Orphan Himari Momochi's only link to her late parents is the house they secretly bequeathed her, which she does not learn of until her 16th birthday. Thrilled by the opportunity to know more about her family, Himari arrives at the rumored haunted house and is bewildered to find three young men already living there: Aoi Nanamori, who identifies himself as the guardian of the place, and his two familiars, Yukari and Ise. Although they allow her to stay overnight, they warn her to leave the next day so she can avoid harm from ayakashi—wandering spirits that sometimes attack human beings.
Surprisingly, Himari is unaffected by her spectral encounters and determined to move in to the residence. After she discovers that Aoi had become guardian unwittingly and is now confined to the property, forgotten by the outside world, her resolve only grows stronger. Touched by his story, Himari decides to find a way to free Aoi from his dim fate, and she convinces the three Momochi House protectors to accept her as their landlady. However, the mysterious Kasha who keeps sending hostile ayakashi to Himari's new home seems to have darker plans for Aoi's future.
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violettheory
I don't normally write reviews, but I honestly think it's awful that this anime has such a low rating and a majority not recommended reviews. This isn't a perfect anime by any means, it's a bit clunky, and probably too rushed to give the characters any real room to breathe, but it's an interesting story and a nice romance. Don't let the score fool you, if the title and poster drew you in, you'll probably enjoy this anime. I'm beginning to realize that MAL underrates shoujo in general. An equivalently decent shonen would not be sitting at a 6.4, so keep that in mind. I've seena lot of people comparing this to Kamisama Kiss, but worse. I've never seen that anime, so I can't really make a comparison. But I can say it does feel Fruits Basket adjacent, but with much less focus on the characters and more focus on the mystery. Much of the anime centers around the main character's fish-out-of-water situation, how weird it is to finally go to your family home and find it inhabited with weird spirits who won't fully accept you or tell you exactly what's going on. Most episodes waver between hints at an overarching plot and a monster of the week kinda thing. Things would feel much more fleshed out and less rushed if this was a two cour show, but in this day and age just getting shoujo adapted is a big enough accomplishment so ya get what ya get I guess.
The strong suit of this anime is definitely the mystery and the romance. Teasing out character's motivations and backstories every episode is honestly pretty engaging, though this only centers on the main characters, side characters are left to the wayside, again, seemingly because they tried to cram so much into twelve episodes. The romance is very cute, grows believably, and doesn't progress like you would expect from the typical shoujo/romcom cliches. The art style is great, the patterned flourishes to clothing and wallpaper are gorgeous, though the animation quality is lacking sometimes (quite a few slideshow scenes that could have been fully animated but weren't). This is probably a personal issue, but if you aren't very familiar with the terminology associated with Japanese spirits and demons you might have a problem following some of the introductions and very brief explanations of the inhabitants of the house. Lots of new names and terms get thrown out with little to no set up or explanations, presumably because the target audience already understands the differences between an ayakashi and a youkai. It doesn't diminish the enjoyability of the plot, but it can be a bit annoying so keep that in mind.
Overall, if you enjoy believable romances, mysteries that are slowly solved over a season, and interesting world building, you'll enjoy this show. If you're in it for dramatic, intricate, character growth and lots of well animated action then you will probably not have the patience for this show. 7.5/10
PhoenixA
Read the Momochi House manga and save yourself some time. I write this anime review as, originally, a reader of the manga. Ever since the Momochi House manga originally released, I enjoyed reading it all the way to the end, due to its whimsical fantasy qualities, interesting characters, and the beautiful artwork. So, because the manga is already complete and it isn't as well-known as other series, I was very surprised when I discovered that there was going to be an anime adaptation for Spring 2024. However, upon seeing the first visuals, I immediately knew that it would not be adapted well. Now, after finishing all12 episodes, I can definitely say that my first assumptions were correct, and this show is terribly bad.
To be honest, the budget of this anime HAD to be incredibly minuscule; you can see it in all the non-existent details. It is so obvious that this show must have been serving as a filler anime for the season - maybe because they didn't have enough shows running in a time slot or something. Honestly, this is the only reason I can come up in my head for why they would take such a beautiful manga and utterly butcher it. As everyone knows - normally, completed mangas aren't chosen to be adapted into anime in the first place, unless they're considered classics or they've already had an anime season previously, or it's a new adaptation of something that's continuously popular. Unfortunately, Momochi House does not meet the mainstream criteria for any of this.
Throughout the show, there at least 3 scenes that I can count on hand where characters are speaking, but their mouths aren't animated to move. All of the beautiful designs of the characters from the manga look incredibly dull and ugly as well. Himari's hair is too thick; her pigtails are like tangled snakes. Yukari looks like some Yuki Sohma ripoff with not even a fourth of his charm, and Ise isn't half as masculine-defined and bullheaded as what he should be. There are even scenes where Aoi looks like he could be thirteen years old, while in the last 3 episodes of the show, sometimes he looks like he could be in his thirties. Not to mention all of the outfits in the manga look so delicate and detailed with beautiful patterns and gradients running throughout each piece, but the anime designs are nothing like this - the only piece to hold up is the top cover of Aoi's blue kimono. If this was a true adaptation, then the anime would have the same depth of beauty as Oshi no Ko in terms of style.
And don't get me started on the story. The only episodes that hold true to the manga are the first 3, maybe 4. They rush through the surface synopsis of the manga and then pull about 4 or 5 different mini stories/situations from the manga and smash them all together to fill in the middle episodes. If they don't completely re-write something, they rush it and toss out the details. The watcher has no real history to fall back on and relate to with the main characters - at least, not in the way they should be able to relate to them. I'm mildly surprised they even put Kasha in this anime, because they didn't even cover his background at all.
Not even the ending of this anime matches the manga. The screenwriters definitely pulled one out of their butts to end this show as fast as they could. If they were going to tell the story truthfully, and see that it was well-made, it would take at least 40+ episodes to capture everything correctly.
Simply put, I am very disappointed, because I know the manga will probably never have another chance to be adapted (tis the way of life), but I am not surprised at all. If you like old school shojo manga, I definitely recommend reading Momochi House. But for the sake of your brain cells, definitely don't try watching it.
YayaPotato
Omg I almost this good anime because of bunch of negative reviews. Thanks god I gave myself a chance to completed this anime. This is actually my first time writing review for an anime that should deserve some positive reviews. This anime is highly recommend if you want some slice of life + romance. Because people kept comparing this to Kamisama Kiss, it received so many negative reviews. The anime is actually decent to watch if you want to kill your time. In my opinion, at least the art is better than Kamisama kiss. So do yourself a favor and give this anime a chance– you won't be disappointed. :) Definitely deserve a second season! Can’t wait for it 🙂🙂.
KANLen09
The Demon Prince of Momochi House - It's Kamisama Hajimemashita, but 100 times worse. Let that sentence sink into your brain. Everyone within the AniManga community sure knows famed mangaka Julietta Suzuki's Kamisama Hajimemashita a.k.a Kamisama Kiss, if not, then where the hell have you been? It's one of the famed Shoujo series that all girls will speak of when they have a classic that they can recommend to, hell even to guys who are not interested in the Shoujo genre, at least for the classics (which I recommend you read/watch the entire series in general). And yes, countless examples have followed this tradition, but notin the specific sense, which is where mangaka Aya Shouoto comes in with her work of Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji a.k.a The Demon Prince of Momochi House. And let me tell you, despite it looking like an imitation copy of Kamisama Hajimemashita, it's nowhere near that level. Hell, everything looks like a carbon copy of the extreme bad side of it. And yes, I read the entirety of the already completed 16-volume, 64 chapter series so tell you my overall thoughts as a whole.
So first, the story elements of which all characters have their fate intertwined to one mansion where the border between human and the supernatural meets:
- The human side: the 16-year-old orphan of Himari Momochi being granted her old family estate as a gift of inheritance. Despite the many rumours going around that the house is haunted, she takes the challenge to reclaim the haunted house as her own, to which she finds 3 handsome guys loitering around in the estate for god knows what reason. As the sole proprietor of the house, she attempts to shake them off her house, but soon realizes that her destiny how lies at the hands of the same 3 Ikemen who warned her about the impending changes/fate within the Momochi House itself.
- The supernatural side: Led by Aoi Nanamori, he is one of the 3 entities whom Himari tries to chase out of her House. But the House itself has a hidden secret: the bloodline of the Momochi family must take its reigns and become the next Omamori-sama or "Nue", one which Himari was supposed to be as its guardian. But Aoi escaped into the Momochi House when he was 10 due to his family's problems when he was a human, and through the goading of an adult who tells him that he would be able to find solace within the House on a hill, there he is unanimously welcomed into the House, and soon realizes that he will become the Omamori-sama instead of Himari, which grants its user spirit-like shikigami powers when he's transformed into a Nue.
Feeling the Nanami Momozono and Tomoe semblance within Himari and Aoi? Strap on, because things are about to get worse.
With Himari's Omamori-sama power stripped down to just expelling entities from her own House, she has to settle down with Aoi and his 2 other shikigami lackeys: Yukari, a serving Mizuchi spirit, and Ise, a hard-headed Shoujo-like orangutan. The former is tolerable since he displays a fair expression, and like what he does, only serves his master to the fullest, which he eventually displays that affection to Himari as well, seeing how she is still serving as a co-linkage between her and Aoi as well. The latter is very brash and grumpy, and would bolster trouble even over the most minor things. But when it comes to the crunch, like Yukari, he's in loyalty to Aoi as well to drive out beings who dare to disrupt the House's dimensions, save for the one who always grates on their nerves: Kasha. The powerful Ayakashi who has a deep obsession and rivlary towards Aoi as the Nue, he is the definition of the boredom character, trying to annoy the heck out of everyone for some amusement.
The biggest sin, however, is Himari herself. Though she does give the usual appearance of a main character, it's not exactly enforced on her until she gets to the root of the problem within the happenings at Momochi House. And even then, she tries to take charge handling all matters from the wandering ayakashi to the shikigamis themselves, which is nice to see from the authoritarian standpoint of the female MC. The part that feels egregious is the romance section, because since this is a Shoujo, you can't exactly run away from Himari and Aoi having feelings for each other even in times of trouble. This is where Kamisama Hajimemashita does this better at knowing where to emphasize character growth that leads to expressive outcomes...wis an irony for the author herself that Aya Shouoto has an idea on where to take Himari's character, yet force it down the predictable route when creativity besets her back. Despite the difference between Aya Shouoto and Julietta Suzuki's approach of the Shoujo genre, you know who won, and had a better, yet creative approach that doesn't betray its themes and knows how to create a natural guideline on long-standing storytelling.
Being an Aniplex show, they do have shows that are definitely out of the ordinary like Yana Toboso's Kuroshitsuji a.k.a Black Butler. But this is even lesser for Shoujo-centric shows when it comes to the traditional classic Shoujo, which is where this show comes in. The production by studio Drive is just...there, it's not the greatest, but it's not bad in either way, just mediocre to a low-level decent, avoiding it being a literate imitation of Kamisama Hajimemashita. To make matters worse, director Bob Shirahata isn't someone high-profile of note, going through almost 35 years of main roles and assuming directorial roles for the lesser shows, the last notable one being the downfall of Nanatsu no Taizai a.k.a The Seven Deadly Sins via the Ensa no Edinburgh ONAs. I mean, I did not expect much from this show from the get-go, and my feelings were pretty much unchanged from start to finish, with the dip coming off from the 2nd half.
The music is decent, with both Ayana Tsujita and Tomoyuki Kono helming the department, they did a fair job creating the atmosphere for the show. The part that I don't get, is the theme songs. Muto's ED is calm and collected, just like an actual Shoujo work, but Yoh Kamiyama's OP is a pure wreck of a disaster. Sure, he can create songs like for instance with Horimiya's OP (and "Iro Kousui" IS a fantastic song BTW), but "Hozuki" sounds too much of a Shonen than a Shoujo-ish song, resulting in quite a dissonance of a song that is just plain bad, or even close to ear-numbing in my terms, yikes.
If there is any recommendation after washing off the distastes of the anime, I implore you to read the manga from the very beginning, because Shoujo anime rarely have follow-up seasons and tend to rush to get a stopping point, which this show unfortunately has done so. The manga is quite the opposite approach to the anime and is a decent traditional Shoujo romance work on its own, which I respect Aya Shouoto for her long and arduous work over 6.5 years.
Just take the standard word to "Go read the manga" and forget that the anime ever existed.
bossunhimeswitch
This anime was very contradictory to me. I liked the characters but at times they felt very distant to me. I knew that Aoi and Himawari liked each other and that they could not indulge in these feelings but instead of romantic tension sometimes it felt flat. The premise was intriguing but it just didn't get there for me completely and I'm not sure why. The ending was tonally sound but it also felt muted like a lot of the series. Part of the problem was everything felt like it needed to be expanded upon, whether it was Himawari's emotional state, Aoi's past, the ayakashiall around them, or specific plot points, it felt very condensed in on itself. I think if it took on a broader scope, had a little more tension and drama, and really capitalized on this kind of nostalgic shoujo romance background flavor, it might have been more engaging and closer to a 7/10 for me.
If you're looking for a shoujo that is a little subdued but still has some stakes to it, you might enjoy this anime. I don't regret watching it, but it just wasn't as good as it could have been.
hbaby1093
Honestly, would give this a 6.5 if I could! The demon prince of Momochi house centers around Himari finding out that her late parents left her a house. Upon arriving to this house, she discovers however that she’s not the only one residing there… enters Aoi and friends. If you have seen Kamisama kiss, this is incredibly similar. The same can be said regarding fruits basket. They all have: a down-on-her-luck girl ending up at a home full of boys. Then decides to reside with them and help them with their troubles. Even though I actually love stories like that, this one couldn’t stand up tothe other better written plots, and better chemistry between the love interests.
Also, I think a big hardship for this show is that the manga came out in 2013, during a time where stories were written differently. Because of this, it doesn’t compete with the new romance animes being released today. It already feels nostalgic and outdated even though it’s technically new. If this had been released as an anime back in 2013, when it was originally written, I think that this would’ve done a much better job with audiences.
That all said, I still found it entertaining for what it is. I still think the show is worth watching. Just set different expectations, and you’ll have a good time!
SacredArrow2000
This may have been the worst romance anime of the Winter 2024 season. Mind-numbingly boring dialogue, unappealing art style, action scenes were under budget and poorly animated, character designs were basic, soundtracks were easily forgettable, plots were uninspired and needlessly confusing to create drama, the story was predictable and the supernatural elements weren't properly explained. Lastly, the characters didn't hold any true development nor strong chemistry, the individual characters held shallow motivations and their flaws surpassed their strengths. All situations were dealt with by the two Main Characters (three if we were to count Nue, the fox-spirit), all side characters were useless in battle and didn'tprovide any valuable aid.
It's laughable that this series was given English Dubbing, being highly anticipated in the Romance and Supernatural categories, the hype was not paid off and lead to a deeply disappointing experience.
For those who enjoy the Supernatural/Romance genre that takes place under one household, the anime listed bellow have stronger romanic elements and more compelling characters:
1. Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi,
2. Kamisama Kiss,
3. Fruits Basket
sagemoderose
I was unsure about starting this Anime but to be honest it wasn't terrible. However, I wouldn't say it was great either. It was good for what it is. Me personally, I think this is kind of a knock off version of fruits Baskets. So, if you liked fruits basket then you might like this anime. It has a decent build up, not much character development. it does give a good amount of the characters background which is always a nice insight. I feel like it could have been better or at least better written. I feel like the ending was rushed and very predictable.
happa_hana
(i should have dropped this seeing the "recommended" to "not recommended" ratio, except I forgot to check that before putting it in my watchlist) Look, (to whomever reading) I didn't watch "Momochi-san chi no Ayakashi Ouji" to trash on it. The premise seemed very "Kamisama Hajimemashita" (or "Kamisama Kiss") and I was all for it. I was very much here to enjoy a shojo ayakashi rom-com... Except, you can just watch Kamisama Hajimemashita instead. I don't know what this story tries to accomplish or what the story is even, it just seemed like a bad copy-paste work of Kamisama Kiss. And that has me sad & angry.At first I was thinking 'well, this is juts an average anime that walks straight behind Kamisama Kiss', but by the end of it, i knew it doesn't. It's bad. it's not worth the time or the energy. and it makes me sad that it is like this.
animation? - so-so, iut got v worse by the end. was not a fan
VA? - Yuukari (tachibana shinnosuke) saves the day. Aoi's & Ise's were also nice. *but take a drink everytime you hear Aoi & Himari being uttered - hospitalized hungover)
OST? - idk man, was not invested/ HOWEVER, The OP & ED are bangers! it's like the entire brain power and budget went to creating them vs the actual anime & story.
story? - was all over the place. things just popped up & happened & it went like that. they thought they could get away w the finale being all mushy-overflow w a happy ending. welp, didn't work for me. Kasha had so much potential as main villain - didn't see him at all, nor is his obsession with Nue explained (and thus, that's my ship - Nue x Kasha)
if you miss Kamisama Kiss & wanted something similar, skip this & re-watch Kamisama Kiss - you'll be 10x happier & fulfilled. Idk if it's because Kamisama Kiss has just been so successful in this particlular sub-genre of shojo rom-com or because Momochi-san chi no Ayakashi Ouji was just bad... - i guess bcs the stories are so similar i couldn't help but keep comparing the two throughout my watch.
There are plenty of ayakashi-falls-in-love-with-main-girl stories out there however, i opine that Momochi-san chi no Ayakashi Ouji directly wanted to challenge/compare itself to/with Kamisama Kiss. Nue is a lovely kitsune design - i absolutely loved Kasha's and Nue's character design, but alas is this anime a failure :(
Shie_Ru
I rarely write review, but I think this anime deserves higher score. Besides of it's cliché romance plot, it has plot twist and made me curious about what will happen in the next episode. Aoi isn't your typical tsundere-who-always-yelling-without-reason like other male lead, he's a really sweet boy. You may find his personality feels weird, but it's normal, because he's knowledge is like a 10 years old. That's why he act so sweet like a baby boy. And also, you may complain about Himari's personality, but don't forget the fact that she's just an ordinary human without power. She won't easily crying, don't worry about her. I wantto give it 7.5/10
