NegaPosi Angler

For blasé college dropout Tsunehiro Sasaki, life has become hopeless. After failing to enter a top university, he has lost all his money trading on financial markets and is now critically indebted. To add to his misery, he learns that he only has at most two years left to live due to an incurable disease.

The trajectory of Tsunehiro's life suddenly changes after a group of amateur fishermen saves him from drowning as he was trying to escape from a trio of creditors. While Takaaki Tsutsujimori pushes Tsunehiro to work at the group's workplace—a convenience store that doubles as a fishing shop—Hana Ayukawa tries to share her love for fishing.

Although the attempts of the joyful group of anglers initially prove unsuccessful, Takaaki urges Tsunehiro to take a fresh start in life, and the young man eventually accepts the fishing enthusiast's assistance to pay off his debts. As work, friendships, and an unfamiliar hobby all suddenly find their way into his life, Tsunehiro must find the strength to change his ways if he wants to make the best of his remaining time.

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Tsutsujimori, Takaaki Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Ayukawa, Hana Main

Fairouz Ai Japanese

Sasaki, Tsunehiro Main

Iwanaka, Mutsuki Japanese

Ice Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Nishimori, Kozue Supporting

Tsuchiya, Rio Japanese

Debt Collector Boss Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Fujishiro Supporting

Sugawara, Masashi Japanese

Arua Supporting

Hirose, Yuuya Japanese

Machida Supporting

Tsuchida, Hiroshi Japanese

Yuu Supporting

Aimi Japanese

Kikushima, Kazufumi Producer

Nishimae, Shuka Producer

Vig, Julien Producer

Tsunoki, Takuya Producer

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Apr 20, 2025

Hubbuble

Recommended

It might be that my mind is in the gutter, but I swear I'm not crazy when I tell you that this is actually a cozy slice-of-life that somehow ends up BL-adjacent. I'm here for it, but you might not be so let me summarize:
As other reviews mention, the "main girl" is absolutely window dressing and the whole cast is there just to get MC out of his shell and lift his mood up with the only meaningful conflict and resolution of the emotional baggage happening with a male coworker.

Moreover, the story does not deliver on the severity of the situation of the premise. Bad ... if you wanted something deep, good if you just wanted the slice-of-life experience.Also don't give much weight to the "adult cast" tag, the main characters behave as immature as in other anime (and the main girl is barely an adult even oficially). I'm actually suprised it doen't have a comedy tag, considering the amusing situations are the core of most episodes.

That's it. That's the whole anime just with fishing edutainment picked for the theme.
A must watch only for those who daydreamed of adopting a doomer boyfriend who'd actually value your time together and didn't disengage, waiting for the dreamy hunk who'll never appear.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 1, 2025

MeanEYE

Mixed Feelings

I should really treat myself with something nice for going through this show. If there was one thing I had the power to abolish from shows that would be whiny characters. And let me tell you, MC in this show produces more whining than violin tuning lesson in beginner courses. My god does he ever stop. And the answer to that is luckily yes, after first 4 or so episodes he doesn't sound like someone stepped on cat's tail anymore and show starts to be watchable. Sadly that doesn't mean whole thing suddenly becomes great.

It's obvious authors wanted sort of a soul healing show where ... they would, through MCs experiences, teach the rest of us to appreciate more important things in life. Sadly they can't decide whether they want a comedy or serious tone throughout or when to use which. It feels weird and oddly confusing.

Remaining characters are much more palatable and easier to like even though most of them are based on single character trait. We do get some world building with history and lives of few of them, but that's about it, and most decidedly not enough. Overall it whole thing feels like missed opportunity but not a flop. If you can stomach main character whining for first 3-4 episodes, then show will be watchable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 27, 2025

joemaamah

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Going to pass this one on the 3 eps test, but still kind of on the fence about it. Will this sink or swim? I'm not convinced it won't go belly up.

The artwork is all over the place. There's some really nice background work, but some of the character art is downright wonky. Same inconsistency with the animation. In inconsequential 2D scenes, it can be pretty good, but in important scenes, they break out some lame looking 3D renderings. It's distracting.

I'm not totally buying into the story yet either, The MC is written as a typical yutz. The side characters are more likeable, but ... very two dimensional so far. Are they fishermen or convenience store workers? Not much depth, regardless. The writers try to work in some comedy, but mostly it falls flat. While I have always been a fishing fan since I was little, I have yet to see anything from the writers to hook me into this tale at all.

The VA work is decent but I wouldn't call it inspired. The director seems to take the actors into cliche performances. And with the animation weirdness, I can't find much to like about the direction. The soundtrack is bland, but at least it's not distracting.

I'll continue to nibble at the bait for a few more episodes, to see how this evolves. But I am not sure if it can reel me in. If I was to grade this to this point I'd say a mid C at 75/100 would be about right. I may not be taking this hook, line and sinker, but I will stick around for a while to see if it improves. I'll update the review whichever direction it goes.

What's with all the romcom and harem cliches in ep5? Plus that 3D CG was really annoying. Another episode like this, and I'm snapping the line on this one. Drop the grade to 72/100; high C-

Still can't get with the character art or the poorly applied 3D CGI after 6 episodes. It's been half a season now and there's been no inkling of a plot. I'm going to be a lunker, shake the lure on this one, and swim off into the depths. Drop the grade to 68/100; only a D+ I am afraid.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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