Review by coles_notes

Based on a manga of the same name, Kotaro Lives Alone follows Kotaro, a 4 year old boy who lives alone, renting a small apartment in urban Japan. The short 10 episode introduces us to Kotaro as he stumbles his way through adult life, much like an anime meets I'm Old Enough!, along with his neighbours who quickly befriend the boy to find out who he is and why he is living alone. A different sort of story, it covers topics and hits some emotions I did not ever expect from a show like this, and everything is set up in a way that remains cute, heartfelt, and even tragically adorable. It has comedic elements, and I giggled a bit during it, but ultimately it is a quite sad show thats more meant to tell human stories than it is to get a laugh, and I can only respect it for that. Took me a few episodes to get into but once I did I was hooked. If you like slice of life type anime this one is quite good, I enjoyed it.