Oh deer, I am late! I finally got around to watching My Deer Friend Nokotan [Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan]. That’s right! Gatcha games cannot dominate the kemonomimi world forever! This gag manga that began serialization in 2019 got an anime adaptation last year. Although it did not take the world by storm Koshi-tan’s Toby Maguire dance did become a meme.
You are probably thinking to yourself, “Why is that Japanese schoolgirl doing the Spider-Man dance for a dear?” The simple answer is this is a gag anime, and pretty much anything goes! The closest you will get to a plot is that the girl above, Torako Koshi, is a former delinquent. She is trying to move past her embarrassing past and live a new life as a model student council president. Everything is going well for her until she finds a girl with antlers who is stuck in some power lines. That girl… is Noko Shikanoko!
If getting called out as a delinquent by the strange deer girl was not bad enough, Koshi also finds out that said deer girl is a transfer student! Before she can figure out what the deal is with this human deer hybrid, Koshi is forced to become the president of a newly created Deer Club. This puts her in charge of her new and deer friend Shikanoko. That is when her normal life ends, and the random nonsense begins!
If you need a break from reality, give this anime a shot. The random humor is not for everyone, but when you need to turn your brain off and laugh, this is the perfect anime!
Also… there is a catgirl!
So what do you think?