The Demon Prince of Momochi House

Ha, so I actually started this one (while exercising) because I thought it was an old, already completed one. Nope. Another in progress one. I think it has a title or art that reminded me of an old one or something, not sure. Though The Demon Prince of Momochi House reminds me of Kamisama Kiss if anything. At least it does appear that the manga it is based on is actually complete (2019?)

So, Momochi Himari, an orphan, receives a bequest from her deceased parents on her 16th birthday -- Momochi House. But when she arrives she discovers the house is already occupied by Aoi (who was once a human boy, but is now Nue, the Omamari...which I've just typed out from memory so there's a good chance I misspelled it) and his shikigami Yukari (water dragon type, cool guy) and Ise (fiery tsundere type) and a whole load of lesser ayakashi/yokai. Aoi cannot leave the house, which sits on the boundary between the human world and the spirit world.

She refuses to leave and they settle into ye olde forced cohabitation trope-land. I've watched 6 episodes of the 7 that are released so far and I can say a few things: 1) I'm generally enjoying it but 2) it feels like a lot of other stories but 3) it has a plucky, proactive heroine which is good. 

There's obviously a lot going on that hasn't been explained yet. Who were Himari's parents? Why/how did they die? Why was Aoi drawn to the house and then transformed? Why him? What's up with the evil ayakaski Kasha? He doesn't seem to have a decipherable goal beyond "Let's screw things up for Nue". What's up with the teacher they've shown a handful of times--he's either got to be related to Aoi (who was basically "erased" from the memories of those who knew him when he was human) or he's the Kasha dude in disguise. But, then, how does a busy, evil Ayakashi have the time to teach high school classes enough that the other students know him well? 

Anyway, it's decent enough and I am enjoying it overall. The art varies; sometimes it is really nice (and I do love the colours and the details of Aoi's clothes in particular) but sometimes it kinda loses cohesion, especially in side views. I do not love the eyes of any of the girls. They're big even by anime standards. I mean, not as bad as some, but distracting. It actually makes it look older than it is? Maybe that's why I thought it was an older show.

I'll edit this once I'm done watching it. I do have kind of a sense that the story kind of goes too fast? We get these little flashbacks to the past, but sometimes it just isn't enough to put us emotionally where we need to be, if that makes sense. We'll see how it ends up.