A Centaur's Life...
A Centaur's Life was just sitting around daring me to ignore it, so, of course it had to come home with me...
In A Centaur's Life, it was interesting to see glasses designed for people with ears on the top of their heads or to see dresses with an extra hole for a tail to poke through. Then, there are cars that have seats designed to accommodate people with four legs. There are numerous little touches like these that showcase the attention to detail that helps make this animal people world seem more real. There is some violence in the series, but, it is quite brief and serves to demonstrate how the animal people have struggled to move away from their violent past and into a future where they can understand one another better and live in peace. The violence featured in the series, is meant more as social commentary, but, is not particularly heavy handed and only occupies a small portion of the series.
Although there are no naughty bits, there is actually quite a lot of yuri and fan service in A Centaur's Life. The series opens with a girl-girl kiss. There are some bare breasts and some breast fondling. As it happens, the merfolk, in their everyday lives, interact with one another bare-chested. And, the first segment of episode four is fairly infamous as Himeno confesses to her two closest friends that she is concerned about not being able to see her own rear end. So, her friends agree to show theirs if they can see hers. Don't worry -- nothing is actually on display. Later, of course, the clothing dissolving slime of legend makes an appearance. And, of course, there is the ubiquitous bath scene with strategically placed puffs of steam to avoid any embarrassment. Given some of the themes in the series, the younger anime fans among us should stay away.
Well, I wasn't entirely sure what to make of A Centaur's Life, but, after seeing the series, I can say that I am quite pleased with it. Some of the situations and dialogue are a bit risque for the younger anime fans among us, but, there are no actual naughty bits to speak of. Each segment of the series is about eleven to twelve minutes and tells a complete story and two stories make one episode. While some other series might suffer from abbreviated narratives, A Centaur's Life actually works well with short stories. Although nothing of any great consequence happens, the series does move along at a good pace. Overall, I would give A Centaur's Life a 4 out of 5.
A Centaur's Life is a slice-of-life series that follows the exploits of our local centaur, Himeno, as she goes to school and hangs out with her friends. This is a parallel world were nearly everything is the same, but, the people have floppy ears, wings, horns, halos, tails, snake heads and some are centaurs or merfolk. The series consists of vignettes featuring a cast of animal people. Much of the events in the series are fairly benign like girls at school, girls having doughnuts, girls at home interacting with their families or girls going shopping. There isn't much in the way of eye candy, as much of the series revolves around the everyday lives of animal people.High school is complicated for any young centaur, but shy, sweet Himeno won’t have to clop through it alone! Surrounded by friends, she’ll face life’s trials one day at a time. But her world isn’t all butterflies and rainbows. In this society of hooves, horns, and halos, there’s no room for discrimination, and prejudice -- even if accidental -- is punishable by law.
In A Centaur's Life, it was interesting to see glasses designed for people with ears on the top of their heads or to see dresses with an extra hole for a tail to poke through. Then, there are cars that have seats designed to accommodate people with four legs. There are numerous little touches like these that showcase the attention to detail that helps make this animal people world seem more real. There is some violence in the series, but, it is quite brief and serves to demonstrate how the animal people have struggled to move away from their violent past and into a future where they can understand one another better and live in peace. The violence featured in the series, is meant more as social commentary, but, is not particularly heavy handed and only occupies a small portion of the series.
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Although there are no naughty bits, there is actually quite a lot of yuri and fan service in A Centaur's Life. The series opens with a girl-girl kiss. There are some bare breasts and some breast fondling. As it happens, the merfolk, in their everyday lives, interact with one another bare-chested. And, the first segment of episode four is fairly infamous as Himeno confesses to her two closest friends that she is concerned about not being able to see her own rear end. So, her friends agree to show theirs if they can see hers. Don't worry -- nothing is actually on display. Later, of course, the clothing dissolving slime of legend makes an appearance. And, of course, there is the ubiquitous bath scene with strategically placed puffs of steam to avoid any embarrassment. Given some of the themes in the series, the younger anime fans among us should stay away.
Well, I wasn't entirely sure what to make of A Centaur's Life, but, after seeing the series, I can say that I am quite pleased with it. Some of the situations and dialogue are a bit risque for the younger anime fans among us, but, there are no actual naughty bits to speak of. Each segment of the series is about eleven to twelve minutes and tells a complete story and two stories make one episode. While some other series might suffer from abbreviated narratives, A Centaur's Life actually works well with short stories. Although nothing of any great consequence happens, the series does move along at a good pace. Overall, I would give A Centaur's Life a 4 out of 5.
