Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives a boring life alone in her small apartmentuntil she saves the life of a female dragon in distress. The dragon named Tohru has the ability to magically transform into an adorable human girl albeit with horns and a long tail who will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude whether Miss Kobayashi likes it or not. Or as I would later put it to my sister: Lesbian dragon and her aroace girlfriend raise small dragon child while trying to live normally in the human world. This show has been out for a few years but since I dont much care about maids or otherspeciesmasqueradingascutegirls tropes I ignored it until I saw a review/comment somewhere online that mentioned this show had a nice portrayal of relationships? Sure I thought Ill give it a chance. A few episodes later I texted my sister the description above. The titular Miss Kobayashi saves Tohrus life somehowshes drunk and doesnt remember anything until the next morning when she opens her apartment door to find a giant wholeass dragon staring her in the face. We get backstory in a later episode fear not. Kobayashi eventually gives in and Tohru assumes her cute humanlike appearance and dedicates herself to being a maidor essentially and eventually a housewife. Kobayashi is yknow understandably weirded out but Tohru puts a lot of effort into figuring out how to be in human society. Theres a good amount of storyline and humor that comes from Tohru not quite getting it but there are also a good number of times that she does in fact one early episode has Kobayashi and Tohru shopping together and Kobayashi being impressed with how Tohru not only shops well but also makes small talk befriends the merchants and so forth. Tohru isnt the only dragon in the human world several others eventually show up for one reason or another creating both opportunities for hijinks but also additional friendships to develop and conversations about how whether relationships should be pursued at all if the humans are only alive for a tiny part of the dragons lifespan. I really really liked Kobayashi. Shes not emotionless but can be pretty stoic and seems generally content with her life as it is. She and Tohru are good foils for each otherTohru being vivacious excitable and enthusiasticbut its also made clear as the series goes on that what we might first assume is going to be a worldweary character must put up with and guide an excitable ball of energy that doesnt understand the world isnt going to be played straight. Tohru is older than Kobayashi and despite her enthusiasm shes not dumb nor does she need handholding for everything. Sometimes Kobayashis assumptions are wrong. Sometimes they just annoy each other because they live together and have started getting to know each other well. Tohru knows Miss Kobayashi doesnt reciprocate her feelings and mostly respects that. I stand by my characterization of Kobayashi as aroace although shes clearly fond of Tohru by the end nobody tell me if the manga or currentlyairing second seasons makes it different. All that said its not an anime I would watch around my parents. Or ok I would but I would get comments like WHAT are you watching every episode because Theres Luccoa who bounces all over the place and in whats portrayed as humorous was summoned by a 9yearold attempting to summon a demon and decided it would be fun to stick around. Said 9yearold thinks shes a succubus and she doesnt exactly do anything to change his mind. Verdict English dub? Yes And all very good especially Kobayashi. Visuals: Nice pretty standard for modern anime. As I mentioned at the top based purely on the visuals and name Id assumed this was a generic cutegirlsdoingcutethings moe show. Worth watching? Yes It doesnt get super deep but the relationships that develop between various dragons and their human friends/companions is very fun to watch including but not limited to Kobayashi and Tohru and the show overall is funny. Also its very aware when its hitting tropes. This is a show with episodes titled The Strongest Maid in History Tohru Well She is a Dragon Second Dragon Kanna Were Totally Spoiling Here and Summers Staples The Fanservice Episode Frankly.