This 100%-Rated Comedy Anime on Netflix Is a Must-See if You Still Miss Home Alone
This title came out three years ago and went almost unnoticed, but won the hearts of the few who saw it.
If you are one of those people who love cozy and comfortable anime that will leave you feeling touched and restore your mental strength, then the 2022 title Kotaro Lives Alone from Netflix is definitely for you.
A short title of only ten half-hour episodes will perfectly brighten up both the weekend and calm you down on the way home after a hard day.
Kotaro Lives Alone shows that sometimes serious trials overtake children too and most of all resembles Home Alone.
What Is Kotaro Lives Alone About?
If you thought you were independent, think again: one day, mangaka Karino discovers that an unexpected tenant has moved into the apartment next door – a four-year-old boy named Kotaro.
Kotaro is able to manage everyday life on his own and acts like an adult: he goes to the store, enrolls in kindergarten, and keeps a budget. Kotaro's appearance surprises other residents: a divorced man, Isamu, and a hostess, Mizuki, and soon a friendship develops between the four neighbors.
The main questions that plague the adults are why a four-year-old boy lives alone in a rented apartment and what happened to his parents?
Kotaro Lives Alone Starts Out as a Light-Hearted and Witty Sitcom
The plot of the anime suggests a development in the genre of sitcoms about friends and neighbors, and the first few episodes the show follows that formula: the viewer is treated to hilarious scenes in a bathhouse, a supermarket, and a kindergarten.
Kotaro Lives Alone is especially easy to watch because the half-hour episodes are divided into ten-minute segments.
In the second half of the season, however, the creators turn the plot into a touching melodrama. They are talking about family tragedies, running away from parents and abuse in relationships.
In the Second Half, the Anime Turns Into a Touching Drama About Parents and Children
Kotaro doesn't celebrate his birthday because he doesn't understand that it's a holiday. On his first day in his new apartment, he buys a toy sword – like his favorite anime character. At night, the boy used to watch the series to distract himself from the family fights, and now the sword protects him.
Kotarou manages to re-educate an adult orphan swindler and a cheerless private detective, and in the end makes all the adults around him jealous of each other because of the struggle for the right to become a new, real family for the charming child.