Omamori Himari

Yuuto Amakawa has lived a fairly normal life. However, when an ayakashi with a sword shows up on his birthday as he is walking to school everything changes. He goes to school wondering who she was. Once lunch time hits Yuuto heads up to the roof with his friend Rinko Kuzaki. It is then that his friend Taizou appears possesd by what appears to be a giant grasshopper. As the grasshopper goes to attack Yuuto and Rinko the Ayakashi with a sword reappears and takes down the monster while preserving Taizou's life. She then tells Yuuto that she is an Ayakashi who has sworn loyalty to his family after one of them spared her life in the past. Yuuto then learns that he comes from a long line of ayakashi slayers and has the abilities to become one as well. However, due to a protective charm that was given to him by his grandparents Yuuto's memories of his childhood have been forgotten. Now that the charm is breaking it can no longer ward of ayakashi. So Himari promises to stay at his side and be the blade that protects him from harm.

Omamori Himari was better than I was expecting. Though for some reason I always enjoy a story that involves Ayakashi like In/spectre and Ayakashi Triangle. The last few episodes kind of reminded me of Tayutama: Kiss On My Deity. It has a similar feel and setup. Though in my opinion Omamori Himari is better. It does have fan service, such as bath scenes, shower scenes, a beach episode, and numerous occurrences of girls lifting up their skirts and shirts for various reasons. There are also a few scenes where the girls clothes become see through after getting wet. Some might say that this feels like a replica of other action/harem anime's, but it is better than ones like Kampfer, infinite stratos, etc. I also feel like it doesn't try to be a romance anime. Also Yuuto isn't completely dense to everyone's feelings. He just prefers a life thats perfectly normal where he can live in harmony with both humans and ayakashi. Most of the people around him are able to accept that, which I really like. If you are fine with fan service and don't mind the harem genre I think Omamori Himari is worth giving a try.