"My Oni Girl" plays with fire, in it utilizes a lot of story tropes that drive me crazy in less talented hands. I typically hate stories where misunderstandings lead to people running away. I hate vague world building with unclear consequences. And I hate when stories take an extreme tonal shift part way through the story. But, in this film, these things didn't bother me as much. The secret to that success comes down to the likability of our main characters.

The animation and voice acting are both really good. I want to give a special shoutout to Victoria Washington who plays Tsumugi in the English Dub, she does a great job conveying all the emotions this character goes on.

The first half of the movie is almost formatted like it could be episodes in an anime series. The two leads come across various characters on their adventure and help them out in some way. This isn't a format I typically enjoy. But in this one we get to see how kind and thoughtful our main character Hiigari is. Hiigari is just the nicest guy, the type of guy that would give you the shirt off his back.

The worldbuilding might be vague, but the audience is given just enough information to keep things grounded yet mysterious.

The movie takes a drastic turn in tone about halfway through. Always refreshing when a movie keeps you on your toes.

Much like the Tsumugi, the movie might be a little demon, but it so cute and likable I can't help but enjoy it.

The animation is beautiful, the music is bangin', the characters are great, and the first half is actually pretty good! That's about where it ends though. One of things I see being talked about the most is that it has no message, however, it does have a message, that being: Share your true feelings with the ones you love before it's too late. It just does a bad job executing it. It also does a bad job at explaining things, it never explains what happened to Tsugumi's mom, why the snow gods attacked, why Hiragii was connected, etc. The best part is the credits and that's not even a joke, I just really like ZUTOMAYO and "Truth in lies".

Honestly i don't really hate the movie but there was some unexplainable story and lore in this anime, that's make me curious about the story. Honestly i love the art style, cool graphics and i love the personality of every character in this movie. I just did'nt understand about the story perfectly, there was so many unexplained story and the ending is hanging for me, but the art style make balanced the story, i i just don't understand it perfectly. Maybe it's recommended for the childern to watch but i just think the story of this movie doesn't suitable for me, but yeah the art and the character is make it recommend to watch if you curious.