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Yesterday, 2:33 PM

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@ShiroAlex the thing is even if the anime focus on the plot judging by the opening we wont learn about kaya mother plot or have development regarding her until much later
elior246 said:
the thing is even if the anime focus on the plot judging by the opening we wont learn about kaya mother plot or have development regarding her until much later
It depends on what the focus will be, but in any case, if anything happens, it will be closer to the final episodes.
Yesterday, 3:51 PM

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Seeing Kaya-chan exorcise a ghost with a punch and another one by flushing it down was so funny lol Kaya-chan is so cute and it's so sad people misunderstand her!

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Yesterday, 3:52 PM

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Didn't like the art style, I'll pass this one.
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Yesterday, 4:21 PM

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I kinda hate the goofy flat bubbly art... but it's awesome to see this great underrated manga animated.

I didn't love the voices from the trailer either, but upon watching this, I think Kaya is perfect.
Chie isn't what I was imagining but she's nicely unique.

I don't remember the story having so much narration, or the spectres being so terrifying, let alone the leech child curse baby screaming.

Awesome to see this manga come to life.
I really hope next season is animated better if it gets one.
Yesterday, 4:56 PM
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I’m always dying for a good horror anime every season, they don’t come around super often, but thankfully this winter we have Hell Teacher Nube and now this (along with Yamishibai this same day), so I’m a pretty happy fella rn lol. This was really good, the obvious comparisons I can make would be the slight similarities to Mieruko-chan (because Kaya is the only one that can see them) and Dark Gathering (purple hair MC, she fights the ghosts directly), but those similarities are good things imo because those are all time favorites of mine, so to have a child of those two shows is a great treat for me.

But the biggest question is, how good is the horror? Well I think it’s fairly strong so far, the ghosts weren’t the spookiest looking but I think the scenes with them were nice and spooky, especially because the ones in peril are little kids (besides Chie that one time), and to add onto that, the moments where Kaya comes in to defeat the ghosts are nice and satisfying, so I have hope that the future horror scenes will be good if this is how we’re starting out. Regarding Kaya herself, I think she’s pretty fun, I like the concept of her scaring everyone in her attempts to save them, it’s gonna be hard to make everyone see that she’s protecting them but at least she’s got Chie Sensei on her side for now, who came in clutch after the toilet ghost (what an unfortunate place to run into a ghost lol).

And the end of the episode revealed that there is more going on than Kaya simply saving her fellow kids, being that her mom is being haunted by a terrifying ghost even she can’t deal with, it makes me feel so bad for li’l Kaya but it’s an interesting addition to the already good premise. And I really liked the OP and ED, both were very fitting for the show. I think this is already a favorite of mine this season, can’t wait for more spooky Sundays to come!
Yesterday, 6:03 PM
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Kaya is adorable.
Yesterday, 7:03 PM
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Spirits in kindergarten, enter Kaya to sort them out.
Yesterday, 7:55 PM
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Okay but I have to know, why is this kindergarten so haunted? What happened in this places past that lead to this?
Yesterday, 9:17 PM
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The anime did really good with nailing the timing which few horror adaptations do well i legit jumped at the book ghost as a manga reader I'm happy so far
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Yesterday, 9:48 PM

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That was pretty cute, creepy and fun. They should have aired this in the Fall for Halloween. Pretty much what Mieruko-chan's Miko would have been like in Kindergarten (well if she was also able to defeat the ghosts).
Yesterday, 10:02 PM

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so what i'm getting is Kaya is this kid blessed with sensing evil spirits and whatnot but that doesn't explain how easily she defeats them so i guess she's just op for the sake of the plot... if she wasn't in that cursed haunted kindergarden all those kids would be doomed... alright i guess. it didn't manage to jump scare me once but it was interesting enough so continue scaring me every week.
Yesterday, 10:36 PM
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is this just Mob Psycho?
Yesterday, 11:24 PM
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I like the start, Kaya-chan is not scary! She's so cute!
Yesterday, 11:34 PM

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The glitching screen effect during the horror moments is really annoying, it happens way to much, like on average once a second. It's way too distracting, and within 10 minutes I've already grown to hate it.
Today, 12:05 AM

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Kaya is only scary to the ghosts preying on the children. It's good Ms. Chie has her back.
The animation pretty average, but I am gonna give this a go to see if there is actually a story or if the anime is just a series of incidents pasted together into a twenty minute runtime.
Today, 1:05 AM
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I'm pretty glad this doesn't fall into the trope of teacher never sees and MC constantly gets scolded for helping. That would've gotten old fast.

But also some comments have mentioned that it'll get darker, so I guess that means it'll have a more linear story than I was expecting. I kind of figured it would just be short episodic moments filling out each episode. I'm kind of glad to hear it has a story, though. I look forward to seeing where it goes.
Today, 1:21 AM

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cant wait for strongest loli of today vs strongest cursed spirit in history

Today, 2:57 AM
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The glitching screen effect during the horror moments is really annoying, it happens way to much, like on average once a second. It's way too distracting, and within 10 minutes I've already grown to hate it.
@Dao_Seeker Yeah, and nowadays they do the same thing in almost every single live-action horror movie. It's annoying indeed.
Today, 3:14 AM
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A mix between Mieruko-chan and Dark Gathering, I'm really looking forward to seeing more
11 hours ago
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This was better than expected. The first episode was interesting, I have many questions, why can she see them, did she got the ability from her mother, can others see them...

The kids are afraid of Kaya, but hopefully with Chie's help this will change, and she will live a somewhat normal life.

I wish the demons or ghosts were yokai I can recognize.

I wonder if she can help her mother by the end.


I don't understand why Chie left the possessed books on the street, those things are dangerous.
7 hours ago

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Kaya isn't scary, she's just a psychic superhero. Some powerful ghost seems to be haunting her mother which Kaya can't do anything about it.. 🥺🥺
7 hours ago

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oof the mom posession reveal was insane
6 hours ago
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Theres something stranger in the kindergarten, who do you gonna call? KAYA CHAN!

jokes aside interesting premises for a horror based story especially with Kaya as mc, her role and personality both surprised me.

Protecting those around her while also being most of the time being alone while doing that is tough. But i was glad the teacher ms chie was ready to believe her even though she couldnt see the ghosts herself. Thats such a comfort to have for kaya.

Then there is the moms case where even kaya herself cant beat the ghost possesing her, atleast dads safe. Maybe thats a story for another day. Her family is kinda cursed ngl.

This episode had its serious and fun moments, decent mix. I enjoyed it.

Cant wait for next episodes. Show definitely gives me vibes of meiruko chan and Dark gathering which i liked as well.
4 hours ago

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that peekaboo monster was actually horrifying.
also didnt remember why i had this in my plan to watch so the horror aspect came mostly out of nowhere.

reminds me of that one show where the girl can suddenly see monsters and has to live her life pretending she cant or she'll die
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4 hours ago
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Decent first episode. All the kids were annoying as hell though.
38 minutes ago

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Loving this so far. Love spooky lolis with superpowers. Getting some Dark Gathering vibes with this. Hope we get to see some nudity from Kaya-chan down the line, though.
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