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SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

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2024 | 1 seasons | 23 min | Animation, Mystery

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a small audience and a quick end, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and animation lovers.
The mood
Tense, feel-good.
The pace
1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 8 hours in all.
What might put you off
  • No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives?

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

  • Shuichiro UmedaJogoro Kobato (voice)
  • Hina YoumiyaYuki Osanai (voice)
  • Makoto FurukawaKengo Dojima (voice)