Kijin Gentoushou

After Jinta and Suzune ran away from their home as children, they were taken in by Motoharu—the virtuous sentinel of Kadono Village—and his daughter, Shirayuki. The settlement was ruled by its shrine maiden, Itsukihime, whom only a select few were allowed to interact with. When Itsukihime ed away, Shirayuki was appointed in her place. Wishing to stay in with her, Jinta worked diligently for years and was finally selected as the next sentinel.

As the protector of the village, Jinta's duty is to eliminate any threats. One day, he encounters a demon in a nearby forest. At the end of the battle, the demon makes a proclamation about the destined ruler of all demonkind. He attaches his severed arm to Jinta, turning him into an unaging demon man. By the time Jinta comes to, Kadono is on fire. Suzune has transformed into the demon from the divination, and due to a series of misunderstandings, she murders Shirayuki and flees.

Devastated, Jinta cannot forgive Suzune for her actions; he departs on a journey to find her. As Jinta travels around Japan across the eras, he endeavors to protect as many people as possible from aggressive demons. In his quiet moments, he contemplates what he should do when he once again faces his childhood friend.

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Jinta Main

Yashiro, Taku Japanese

Suzune Main

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Shirayuki ing

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Ofuu ing

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Kiyomasa ing

Kumagai, Kentarou Japanese

Clairvoyant Demon ing

Kondou, Yui Japanese

Mosuke ing

Kameyama, Yuuji Japanese

Natsu ing

Aizawa, Saya Japanese

Kihee Owner ing

Ueda, Youji Japanese

Yuunagi ing

Fujita, Yoko Japanese

Aoi, Hiroyuki Producer

Kaneko, Hirotaka Producer

Asai, Tomomi Producer

Ogasawara, Yuki Producer

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Apr 16, 2025

CJustawaye

Recommended

Preliminary (3/? eps)

This anime surprised me. I loved the setting of the story and the characters feel like they truly belong in this world, taking the narrative seriously.

The animation was also great, I didn't expect much from the studio, but they did a pretty good job. The art style is pretty good too and I like that the makers clearly put effort into making this show.

While the story isn't particularly unique and it doesn't feel like they're trying to be, it's enjoyable enough with some really good emotional beats.

The opening was okay, but there are spoilers in it so watch out for those. looking forward to ... seeing where this story ends up.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 30, 2025

2flare

Mixed Feelings

Funny

Preliminary (3/? eps)

Started off promising in the first few minutes. I thought it was going to be an adult quality story...but by end of first episode...the story developed in a childish and infantile way. It's a bummer. It's not great. The visuals are good but doesn't have that story to go along with.

The initial plot was good. Brother and sister escape abuse and go into the world. Then get adopted by a "sentinel". this opens the children to ing the family business of guarding the village. You are lead to believe it's going to be a story about two runaway children finally growing up in a household ... with love. Their new "sister" becomes their family. Then one day they need to sacrifice their family life in order to fulfill the family obligation of protecting the village.
Sounds all good right?

That story ends in the first episode lol. The "real" show now begins...and you're basically left with your standard ronin wandering the plains going from village to village looking to hunt demons. The characters and plot is not interesting enough to go through this merry go round again for another show.

However, you might enjoy it as the standard anime fan would. But if you're someone who likes a serious quality plot like orb movement of the earth, look elsewhere. The writing itself is very juvenile in comparison.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 3, 2025

ku4eto

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (10/? eps)

GOD DAMN, the subtitles for this anime are terrible, from both HiDive and Amazon. Bilibili has slightly better.
Absolute brain-rot localization, as if you are watching a british show from the 90's.
If you have even a slight understanding of japanese, you will find it hard to listen to the dialogue and then to read the hellish tarnation the subtitles are.

Enough for the platforms, now for the anime.

Starts well with Episode 1, but then time skips some years and goes on episodic with the story. 10 episodes in, you get another 150 years of time skip for no reason. It gets really boring, since nothing of importance ... seems to happen and our MC just "lives his life", contemplating... nothing seemingly. He barely talks, his thoughts are not really shown. His motivation goes "poof" with the first time skip. He probably lives, just because he is breathing.
Side characters are bit more interesting, but after the 150 skip into the future, they become less relevant.

It seems to be mostly telling the life of the MC.
But you do not see what keeps him on going. I do not see any struggle, be it emotional or physical.

There is also sudden drop in animation quality at around episode 4. The best quality is in episode 1 which is expected, since its a pilot episode with movie length.

I think i will forget everything about this anime in few weeks. It is just quite unremarkable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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