Akikan episode 1 gogo

by Serg · Published December 2, 2021 · Updated December 3, 2021

Year: 2009 Length: 12 Episodes Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance Studio: Brain's Base Synopsis: Hobbies are often a great way of meeting new people, but how could Kakeru Diachi, who collects rare juice cans, have ever suspected that he'd meet a fascinating new girl when he attempted to DRINK her? Naming her Melon, because she's…

Will becoming involved in this ridiculously twisted research project gone amuck complicate Kakeru’s life incredibly? Of course it will, but because Melon’s steel body needs carbon dioxide to breathe, he’s now stuck with her since she’s too CO2 dependent! And when his wealthy, attractive, best childhood friend Najimi gets HER own aluminum Akikan, the trouble really begins!

At least this love triangle phase doesn’t last too long, and we do get some much-needed conflict when a rival Akikan shows up.

What once sounded a little interesting ended up being nothing more than cliches and bad jokes, so there wasn’t much about the story that I actually enjoyed. I should also mention that this anime had quite possibly the most boring anime episode that I’ve ever seen. By nature, filler is boring, but this made other filler episodes seem entertaining in comparison. As for another aspect of this show, I don’t think the characters were that much better than the story.

Melon is his Akikan, and I wanted to like her more than I did, I just couldn’t find enough reasons to. She gets bonus points for keeping Kakeru in check when he’d cross the line, but besides that and her status as an Akikan, she didn’t seem very interesting or entertaining to me.

Kakeru’s childhood friend, Najimi, somehow liked him, so she gets points removed for that. She seemed nice and all, but how anyone can like that guy is beyond me, and it seemed like that was almost her entire reason for existing. Najimi was as bland as can be, though she later gets her own Akikan, and that Akikan ended up being more enjoyable to me.

Unlike Melon, Yell is a sports drink instead of a soda, and even though she has a serious demeanor and only cares about serving her owner, I found her to be pretty likable. Part of that has to be thanks to how little I cared for the other characters, but it was nice to see someone who wasn’t annoying or trying (and failing) to be comic relief. Melon and Najimi were close, and because of how Akikan turn from can to girl (their owner drinks from their can, resulting in a kiss)

The third and final Akikan/owner pair is basically an afterthought, but Budoko is one cute loli, and I thought she was one of the most entertaining characters in the show. And then there’s the antagonist, who literally has the stupidest motivation I’ve ever seen. It seemed too stupid to be true, but we don’t even learn this important nugget until the final minutes, and by then, it’s far too late to do anything but chalk it up as another lowlight.

Yeah, that’s a pretty terrible description, but because it’s only twelve episodes and had some kisses, I had to tough it out and watch it. 😀

Akikan (”Empty Can”) is the unlikely story of high school boy Kakeru Daichi, whose can of melon soda magically transforms into a human girl. More “akikan” girls begin appearing, each of them needing to be infused with carbon dioxide from their respective drink types to survive. The akikans were created as part of the ‘Akikan Elect’ to determine whether steel cans or aluminium cans are superior. The akikans must battle each other until only the strongest type is left standing.

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