A Second Look: Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san

Synopsis

Nakano is a regular salaryman who is weighted by the stress of working for an exploitive company. One day when he arrives home he discovers a kitsune girl cooking in his kitchen.

This is no ordinary kitsune, however; her name is Senko and she is a divine messenger fox who has made it her mission to take away the darkness in Nakano’s heart by spoiling him rotten as his new caretaker. Thus begins the tale of the cohabitation of a salaryman and a kitsune girl.

First Read

The concept was interesting and comedy had a solid establishment. It’s not often that a series tackles a kitsune character that isn’t causing mischief. In terms of art, it was rather clever that the series visualized Nakano’s stress and “darkness” with this sort of aura around him that disappears at certain moments. Basically, the general presentation of the story and the visuals were well-done. As for the characters, they were rather sweet and showed a lot of potential in future chapters.

There are some rather generic points to be found such as the kitsune girl looking like a little girl only to be older than the protagonist and the whole sensitive tail concept. Then there is the comedy which doesn’t offer anything new.

Second Read

So far there is one highlight that remains strong in the series and that is the dynamic between Nakano and Senko. This is mostly because Senko is cute with her antics and the simplicity of Nakano’s character matches so well with hers. More than this though is that the series does not make things overly awkward by placing any suggestiveness between the main characters. Even the whole thing he has for her tail isn’t all that bad.

Looking at the series again, the comedy isn’t all that bad but a little more character development on Nakano’s side would be nice. It’s already clear he’s the nice guy type of character who has a thing for soft tails, but other aspects such as his hobbies and/or past would be nice to have a peek into. Other than this, the series is relatively simple but enjoyable in its own way.

Conclusion

It’s a series about a kitsune girl helping out a stressed businessman with no hint of suggestiveness to be found. It’s a simple and cute and the dynamic between the characters makes for a sweet read. There are some predictable points and Nakano could use more character development but other than this, it’s a good series. By all means, it’s not the most amazing supernatural/slice-of-life work but it does have potential in the long-run and makes for a good laidback reading.

Rating: 7/10