A time when demihumans have slowly begun to be accepted into human society but remain rare and most humans have little knowledge about them. High school biology teacher Tetsuo discovers he has three demi students along with a new demi coworker and hopes to learn more about their lives. This short 12 episodes + an OVA series was really fun and enjoyable The idea is that many mythological beings are actually demihumansborn to humans all the demi characters have human parents and the vampire actually has a human twin and generally embodying only some of the aspects ascribed to their mythology. For example the snow woman yukionna a Japanese legend can chill the air around her when experiencing negative emotions cries ice and is very susceptible to heat but cant hurt people or freeze them. A large partbut not allof the series is focused on Tetsuo interviewing formally and informally the girls and thus the viewer gets to see the difference between real demis and their legends. Hikari the vampiremy favorite characteris cheerful and enthusiastic drinks blood from packets occasionally and is sensitive to the heat but doesnt need to attack people isnt repelled by garlic and doesnt turn into a bat. She does sometimes have itchy teeth and just needs to nom on things without breaking the skinusually her human twin sister as seen below. The show walks a line between teacher Tetsuos curiosity and prying too much and occasionally I think it landed on the side of Things You Shouldnt Discuss With Your Students like how does biological process X work in your body? but to the shows credit it didnt linger there and I think maybe it could have been trying to actually show that Tetsuo was sometimes getting so caught up in his research interest that he was forgetting whether something was actually appropriate? The show also addresses his relationship with the studentstheres actually a whole episode dedicated to the question of do the demi girls rely on him too much? Should Tetsuo step back from seeing them so often? and I also want to note that at no point is it implied that Tetsuo ever is interested in any of his students. Hes very much a teacher/mentor and remains in that role the demis actually come to like him so much because hes one of the few humans who is willing to openly ask them questions about their demi sides. The difference and tension between demi and human is part of the show especially because most demihumans dont seem to have demi ancestry. The girls classmates are reluctant to ask any questions about demis or even to acknowledge their differences. Kyouko the dullahan can crack a joke about being headless and her classmates are unsure how to respondlaugh? Make their own joke? Awkwardly change the subject bingowhen all she wants is for people to not pretend that like her head isnt sitting on a pillow on her desk. Theres a secondary plot following new math teacher Sakie a succubus who can cause arousal with just a touch or even being in just close proximity. This is something of a disabilityshe has to take the first and last trains each day to avoid crowds cant live in an apartment complex is always covered necktotoe and wears glasses to obscure her face and obviously tries to avoid touching anyone. Tetsuo who understands proper adult behavior and manners works very hard not to show if she affects him because obviously she is his Valued Coworker who doesnt want to cause problems. Apparently this doesnt happen often or hey maybe he does have super willpower because she is blown away that he can continue talking to her like a rational human. Seriously this guy attracts demis like black shirts attract my white cats fur all through the power of Normal Conversation and Remembering His Manners. Pictured below: Sakie under the impression that Tetsuo is immune to any aphrodisiac affect Tetsuo not understanding the idea of flirting and trying his darndest to stay cool. Verdict English dub? Yes and its great. Hikari the vampire in particular I loved her enthusiasm and ability to sound like an actual teenage girl. Tetsuo also sounded just like an affable adult very natural. Visuals: Pretty standard. I didnt notice any wonkiness in the characters or backgrounds but also nothing that really made it stand out. The opening and closing sequences are really fun though: the opening has the demi characters in front of their demi caricatures and the closing is a sweet sequence showing art being colored in. Worth watching? Yes Its a fun high school comedy more from the perspective of a teacher and I really enjoyed all the characters. I hope we get another season because I think it would have benefited from more episodes. It tries to follow a lotTetsuo each of the individual demi students and succubus teacher Sakie as wellso some bits Sakie tbh got less than they needed. Theres really 2 stories this series wants to tell: one about demihumans in human society overall and one that goes in depth with each character their specific quirks and relationships. It doesnt have time to do both. And while the students stories at least can overlap with each other because theyre all friends Sakie like Tetsuo has more alone time or timewithsecondaryadults by virtue of being not a student. And so any time really focused on her and/or her+Tetsuo together required more plot setup. Im definitely not saying this is bad just that it wouldve been stronger if it had had more episodes in which to tell its story.