Kanokon (2008–2008)

TV ShowEndedAnimation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy1 season, 12 episodes
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Plot

Kouta has girl troubles of the supernatural sort. For some reason, he keeps attracting the attention (and affections) of animal spirits! Having spent most of his life in the country, Kouta is understandably nervous when he moves in with his grandma to attend a high school in the big city. He hoped to make a good impression, but having Chizuru, a beautiful fox spirit, hanging off his arm didn't seem to be the sort of image he wanted to have. She's not alone in her love for Kouta, either. Nozomu, a wolf spirit, as well as other youkai have their sights set on the hapless country boy.

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  1. 01Kanokon S01E03Eat Deliciously?S01E03 · 8.0Kouta is the prize in a battlefield fought with food between Chizuru and Nozomu, but neither of them can cook well and Kouta is the one suffering as he is forced to eat terrible food experiments concocted by the two girls. Chizuru and Kouta also get attacked, but Kouta takes the hit for Chizuru and is knocked unconscious. Feeling guilty the attackers (which one of them is a frog spirit) tries to help Kouta by making toad oil (even though she is a frog spirit) and Chizuru cannot help but get more intimate with Kouta by rubbing the oil in with her body, but Nozomu joins in and Kouta panics again. Back at school, a fight breaks out between Chizuru and Nozomu that leaves Kouta shouting at Chizuru and then she cries and runs off. Kouta soon follows finding out that Chizuru was faking it and that she just wanted some alone time with Kouta in a very playful way.
  2. 02Kanokon S01E05Became No Good?S01E05 · 8.0Nozomu's brother puts a bracelet on Kouta's wrist that inflicts high amounts of pain if he becomes sexually aroused and Chizuru worries that if she tries her normal flirting behavior she could eventually kill him. Chizuru holds back her feelings for a couple of days but with intense self-restraint (to the point she starts having withdrawal symptoms). Meanwhile Chizuru's brother and Omi Kiriyama, a sickle weasel, try to negotiate with Nozomu's brother to take off the bracelet with violence but all goes wrong when they discover that he is really powerful; Chizuru later joins the fight but is defeated. Nozomu hears her brother's victory howl and tells Kouta that Chizuru is in danger; at the scene of the fight, Kouta and Chizuru combine to make quick work of Nozomu's brother.
  3. 03Kanokon S01E01Doing It for the First Time?S01E01 · 7.5As Kouta is walking to school, he meets up with Chizuru who hugs him close which embarrasses him due to her breasts pressing against him, and the fact that others can see what is going on. The class representative of Kouta's class, Akane Asahina, attempts to interfere, though cannot fight Chizuru's persistence. At school, Chizuru hands Kouta a love letter, asking him to come to the music room. This reminds him of earlier in the school year where a similar event took place. Back then, Chizuru confessed her love to Kouta and in the process accidentally revealed that she is actually a kitsune. Chizuru's younger brother Tayura soon interferes and tries to tell them that their relationship is dangerous. Chizuru possesses Kouta for a little while and Chizuru conjures up a huge flame which blasts Tayura outside, leaving a gaping hole in the school building.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2008Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Kanokon S01E01Doing It for the First Time?April 5, 2008 7.5As Kouta is walking to school, he meets up with Chizuru who hugs him close which embarrasses him due to her breasts pressing against him, an
  2. S01E02Kanokon S01E02Are We Becoming One?April 12, 2008 7.5On his way home from school, Kouta runs into girl his age that he intuitively senses is a spirit like Chizuru. The following day, the same g
  3. S01E03Kanokon S01E03Season's bestEat Deliciously?April 19, 2008 8.0Kouta is the prize in a battlefield fought with food between Chizuru and Nozomu, but neither of them can cook well and Kouta is the one suff
  4. S01E04Kanokon S01E04Can't Take it Off?April 26, 2008 7.0In an attempt to win Kouta and defeat her enemy Nozomu, Chizuru breaks into a forbidden supply room and steals a cursed bunny girl suit. Her
  5. S01E05Kanokon S01E05Became No Good?May 3, 2008 8.0Nozomu's brother puts a bracelet on Kouta's wrist that inflicts high amounts of pain if he becomes sexually aroused and Chizuru worries that
  6. S01E06Kanokon S01E06Can I Please Do It?May 10, 2008—Japanese New Year has come, and while Kouta at first is enjoying a quiet stay at home alone, Chizuru soon comes and tries to heat things up
  7. S01E07Kanokon S01E07Won't You Warm Me Up?May 17, 2008 7.0Yukihana, a yuki-onna from Chizuru's family, tests the bond between Chizuru and Kouta by creating a powerful snow storm only around the scho
  8. S01E08Kanokon S01E08Should We Enter Together?May 24, 2008 7.0Kouta, Chizuru, Nozomu, Tayura and a few classmates are visiting a spring resort run by Chizuru's mother, who is a fox deity like Chizuru (o
  9. S01E09Kanokon S01E09Can You Feel It?May 31, 2008 7.0A little girl named Minori Mitama, and her spirit bodyguard Nue hire the twin spirit hunters Ai and Ren to seal Chizuru's powers. They are g
  10. S01E10Kanokon S01E10Shall I Show Restraint?June 7, 2008 7.0Chizuru and Kouta treat Ai and Ren to a meal. Seeing as the two are poor, this has magnanimous effects on them and they regret the whole pot
  11. S01E11Kanokon S01E11I'm Getting Wet Already?June 14, 2008 7.0Chizuru, Kouta, Tayura, Nozomu and their friends go to a beach that is only known to spirits. After some trouble changing (no changing rooms
  12. S01E12Kanokon S01E12Can We Finally Do It?June 21, 2008—Chizuru wants Kouta to say he loves her, but he is very hesitant. Chizuru tries several methods to make him say it, but gets frustrated. Tay

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Castfull cast & details

Ayako KawasumiAyako KawasumiChizuru MinamotoKumiko NishiharaKumiko NishiharaMinori MitamaRisa HayamizuRisa HayamizuYukihanaYouto KazamaYouto KazamaSaku EzomoriMiyu TakeuchiMiyu TakeuchiNozomu EzomoriMamiko NotoMamiko NotoKouta OyamadaTakashi KondoTakashi KondoOmi KiriyamaUi MiyazakiUi MiyazakiKiriko Takana

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