Oruchuban Ebichu

Group TAC, Gainax
Parody / Comedy / EcchiTV24 EP/1 Aug 1999

Oshimeter

6.5
572 Fans
24 Want to Watch
600 Watched

Synopsis

Running your entire apartment: cooking, cleaning, shopping, is a tiny, relentlessly cheerful hamster with absolutely no filter. That's Ebichu, the tiny, relentlessly cheerful housekeeper who lives only to serve her owner, a 25-year-old office worker struggling through a mediocre job and a worse boyfriend. The problem is that Ebichu talks, notices everything, and has zero concept of what information should stay private. Her innocent attempts to help tend to blow up spectacularly, usually at her owner's expense, and the punishment she gets for it is... not hamster-appropriate. Don't let the cute fuzzy protagonist fool you. this is an adult comedy from Gainax with genuine edge to it. The humor comes from the gap between how earnest Ebichu is and how chaotic real adult life actually gets, particularly around her owner's relationship with a guy Ebichu has basically diagnosed as a lost cause. It's absurdist and a little mean and genuinely funny in a way that feels closer to Golden Boy or Crayon Shin-chan than anything you'd expect from a show about a hamster. If you liked the way Crayon Shin-chan uses a clueless kid to expose adult dysfunction, Ebichu does the same thing but smaller, fluffier, and somehow more chaotic. At 24 short episodes adapted from the manga, it's a quick watch that commits fully to its weird premise without ever apologizing for it.

Episode Guide

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1
Episode 1My Master and the Useless Bum
Mid
66%
of 45 fansrecommend
2
Episode 2The Useless Bum and My Master
Great
68%
of 40 fansrecommend
3
Episode 3It's Spring, After All
Mid
66%
of 41 fansrecommend
4
Episode 4Maakun's Crush
Great
72%
of 45 fansrecommend
5
Episode 5The Camembert Cheese Incident
Great
68%
of 45 fansrecommend
6
Episode 6Ebichu Gets Sick
Great
68%
of 45 fansrecommend
7
Episode 7Master Catches a Cold
Mid
65%
of 45 fansrecommend
8
Episode 8Ebichuman 1
Mid
61%
of 40 fansrecommend
9
Episode 9Ebichu's in Heat
Mid
60%
of 42 fansrecommend
10
Episode 10Maa-kun, Whoooa!
Mid
55%
of 43 fansrecommend
11
Episode 11What Soap Bubbles Men Are!
Mid
63%
of 45 fansrecommend
12
Episode 12Cavities and Hearts Both Throb
Mid
58%
of 45 fansrecommend
13
Episode 13Mother Comes to Visit
Mid
58%
of 42 fansrecommend
14
Episode 14Maa-kun, Whooooooa!
Mid
60%
of 45 fansrecommend
15
Episode 15To the Beach
Mid
65%
of 45 fansrecommend
16
Episode 16Ebichuman 2
Great
68%
of 43 fansrecommend
17
Episode 17The Hair of Happiness Shines
Mid
64%
of 45 fansrecommend
18
Episode 18Maakun's Excited!
Mid
64%
of 45 fansrecommend
19
Episode 19Here Come the Newlyweds
Mid
66%
of 41 fansrecommend
20
Episode 20A Burglar Breaks In
Great
67%
of 40 fansrecommend
21
Episode 21Episode 21
No ratings yet
22
Episode 22Ebichuman 3
Mid
65%
of 40 fansrecommend
23
Episode 23After All, Her Pu--y is, Her Pu--y Is...
Great
67%
of 45 fansrecommend
24
Episode 24Is it Okay to Drink?
Great
71%
of 45 fansrecommend

Characters

Ebichu

A tactless hamster who embarrasses her owner but secretly dispenses sex advice as Ebichuman.

Mitsuishi Kotono

Owner

A lonely 25-year-old OL, Ebichu's owner, desperately seeking marriage with her boyfriend, Kaishonachi.

Tomizawa Michie

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