Estudio: Haoliners Animation League, Garden Culture
Sinopse:
True love never dies—even when it is between a human and a near-immortal youkai. Thankfully, fox spirit youkai have discovered a solution which allows a human to be reincarnated, and with the services of a Fox Spirit Matchmaker, eventually recall memories of their past life, so they can begin anew with their beloved youkai.
Enter Bai Yuechu—a powerful human Taoist who desires freedom from the ruling Yi Qi Dao League—and Tushan Susu, a small and innocent fox spirit who dreams of becoming a renowned matchmaker, despite her reputation as a colossal screw-up. After Susu literally falls through the roof and into his life, Yuechu gets dragged into helping her bring together two separated lovers: prince Fan Yun Fei and his reincarnated lover, Li Xueyang. However, not everyone wants them to be reunited, including Xueyang herself. Thrown together by fate, Yuechu and Susu will discover who they truly are... and who they used to be.
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Comentários
Idiotproofninja
Since I'm one of the few people on this site that has watched all the latest episodes at least until Episode 22. I'll break my rules and review this show.I'll amend my review once the series is over. The show has a slow start and takes its time introducing it's characters. It mixes comedy with serious moments and I love it for that. I was originally just going to do my usual. I liked the show review since I hate giving anything away.But I'll say this instead. I love the two main couples.
Ecchi moments happen sparingly so if you are looking for that. This won't satisfy you.
There are plenty of female characters, but this show isn't about HAREMS and instead it's about true love between COUPLES.
Sidenote: I had to watch most episodes of this show at least 3-4 times in the past month. This review is based on that.
Hikatcat
There are actually 48 episodes, 2 movies (about ep 1 - 28) and a combine ep for this anime (29 - 48). The first 13 ep are just introducing how things work and stuff, and it get even better afterwards. I am Chinese, so I watch it in the original site bilibili and be able to understand it fully (including some of those chinese jokes). This is an amazing anime, and I totally recommend it, I cried multiple times so prepare tissues if you cry as easy as I do. The anime gets better from ep 14 but ep 1- 13 are important as wellbecause they tell you what is actually happening.
The story is actually a lot deeper than what it shows you from the first few episodes :)
and all the characters are amazingggggg!!
kinganibus
Love that lasts generations and lovers who are reincarnated with the hope of rekindling their love this is what I believe sums up this anime. Story (10/10) I'll write a quick personal synopsis as the synopsis provided tells you nothing about the anime. This anime is about fox spirit matchmakers who are tasked with aiding couples who have made a pledge in front of a special tree to fall in love again in their next lives. What I believe makes the story so great is how they slowly develop the feelings that the couples had for each other allowing the viewer to truly understand how theyfell in love.
Art (10/10) I'm not much of an art person I either like or it I don't I liked this art so I gave it a 10.
Sound (10/10) This anime had very suitable sounding ed unfortunately I don't understand chinese so I will just assume it was suitable words wise to. The first and second openings were nice to. Also they had some great music to go along with certain scenes that helped to enhance the mood.
Characters (8/10) The main cast of characters are very nice we have Yuechu Bai who is our main protagonist with a hilarious personality as he is a poor kid, who will try to save money at any opportunity possible and will also sell himself out for any type of food he is offered. The other main character is Tushan susu who is a major airhead and can be pretty funny at times but also a little aggravating.
Enjoyment (10/10) This review is currently at the completion of 22/27 episodes and my enjoyment is differently a 10 I have really enjoyed this anime. The story is just something I believe is so fitting for any good romance anime as I believe love that can lasts generations is close to perfect love.
Overall (10/10) I have given this anime an overall score of 10 as I pretty love every aspect of this anime so far and don't see why it should get anything less.
Personal note: Sorry about any terrible grammar I am very lazy and can't be bothered reading through to check and almost never put any commas in my writing. Also I believe that this anime is highly under rated and would recommended it to anyone that is interested in a good romance anime. Another quick side note the chinese may be a little difficult to get use to but it will only take a couple of episodes and you'll be use to it.
s4dcl0wn
Plot/Pacing: B+ Frankly the plot is quite messy and chaotic, especially at the beginning--there's too much going on and at too fast a pace, and you'd probably struggle to read the subs and make sense of things. However the situation should improve by the 3rd episode, and as the series progresses, a plot gradually forms and steadily gains coherence. By the end of the 13th episode, you'd have your happy ending all nice and wrapped up. Bonus points for consistently making me chuckle, as well as having a slightly different flavour of fantasy (Chinese as opposed to Japanese or European) compared to the norm. Seiyu/Sound: A Chinese voiceactors are virtually unknown, but I'm actually pretty impressed with the casting here. Not only do they have nice-sounding voices, their acting is pretty spot-on (in terms of matching the demands of the script and the characters.) The Opening and Ending theme is also quite catchy, and grows on you the more you listen to it.
Art/Animation: B
More or less average quality.
Bonus/Bias: +10%
There are quite a few subplots still to be resolved, and the alternate universe created here (seems like our world, except with animal spirits/demons and Taoist magic being common) still has room to be explored and be interesting. Sign me up for the second season...
SoraArato
I assume this anime is the best chinese anime up to this point. For people who have not watched or dropped after a few first episodes, I strong advice you to keep watching this anime. This anime is mainly about true love that keeps reincarnating in the following life. The first three episodes might be a bit hard to understand as the story goes quite fast and doesn't got straight to the point. But don't worry about that, it's still enjoyable and you'll understand the whole thing later (believe me) If you don't watch this anime, it will be indeed unfortunate for you because this anime contains thebest of best character I have ever seen in the chinese anime industry. It is impossible for chinese anime at this moment to take over Japan, however in the future we don't know what's gonna happen but I guess they can stand at the top with Japan soon.
For the ratings, even though it's only 7.31, I still think it should be between 9 and 9.5
Thank you for reading, and if you find my review helpful, please mark it as helpful so we can gain more ratings for this spectacular anime.
Skyregalia01
For someone who has seen a lot of romance genre anime after reading the synopsis I have taken an interest of how they express their romantic comedy story. Rather than focusing romance on the main characters Bai Yue Chu and Tu Shan Su Su that role has shifted to another pair. Moreover, said pair is the actual main focus of the story of this season and our two main leads have taken the role as the matchmakers for this pair. For those who have watched Your Name (the movie) would be familiar with the term’s red-string of fate or destined lovers and this anime takesthis concept to a higher level i.e. making it a service. Some might view this to be a weird idea to make something like destiny/ fate to be used as a business ploy, but it makes sense considering the pairs used for this series are generally a human (mortal beings) and a demon/ spirit (immortal beings). Hence, the idea of providing a service to the demons/ spirits to continue their love life once their human lover reincarnates (as he/she dies) is an interesting concept. Although this did some spark some questions from me that I would like to have the answers for; Can this service be abused/ corrupted? Once the human lover reincarnates do they have a choice to continue it OR is it similar to a contract where he/she is obliged to it? And what happens if they cannot be together? Hopefully, this anime/ manhua can answer these questions in due time.
Review for season 1 only:
Unfortunately, this anime has the case of lack of exposition i.e. “too many things are happening at once with little to no explanation of the heck is going on”. Does this immediately mean that the anime’s storyline is poorly constructed? The answer to that is no. Those that have read the original source of the anime i.e. the manhua can say that this is how the series started. And for those who did read it (including myself) will probably say “be patient and give it some time to build up its characters and world-building to provide the exposition for you. At the end of this season (season 1) it gives you a proper idea of what a Fox Spirit Matchmaker is. Therefore, if you were hoping for a quick-to-understand setting for the first 3 episodes then I am afraid this is not the case. Though I say this there is something good about this piece of animation that is different from normal.
Firstly, despite the main character (Bai Yue Chu) being the typical overpowering type he does not portray the typical traits of the OP character in other Japanese anime. The difference here is that he holds the interesting combination trait of being powerful but also being (literally) dirt poor. From this background, it makes his personality to be selfish and greedy where he tries any method to get himself out of being the poor state that he is in. Though there are times where he does display a “Jerk has a heart of gold” trope from time to time. Despite him having the “boy meets girl” trope by seeing Su Su he does not fall in love with her instead he just ignores her which does not follow the typical rom-com format. Thus, the question becomes where is the rom-com element? That leads to the second good point.
Second good point is that the rom-com elements are focused on the side characters of this season or more accurately the focus pair of this season. This then ties into the “Matchmaker” in the title of this anime of Fox Spirit Matchmaker. We have probably seen in anime (particularly in shoujo anime) where the side characters take this role instead of the main protagonist(s). And typically the matchmaker role is portrayed as either slow, useless, or disastrous due to various reasons. However, this anime takes it to a business-like level where there is a procedure to these things. Of course, you have to take note that the characters in question are not all human beings but a society where demons/ spirits and humans coexist. This brings a nice change where instead of focusing on romance blooming for the main protagonists we are given focus on the romance of other characters. For those that have watched anime where youkai/demons/gods love a human, you might say well what is the difference between this anime and those that I have seen? The difference here is the focus of the romance. Typically, in anime, you will see that the human and youkai/demons/gods pair will have to face the inevitable obstacle of lifespan where they will either continue or end their love life i.e. it focuses on the present. In Fox Spirit Matchmaker lifespan is not an issue since they have a service that enables their love life to continue via human reincarnating. Therefore, instead of focusing on the present day (which is a typical anime structure) Fox Spirit Matchmaker actually focuses on the past to unravel their love life and lets us see whether the continuation of their love life is needed or not. And this brings in the last good point of the series.
Using the focus pair i.e. side characters to develop our main protagonists whilst world building! This anime takes a new approach on how to world build and develop their characters by using the memories from the past to express them. In this season despite Bai Yue Chu and Su Su being paired together the reason for them to be paired is unexplained and we know that going through their memories is required to get all the answers out. Although this sounds like a simple solution, those who have read the manhua would realize that this does not answer all the questions and the reason simply ties to connections. This is actually evident at the end of season 1 where we observe that even looking through Bai Yue Chu’s memories of his past life it still does not explain everything that has happened. Those who have read the manhua will then notice that this becomes a common theme where our main protagonist will constantly have to look into memories of the past to figure more about the world they live in or the problems they need to deal with.
To summarise the anime does provide an interesting take on the rom-com genre and how to execute its exposition. However, you will have to be patient and accepting of its beginnings where it seems that the current story seems to be going but there is no relevance towards the over-arching story (especially towards Bai Yue Chu and Tu Shan Su Su).
On a final note, I would definitely recommend that you watch it and try to watch the future seasons that have already finished airing (bear in mind that as of this writing it has already got 8 seasons with 9th already airing!). If you do that then I can guarantee that you would appreciate the glimpse of the world that season 1 tried to show in Fox Spirit Matchmaker. And for those that have read the manhua of this series, it is quite clear that the animators had other things in mind when adapting season 1 of the show, especially for the recent seasons (though that is a little spoiler that I will not dwell into.)
Side note - for those who are confused about some terminologies i.e. cultivation, treasured weapons/items, etc. Unfortunately, the anime will not explain this to you since it is aimed at a Chinese audience where they will already have some foreknowledge of this from existing Wuxia genre-based novels/shows. So be warned that you need to fully understand this to understand some of the fight scenes BUT you can still understand and enjoy the romance side of the anime without it.
Khashishi
I want to rate this 9 because I love this so much, but I don't think it's honest to give it more than a 7. It's tough because the good parts are so good, but the amount of random bs outnumbers the number of good parts. The anime jumps back and forth between the present, where the main characters try to reunite reincarnated lovers, mostly by restoring their memories of past lives; and the past, which shows the original love story. For the most part, the present has all the main characters thrown together into a giant melee where everyone randomly fights each other for theweakest of reasons. It's absurd, and silly, and doesn't make logical sense. The story starts in the present, and the characters are all fighting before we know anything about the motivations or affiliations of any characters. Unfortunately, most of what happens in the present is just not that compelling. On the other hand, when we jump into the flashbacks of the past, we enter into a epic story of heroism and romance and tragedy. It's so good. Usually each arc focuses on one pair of lovers, and we get to see how they fall in love, and difficulties they encounter, and it's never easy. In the meantime, we learn more about the world they live in, and the past of the main characters.
I find myself crying and cherishing these stories of the past, where most of the feats of awesomeness lie.
It takes a while to get enjoyable, as the beginning is just a wild mess. It gets a lot better as you watch, if you are willing to commit to multiple seasons. The main story starts to make some sense and go somewhere, and the character pasts continue to be awesome. The quality of animation also tends to improve in later seasons. I highly suggest it if you don't mind some silly randomness.
SirHenryMOFO
To start off, I don't really watch Japanese Anime but I am a huge fan of Chinese Cartoons. So my standards are based on the Chinese Animation scene rather than anime as a whole. Fox Spirit Matchmaker is one of the few shows that I make time for in my busy schedule and I wait for updates religiously(currently watched up to episode 51). Story: 10 The plot revolve around a group of Fox Spirits that are tasked to bringing couple who have pledge their loves to each other back together in their current lives. Each arc/season has a different couple that is focused on. It does start offslow in the beginning when you are dropped in and have to get acquainted with the settings and all the characters. But after you orient yourself with 5 episodes, things pick up and it gets worth it. I'm not going to spoil anything, but I do find the love through reincarnation angle quite interesting. Each couple is tied to this but the stories behind them are unique.
There are many serious scenes, but also a good amount of light-hearted jokes inserted in. Bai Yuechu can such a troll.
Art: 9
Art is pretty good. It is quite detailed and colorful with characters like Susu being a joy to look at. Some side characters do look HILARIOUS, but nothing feels cheap or out of place. Sure it's not the best animation I've seen but it fits well.
Sound:10
I think a huge problem before with most Chinese animation is that they have funny sounding VAs and use only one or two songs. The voice actors here are great. Each one perfectly encaptures the character's personality and what they represent. Susu is a cutie pie klutz, Yaya is cold and distinct, etc. Even background characters sound great, which is a big thing to me since most of Haoliner's previous works had some really dumb sounding characters.
Also they have multiple songs for opening and endings throughout the show. The soundtrack is great and does a good job capturing the feel of a scene. Special props to the use of the opening songs sparingly for certain scenes. It really brings out the prominence so when it does play you know something damn important is happening.
Characters:10
Probably the best part about the show. Each character is built up heavily through many scenes and flashbacks, making them feel genuine. This includes the love. You're never just told that 2 characters love each other: you are presented with the whole story and you learn to care about them. Many little details aren't told explicitly and you have to build it up yourself through careful observation/
I also love the main characters. Susu is amazingly cute, and Yuechu can get so stingy it is hilarious.
Overall Fox Spirit Matchmaker is a original masterpiece that brings legitimacy to Chinese Animation. Alot of my otaku friends are quite curious about my love for them and if I want to impress them I usually show them Fox Spirit Matchmaker first. And after sampling other works they all far agree that this is the best one. Much love and effort goes into this show and it shows. My friends and I have become huge fans of this and hopefully someday this show can get even more popular (and come out with more merchandise. I'll buy any figurine/poster they will come out with).
Jyzal
This review will cover both season 1-4 of the Chinese release and the two cour Japanese release. The ratings are given to the Chinese version. Let me first post here the correspondence between the Chinese seasons and the Japanese episode numbers. It can cause confusion since one Japanese episode roughly covers two Chinese episodes with some removed scenes and added fillers. Season 1: Sand Fox arc Chinese episode 1-13, Japanese episode 1-6 Season 2: Wangquan Fugui (Ohken Fuuki) arc Chinese episode 14-27, Japanese episode 7-13.5 Season 3: Yue Hong (Gessho and Koko) arc Chinese episode 28-40, Japanese episode 13.5-20Season 4: Beishan Yaodi (North Mountain Emperor) arc
Chinese episode 41-48, Japanese episode 21-24
Season 5: Qian Yan (Thousand Faces) arc
Chinese episode 49-63
Season 6: Nan Guo (Southland) arc
Chinese episode 64-?
Story (9/10)
The story can appear a little chaotic and confusing at first that requires some patience. But everything should clear up as you watch on and the characters' motivations become clearer. Eventually the pieces will all fall into place with no major plot holes. When looking back, all characters are doing exactly what they should be doing at those moments. By the end of arc 4, the story reaches a satisfying ending, but also leaves people wanting for more.
The story is organized into arcs, with each arc focusing on a different couple. But the arcs are connected, and they are all part of an overarching narrative. The first arc is a side story that's used to introduce world settings and some plot devices. The main storyline doesn't unfold until the middle of the second arc.
The show has two timelines: a current timeline and a past life timeline. The two timelines are intertwined, with the current timeline focusing on action and comedy and the past life timeline focusing on drama and romance. The past life timeline is not merely flashbacks, rather it's the "meat" of the show and what makes many people fall in love with this series.
Comedy is the weak point of the show. Some of the comedy can feel forced, even cringe-worthy. The good thing is that comedy is scaled back in later arcs as the tone turns more serious, and the remaining comedy feels more natural.
The Japanese release removed some comedy from the first arc, which is a good call. But it might have increased the confusion and made the pacing appear even faster. It also added a recap during the first half of episode 16.
Art (9/10)
The art sees significant improvement from season 1 to season 2, and from season 2 to season 3, then stabilizes after that. The first season can feel low-budgeted, but it's not the case for later seasons. Season 3 has some breathtaking moments and good battle scenes, but battles are not the focus of the show. Character designs are unique and pretty. I especially like the outfits of the Tushan foxes.
Sound (10/10)
The Chinese voice actors are great. They deliver emotion and comedy well and nothing feels unnatural to me. When two voices are required, they differentiate the voices very well, befitting the characters.
The Japanese voice actors also did a wonderful job, especially towards the second cour, when the characters' personality and motivations become more apparent. One nitpick is that the seiyuu for the male lead sounds a bit too old for his age. The male lead is 16 years old, but many people mistook him for a 30-year-old when he uses a cover identity in the first episode. It shouldn't have happened if the seiyuu sounded more age-appropriate (and if one crucial line wasn't changed in the Japanese version).
The Chinese OPs and EDs are all amazing. My favorites are ED1, OP2 and OP3. The OPs and other soundtracks are used very well in the show, resulting in some of the most well executed and emotional moments.
The Japanese release brings two new OPs and EDs, which I also like. The Japanese OP1 (lyrics also in Chinese) is hindered by a mismatch between visuals and music, which I can only blame on lazy editing. A major scene in the second arc (also the genre-changing moment of the show) has its soundtrack changed from an epic one to a mellower one, which may have reduced its emotional impact.
Some episodes in the first cour of the Japanese release suffer from a lack of sound effects, which do not occur in the second cour. The Chinese release does not have this problem.
Character (10/10)
The characters appear to be trope characters at first sight, but almost all of them have hidden depth. Your impressions on them will change drastically over the course of the show. The male leads appear annoying at first, but both will show considerable development by the end of arc 4. Some of the major characters introduced in the middle of arc 2 are very unique, compelling, and charismatic in their own ways.
The focus of the show is romance. Each couple has a different dynamic between them. However, both male and female characters have their own dreams, ambitions and life purposes beyond romance. Not only does it make them more respectable characters, it also serves to reinforce one of the main themes of the show: the peaceful coexistence between yaos and humans.
Enjoyment (10/10)
This show offers some of the most epic love stories I've seen in any medium. It made me laugh and cry, and left a void in me that I will forever crave something similar to fill.
Overall (9/10)
I recommend it to anyone who loves romance in a fantasy setting with a bit of action and comedy mixed in. If you like non-harem romance with multiple couples, don't miss it. Female anime fans, definitely watch it.
Oparu_no_hi
Anime is concept and art is very good.In Chinese version is anime has lot of concept is removed So i would recommend to go https://anilist.co/anime/98976/Enmusubi-no-Youkochan/ I same as this anime .i different is it in Japanese with sub. If you really have enough time, and really want to watch an anime true to its genre I recommend this anime for you. Even though as I said, I agree with some comments with the pacing of the story, but in the end, it was really worth my time watching. If you want to dwell into an anime with human emotions, relationships and touch, this is a great anime foryou.
