Ever since MonMusu the anime communitys obsession with monster girls has been near rampant. The sheer insanity of the nowtrope generated quite a significant amount of popularity and cash and additions to the genre were sure to follow. Thats where we get Demichan from an adaptation of a manga produced on the wave of postMonMusu manga popularity. Thankfully Demichan is a far more reserved and characterfocused show than its contemporary and it helps round out the selection of CGCS offerings for this season. Ill juts get it out of the way now and say that the audio/visual qualities of the show are very typical for the genre: overabundant focus on character design very little character motion outside of reaction faces cutesy art for figure sales and generic relaxed/happy music. An aesthetic masterpiece Demichan is not but thats not why youd ever watch this show. Demichan chooses to focus on the highschool life of 3 demihuman girls and their biology teacher Takahashi who is interested in demihumans as a research subject. A naturally caring person Takahashi helps these girls with their both simultaneously normal relatable yet supernatural problems while also interviewing them for the purposes of his own biological study. Another teacher a demihuman herself enters the fold as well providing a much needed and appropriate romantic interest for Takahashi as well as an adult foil for the 3 demihuman girls to rely on. The demi portions of the characters are far more muted than something like MonMusu with the cast consisting of a vampire dullahan snowwoman and succubus instead of the... more monstrous ones you might have been expecting. The biggest thing that I can nail on this show is that its incredibly predictable. It uses its more muted themes of being different to convey lessons about growing up fitting in selfesteem etc... Its about exactly what youd expect from the first couple minutes amidst the typical anime highschool tropes like a teachercrush and a few other hangingons. However what you might not expect is just how genuine these themes come across and how the show can hit pretty hard with both the feelgoods and the feels when it wants to. This is due in part to just how geniuine the characters come across onscreen and youll really come to empathize with them over time even if you might be able to call out the actual plot a few minutes in to the episode. Demichan is much more about the characters and their feelings than the ride they may take to get there. If you like to sit back and relax with one of these cutesy feelgood shows Demichan should be right up your alley. Despite not being anything really new or aesthetically great its employed pretty damn well. Fans of the genre will feel right at home whereas fans of the genre might want to check r/hentai instead.