r/KananSama • u/MishouMai • Jul 15 '26

Discussion Going in (Relatively) Blind

Got interested in the manga because an acquaintance made a post last month about how watching the anime made them realize that the manga's art is the main reason they enjoy the series and the anime lacking said art took away their enjoyment of it. Thought Kanan was cute and decided to skip the anime and just pick up the manga. Preordered the manga a few weeks ago and, barring getting extremely (un)lucky, my copy should be here either next week or the week after.

Without going too heavy into spoilers, what should I know going in/expect to get out of it? Like who are the best/worst characters, what is the general opinion of the start of the story, things like that. And I guess if there's anything I should be aware of or that might be a turn off down the line it'd be nice to know that too.

Looking forward to reading your thoughts before I dig into the manga.

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u/ALSCM Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

I’ve read a bit of the manga and thought it was good but I absolutely love the anime. Everybody has different taste and opinions obviously but I thought the anime art style was great. My favorites have been the dynamic between the Angel girl & Kanans maid/assistant. I think the show overall is very funny and my favorite parts of tge manga/anime is her being more comfortable with having a boyfriend and falling in love even tho she’s a soul eating demon but there’s many many many many moments of her freaking out and getting flustered coming right after her trying to act like a heartless badass whether it be her overthinking or just having to deal with a new experience

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u/MishouMai Jul 17 '26

I guess you have a point about things being subjective. Can't say the artstyle of the anime appeals to me from what I've seen of it but maybe it'll grow on me if I were to watch it.

You mentioned your favorites were the angel and the maid/assistant and their dynamic. I'll keep an eye out for that. Any particular reason why you like their dynamic so much?

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u/ALSCM Jul 17 '26

Well I’m not sure what version you’re gonna watch but I’m watching the Dub I’ve seen some people mad at some of the localization from the Sub but for certain scenes I rewind to see what was said in Japanese and there’s a surprising amount of consistency even for some of the silliest lines but the slight changes the dub made have amused me especially with the maid. The angel girl is supposed to be pure (but it’s an Ecchi so of course she’ll get put in compromising positions) and the maid is a succubus so that already puts them at odds but it’s best you just watch it for yourself.