Sasami-san@Ganbaranai cover

Sasami-san@Ganbaranai

ささみさん@がんばらない

TV · Finished · Winter 2013 · 12 episodes · 24 min

The Japanese call them hikikomori—people who've become so withdrawn socially that they refuse to leave their homes for weeks and even months at a time. For Sasami Tsukuyomi, who's attempting to pass her first year of high school despite being a shut in, it's more than just a word. Fortunately though, she lives with her older brother Kamiomi, who just happens to be a teacher at the school Sasami is supposed to attend. Not to mention, her "Brother Surveillance Tool" which lets her view the outside world via her computer and will, theoretically, allow her to readjust to interfacing with people again. What it mainly does, however, is let her view her brother's interactions with the three very odd Yagami sisters, who inexplicably seem to have had their ages reversed and have various types of "interest" in Kamiomi. And then things start to get really weird... Magical powers? Everything turning into chocolate? Is life via the web warping Sasami's brain, or is it the universe that's going crazy?

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Supernatural

Tags: Gods, Coming of Age, Female Protagonist, Hikikomori, Shrine Maiden, Surreal Comedy, Primarily Female Cast, Denpa, Parody, Robots, Satire, Family Life

Studio: Shaft

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: I'll Do My Best Starting Tomorrow
  2. Episode 2: Security Personnel at Home
  3. Episode 3: You Work, You Lose
  4. Episode 4: Parasitizing at Home
  5. Episode 5: I Haven't Given It All Just Yet
  6. Episode 6: My Parents Are the Only People That I'm Troubling
  7. Episode 7: I Forgot How to Speak
  8. Episode 8: Strategic Solitude
  9. Episode 9: It's Not That I Can't Do It
  10. Episode 10: Fighting an Enemy You Cannot See
  11. Episode 11: Love Is Nothing But an Urban Myth
  12. Episode 12: I Won't Do My Best Tomorrow, Either

Reviews

A review of Akiyuki Shinbo's worst anime, as well as my thoughts on the Monogatari aesthetic in general.