Single father Kakushi Gotou has a secret. He’s a top-selling artist of popular erotic manga, but his
impressionable young daughter, Hime, can never find out! Now he’s having to bend over backwards just
to keep her inquisitive little mind from discovering what he does for a living. A father-daughter tale
of love and laughter.
(Source: Funimation)
Just finished this show and wanted to write a review (minimal spoilers). Instead of writing long paragraphs, I just want to jot down a few points that struck me about this show: __ What I liked about the show__ * This show is about a father and his daughter. The scenes between them were touching without being overly dramatic. Show was wholesome. * The story portrays parental sacrifice well, as the father is an ordinary "Joe Blow" but you can see how much he cares for his daughter. * The show combines comical sequences with more poignant scenes well. In other words, the show is not just entirely "ha ha" funny but also not entirely a tearjerker like some other similar father/daughter slice of life shows. I find both the comedy and poignant scenes to be done well. * I particularly liked how the show can be a tearjerker for some, but it doesn't just pile on misery after misery to "make" you feel sorry for the characters. They try to live normal lives. * The vignette style of the show is also good. An episode usually has 2-3 vignettes, so there is bound to be at least 1 or 2 that you would like. * The show also has an element of mystery, as most of the show was set when the daughter was around ten years old, but every episode had a few scenes towards the end that were set more in the "present day." The ending scenes point to a bigger mystery that needed to be solved. Without spoiling the ending, I can say tha the mystery was resolved in a satisfactory way (i.e. the solution can be attained by thinking and did not come out of left field) * The story is coherent - it has a clear beginning, middle and end. It is not like some other shows where you must read the manga to "get" the story. * I generally liked the opening and ending music for the show. __ What I don't like about the show__ * Some of the side characters were annoying at times. Particularly, I have seen quite a few people not like the father's boss, finding him particularly annoying. I think the boss was ok, but rather hit and miss. * The art style is rather simplistic but is run of the mill for a slice of life anime. It is certainly watchable, though. Just don't expect KyoAni, Ghibli, or Shinkai level visuals. * Some of the character designs were rather similar looking. * Some plot points were never fully resolved, but those plot points are relatively minor. __YMMV__ * A recurring plot point is that the father is hiding an important secret about himself from his daughter. The secret (i.e. what the father is hiding) is pretty much revealed in the first episode. I found the recurring theme of the secret to be ok, but I can also see others be like "What's the big deal? Why doesn't he just tell his daughter?" However, you can judge for yourself after the first episode if it is something you would be interested in.
~~~*All of my reviews contain __spoilers __for the reviewed material. This is your only warning.* ~~~ -------- ~~~_"My father's secret was that he drew for a living."_~~~ Billing itself as a “father-daughter tale of love and laughter”, *Kakushigoto* is the anime iteration of the latest from Kouji Kumeta, best known for *Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei*. Kumeta’s best-known series was often drenched in a sardonic, black humor. SZS, those who have seen or read it may remember, made a running gag out of the main character’s desire to off himself. If the bulk of your knowledge of Kumeta--like mine--comes from SZS, you can feel free to chuck out much of your preconceived notions about the man and his work. *Kakushigoto* stands as a work that reckons with the frayed edges of the slice of life genre. It is sometimes melancholy, and at times strikingly sincere. This places it within a broad continuum of recent anime that seek to develop simple situational comedies into fully-realized, three-dimensional portraits of their characters' lives. The good and bad, the tragic and the funny. img880(https://i.imgur.com/Gw1mRLo.png) And *Kakushigoto*’s core *is* still comedic--and we’ll get to that in a bit--but it’s impossible to talk about the series without mentioning the frame story that bookends most episodes and finally concludes in its last. In the main body of the series, Hime Goto is an 11-year old space case who lives with Kakushi Goto, her father, a comedy manga artist and widower. ~~~img880(https://i.imgur.com/7s8WaJO.png) ~~~ This *Kakushigoto* is primarily a domestic/work comedy about Kakushi’s goofy overprotectiveness and his desire to hide the fact that he’s a mangaka from his daughter. In the marginal spaces of the frame story, Hime has just turned 18, and something has happened to her father. The tone is significantly darker, more melancholic, and until the finale, ambiguous. These segments (and the finale) have a feeling of wistful, blue nostalgia. A sensation bolstered by the brilliant choice of Eichii Ohtaki’s “Kimi wa Tennenshoku” as the series’ ED. That contrast informs the entirety of *Kakushigoto*, and is arguably its entire *raison d'être*. Anyone who’s familiar with critical work focusing on anime as an artistic space in recent years has heard this line before. It is the endless everyday coming to an end, and a surprisingly thoughtful consideration of what comes after. It’s also quite transparently grounded in Kumeta’s own experiences (or if it’s not, the man is such a remarkable fabulist that it might as well be). However, before it’s a personal reflection of Kumeta’s inner thoughts, or a comment on the state of the artform or the world, or *anything* that heady, *Kakushigoto* is a fairly simple situational comedy. It must be emphasized that for all its applicability, *Kakushigoto* *does* spend the bulk of its time trying to make you laugh. The trying to make you *cry* comes only intermittently, and only works as well as it does because much of the comedy is so good. In particular, *Kakushigoto* likes to derive humor from basic miscommunications. Everything from Starbucks orders being misinterpreted as magic spells by Hime and some of her friends in the first episode, to Kakushi mistakenly thinking his manga is being axed in the penultimate episode, this is where a **lot** of *Kakushigoto*’s juice comes from. It’s good stuff, and this kind of Thought You Meant X But You Really Meant Y affair is so common to human relationships that it’s also instantly relatable. If there’s a misstep in this part of the show it’s that for something that’s otherwise by turns clever and familiar, it does spend a good chunk of time, especially early on, lobbing airballs in the form of lazy, unfunny stereotype humor. This is *Kakushigoto* at its weakest, and it’s to the show’s credit that it drops away almost entirely in the second half of the series. Elsewhere, and on a more positive note, it drives down strange plot and characterization detours. For example: through no effort or desire of his own, Kakushi develops what is essentially a harem by the halfway point of the series. Several young women (all of whom are minor supporting characters in their own right) pop up from time to time to vye for Kakushi’s affections. It’s never particularly relevant, and Kakushi never even catches on, but it *is* funny, just by dint of being ambiently puzzling. What do Hime’s teacher and her rivals see in a 30-something widower mangaka? Who knows, that’s (part of) why it’s funny. img880(https://i.imgur.com/4dFAROB.png) There’s also a fair amount of manga industry inside baseball leveraged as humor. In particular the character of Kakushi’s editor, Tomaruin, is a riot, just by dint of being a massively unhelpful jerk without even slightly meaning to. Of course, all this in context. *Kakushigoto*’s other half--that frame story--is where it really, truly shines. *Kakushigoto*’s premise of a man who writes comedy manga for a living trying to hide it from his daughter may seem fairly silly, at first. However, it becomes clear as the show nears its conclusion that this is grounded in a very real anxiety. Artists, *especially* those who do not work in the “serious” arts, struggle with this all the time. During the time skip between the main body of the show and its finale, Kakushi is forced to quit his job as a mangaka, concluding his manga-within-a-manga *Tights In The Wind* after a several-years-long successful run. He ends up doing manual, hard jobs as his household money runs dry. All this for his little girl. We learn that what *happened* to Kakushi is an act of cosmic black humor. While working as a forklift operator, a massive pallet stacked the ceiling with *Jump* magazines tumbles down on top of him. The ex-mangaka literally crushed by his chosen medium. On the nose? Slightly, but we can forgive that. img880(https://i.imgur.com/SUbl3mq.png) When he awakes in the second half of the finale, he’s amnesiac, believing himself to still be a working mangaka. What ends up restoring his memories is his manuscripts, brought to him by his daughter. The two things that are truly important to him, you see. It’s perhaps oversimplifying to say that *Kakushigoto*’s core thesis is that you shouldn’t be ashamed of your art. If only because that’s an easy thing to *say* and a very different thing to put in practice. It may be more accurate to say that the series is a best-case scenario for always pushing forward to the future and keeping what you love close to you. In this context, the finale makes perfect, wonderful sense. Kakushi loves his daughter, and he loves being a mangaka. Thus; the show closes on him pitching a new comedy series to his editor both so he can pay off his debts and so he can resume his real passion in work. *Kakushigoto* is here kind enough to foreground its subtext: Tomaruin suggests writing a series about an artist who draws dirty manga and goes out of his way to hide it from his young daughter. “Who would read that?” is Kakushi’s bemused response. A question I think we all, by now, know the answer to. img880(https://i.imgur.com/1MgH0Mb.png) It’s hard to say--and ultimately irrelevant--if some distant cousin of this conversation occurred in reality. *Kakushigoto* is clearly the fruits of a very long career in an often punishing and ill-respected medium. It is, one could argue, a surprisingly eloquent defense *of* that very career. When it crushes you, you weather the storm and stand again. And, if you're lucky, your passion may one day inspire theirs. The series' *second* to last scene is Hime, sketching out a shoujo manga that she plans to hide from her dad. For "a while", at least. img880(https://i.imgur.com/qq7stU2.png) img880(https://i.imgur.com/gWyCmCs.png) ------ And if you liked this review, [why not check out some of my others here on Anilist?](https://anilist.co/user/planetJane/reviews)
~~~__Bonjour à tous__~~~ On se retrouve aujourd'hui pour faire le point sur cette anime : __Kakushigoto__. ~~~img(https://www.nautiljon.com/images/galerie/13/92/kakushigoto_1094029.jpg)~~~ Pour commencer, __Kakushigoto__ est un anime qui nous parle d'un père qui cache à sa fille son vrai métier, il est mangaka et ne veux pas que sa fille l'aprenne. On va donc le suivre dans des situations plus drôles les unes que les autres pour essayer de cacher à sa fille son métier de mankaga à blague graveleuse. Ce que j'ai bien aimé dans cet anime, c'est la légerter que j'ai ressenti quand je l'ai regarder et je me suis même surrpris à rigolé sur des gags réccurents dans la série. Ce qui est bien aussi, c'est le fait que les épisodes soient d'une sorte coupé en deux parties, une joyeuse et décalé avec le père et sa fille et l'autre avec juste la fille et des personnages secondaires qui s'occupent de la naration pour que l'on sache un peu se qui c'est passé. Ce que j'ai bien aimé, c'est que même les personnages "secondaires" ont une réelle importance dans l'histoire et dans sa continuité. Pour moi, il n'y a pas vraiment de personnages secondaire dans cet anime, c'est vraiment une équipe qui sait nous faire rire, surtout pendant les débats avec le maître et ses assistants. Ce qui est bien aussi, c'est que le père est un peu surprotecteur mais il sait quand même que sa fille à besoin de vivre de nouvelles expériences pour évoluer et grandir (même s'il la surveille quand même XD). Ce que je trouve drôle aussi, c'est la relation entre le maître et le jeune éditeur qui est en charge du mange et de voir leurs discours sur des points peut être débiles mais marrant quand même. Ce que j'aime bien aussi, c'est de voir que n'importe qui peut avoir une influence sur le maître, que ça soit son éditeur, ses assistants, sa fille ou bien la maîtresse de sa fille, il écoute tout le monde et surtout, il réagit souvent de manière disproportionnée quand ça concerne sa fille, c'est ça qui est drôle. ~~~img(https://a-static.besthdwallpaper.com/kakushigoto-fond-d-ecran-54682_L.jpg)~~~ ___Conclusion :___ __Kakushigoto__ est un très bon anime qui arrive à nous parlez de deux thèmes vraiment différents que sont le métier de mangaka et le fait d'être père veuf. On voit que le père fait tout sont possible pour offrir une des meilleurs vie à sa fille et sa fille, qui est gentille comme tout, fait aussi de son mieux pour aidé son père. Ce qui est beau, c'est de voir la relation père/fille évoluer au fils du temps et de voir que la relation change un peu au court de l'histoire. Je vous le conseille vivement surtout que la fin avec le ou les derniers épisodes mon surpris dans le très bon (presque la petite larme sniff). ~~~img(https://www.justfocus.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kakusigoto_himePV_003.png)~~~ PS : Désolé pour les fautes de français. Ceci n'est que mon avis personnel. Je ne vous empêche pas d'avoir un point de vue différent du mien. Je pense que tous les points de vue sont à prendre en compte tant qu'ils sont argumentés.
Kakushigoto is a great 11 episode comedy about a father, Kakushi Goto trying to keep a secret from his daughter Hime Goto that he is an erotic manga artist. For 11 straight episodes, everything about this show worked. The dynamics between every single one of the characters was hillarious, from all of Kakushi's assistants, his editor Tomaruin, and even Hime's teacher. For 11 episodes, the show was hilarious and wholesome. The first 11 episodes are a solid 8/10. So at this point, you might have noticed that there aren't actually 11 episodes, but instead 12. That is because the last episode is so different from the rest of it, that it might as well be from a different show. Before we can get into the absolute travesty that is the final episode, we need to first go over the segments at the beginning and the end. These segments are little snippets of what happens in the future. These segments to a great job at heightening the mystery of what happens in the future. As soon as I saw the first of these segments at the beginning of the first episode, I was intrigued as to how the show would build up to what seemed like a tragic future for Hime. However, for 11 episodes, it had absolutely no connection to the future segments. There was no build up to anything, and it only had a singular episode to deliver on its promise to tell us what in the world was going on in the future. One of the basic rule of story telling is to "show, don't tell". The final episode starts with so much exposition that it is insane. It all comes so fast in the first half of the last episode, that it is kind of hard to keep track of it all. There is so much information front-loaded in the first half of the episode that it could probably fill another cour. That is not an exaggeration. We get family drama, which is explained to a new character, that is Hime's half-brother who we never see again. We get what actually happened to Kakushi in the future. An explanation that is just told to us, and isn't exactly satisfying to hear. All of this information could have been presented naturally, perhaps through another cour? But no. The show speedruns exposition in the first half. This betrays the basic rules of writing. The second half of the episode is more emotionally driven, with Kakushi and Hime reconnecting. This could've been a really emotionally resonant moment, but since it is built on the broken foundation of exposition, I can't really find myself caring about any of it. By the end of the final episode, I just wondered what I just watched. The episode felt like a textbook example as to how to not do a finale to a show. However, the final episode is my biggest complaint about this show. The rest of it is a fun and cute comedy, but the ending really did make me feel like there really should've been more to actually flesh out the ideas that were presented in the last episode. Maybe if it didn't even try to do this heavily emotional plot, I would remember it very fondly. However, this show is like Icarus, who flew to close to sun. Now whenever I think of Kakushigoto in the future, it will probably be for very negative reasons.
>__"Today I turned 18 dad ..."__ This is what Hime says at the end of one of the episodes of the series. It is also possibly one of the most feared phrases for a parent to hear, as it represents the greatest of their fears: Your little girl has grown up. This, the idea of accepting the growth of children is the main axis on which Kakushigoto moves , a series about a single father and the immense love he feels for his little daughter ... ~~~img(https://www.playerone.vg/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Kakushigoto-Hime22-e1617711023954.jpg)~~~ ~~~__Daddy's secret__~~~ Kakushigoto introduces us to the character of the same name and his little daughter: Hime Goto. They are the only members of their little family because it is not known what happened or where the little girl's mother is; This causes that as any father would do, Kakushi lives permanently worried that his little girl is happy, that she has great experiences and that she knows that everything can be told between them, that there are no secrets. This, however, can be a bit of a problem if we take into account that Kakushi has a secret: he works as a mangaka and "worse yet" as a mangaka from a dirty joke manga. This will cause him to do everything possible to protect Hime from knowing the truth, as he considers that this would make her hate him and reject him as a father. And this desire for protection is the one that takes us by the hand through an endless number of funny situations that Kakushi and Hime have in their daily lives: from the way Kakushi pretends to be an Office-worker by dressing as such (although then run to get comfortable for creativity to flow) and always complaining about it; or the way he makes his assistants help him look after (coff, coff, spy ...) on Hime when he's busy. We even have moments where Kakushi totally innocently and unintentionally plays Romeo.and to fall in love with every lady in his life (florist, cooking teacher, even his little girl's sensei) and consequently, keep them aware of what will happen with him and Hime; sadly for the aforementioned, there is no one else in Kakushi's eyes than his daughter. And it is that ultimately this is the critical point of the work, the devotion that Kakushi shows to Hime is a hook to the heart because it is simply natural, it is not forced and above all, it is a reflection of what happens in daily life (just ask your father dear readers). For him, Hime is the most important thing in the world and as such, any sacrifice he has to make is well justified if it makes her happy, even if he has to abandon certain things as seen as the episodes progress ... as simple as this. Another of the points in favor is the narrative of the work, which is what makes this idea never look simple despite the fact that it is, in this sense, the format of each episode constituted in turn by "mini-episodes" helps because we feel that we are moving smoothly, the jokes that are presented are never loaded (although they may not be of the generic type of humor) and this makes this slice of life does not tend to drama unnecessarily. ~~~img(https://i2.wp.com/rinconotakula.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kakushigoto.png?resize=780%2C405)~~~ However, not everything is rosy and as in reality, things change, people grow ... This is where the phrase stated at the beginning of this article comes in: "Today I turned 18 dad ..." and also where the other half of the work is presented to us, one where there is a time jump; Hime is now 18 years old and is in a house suspiciously similar to the one she lived in with her father as a child. However, she is alone, with a lost look and a face that reflects decision but also a certain disappointment? Now the immediate question is where is Kakushi? Why isn't he with Hime?and this is a mystery that is directly related to the mother of the little girl and that will remain undisclosed until the last moment. This other part is the one that shows us the fragility of the characters through one thing: the growth of Hime, going from the small and innocent girl to the confident young woman who is shown to us in these future moments. This only fuels the intrigue of the viewer and keeps us waiting to find out how and why it is that Hime will discover her father's secret. Regarding the design, both of characters and settings, we can say that Ajia-Do has done a good job adapting the original style of the manga, enhancing the spirit of the work with a palette of vivid colors and an aesthetic similar to the SHAFT studio. , specifically to his work Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei. Likewise, each character displays unique characteristics that help define their personality. Separate mention deserve the seyuu of the series, standing out among all of them (of course) Hiroshi Kamiya, my favorite seyuu with forgiveness of you. All of the above accompanied by an OST that although it does not have so many songs that attract attention, it does have one of the best composed Opening of the season: "Chiisana Hibi (ち い さ な 日 々)" interpreted by flumpool which from the first second you gives a feeling of nostalgia and joy; on the other hand, the Ending is "Kimi wa Tenneniro (君 は 天然 色)" by Eiichi Ootaki which, although not as good as the first one, does maintain the theme of the series. ------------------------------------------------------ _Kakushigoto is one of the best series of the season (and perhaps of the year) with a simple but powerful message that does not take itself very seriously (which makes its comedy effective) also, as I said, its approach to reality gives it that necessary touch of naturalness that captivates us and makes us believe and wait for the end. At the end of the day the series leaves a smile on his face and the feeling that, despite his madness, Kakushi is right: his daughter's happiness is worth everything ..._
~~~_Kakushi Goto is a weekly manga artist known for definitely-adult titles. Worried that will
alienate or embarrass his daughter, he’s determined she’ll never find out and pretends to be a regular
businessman in front of her. But as she grows up, this single dad struggles to keep his secret while
giving Hime the best life possible._~~~
Secrets. Parents can't raise their children without them. My mom practically raised me on her own since my parents separated when I was young. At the risk of sounding conceited, I think she did a great job. Recently she shared a few secrets with me that she couldn’t tell me as a kid. Now that I’m 20, I understand why she needed to keep secrets, to protect me. Kakushi Goto is a neurotic single father and a mangaka. If you ever asked him what he does for a living... he’d lie. Not because he’s a bad person, because he’s determined to protect his eleven-year-old daughter, Hime, from learning that he draws ecchi. Kakushigoto captures the feeling of being a kid to a single parent whose doing everything they can on their own. There’s no guidebook to raising a child. Since Kakushi’s wife passed, he has done everything in his power to shield his daughter from the world. His anxiety-induced parental neurosis is often hilarious and exaggerated to the point of insanity. The humor is derived at his expense. Over and over, he catastrophizes and imagines the worst possible outcome. Whether it be fearing his daughter fell into a well, or that his manga may get canceled sending them into poverty. This kind of humor, rooted in a relatable and sympathetic reaction, is fantastic. Admittedly, there is a fine line between being hilariously perceptive and just plain ridiculous. Kakushigoto constantly teeters on that line, but it has a remarkable ability to fall on the right side of absurdist comedy. Whilst he juggles his secret career with the responsibilities as a father and learning how to raise Hime all on his own, Kakushi also deals with personal problems. Shame, self-confidence, imposter syndrome, and the impending threat of deadlines. The author constantly pokes fun at the plights of being a mangaka: Underpaid, overworked, stressed. I sympathize with Kakushi’s rush to finish his work because I do my best work right before the deadline. His ongoing rivalry with his editor makes for some of the best cynical banter in the show. They’re always at each other’s throats with passive-aggressive comments. This anime doesn’t sugarcoat the life of a full time mangaka. I learned a bit about the processes of producing manga and the editing process. Kakushi’s four assistants aren’t extraordinarily deep, but their self-deprecating humor and jabs at their boss are pretty funny. Kakushi’s employees are named after different phrases commonplace to mangaka artists. Plenty of other jokes are rooted in the Japanese language. Though the translators made it watchable, a few jokes were lost. Kakushi is either too conceited about his work or too shameful that he makes a living by drawing dirty jokes. His personality and goals are at odds, he wants to become a famous mangaka, but if he’s in the spotlight, Hime may find out his real identity. There’s a somber moment where Hime tells her dad she wants him to become someone important. She knows that’d make him happy, but it simply couldn’t happen. Kakushi tells her he wants her to grow up well. Ironically, their wishes contradict each other, but it is heartfelt nonetheless. Kakushi may be a busy single dad, but he does have a lot of friends to help take care of Hime. Throughout the day, friends visit the Goto residence to see Hime. Like most of the characters, Hime is adorably airheaded. To compensate, she’s as perceptive and empathetic as a real kid. She can tell her family is distinctly different from others, without a mother, and that her father struggles to take care of himself, his home, and his daughter. At one point she worries about inviting too many friends to her birthday party because of the stress it’d put on her dad, so she sacrifices her fun for her dad’s well being. Moments like these broke my heart. I know what it’s like to worry so much about my parents that I give up something for their well being. Nowadays I understand what my parents had to sacrifice to raise me. Beneath the surface of this goofy show lies melancholy that sneaks up on you when you least expect it. Even after she passed away, Hime's mother still helps raise her daughter through boxes she prepared for her birthdays, full of symbolic gifts. One curiosity of the Goto family you’ll immediately notice is their home. They live in a modest one-story home that looks out of place in their neighborhood. Kakushi replicated his old family home when he lived with Hime’s mother so he could maintain his memories of an ideal family. The secrets that lie within their original home form somber epilogue chapters to every episode. The epilogues flash forward to Hime’s life six years later where her Kakushi is mysteriously gone. These chapters are completely tonally at odds with the fun-loving atmosphere of the main story. Strangely they stoked my interest each episode until the final reveal. Most of the humor is reliant on misunderstandings, which might bother some people. For me, it just worked. Even though it didn’t always make me laugh out loud, it never failed to put a smile on my face. Kakushigoto captures the special kind of sincere family comedy that warmed my heart each episode.