The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior English Sub & Dub

About The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior

The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior (Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou) arrives as a comedy anime by Brain's Base (2014), and the premise is easy to summarize. At its core: Kazunari Usa is a high school freshman who will start living alone due to his parents now working in a different area. Excited for his new independent life, he hopes to go about his teenage days without the worry of dealing with any strange people, but as he soon discovers, his new boarding house Kawai Complex is far from ordinary.

Soon after, the various tenants at Kawai Complex are all quite eccentric characters. Shirosaki, Kazunari's roommate, is a pervert and masochist; Mayumi Nishikino, a borderline alcoholic office lady, hates couples because of her unfortunate luck with men; and Sayaka Watanabe, a seemingly innocent college learner. Shocked with the lack of decent individuals at his new residence, Kazunari is about to leave when he runs into shy senior learner Ritsu Kawai and comes across himself slowly falling in love with her.

With comedy at the core, timing, character chemistry and running gags decide whether it lands. This one is best suited to viewers who want something light between heavier series.

Production & Appeal

Production sits with Brain's Base, which means the visual identity of The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior follows that studio's craft. Within the comedy category, timing, character chemistry and running gags decide whether it lands. At 7.7/10 it earns a solid reception, a safe pick for fans of the genre. Released in 2014, it competed with that season's other new series for attention.