So two fairly new series about fox demons. What a coincidence. One's about a romance comedy between a boy and a fellow classmate who turns out to be a fox demon, and the other's slightly more religious and serious about a fox demon moving in with a family to protect them as their guardian, in a nut shell. One thing I can't help but notice is the mediocrity of their anime adaption, so I highly recommend going for the manga instead of watching the anime.

First of all, has anyone even HEARD of the two series? Their anime recently got released with the batch of other April releases, and their light-novel-to-manga adaption were also fairly recent (more so for Oinarisama than Kanokon). To say the least, both of their plot are fairly interesting, and the manner and style that's used throughout the series so far is also very nice (at least in the manga. Kanokon's anime scared me).

What kinda surprised me was that both series not only shared the common plot point of being about a cute fox demon (or fox-girl or whatever the terms is for that), their anime were released more or less at the same time. After Wolf and Spice, is there some kind of new trend going on about series that features variations of cat-girls as main characters?

Wagaya no Oinarisama official(?) site (Japanese)

Kanokon's Official site (Japanese)

Before anyone judges it a first glance, let me highlight a few points on it, at least from reading the manga.

Kanokon's anime was...I don't know...extremely loli-fied, maybe? But the relationship between the two characters (whose name I'm too busy to look up and type out) is a fairly unique one that resembles a lot like the relationship between Narue and Kazuto from World of Narue (a short and possibly obscure series whose manga I really enjoyed), in that pretty much right off the start their feelings for each other are mutual and both sides know it. So it's not so much an issue of expressing their love to the other side, but more like maintaining their relationship. This is something I don't see all that often, and is what kept me reading the manga. It is very ecchi (don't remember the official spelling), as you can obvious tell just from their site, but stays within "reasonable" limits. Reasonable...hmm...

Anyway, on a more serious note, Wagaya no Oinarisama, is one of those more "balanced" series. A mix of action and comedy with a plot driving it forward. I can't think of any key points for this series except it's really funny and fairly serious, and the fox demon's character is very well-designed, being very diverse and well-balanced, at times acting innocently naive, and then suddenly turn very serious with a malicious look on his/her face (his/her gender is undetermined, given it's ability to shift between a male and female form). The plot starts off pretty solid and intricate, and is definitely worth a look into

For me Wagaya no Oinarisama is an instant win between the two. The manga design of Houden Eizo made me look this up and I got into the series fairly quickly. The balanced plot,as you have nicely described it is worth while (or at least one doesn't feel as if they wasted their time after reading) The animation of the series is good enough for me. Plus I love the I-don't-remember-my-gender-I'll-go-with-both FoxSpirit. Kanokon on the other hand, tired me out when I tried it and therefore I dropped it and lost interest.

Kanokon's anime serves it no justice, that's for sure, unless someone really likes the loli(?) design of it. And while it pretty much offers nothing new in general, I still recommend giving it a little time for the plot to develop a little bit before you make your final judgment, since it does get a little bit interesting.

Needless to say, I recommend picking up the manga if it gets translated or the original light novel (which I heard was already translated) whether than watching the anime.

Kanokon is os ecchi hahahahah