Should you watch Dagashi Kashi?
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Dagashi Kashi
Anime · 2016
Shikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu's father is famous and she wants him to join her family's company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business!
The sides of Dagashi Kashi
- A rural sweets shop
- A girl obsessed with Japanese candy
- A son who'd rather draw manga
Dagashi Kashi is good for you if…
- you like lazy summer afternoons in a small countryside shop.
- you laugh at Hotaru getting carried away over a cheap snack.
- you like a teenage boy torn between his father's shop and drawing manga.
Dagashi Kashi is bad for you if…
- you need something to happen beyond candy and chatter.
- you don't watch anime.
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