Episode 6 came in strong with a new ~opponent~ for Aki to contend with in the form of Ayaka’s gyaru sister Nana who significant ups the sexual advances toward Aki. And if that weren’t enough it’s also a pool set episode that introduces another two character (albeit minor ones) in form of Nana’s high-school friends Maiko and Mea who are boy-hungry shotacons who up the ante considerably.

What were your most favourite things about the show? The various interactions between Aki and the main residents of the dorm; Ayaka, Yuzu, Sumire and Yuri are the lynchpin which keeps this series moving forward despite itself. Not only is the comedy strong throughout these varied and sundry interactions but so is the latent sexual tension which, while varying depending on the character is still present nonetheless.

What were your least favourite things about the show? If I were to look at the show objectively I’d say that some of the things the female characters ‘perpetrate’ on Aki are akin to sexual assault—but who on earth is bringing realism into a show that’s meant to satisfy very specific fetishes above all else!

Who was your favourite character? Moreso than for perhaps any other show this season this question here was the hardest. Aesthetically speaking Sumire is ‘best girl’, while Yuri brings the most consistent laughs, Ayaka is a big breasted goddess and that’s kind of hard to dispute but her sister Nana takes action and that’s to be admired. Ultimately though, while Aki himself receives the most screen-time, it’s the one who journeys most from beginning to end that deserves the prize of ‘favourite character’ and in this case it belongs to little loli Yuzu.

She might be small but she has an impact.

Thoughts on the OP (opening) and ED (ending) and the soundtrack in general? The OP, “Bitter Sweet Harmony” by Megumi Nakajima is all kinds of adorable and fun and not to mention very catchy! Equally catchy—but in a different and more complex way is the ED “Sonna no Boku Ja Nai” by Shino Shimoji. It’s almost kind of sexy but it’s hard to put my finger on why.

What’s something unique about this show? I don’t know how many shows put a shota as their main character, let alone how many shows pander to presumably their audiences affection towards this kind of character or envisioning themselves in the role of Aki as he’s doted and borderline molested by a bevvy of beautiful women. That kind of ~gaze~ is unique, at least as far as the shows I usually watch are concerned!

What other anime are most like it for the sake of comparison? Tonally its comparable to ‘Slow Start’ which was similarly relaxed and slice of life adjacent while maintaining a sexualised edge that was present a mile away. Likewise the various interactions between Aki and his makeshift harem are not unlike the ~shenanigans~ Luluco and Shouta get up to in ‘Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid’.

Who would you recommend it to? There’s a great deal of fun to be had with this series, and anyone who’s ~remotely~ interested in the exploits of these characters and their setting will find enough to enjoy about it.

Sum up the season in one sentence: ‘Must love small boys and big boobs’.

Final score? 85 out of 100.

Previous Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou Reviews:

Hit Me With Your Best Shota – Episode 1 Review
Shota In The Dark – Episode 2 Review
Amateur Shotagrapy – Episode 3 Review
Shota-gun Wedding – Episode 4 Review
Shota and Bothered – Episode 5 Review
When It’s Hot Outside Drink Lots of Shota – Episode 6 Review
Calling The Shotas – Episode 7 Review
Within Earshota – Episode 8 Review
Shota, Sweat and Beers – Episode 9 Review
A Warning Shota – Episode 10 Review
Blood Is Thicker Than Shota – Episode 11 Review
I Believe In Shota Claus – Episode 12 Review

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I Believe In Shota Claus – ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 12 (Finale) Review

I Believe In Shota Claus – An Anime QandA Review of ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 12

What’s the show? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Episode 12.

So we’re at the season finale of “boy ‘n boobs” how is it? I thought I told you to stop calling it that!

Yeah, yeah… so what’s this episode about? It’s a Christmas Episode (and technically a New Year’s Episode too—but mostly Christmas!) And I don’t engage in hyperbole often but I dare say that this is the single best Christmas episode of any anime I’ve ever seen!

Pfft, you always engage in hyperbole—it’s practically your go to! Don’t try and pull the boobs over our eyes! I’m serious—I mean granted a lot of my experience of anime Christmas episodes are based of slice of life and CGDCT shows, so maybe there’s really good Christmas episodes in genres I ~don’t~ have that much experience with but out of the Christmas-themed episodes I’ve personally seen this is easily the best of the best.

It’s a wholesome Christmas episode I swear!

Okay, so what’s so good about it? It’s just so damn wholesome—which after last-week’s ‘slightly uncomfortable sister shenanigans’ it was sorely needed.

And what happens in the episode? Well after some Kotatsu shenanigans with the caretaker, we cut to Christmas Eve and Aki and Yuzu are walking along when Aki mentions how excited he is for Christmas, hoping that Santa brings him a good gift, wonders if he knows that he’s moved into the dorm and that he intends to try and stay up late to catch a glimpse of the man! Yes, our little Aki still believes in Santa Claus. And thankfully it’s Yuzu who’s the first to hear this revelation—despite the fact that she’s the dorms resident tsun, she doesn’t tease him about it because she too recently believed in Santa Claus and knows the heartache that comes with learning the truth. She even says to Yuri and Sumire that she was “out of commission for a week” after learning that Santa doesn’t exist.

I kinda ship these two after this episode, even if Aki only has eyes Ayaka.

That’s pretty adorable, I must admit. Yep and so it continues on, Yuzu let’s everyone in the dorm know not to mention “the truth” and what’s more she intends to ‘sleep with’ Aki in order to make sure he does fall asleep and isn’t left disappointed. Also, minds out of the gutter, she’s just sleeping next to him.

So does he find out? Is his Christmas ruined forever? Thankfully for Aki, he doesn’t. His sister stops by to give him his present, and Ayaka the caretaker just happened to be dressed as a sexy Santa so the two of them quietly enter the room to leave the presents on the pillow, at which time Aki opens his eyes and in his hazy state comes to the conclusion that, “wow Santa Clause sure looks a lot like the caretaker”.

Is that all? Would it be the best Christmas episode ever if that was all?! Of course not! Returning to slumber we enter Aki’s dreams for a moment and are treated to one of the most adorable and wholesome scenes this show has done with Aki, Ayaka and Nana riding through the sky over Tokyo in a sleigh that’s being pulled by Yuzu, Sumire and Yuri—all dressed as reindeers! I probably don’t do it justice but rest assured this episode will be getting a repeat viewing at Christmas and every Christmas henceforth! I loved it that much.

The actual scene is much longer than this gif suggests.

Right… well that’s certainly high praise… probably… So, uh, what was that about New Years? A much shorter portion of the episode is spent with New Years, and thankfully the usually dull ‘shrine visit/make a wish’ portion is confined to play during the end-credits. The actual meat of the New Years section is our core cast sitting down to have some New Year’s Soba, then Aki tyring to stay awake to midnight so he can keep the caretaker company, it’s very low-key but like the rest of the episode it’s unfailingly sweet. And then that’s it!

He’s trying so hard to stay awake with her, so sweet!

So overall thoughts on the Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou finale? Arguably my favourite episode of the season, it was just joyous from beginning to end, and I’m usually not too keen on holiday episodes so this was especially surprising! It still has its requisite level of big-boob fan-service and shota worship but it’s never distracting enough from the Christmas spirit, and you know what else, it’s also got some of the best character development and humour in the whole series too, really a benchmark episode and I’m genuinely sad this show has come to an end.

I don’t know if that’s how Kimono’s work…

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Blood Is Thicker Than Shota – ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 11 Review

Blood Is Thicker Than Shota – An Anime QandA Review of ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 11

What’s the show? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Episode 11.

So last week you ended the review saying the show was about to introduce another new character—at episode 11 out of 12?! Why do you sound so incredulous? They did indeed; we’re introduced to Aki’s older sister Matsuri.

Isn’t that a bit late to be introducing a new character? Maybe, but I’d say she’s probably one of the most important figures in his development—at least in the respect to his various hang-ups about being manly and in some respects how he views relationships with more assertive women. Her introduction—late as it may be in the season completes a psychological picture of Aki better than any previous episode attempted to.

So I take it she has an impactful presence in his life? Well the first thing she does when she arrives at Sunohara dorm is sneak into his bedroom, straddle his sleeping body and wake him up with her top off, so yeah I’d say she continues to make an impact.

This gif is quite long and it’s not the only thing, HEY-O!

Wow. And as admittedly alluring as this scene is, and how attractive of a character she is visually—she’s probably the worst person in this show, at least in terms of doing the most emotional and mental harm to Aki’s development as a person.

I’ll let the comment about you finding an older sister straddling his younger brother “alluring” slide and move on to what the specifics of the “harm” you speak of. She dresses Aki in girls clothing and constantly refers to him as her “little sister”, which he doesn’t even object to he just stands their passively which denotes this has been happening a long time because usually Aki is very outspoken with his objections to being seen as a girl or girly by the people around him. She’s also wholly possessive of him, mind and body and insists on bringing him home despite the fact that Aki’s living at the dorm with his parent’s permission.

She may be small but she means business!

So she’s a problematic character in an already ‘kinda’ problematic series. Indeed, but the show at least knows that she’s an ~antagonist~ of sorts, as it never sides with her instead it pits Ayaka up against Matsuri and Ayaka more or less (at least temporarily) wins over Matsuri with her unique brand of motherly kindness and large breasts.

So does the sister relent and let Aki stay at the dorm? Well~ kind of, after a few more failed attempts at kidnapping him, Aki proves himself as ‘a man’ by carrying his sister back to the dorm when she sprains her ankle and there’s a sort of sweet flashback that at least attempts to show how Matsuri got this way. Though her being a protective and caring older sister to how she’s ended up isn’t an a straight-line, seems like there’s a lot more that probably happened that made Matsuri so possessive and borderline incestuous.

And how does this whole sister thing end then? Matsuri transfers schools and decides to move in close by—for a second I thought they were going to have her move into the dorm but it’s probably better for everyone—viewer included that she didn’t. That said she does make a little bit of progress, she actually refers to Aki as her “brother” rather than “sister” so maybe things won’t be so bad for him after all!

Apparently *this* is a fetish too?! I’m having trouble keeping up here… like *seriously*.

Okay, fair enough. Thoughts on the episode overall? This episode is probably as close as this show’s come to feeling actually uncomfortable to me but it was more about the psychological side of things than anything physical or sexual. Obviously other people are free to have their own interpretations and misgivings about the things that happen week-to-week in this show, some people probably found the first episode to problematic and moved on already. I wouldn’t go as far as to say this episode was a negative experience however as it was important to know what Aki’s past and childhood was like and for that alone for fans of this series it makes it a worthwhile watch.

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A Warning Shota – ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 10 Review

A Warning Shota – An Anime QandA Review of ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 10

What’s the show? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Episode 10.

So what kind of shenanigans are perpetrated on this young boy this episode? That’s a very accusatory tone to give this show!

Sorry, just felt like saying something different at the start of the review… Right.

So what happens? Aki is kidnapped by some thirsty shotacon girls and they don’t allow him to go home until they’re satisfied.

Ahem… I think I’ll retract my apology. So care to explain that statement? You remember Nana’s boy-hungry classmates from a couple of previous episodes—Maiko and Uchifuji, well Aki bumps into them on his way home and they basically decide to make him their plaything as they go to karaoke. I’ve occasionally said in the reviews for this show that if the genders were switched this show would probably be a lot more problematic, but a lot of the time that’s kinda implausible because this is often about a boy being in proximity to large breasts and that in-turn making him flustered. Here however we could easily make the comparative switch, because the girls here have him sit on their lap, nibble his ear, stroke his thighs and kiss him on the cheek—all without asking him first. Pretty easy to imagine the gender flipped version of this and how inappropriate that would come across.

It’s hard to sing when girls are trying to grab your junk.

Wow. So are you finally taking a hard stance against this show? Nah.

Wait, what?! Yeah, I mean why should I? I enjoyed this episode—probably more than any of the previous ones, so why let a little thing like reality spoil my fun?

But “problematic” and “predatory” and all your favourite little buzzwords you like to pepper into your reviews to make it seems like you have a moral compass? You really want me to go down this road? Okay ~fine~ but I’m only going to touch on it because there’s far worse things happening in anime then some silly show like this. Yes, Nana and her friends continually engage in predatory behaviour to Aki, yes the power dynamics are shifted in favour of the aggressors and yes this essentially a course on ‘Problematic Anime Shenanigans 101’ but not everything has a 1:1 relation to reality. There’s a saying that no media exists in a vacuum but some media exists in hyper-reality, where applying analogous symbolism warrants no benefit… there, have I said enough ‘big’ and ‘smart’ words that I can continue talking about this dumb show that I like more than I should?

I actually really like these girls, even though they’re borderline rapists.

I honestly stopped caring after the first sentence, knock yourself out buddy! After Aki ‘escapes’ the thirsty girls, he arrives home to a couple of different thirsty girls, namely Ayaka and Nishiki (the liquor store owner) who are drunk and DTF (down to fondle) and set upon the other girls in the dorm while Aki quietly slinks away.

And then? It’s time for a date! As Ayaka takes Aki to the aquarium and as it turns out Aki is particularly fond of penguins! N-not that he wants Miss Caretaker to find out as apparently he thinks its unmanly to find cute things cute. Poor Aki, forever measuring himself against notions of toxic masculinity. Hey, now there’s a subject I can rant on for about a million words—

Aki’s got his eyes on a couple of penguins that Ayaka is smuggling under her cardigan.

Nope! Wrap this shit up pronto! Tch. Well after the aquarium date which goes swimmingly (pun!) Aki gets royally triggered as the other girls in the dorm decide to play ‘brothers and sisters’ which basically just acts as an elongated (but hilarious) introduction to the last remaining female characters who appears in the opening credits but has yet to appear in the show. That’s right, it’s Episode 10 of 12 and we’re introducing a new character! Except this one is kinda important and has been foreshadowed since the early episodes… that’s right, it’s Aki’s actual big sister the one who has been the source of a lot of his older-women related PTSD. And my god… the tease of her introduction is absolutely flawless, like something out of a horror movie, and god I love this sleazy/wholesome show!

Her arrival is like something out of the Exorcist or something!

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Shota, Sweat and Beers – ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 9 Review

Shota, Sweat and Beers – An Anime QandA Review of ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 9

What’s the show? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Episode 9.

So what happens in this episode? We’ve established something of a comfortable routine with this show… even with an episode like this where nothing remarkable happens it feels warm and comforting and familiar.

Well this is going to make for a ‘riveting’ review, strap in readers! Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence!

So does anything happen in this episode? Well of course it does, Aki helps Ayaka and Nishiki (the woman who works at the local liquor store) run the ‘Oktoberfest’ celebration that they hold every year but because the people who usually come help out are girls the only outfit Nishiki has for Aki is the dirndl (female lederhosen) so he has to cross-dress something he’s more than accustomed to thanks to growing with his sister and now living with Yuri who loves to dress him up in women’s clothing.

So more shota-service? If you want to call it that, maybe it’s even trap-service… I don’t know. What I do know is it’s absolutely adorable!

It’s been said before but Aki makes an adorable girl.

And the other segments of the episode? The school council girls go on a school trip to Kyoto while Aki is left behind with the caretaker.

~Oh~ sexy shenanigans ensue then? Surprisingly not, it’s actually one of the more wholesome segments as Ayaka’s sister comes for a visit and they cook sweet potatoes in the backyard and send pictures to the school council girls who in turn send pictures of all the yummy things they’re eating in Kyoto.

You’ll break the poor boys neck if you’re not careful!

That is surprising? And the last segment? Well~ things weren’t going to stay ‘wholesome’ forever now where they? Ayaka comes down with a nasty cold—not one with gross coughing and sneezing mind you just a fever that makes her sweat… a lot. And I guess what’d you call the ‘climax’ of the episode is Aki having to towel down her bare back from all the sweat and then dry the sweat from under her breasts. I mean I know breasts get sweaty so points for realism there but I can’t help but think this is catering to another very specific fetish.

Let’s just leave that one there and move on… anything else to add? I don’t usually comment on things in a review that are non-cannon about the episode—so things like opening and closing credits rarely get a mention, same goes for the ‘ad-break’ positioned eye-catch art or as is the case here, the post-credit art. Every episode has ended with a nice piece of art from other famous manga artists depicting a character from the show but drawn in their own unique art-style. And while I’ve recognised a few, the one this week was by my absolute favourite manga artist, Cool Kyoushinja—who some of you might know as being responsible for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid. Unsurprising that he contributed an end-card artwork for this show considering how many big breasted characters and shota’s feature in his works, but I got a real thrill out of seeing it so I thought I’d share it—I’m even considering doing a separate post all about post-credit art…

This scene could easily come from *any* of his works, he sure does love his Shota x Big Boobs situations!

So basically, end-card art aside, it’s more of the same? Yeah, and I’m not going to complain about that—this show knows what it is, I think I know what it is too and I enjoy it’s seamless blend of cute wholesomeness and lewd situations!

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Within Earshota – ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 8 Review

Within Earshota – An Anime QandA Review of ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 8

What’s the show? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Episode 8.

So what happens in this episode? The summer fun continues again—with what I think makes it four consecutive Summer break centred episodes in a row! Though this is actually the end of that ‘arc’ if you want to call it that. And what other way does Summer break end, then with ear cleaning!

Huh?! Sorry, I meant a Summer festival and fireworks. Oh but ear cleaning features too… one of those distinctly Japanese past times(?) okay, forgive my ignorance but I really don’t see the appeal of having someone ~regardless~ of how attractive they are clean your ears for you. Is it like a fetish thing?

This looks more sinister to me then relaxing but apparently I’ve got some deep-seeded trauma about ear-cleaning that I’ve suppressed!

Don’t kink shame! I’m not, I’m not! Trust me, I’m not going to judge what gets people excited, but I don’t see the appeal of having your ears cleaned by someone—no matter how good it apparently feels (and based on the reactions during this episode it feels pretty good) I just don’t think I trust anyone with a long stick going near my ears!

Patron saint of ear-cleaning and nice oppai.

So it’s more of a trust issue with you, is it? Would you like to talk about this? What are you my therapist? No, I don’t need to talk about it. Anyway after that segment we’re treated to what makes up the bulk of the episode. The Summer Fireworks Festival, which is about as cliché as this show has been up to this point—but then again there’s only so many things you can do with a Summer Festival episode so invariably therefore the repetitiveness of these types of episodes can grow wearying. The best Summer Festival episodes are ones less focused on the activities and more about where something happens to change a relationship dynamic between two people or even a group of people. Sadly I feel like here it’s more-or-less a pain-by-numbers kind of endeavour with the usual carnival style games plus food plus fireworks.

Another Summer Festival cliche, he’s terrible at all the games whereas Nana is amazing. Seen that trope before!

So it’s not a good episode? It’s a fine episode, it’s got a lot of humour to it, it’s nice and relaxed plus Nana’s boy-hungry friends show up and they’re always good for over-the-top shenanigans. But it’s ultimately unremarkable, even the scene where Ayaka and Aki are walking along the river banks as the fireworks begin and he thinks to himself how ‘romantic’ this is and well, you can’t just ‘say’ something is romantic and expect the audience to nod along obligingly. Actions speak louder than words and while, there’s probably not a lot of leeway with things they could have done, a kiss on the cheek or forehead from our busty caretaker would have made that comment more believable. Yes it was a ‘sweet’ and ‘nice’ moment, but “romantic” seems a bit of a stretch, but then again I’m not a 15 year old boy in this situation, so…

Maybe if I was looking into her eyes and not the back of her head this would be more romantic. That came out way dirtier than I intended!

Anything else happen? Now that summer is over that means Nana is leaving, and even though her farewell is tinged with a bit of bittersweet sadness I didn’t believe for one second she was going for good, or even for a little while—something that’s 100% confirmed when she returns in the post-credit scene and appears in the preview for next week! Ordinarily I’d be annoyed at this but the show even references the fact that her goodbye was unnecessary seeing as how soon she returned, plus I just really like Nana as a character so the more the better!

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Calling The Shotas – ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 7 Review

Calling The Shotas – An Anime QandA Review of ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 7

What’s the show? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Episode 7.

What’s happening this episode? The summer time shenanigans are still continuing—this makes the third consecutive episode set during the summer break—and you’d ~think~ it’d get tiresome or they’d run out of ideas but nope, it’s still a heck of a lot fun and somehow things are getting even sexier now that Nana has settled back into the dorm a little.

*sigh* I don’t want to ask, but I have to—care to elaborate? Well we’ve got a moan inducing massage technique that Yuri teaches to Aki (testing it out on Sumire first of course) with also got all the exercise-related fan service you could poke a stick at with Nana and Yuzu competing for ~reasons~ but the sexy-time highlights culminate when Nana’s boy hungry friends come over to study but the only thing they end up studying is Aki’s body!

‘Tis but an innocent massage. Ignore the ropeplay…

Excuse me? You’re going to have to elaborate a little more on that part? Piqued your interest have I?

No! It’s not like that at all! You’re such a tsun… but since you’re so uninterested I’ll explain for the readers sake. Nana’s two friends should be doing their summer-break homework, but instead have spent their time off ogling young boys at the pool (it’d be creepy if the genders were reversed, right?) so Nana offers to help them study and fufil their carnal desires by offering Aki as a study reward, for every completed page of homework each girl gets 10 seconds to do ~whatever~ they want with Aki!

Oh dear. Thankfully, this isn’t a hentai, so as far as it goes is some under the clothes touching, suggestive name play, heads in laps and ear nibbling—this over stimulates poor Aki but Miss Caretaker comes to the rescue afterward, oh, did I say comes to the rescue I mean escalates everything by joining in with the shenanigans as things progress to ‘the King Game, Pocky edition’ which entails a lot of random mouths getting close together and a lot of unexpected girl on girl (albeit off-screen) that results in Nana’s two friends falling for Ayaka’s matronly charms.

They have seen the light coming from the two brightest suns in the sky.

It’s funny you mentioning the whole “it’d be creepy if the genders were reversed” thing—‘cause it still sounds kinda creepy as it is. I guess it depends what you’re into—besides as flustered as Aki gets he’s totally into it, either that or it’s Stockholm syndrome…

Very reassuring… so anything else you wanted to add? As mentioned last week Nana is a fantastic addition to the cast and that fact doesn’t change here either—the rest of the cast doesn’t slack off either and the more time I spend with them the more I enjoy them all! There’s a comfortable format developing with these episodes but at the same time the shenanigans still manage to entertain and remain fresh which is a testament to the quality of the writing and characterisation—plus it being kinda pervier than most shows of this type is certainly a boon in its favour!

I love that he *attempts* to hide his gaze, but not really.

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When It’s Hot Outside Drink Lots of Shota – ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 6 Review

When It’s Hot Outside Drink Lots of Shota – An Anime QandA Review of ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 6

What’s the show? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Episode 6.

So what saucy shenanigans to the residents of the Sunohara dorm get up to this episode? Oh you have no idea! Things are well and truly heating up this Summer break!

I’m usually terrified to ask, but to be honest I’m kinda curious too… Yes! I’ll win you over to my side eventually!

If that ever happens just put me out of my misery and kill me, yeah? So what happens? A challenger approaches!

Oh really? A challenger to Miss Caretaker’s hold over Aki or a challenger to Aki’s heart? Kinda both, kinda neither—I was more thinking a challenger to my personal best girl in this show…

Of course you were thinking that… so who’s the new girl? Well, here name is Nana and she’s a ‘gal’ that is a girl who likes to wear skimpy clothing and sport a tan and wear make-up and she’s pretty much everything I’m usually not attracted to when it comes to anime girls (and girls in real life if I’m being brutally honest) but I don’t know what it is about her but everything just works for me! It certainly helps that we’re given pretty much an entire episode devoted to developing her character straight off the bat. She’s got a dirty mind and a possessive attitude and loves to play retro video games and is all over Aki from the minute she lays eyes on him and it’s almost like the writer brute forced her into my heart!

I mean how else are you supposed to dress to play video games on a lazy summer day?

Right… so it’s her “personality” that’s won you over, huh? I’m not going to pretend like her skimpy clothing isn’t a motivating factor but as I said I don’t usually have much interest in her ‘type’ and so for her to win me over in the space of her episode is a testament to her characterisation and her voice actress—if there’d been even a shred of obnoxiousness in her performance I probably wouldn’t have been as interested but she’s so endearing—even when she’s being condescending that I can’t help but be drawn to her.

The look of a boy who’s bored by anything smaller than a G-cup.

Uh-huh, so what’s the episode about, aside from stoking fires I don’t want to know about? Oh you know the usual kind of shenanigans, there’s Aki being ~molested~, Aki waking up with a handful of breast, Aki getting flustered, Aki getting fawned over by Nana’s horny “young-boy” hungry friends at the pool and of course all the pool related shenanigans you’d expect too.

I mean her friends just straight up and try to steal Aki before Nana intervenes…

Right, so in other words don’t go expecting anything Shakespearian from the experience? …Why on earth would you even think that? Of course not! Though I was surprised to learn that Aki and the others are all in middle-school(?!) for some reason I was under the impression they were first years in high-school. But as it turns out only new addition Nana is in high school. (Of course excluding main-lady Ayaka who’s probably in her twenties).

Oh so all the times you were defending this creepy, predatory relationship between a high-school boy and a woman in her twenties it’s actually been a middle-school boy, huh? Yeah, maybe, I mean I guess… so what?!

Nothing nothing, just wait there while I call the police. Oh get over it you filthy normie.

Wow! It’s been a good long while since you’ve called me that! Just so you know I don’t actually care I was just wanting to knock you off that high horse of yours. Yeah, yeah…

So I take it you ~enjoyed~ the episode? Ahem, yes. While the focus was nearly entirely on a new addition to the cast she was such a delightful contribution to the roster I couldn’t help but he drawn in. But that’s not to say the other characters were neglected, everybody got a few good moments throughout the episode, promising (hopefully) a more inclusive, ensemble experience going forward!

Previous Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou Reviews:

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Shota and Bothered – ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 5 Review

Shota and Bothered – An Anime QandA Review of ‘Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou’ Episode 5

What’s the show? Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Episode 5.

So what vaguely creepy shenanigans that you insist are romantic are gotten up into in this episode? Wow, what a great way to start a review—no bias whatsoever!

Oh come on, don’t take it so personally… I am and will take it personally; I really like this show and this budding relationship between Aki and Ayaka, it’s genuinely sweet—you know despite the overtly fetishized and specific nature of the fan service. And it’s actually funny! The longer I spend with these characters—supporting ones especially—the more I feel like they’re actually contributing to the overall experience and are not just acting as harem-tastic window dressing.

But they are a part of the harem, right? Well, kinda, I mean Yuzu is the one most ~obviously~ interested in Aki in her typical tsun way. Yuri is more interested in him as a toy (and maybe after this episode an ally) and Sumire… well I don’t think Sumire wants anything other than Yuzu.

Sorry I got you on the defensive straight away, kind of threw off the rhythm of this review. Wow, never thought I’d see the day you’d apologise to me.

I’m apologising for the reader, not for you. Man, you’re such a tsun yourself.

Don’t you even dare… So what happens in this episode? It’s an ~almost~ beach episode, okay it’s more like an inflatable pool in the backyard episode, but you know what that means, gratuitous shots of all the girls in bikinis!

Tell me again how this is a “genuinely sweet” relationship anime? Listen you, it can be both! Anyway, after the inflatable pool fun comes a different kind of fun, so it turns out Yuri has been selling candid photography of Yuzu to Sumire for exorbitant sums of money and Sumire can’t get enough of them. Aki overhears one of their ‘deals’ and so Yuzu blackmails Aki into getting some photos of Ayaka. And to be honest this plot doesn’t really go anywhere but you know what, it’s kind of cute, kind of perverted and totally on-brand for this show—not to mention pretty damn funny.

Always close the door to your room if you live with a strange girl with a photography habit.

And then after that? The second-half of the episode concerns the start of Summer-break; Aki is instructed by Ayaka to do all of his summer homework on the first day so they can enjoy the whole break to its fullest—which is basically just an excuse to get Ayaka to dress up like a sexy teacher. Afterwards the local liquor store proprietor, Nishiki stops by to drop off some imported juice to help celebrate Summer break, and with it, a bottle of beer. Being the only one of drinking age Ayaka has some and in her drunken state is transformed into an ultra-aggressive touchy-feely kind of drunk. And… honestly it’s not nearly as perverted as it sounds as most of what happens takes place off-screen. And then there’s a really sweet moment at the end where Ayaka, after waking from her passed out state, says she looks forward to drinking with Aki one day soon and that she’ll “wait for him”.

Drunken confessions get everyone hot and bothered.

I guess that’s better than committing statutory rape? Man, why you always gotta go so ~negative~ with everything.

That’s literally my job here. Oh yeah…

So, a good episode then? Yeah! It’s a lot of fun, a little bit naughty and just the right amount of sweetness. It’s like having a phallic shaped ice cream on a hot Summer’s day… actually no scratch that. Sorry, I just wanted to post a corresponding image!

Previous Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou Reviews:

Hit Me With Your Best Shota – Episode 1 Review
Shota In The Dark – Episode 2 Review
Amateur Shotagrapy – Episode 3 Review
Shota-gun Wedding – Episode 4 Review

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