Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru
Rated: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Status: Finished Airing
Source: Manga
Score: 6.91
Rank: 4764
Popularity: 1914
Losing their war against Heaven's angel army, the demons of Hell are on the cusp of collapse. As a last ditch attempt to turn the tides of the war, the demons send Akutsu Masatora to the mortal plane on Earth to save their homeland from the angels. Disguising himself as a high school student, Akutsu seeks to recruit someone with the capability to lead the demons to victory. Akutsu does not have to look far: among his classmates is the magnificent Lily Amane, a transfer student who seems like the perfect candidate for Akutsu's plans. But as luck would have it, Lily is one of the very angels that Akutsu is meant to be fighting against, and his attempt to recruit her might end up being the biggest blunder in the failing war. Worse yet, Akutsu may fall in love with his own worst enemy. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Character dan Voice actor
Akutsu, Masatora
Main
Uchida, Yuuma
Amane, Lily
Main
Sakura, Ayane
Amane, Lilia
Supporting
Ishihara, Kaori
Chum
Supporting
Tanaka, Mayumi
Hirota, Kensuke
Supporting
Toki, Shunichi
Review
Subarctic-Forest
Kanaten on the surface seems like it might be just another generic romcom. After all, it is obviously based on the centuries old template of Romeo and Juliet, with the forbidden love of enemies, an Angel and Demon, falling for one another, and with the initial reaction to this anime I was concerned the adaptation had been massively screwed up. Having been following the manga this is based on for nearly five years, I can safely say that isn't the case. This adaptation kicks ass and greatly exceeds my expectations. The most simple description of Kanaten would be a romantic comedy with action elements. The romanceaspect is great; Akutsu and Lily have fantastic on screen chemistry that grows very naturally feeling. No step of their relationship feels forced. The comedy is top notch, think Cromartie High School with a mix of the competitiveness between the leads like in Kaguya: Love is War. The fight scenes, which are Angels vs Demons in nature, are much better than any RomCom has any business being. As for the adaptation aspect, all the characters look and sound great. The studio did an amazing job bringing the manga to life. The jokes translated so much better from the manga than I thought they would. Animation wise it's REALLY good for a RomCom, I was actually surprised and impressed with a lot of the scenes. All of the voice actors really nailed their roles; everyone sounded great for the characters they were playing. All in all, Kanaten is in my opinion, the best romantic comedy anime to come out in years, and judging by the current score is extremely underrated. If you like romance, anime humor, some action scenes, this will give you the fix you're looking for. I hope you'll give it a shot. My personal score as a longtime fan is a 9/10, but even someone new to the series will find plenty to enjoy.
AngelTomori
Sometimes, the score rated on MAL is right since it reflects the true content of the anime series can provide to audience, which I barely have anything to oppose. However, if you do it as something default to watch or skip by the point rated on MAL, you will miss the gold! Like this anime. Honestly, I still don't get and understand how this anime gets 6.92 out of 10. Summary real quick: 1. If you like 86 - Eighty six -> go watch this 2. If you think Horiyama story is well constructed -> Go watch this 3. if you like the animation figthting scence from unlimited budget fromFate -> Go watch this 4. if you like twisted, lovely romance like love is war -> Go watch this 5. Till the last point -> everything looks perfectly cooked well with animation. I would say this anime won't be 9 out of 10 but. in this seasonal, it should be around 8.6 to 8.8 out of 10. Enjoyment I got from watching this better than Mashle season 2 and Solo Leveling or Tomozaki or nozomanu Fushi.
