The anime "Weird's Salad Bowl," scheduled to air from April 2024, is based on a new light novel by the author of "Haganai" and "If a Little Sister Comes to Live With Me," and the story is a raging chaos where anything goes as long as it's interesting! It's a work packed with popular elements, parody material, and unique characters with no meaningful titles. In this article, we'll talk about what kind of work "Weird's Salad Bowl" is and what its appeal is!
"Weird's Salad Bowl" is a new light novel by the author of "Haganai"!
"Henjin's Salad Bowl" is a light novel published by Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko since October 2021. It is written by Yomi Hirasaka, who has worked on popular anime adaptations such as "Haganai" (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) and "If My Little Sister Comes To Live With Me." The illustrations are by Kantoku, who also worked on "The Perverted Prince and the Stony Cat" and "If My Little Sister Comes To Live With Me." A comic book adaptation has been running since 2022 in Sunday Webry.
"Henjin's Salad Bowl" is a chaotic ensemble drama where anything goes!
"Henjin's Salad Bowl" can be summed up in one word: a chaotic ensemble drama where anything goes! Of course, it's not a disjointed chaos; it's a wide-ranging, shallow mix of elements, including detective work, other worlds, sitcoms, gourmet food, subculture, and the dark side of modern society. This is the true charm of light novels: you'll laugh your way through it and finish it in no time! It's a drama packed with all the fun of light novels.
The main characters are an unsuccessful detective and a princess from another world!
The protagonist of this work, Sosuke Kaburaya, is an unsuccessful detective, 29 years old, single, and single. Despite his unattractive appearance, he possesses impeccable abilities. He meets Sarah, a princess who has escaped from another world. Since Sarah is only 13 years old, she doesn't really feel like a heroine, but more like a reliable partner and non-blood-related daughter, despite being a young girl. This buddy detective story features an unusual pairing: a highly capable 13-year-old daughter and her unimpressive but highly skilled 29-year-old father. One of the main elements is the impromptu family sitcom.
Sarah, the daughter's partner, is from another world, but she's quickly mastered the art of internet memes!
Sarah da Odin, the protagonist's sudden companion and daughter, is a 13-year-old princess from another world. However, her country's poor management led to a riot among the people, forcing her to flee to Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture. She ends up staying at the protagonist's detective agency. Despite being a resident of a fantasy world, she quickly masters the mechanisms and conveniences of modern society, even anime, manga, the internet, and online memes, producing parodies that are hard to believe she's from another world. This alone is a symbol of chaos, but I think Sosuke and Sara are among the more sensible characters in this series. Because there's no one else who's sensible.
A heartwarming sitcom with Sosuke and Sara!
Sosuke and Sara are 29-year-old detectives who are dull but excellent, and Sara is a partner who is so intelligent it's hard to believe she's only 13. While they don't solve the kind of difficult cases you'd find in Conan, the two solve the kind of detective work that ordinary detectives do, and with the extra income they earn, they feast on high-end brand-name beef with a half-price sticker on it. Rather than being hero and heroine, they suddenly become like a well-matched parent and child, and are officially father and daughter. The heartwarming detective comedy between these two is one element of the story. However, since this is a work that is free-spirited, it's unclear what will happen next.
There are romantic elements, but they're not particularly bothersome!
Sosuke and Sara are not hero and heroine. However, there are quite a few female characters who have feelings for the protagonist, Sosuke. However, these characters are all female characters at the polar opposite of the orthodox ones, such as "a shrewd and corrupt lawyer who looks like a child no matter how you look at her, but is older than Sosuke, and will stop at nothing to win," "a junior at Sosuke's previous agency who pretends to be a pure beauty to get into men's hearts and make them commit adultery, and is the agency's strongest breakup agent," or "a middle school girl who solved a bullying case as a detective, but then turned into Historia after a series of events." That's why I'm not particularly interested in Sosuke's love life.
The Other Protagonist: Female Knight Livia de' Udis
This work is a chaotic and entertaining ensemble drama. If the duo of Sosuke and Sarah are the main characters, then the other main character is Livia de' Udis, the female knight loyal to Sarah. The story unfolds primarily from the perspectives of Sosuke and Sarah, as well as Livia. Livia served as a rearguard when Sarah fled from a riot, and later pursued her, arriving in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture. She's loyal, earnest, and exceptionally beautiful, making her a perfect template for a female knight...
The Homeless Female Knight is Born!
After arriving in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Livia has no family register or relatives, so she has no choice but to become homeless and end up living under a bridge. Thanks to her exceptional physical abilities, steely mentality, and the help of a kind, older homeless man, the female knight Livia leads a fairly fulfilling life as a homeless person. However, a shady character approaches her.
After a brief reunion, the female knight goes her own way.
Because Livia lacks the common sense of modern Japan and is easily fooled, she falls for the sweet promise of easy money and ends up debuting as a hostess. Luckily, a raid is carried out at the scene and the crime is unsuccessful, but her lack of common sense continues to cause her to come into contact with the dark side of modern society. After arriving in Gifu City, Livia searches for Sarah, and they are easily reunited. She is briefly employed at a detective agency. However, her striking appearance makes her unsuited for the job, and she is fired. Livia puts her pride on the line and returns to homelessness, saying she will find an address and a job on her own, and from then on she follows a different path from Sosuke and Sarah.
Class Change: Female Knight Livia
After arriving in this world, Livia becomes homeless and then moves between jobs as a sex hostess and a detective. She is then recruited by a religious cult, and, again due to her lack of common sense, she follows suit. However, the female knight, who originally possesses high physical abilities and the ability to use fantasy-world cheats, performs a genuine miracle there, unintentionally captivating the cult leader. From there, she repeatedly changes classes, from scalper to gigolo to pachinko addict, and finally arrives in the present day. The earnest and strong female knight follows a shady path that feels like a subplot from Yakuza.
None of the other unique characters are any good!
In addition to Sosuke, Sarah, and Livia, this work features other unique characters, but their titles are shady and none of them are any good. There are really no good people in this story, including the legal lolita lawyer who has feelings for Sosuke and is a corrupt lawyer who will stop at nothing, the junior colleague who also has feelings for Sosuke and is a highly skilled breakup specialist, the singer of a girls band who runs away from home and even gets involved in the sex industry while aiming for a major debut, and the leader of a cult religious organization! It is truly a collection of weirdos, just as the title suggests.
Parody material is a given...
Sara da Odin, a 13-year-old princess from another world, quickly adapts to modern society and, despite her origins, becomes adept at parodying anime and manga and using internet memes. Conan's name isn't even censored, and various parodies appear throughout the story, including a parody of Uma Musume (whose permission may or may not have been obtained) and the sudden appearance of Historie.
[Henjin's Salad Bowl] Summary
Here's a look at the light novel-based anime "Henjin's Salad Bowl," which will air in spring 2024! This anime condenses all the fun of light novels, making it a fun watch that you can enjoy without any preconceived notions! I highly recommend this anime to anyone who hasn't laughed recently, so please give it a watch!
