
Ya Boy Kongming!
Taste attributes: animationcomedymusic/dancefantasyfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming quest
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life animated series that is accessible, stylish and fresh. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: very fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
8.1 /10
TMDB · 30 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
Season
Season 1
· 2022 · 12 episodesEpisodes (12)
1Kongming Descends Upon Shibuya5 Apr 2022
Did his dying wish transport Kongming to heaven or hell? He only know one thing for sure: The girl dressed as a devil has the voice of an angel!
2Kongming Uses a Stratagem12 Apr 2022
When a rival singer resorts to dirty tactics to get ahead, it’s up to Kongming to revive a mysterious, ancient strategy and bring about a decisive victory for EIKO!
3Kongming Learns of the Right Path to Take19 Apr 2022
Who is Kongming, really? Kobayashi is starting to think the strange man’s previous victory was a fluke. Only the REAL Kongming could create something from nothing... right?
4Kongming Lights the Way26 Apr 2022
The enigmatic Kongming’s latest stratagem leaves Eiko feeling off-beat. After a night of carefully plotted partying in Roppongi, can the pair find their rhythm again?
5Kongming Busts a Rhyme3 May 2022
Kabetaijin, an unrivaled freestyle rapper, quit the scene and fled into the shadows, but there is no foxhole deep enough to hide him from Kongming!
6Kongming’s Freestyle10 May 2022
Past and present collide when Kongming and Kabe face off in the most epic rap battle in history! Who will drop superior bars and walk away victorious?
7Plan for Peace Throughout the World, Vol. 117 May 2022
Eiko must impress an important music producer, but finding your voice is no easy tactical feat. Perhaps she’ll find a comrade in arms on the streets of Shibuya…
8Searching for Oneself24 May 2022
Eiko and Kabe are missing something — something others have but they don't. Under Kongming's watchful eye, each strikes out on a mission to discover what that something is.
9For the Populace31 May 2022
Eiko and Nanami have struck an alliance, but opposing forces conspire to break them apart. Can they endure the enemy salvo, or will their truce collapse under the onslaught?
10Dreamer7 Jun 2022
While Kabe engages an old rival in a rematch, Eiko marches headlong into battle against her own inner adversary, and Kongming recalls peaceful days past.
11Borrowing Arrows With Straw Boats14 Jun 2022
The climactic final battle is upon us! With Summer Sonia on the line, Kongming must devise the ultimate stratagem to bring about total victory and secure 100,000 likes.
12Eiko’s Song21 Jun 2022
It all comes down Kongming’s final gambit. Eiko will take to the stage in a direct confrontation with her friend-turned-rival, but will Nanami hear the song in Eiko’s heart?
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
General of the Three Kingdoms, Kongming had struggled his whole life, facing countless battles that made him into the accomplished strategist he was. So on his deathbed, he wished only to be reborn into a peaceful world... and was sent straight to modern-day party-central, Tokyo! Can even a brilliant strategist like Kongming adapt to the wild beats and even wilder party people?!
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 2022
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- P.A.WORKS
- Taste scores
- How we score
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