10 Second Anime - Koufuku Graffiti - Episode 1

Koufuku Graffiti - Episode 1

幸腹グラフィティ (Literally - Happy Stomach Graffiti, English title - Gourmet Girls Graffiti) Ryou's cooking doesn't taste good to herself until she realizes that cooking for others was the missing ingredient. A cute girls do cute things anime with a cooking theme.

Heh.

This anime takes the Japanese aphorism that food doesn't taste good unless its made with love way too far, in a good way! I don't know what kind of love Ryou puts into her cooking, but it's going to be a running joke on how sensually she reacts to flavorful food.

The title of the show is also a pun on the homonym 幸福 (koufuku) which means happiness.

 

Hey, all these girls (and one woman) getting on screen titles for their names wouldn't be all the people Ryou cooks for during the course of the show, would they? Of course, they would.

 

Ryou's cousin Kirin, who will be staying with her once a week, is short. I think the episode made that abundantly clear.

I like how the voice of Ryou is the same as Haruka from Minami-ke. It definitely gave me those familiar big sister vibes. Let's forget it's the same voice as Negi Springfield, though...

 

Ryou's aunt Akira is a busy woman, but she knows all about this cooking with love thing to make a girl a good wife.

 

Wearing a naked apron is the wrong kind of love, auntie Akira!

 

Kirin's running commentary as Ryou eats her own cooking shows Kirin wants to keep teasing her cousin about how much she enjoys eating.

 

With all the lingering scenes of the food, plus Ryou's reactions to this food, the term "food porn" is taking on several layers of meaning for this show. Also, it seems to be naked ploy by the anime producers to justify eating all these kinds of dishes. They better watch their waistlines.

 

Kirin basically stole the show. Her large personality totally made up for her small stature. And she likes to eat, a lot. I mean she likes eating a lot of food.

 

I think having one of her bags look like a ham was a giveaway, in addition to her running away from home, kind of, because her mother doesn't cook meat dishes.

 

Kirin may not like being short and wants to be perceived as being older, but, as Ryou said, she's got to eat all her carrots. Also, she needs to stop throwing public tantrums.

 

No wonder she was mistaken for Ryou's little sister even though they're the same age.

 

 

Hmm.

All in all, this was a great first episode for a cute girls do cute things healing slice of life anime. We've got nostalgic bits with Ryou remembering her grandmother, Japanese cultural bits as they talk about the cuisine (which reminds me of Tamayura touring the central coastal regions of Japan), and we have awesome gag reaction shots of these cute girls. I'm looking forward to the next serving Koufuku Graffiti.