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A young man running an exorcism agency is a beloved of a demon class A. He struggles to find out his sworn enemy( who killed one's innocent family is unforgivable in this life) and revenge. He lives in a positive way despite his sad memory.
This work is composed of battle scenes of exorcising, comic scenes of indigence in realism, and amour scenes of two girls love the young man from two hearts. Among them the love by two girls is the main theme and drives the story. In episode 4. moto-kano learned the reason his memory span had shortened from imma-kano. Since moto-kano and imma-kano ... both loves him, they would cooperate as time goes to support him.
The battle scenes are most exciting in the anime though, the battles are in the course the young man is chasing his sworn enemy. Imma-kano is in charge of the battles thoroughly, and this is the representation of imma-kano's love. His indigent living is often supplemented by imma-kano and moto-kano. The young man relies on moto-kano at the exorcism business in detail. The two girls might show the power of love in the end.

{!!spoiler paragraph!! - skip this if you mind} Notice that imma-kano’s wing is not a pair. In the episodes unknown why she does not regain the other wing, but she looks happy these days. Maybe living with the young man is her objective, and maybe when she gets her real shape she might not live together any longer. Even with only wing and one blade she is categorized into class A. Like the only wing her weapon could be a pair of blades, and she would be categorized into the highest class, S, which means she is a high-ranked demon in the demon world. Further it is highly probable that the sworn enemy of the young man should be also a high-ranked demon. However a demon class S could not live with a human due to too strong demon force that even neighboring people could feel. In the battle against the sworn enemy moto-kano would try to save the young man sacrificing herself, and then imma-kano would regain the other wing and the other blade, maybe, in the expense of the days imma-kano has lived and could live together with the beloved.

I am pleasantly surprised by this relatively undiscovered anime gem. The storyline is engaging, complemented by impressive animation throughout. While there are occasional moments that feel cliché, the overall narrative shows promise and room for improvement. Interestingly, I couldn't help but draw comparisons to the popular "Date A Live" series, as there are undeniable similarities. Despite initial skepticism, there have been rumors circulating about a potential continuation of the anime, especially considering the recent release of the mobile game "ENGAGE KILL." It's exciting to think about the possibilities this could bring, although I hope the show takes a unique direction rather than simply emulating "Date ... A Live" in a more mature and ecchi manner.

One commendable aspect of this anime is its mature exploration of themes, setting it apart from its counterpart. However, my primary criticism lies in the lack of diversity among the female characters' appearances. It's disheartening to see that they all possess nearly identical hairstyles, with only variations in color. In contrast, the male characters exhibit distinct designs that make them visually distinct. This lack of variation among the female characters' appearances could be seen as the anime's major shortcoming, potentially hindering its overall impact.

At first it seemed to be just a bit quirky and cutesy series. It maintained that sentiment throughout, but the series actually features an interesting mystery within the elaborate world they successfully created. They started revealing the secrets in episodes 2 and 3 as they adopted a more serious tone. There were unexpected moments as they tried to solve the main mystery, but a lot of the time an engaged viewer would eventually see it coming as they gave clear clues before each bigger breakthrough.

It was mature, but also goofy, so there's a certain paradox involved, but it seemed sufficiently balanced to be enjoyable. They ... created a unique world that set up a lot of interesting situations.

Engage Kiss honestly surprised me with how good it was, I went into this really not expecting much but I was impressed with the animation and also just the overall tone and vibe they went for. It was lighthearted and the comedy hit pretty well for me, I thought the dialogue felt really natural too so much as to where it's worth mentioning, characters were always so full of energy when they talked to each other and it felt like genuine conversation. I loved the animation in this show, everything was bright and also really cleanly done - the fights were honestly really engaging and ... overall the character movements etc. were really fluid and made it much easier to watch.

I liked the characters a lot in this show, usually in genres like this the main character offers nothing to the show whatsoever but Shu was a very fun protagonist, it's always great to see a confident character with believable flaws and I like his general attitude a lot - the supporting cast were great too especially the main girls, the whole dynamic was never boring and again I'm just impressed at how real and natural everything felt in this, they felt and behaved like actual human beings. The soundtrack too is worth mentioning briefly, overall it was above average and fit the show really well.

Overall I'd say this is definitely one of the better shows in the genre, I had a lot of fun with it and it's definitely memorable!

"Engage kiss" is what comes out after an anime is adapted from a fucked up story with no get-go.

After watching the first episode one would initially think that this is a erotica bundled with some fucked up sci-fi plot having just to cater the needs of lonely man and their bottom half, and well... it is exactly that. But the thing is that it fails to even do that, i.e the basic purpose for which it is made.

The protagonist of the story is a fucking loser with 0 talent and skills, but he is still able to maintain a harem of women head over ... heels over him just because of his fictional privileges. Not only that, but even the side characters just revolve around the MC and have no self care/ decision making abilities. And on top of that the MC is an asshole and a hypocrite who's basically living controlled by his dick each turn.

The fight scenes and the art being the only good thing about this garbage is what made me to stick around till the end. Otherwise, this is an absolute boring piece of trash not worth even looking.

This show is overall very, very poor.

First two episodes only have to offer questions. And boredom. A lot of things don't make sense, and if I were to be honest, kind of reminds me of the whole SAO thing.
"Such good animation wasted for such a horrible story"

I could name at least 10 similarities both story and character wise with the series Takt.Op Destiny. It's not original at all. At this point I'm starting to believe studios just have too much money on the side and decide to remake previous anime series with slight changes.

It's been awhile since I saw such a bad ... MC. It's the overused story of a silly guy who has 2 girls all over him but both of them are stupid enough to not realize he is useless and doesn't care about neither of them. All this dude does is beg people for favours and apologize.
The 2 'heroins' are not really better, I could say Ayano, the blue haired girl, is actually pretty decent though. Is this anime really just another series about waifu wars? Cause I really can not see the plot getting anywhere.

Having watched the first 5 episodes of this series, all I can think during every new episode is 'when is it going to end?' Might as well drop it soon.

I am only writing this review because I saw someone say some things that seems like its coming from someone who either cannot appreciate psychological trauma in characters or just plain did not finish the anime.

I would like to firstly direct you to the rating which I gave it, its a 6, i also think a 7 is a fair review for it in my opinion because of its very interesting delivery on its story and plot. It made a good use of the episode sequencing and the MC's (Shu's) Memory flashbacks to tell the significant background events and giving it all near the end ... of the anime as a drop. Some people may like this, some may not, big plot drops in 1 or 2 episodes are not always good, but imo this one did it well because of the memory plot device.

Saying that this anime "fails to have any logic in many- many things. There are just too many questions and no answers.", is simply just not a factual thing to say. It is safe to say that "you did not get it" but do not put your standard onto this anime and infect others with your negative preconceptions.

Animation, (almost) flawless, the details in the background aspects and the active scenes are done very well. Action scenes are good, the Dramatic scenes with background details being featured as foreshadowing are done well. I think everyone can agree that this has good animation, regardless if it is trying to cater/be similar to other animation styles (something we cant really do anything about cuz that's how the anime industry works).

Again, I would like to say that I do not think it is an AMAZING anime, nor is it trash, it was actually a really enjoyable rom-com drama anime. I just wanted to put this review out to defend its good quality and for it to be rated on a non-biased perspective. Subjective things should be put aside when reviewing anime. But outright badgering it with negative things and even comparing it to actual plot trash like DitF is not very intelligible for someone to do. I do agree that not everyone will be able to appreciate the anime, nor will it be the liking of everyone. But objectively I think that this anime does deserve a recommendation and a decent rating.

A good representative of its genre, but no more.

The first three episodes look perhaps tedious, but at one point the anime starts to speed up and get interesting with some small hints of a detective component.

The artwork and animation are beautiful, the characters although, to some extent, a copy of characters that already existed (both in appearance and in behavior), but there is something unique about them nonetheless.

The plot is ordinary, it's just easy to follow. There are even some moments where the characters are moved, perhaps even a tear is shed.

Give this anime a chance, you definitely won't be disappointed.

a very well made 12 episode anime.
The story telling are fun , exciting and slow paced but its not fast too , simple story-lines but comes with a not disappointing twist .not the best anime but it's still very worth to watch.
The animation is definitely a 2022 animation , good in both regular scene and figting scene.
All of the character have a significant role and a few of them have an intersting personality.
The romance and the action are satisfying. A little mistake they make are the comedy in this anime too dull.
in conclusion , this anime worth to watch but don't hold a ... high hopes in it.

While only 3 episodes having aired, this show feels incredibly mediocre.
while the story and its setting seems kind of interesting. This one just seems like it's gonna be more waifu bait

6-story like I already said it seems interesting though I don't think this will go higher than it already is mainly because of the characters.

3-Characters: the characters are incredible dull they have nothing really to them besides this girl has pink hair and has tropes of a yandere. The show does try to show some interesting aspects by showing instead of telling making us think of the characters more ( this is later ruined by ... a simple example of "oh I'm gonna tell what's wrong with this character" instead of making the audience think)

7- Art. The art seems fine it has some pretty good shots but it doesn't feel like anything special.

6- Sound. Opening is good but the sound overall seems lacking from the futuristic gun sounds to its soundtrack. It all seems lacking.


Overall a solid 5.

Brazilian portuguese:
Vou ser bem sincero, o anime não merece apenas uma media de 6 pontos, claro que voce cai de paraquedas no meio da historia sem uma unica explicação, até que o decorrer da historia tudo é explicado, gostei do desenvolvemento da historia e dos personagens em si, e meus companheiros, disparado a ultima cena foi de tirar risos, quem diria que a “comedia” viria a calhar no final da história, anime bastante recomendavel para quem está entediado, anime 7/10 bastante subestimado
inclusive é a segunda vez que faço essa avaliação, por apenas alguns caracteres minha avaliação foi removida, ao mesmo tempo isso é bom e ... ruim

English:
I'll be very honest, the anime doesn't deserve just an average of 6 points, of course you fall from a parachute in the middle of the story without a single explanation, until the course of the story everything is explained, I liked the development of the story and the characters in si, and my companions, shooting the last scene was to laugh, who knew that the "comedy" would come in handy at the end of the story, highly recommended anime for those who are bored, anime 7/10 quite underrated
this is even the second time that I make this review, for just a few characters my review was removed, at the same time this is good and bad

Here's the main concept: We have a city for rich people, advertised as being one of the best places to live, except you have demons regularly invading it. The problem here is that a overused topic was taken, and there really was no dramatic twist laid out on it, so the result is painfully average.

Story: Engage Kiss takes place in Bayron City, which is built on a resource-rich field. In fact, it's suppose to be so amazing that it should attract the attention of every civilian in the country. Right? Wrong! Demons invade it pretty regularly and the city's security ... hires mercenary groups to fend them off. When a demon is spotted, the kill is essentially auctioned, and the organization offering to do the job for the least amount of money is hired. But what is the source of all this chaos? That's what we're trying to conclude through this weird tale, that attempts to be funny, full of action and downright silly at other times.

On the base of it all, I didn't mind the central concept. You're hiring a defense force to defend your beautiful city. This was fine in itself. A bunch of politics do get dragged into this as well, and even that wasn't all that bad. It's something I don't typically like, but Engage Kiss still manages to weave it into the story. The story is straight forward, and our characters' goals are pretty crystal clear too. As we get through the story, we do get the inside scoop as to how our story starts to edge forward toward our goal, as an investigation team is regularly brought into a bunch of episodes. It's executed fine and with a predictable pacing to it.

One concept that was used in multiple episodes that I thought was the dumbest idea was the inclusion of the Takuhaigyousha service that our main cast member, Shuu, used regularly. He essentially paid out of his own wallet to use a service that delivers within seconds. Their inventory? A stockpile of some of the most overpowered weapons seen in the series. With no background story to work off of, why on earth isn't this group used regularly if they're so powerful, and in the hands of someone much more fit for their use. It just feels like a cheat code and I have no idea why we felt they needed to be in the story.

Another problem I had with the story is it never felt like it really progressed as we went on, save for a few baby steps. When we're introduced to a new demon threat, you can tell it is all part of this grand plan to get you to the end, but it doesn't feel like some episodes take a big enough step. You start to notice the direction you're going when you get to the back half of the series, and this is where the pacing starts to finally pick up. Just, getting there, is a bit of an undertaking, due to the slow start. The last few episodes were action pretty solid, even though I wasn't really a fan of how it ended. (5/10)

Characters: Engage Kiss has one of the weaker cast of characters I've seen in an anime series in a while now. Shuu Ogata lost his parents and sister in a demon-related incident when he was pretty young, and he's hell bent on finding out how and why this all happened to him, including getting revenge on those responsible. This tends to be a warning, as these kind of characters have a tendency to not have a ton of depth to them. While that is somewhat the case here, Shuu's problem is that he's just a terrible character in general. He doesn't take anything seriously, he ignores the financial situation he's constantly in, and seems to have no regard to the people around him. Not only that, but when he plays dumb in certain situations, even a smack on the side of the head doesn't seem to make him get a clue. Add to that, that he doesn't really have much in the way of strength on his own really doesn't help his case. He's just a horrible character to circle your story around.

Kisara is a demon that Shuu essentially signs a contract with in order to get his revenge, which is already counterintuitive to his goal. They gloss over this for the most part, and isn't offensive on it's own, but she has very little depth to her. In order to power her demon abilities, she needs to kiss Shuu. This is because she takes his energy to fight, in exchange for giving his memories to her. She seems to be able to control what memories she takes until she bleeds him dry. This is similar to how the Valvraves worked in Valvrave The Liberator. The one kink in there is that she gains those memories herself, so she essentially gets to see what Shuu gives up, including the women that he's slept with. While the concept around her powers were fine, I just didn't care for her as a character due to a lack of depth.

Ayano Yuugiri has a past with Shuu, but is also one of the companies tasked with killing demons. She, herself, is nothing impressive to me, as she doesn't have anything special about how she fights like many of the other company's leaders have. She simply fights with whatever guns she has on hand, mixed in with okay fighting instincts. As a person, she gets insanely jealous of any girl around Shuu, which gets even more pathetic in the finale. Sharon Holygrail is a nun from a group that are essentially anti-demon. She also has a past with Shuu, and it doesn't feel like she adds much to the overall story, outside of the fan-service she brings. It's pretty blatant, and most of her interactions with Ayano are just plain boring. Mikhail gets introduced to the story a few episodes in, and even though he starts off as a pretty annoying forgettable character, he could warm up to some audiences when his importance to the story gets weaved in.

Other side characters fair a bit better than our main group, as Tetsuya and Miles have some decent story around them. Some background on Kanna, Shuu's sister, also eventually gets included in our story, and that all seemed okay too. As a group though, it's just an unlikable main character and group around him that really kills the potential that the story has. There's not enough there to cheer for them and they mostly lack development of any kind. (3/10)

Art: This series looked solid with colours that really popped during the fighting sequences. This was most obvious during the final fight. You still get the typical deterioration of the animation as the series carries on, which is at least a little disappointing. Fan service starts to occur when Sharon enters the picture, and this seemed pretty misplaced. Though, I can't say I'm surprised due to this series' lack of ability to take itself seriously at times. (6/10)

Sound: I can't say I was a fan of either the OP or ED, as they sounded too similar to each other. The OST seemed fine for the most part though. VO work was solid though. Howard Wang (Shuu) plays off his character's consistent silliness quite well. Beau Bridgland (Mikhail) hasn't been in a whole lot since his work on Genshin Impact where he voices Chongyun, but I felt he was easily the best part of the cast. Suzie Yeung (Ayano) continues to prove me wrong, as she was pretty solid here once again. (8/10)

Overall: Engage Kiss was a slog to get through, with it's terrible additions to an overused story and unimpressive execution. The characters really aren't a fun group and there's not a ton of people cheering for Shuu after what he'd lost, given his terrible attitude toward anything serious. There are much better demon-related series out there, I'm sure, as Engage Kiss just doesn't have enough to it. (5/10)

Overall: I really like this anime, though not sure if it's one I'd recommend among other animes.

Small synopsis: Pink-haired Demon girl, Kisara. And Regular guy Shu, start a business to get hired to defeat demons. But even though Kisara loves him he still pays a price for her help. Ayano, his ex, also helps from time to time, and clearly still loves Shu.

Now the reason I'm not sure I'd recommend is the story can get a bit off pace or confusing at times. It could be because they mention important info in one line a few times and don't mention it again. But while I ... think the story was good what really kept me around were the characters and the funny interactions they had with each other, and the character development. They also had some sexy interaction lol, but not too much. The season concluded in a sweet spot where you could accept it as the end, or they could make a season 2. Ultimately a good anime in my book.

Here is my review of this anime in 2022!

Story (7)
The story is about a man who is living with a demon girl to fight a demon but He must sacrifice something in return for activating the great power inside Her. Not only that, but He's really broke so they need money to survive. It becomes interesting when the main character is getting weaker because of that sacrifices since He must do that in order to kill a demon or mission that He has taken for money in return. The stronger the demon girl becomes the weaker the main character. You have to watch it if ... you want to know that He must sacrifice since this is not a spoiler review :P

Art (7)
The art in this anime is good. I like the effect that they use in this anime. But I prefer a lot of scratch animation in the battle scenes to make it more living. It is quite boring when the fighting is not intense.

Sound (8)
All the sounds that they used were suitable and adjusted to the animation.

Character (8)
The main and supporter character is very memorable since they have a unique personality.

Enjoyment (7)
It's enjoyable to watch this movie in 2022.

Overall (7)
It's recommended to those who love action, demon, and super power anime!

In my subjective opinion, Engage Kiss is not a very good show. It has some impressive animation, some of the time, although there is a tendency to lean in a little heavy on big light flashes that don't do a good job of communicating the tactile feel, the tangible nature, of a fight. But, I've just got to say. There's very little of substance stringing those fights together. Without revealing any plot details, near the end of the series, the anime threatens to maybe introduce some interesting ideas that might cause the characters to experience real conflict. Unfortunately, it has already wasted to much of ... it's run-time on it's weakest element, the love triangle sub-plot, at that point to make good on that threat. Any interesting ideas or vestiges of character growth just fizzle. Monster designs are cool and fights are flashy but if you're wanting my honest take as someone who sat through the whole series, you don't have to. you're not missing much. if you've got time to spare, sure, whatever, watch it. But there are definitely more substantial, more interesting, more fun shows that pack as good or better action. Nothing about Engage Kiss makes it stand out, at least to me.

I have to get a round of applause to this in how the finale was handled. The title is completely ironic or misdirective, I guess. It was well played out and all of the build up around the last three episodes set it up nicely. It wasn't show up at the last minute and get killed at the last minute, though there was the end of the big enemy that was a bit abrupt for my liking. The focus was put on what had been directed through the entire show though, which was nice to see consistency.

Despite all of those pros, there's enough about it ... that just feels off. I can't exactly explain it but as I watched each episode with just like things weren't flowing correctly maybe? It's like each episode is broken up into different sections and they were kind of clunky sometimes. The animation seemed a little old school in style and color, but that didn't entirely detract out of anything other than the backgrounds. The visuals are big for me and to see just a bunch of dull, drab, same colored scenes with little vegetation over and over and over got to be just a bit much. It wasn't exactly exciting and you can see where the budget got cut.

Despite reading it a 7, I have to say that I kind of have mixed feelings on it because I can see where some people would like it and others wouldn't. It's definitely not something that will ever go on my rewatch list, but it might be worth someone taking a gander at it one time around.

So basically this is nothing like what I had thought before I started this anime, the title plus a few clips I saw before and the synopsis told me that it was a romance anime with fights, good animation and great kisses.

But it is soo much more than that. It has some serious plot. THE MOST IMPORTANT thing is that we finally got a MC who is afraid of girls like he doesn’t act like an idiot and shit he defo ain’t a virgin. A mature well rounded character u don’t see the depth in him in the first few eps. I think u shd ... at least watch the first 5 eps and u will love the mc but even then from the first ep it was captivating

Rly loved the mc it was refreshing to see an mc who doesn’t spend 12 eps just to hold hands or act like he’s 8. But all the other characters the nun the childhood friend everyone was peak.

I didn’t like kisara(the main pink haired girl) at first and liked ayano(blue haired childhood friend ) and the nun more. Kisara rly redeemed herself in the last few eps rly peak character

Sadly I think this anime is gon end up like takt op destiny which was promotion for a mobile game I think this is the same. I hope one day we get a season 2.

Tho I liked the ending of this anime rly thought it was going to be sad af but it wasn’t and it wasn’t completely happy either.


I don’t even write reviews for anime but this made me write a review bcz it’s rly underrated peak plot peak characters and peak setting definitely give it a watch I put this anime off bcz I thought it was a hentai horny anime but it’s the opposite.

It's really a pretty decent anime, the story of this anime is like a puzzle every episode shown is a piece and when you reach the end of it you will know how interesting the story is. The art style and animation are pretty decent. The characters are also interesting. The fights shown are also good. The starting few episodes may be boring but from the middle it gets interesting and when you reach the ending it becomes good. There were some flaws but when you complete this series you will enjoy it.
What I liked about the series are the characters and its story.
I give ... it 6/10.

I wanted to like this show, with the demon fighting demons. I was even willing to overlook how convoluted the plot was, with the whole thing about contracts with demons not being clearly explained and yet central to the story.

But in the end, I just could not take the stupid, hackneyed, cliched, and stupidly pointless menage-a-trios jealousy side story. "Hey, let's have adults in this story and have them act like 14-year-olds!" And everybody on the story committee, said "Wow. Brilliant. How fresh and innovative." If the show were better on other fronts, I could tolerate that.

But it's not. It's a second-rate story, and ... it's made unwatchable, for me, with this trite nonsense. He is clueless, she is still crushing, and second she is a demon acting like a super-possessive imouto in love with her nee-chan. Gag. Who has time to waste in their life for this garbage?

Not me.

Not bad but felt more like seasonal fodder

While I'm not saying the anime was bad it did often find itself dragging alot along the way with pacing and what was actually playing out, the setting didn't do much justice with it being on an independent island which was kind of a bit in the future although it was hard to tell since the stuff they used was very futuristic but then you look at alot of other things and they ended up being our current tech of today.
The MC is quite trashy with not much personality, probably how women like their male protagonists but ... had an entertaining dynamic with Kisara who's the demon Shuu is in contract with to help him find out about the past.
The art style used is nice when it comes top character art and carrys the show a little but for the romance part there's not much going for it on that end as for most of it, it's just Shuu giving Kisara power and just doesn't feel like romance until say the last 4 episodes.

In terms of recommending this to others i wouldn't go out of my way to watch this as while it does conclude a bit it just feels like nothing has changed so If you're to watch this keep in mind it's nothing extravagant or new to the table.