The ideas presented were interesting, and it got surprisingly deep as the show progressed, yet it managed to keep the jokes coming. I suppose I just had to get used to it. Overall, this anime was a bit much for me to crave a rewatch, but I am rather glad that I went ahead and finished the series. The music was mostly unmemorable, save for the cute opening theme “Treat or Goblins.” Oh, and it turns out that the Southern accents used in the English dub were for a reason, and truthfully, after episode two it stopped bothering me. The art is okay it’s not my favourite, but it gets the job done. It’s definitely crude humor, and yet, despite my preference for highbrow laughter, I did find myself chuckling here and there. (It only gets more pervy when you discover who she really is.) Then there’s the episode in space in which a key plot point involves a goblin that steals Arumi’s underwear. I’d say that this anime perfectly exemplifies a raunchy comedy to a “T.” There’s fan service coming from all sides, mostly from a bespectacled, buxom gal named Mune-Mune who appears in every Abenobashi universe. Perhaps “madcap” is the incorrect word to use. Mune-Mune in one of her more conservative outfits. However, as their journey continues, Sasshi discovers his ties to a mystical and mysterious man named Eutus, and the kids gradually understand what’s preventing them from returning to their world. Sasshi and Arumi bounce from one version of Abenobashi to the next, each with a particular theme: film noir, dating sim, fairy tale, war movie, etc. However, something goes wrong, and they end up in yet another version of their home, this one in outer space. Turns out they need a goblin to transport them back to their version of the shopping arcade. They meet their family members and neighbors as characters in this strange land, and finally set out in order to defeat a feared monster. Directly afterward, Sasshi and Arumi find themselves in a sort of medieval video game version of the Abenobashi shopping arcade. Arumi’s grandfather has an accident and falls off of a building, landing him in the hospital. Sasshi and Arumi are two kids (and best friends) who live in the Abenobashi area of Osaka.
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