Preview Gif Anime - Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou - Episode 1

Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou - Episode 1

A high school boy meets his crush at his new boarding house. And he meets all sorts of interesting people there too. His hopes of a peaceful high school life are shattered on the first day.

Rule Number 1 for any teenage boy hoping for a "peaceful, quiet high school life," in anime at least, is don't wish for a peaceful, quiet high school life. Our main character's parents suddenly have to leave for business reasons, and they arrange for him to stay at a local boarding house. The first people he meet are rather sketchy, and he wants to leave immediately, but then he runs into the pretty girl he was ogling in the library. Change of plans, staying here is okay.

Actually, it's not okay. There are a lot of strange characters in the house, from his roommate, to the grandmotherly type manager, and even the bookish pretty girl has her own quirks. She's the granddaughter of the owner of the house, and seems to have set many of the rules in force there, specifically all the weapons in the hallway to make sure men don't come into the women's section. The title of the show, adapted from the manga, has been translated as The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, which seems to add in many extra words. Kawai is the girl's last name, and almost sounds like "cute" (kawaii), but isn't. Literally, the title is more like "All of us at Everyone's Kawai Manor." If you say it out loud, it's a pun for "We are all pitiful," since kawaisou (かわいそう) sounds the same as 河合荘 (Kawai Manor).

I'm sold on the show because the third character already living at the house hits all my weak points: auburn-haired, busty, red-rimmed glasses, big sister type, who drinks a lot. Yowza.

Comedies are hard to write about, because there's so much setup for the jokes, especially all the visual ones, however, the show looks amazing. If you were a fan of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU and The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, this show will hit all your buttons.