To start off, a word of what we’re
getting into: this show is probably something like 90% Ecchi Harem
Comedy and 10% Light Action. There’s not a ton of meat to the
product, and what there is has a lot of standard notes. So, in some
ways, rather than looking at this as a review of an individual show,
I want to examine the formula. What works, why it works, and what we
should jolly well expect better from instead. This is still going to
be primarily an analysis of the show at hand, but it’s standard
enough that I want to keep an eye open for what’s done the same
everywhere and why.
It’s also worth a note that I prefer to
get my Anime through legal streaming means. There are a lot of them,
but this ranks a notice here because the one I knew to use for Yuuna
and the Haunted Hot Springs happened to be Crunchyroll and the
version there is censored – there are a lot of scenes where a good
amount of screen is taken up by extra thick steam or magical beams of
heavenly light. And for the purposes of reviewing a show, I think
that’s perfectly fine. While nudity can be used in an effective
manner for storytelling and atmosphere (and was in shows I’ve
previously reviewed, like Mirai Nikki), I’m personally of the opinion
that if a show can’t survive without drawings of nipples, well, then
it was dead on arrival.
Those programming notes out of the way,
let’s talk about Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs.
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