KAMUI: He's Behind You
うしろの正面カムイさん (Ushiro no Shoumen Kamui-san)
- Comedy
- Erotica
- Supernatural
- Gag Humor
- School
- Super Power
- Urban Fantasy
- Episodes
- 12
- Duration
- 12 min per ep
- Aired
- Jul 4, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
- Status
- Currently Airing
Synopsis
Shizuka leads a typical life as a high school student, but her world is anything but ordinary; she possesses the unique gift of perceiving spirits. This unusual talent often draws restless ghosts to her, prompting her to become the assistant of Kamui, a renowned psychic known for his unconventional methods of exorcism.
While Kamui boasts impressive psychic skills, his approach to dealing with the supernatural is anything but standard, often resulting in humorous and unpredictable situations. Together, they navigate the challenges of the spirit world, blending comedy with supernatural intrigue as they confront the ghosts that disrupt Shizuka's everyday life.
Otaku Consensus
KAMUI: He's Behind You is being received as a deliberately niche erotic-supernatural gag anime rather than a broad comedy hit, with its 6.02 MAL score and 55/100 AniList score reflecting a split between viewers who buy into the adult exorcism joke and those who bounce off it fast. Its clearest assets are Shou Tsukumo's commitment to shock-comedy pacing, Tomokazu Sugita's casting as Kamui, and the production's willingness to keep the series' nudity-heavy, public-indecency humor central instead of sanding it down. The recurring criticism is just as clear: the same explicit gag engine that gives the show an identity also makes it feel narrow, repetitive, and hard to recommend outside its specific audience.
Why You Should Watch
Watch KAMUI: He's Behind You if you want supernatural comedy with the brakes cut: ghosts, exorcism set pieces, and unapologetically adult punchlines rather than safe school-club banter. It scratches a raunchier version of the same chaotic-spirit itch that makes series like Dandadan easy to binge, but pushes the material toward erotica instead of action spectacle. The appeal is not mystery-solving or lore density; it is the contrast between a straight-faced psychic framework and gags built around nudity, public sex, and shamelessly inappropriate exorcism methods. Viewers who enjoy Tomokazu Sugita's comic authority will have an obvious anchor in Kamui, while anyone looking for restrained ecchi or polished mainstream supernatural drama should treat the mixed ratings as a real warning label.
Key Characters
- KKamui(VA: Tomokazu Sugita)
Kamui is the series' comic pressure point: a supposedly elite psychic whose confidence, bizarre methodology, and Sugita-voiced deadpan turn exorcism into a running adult-comedy spectacle.
- SShizuka Mimizuka(VA: Riko Aono)
Shizuka functions as the audience's human tether, with her spirit-sight making her the straight-woman presence against Kamui's increasingly indecent supernatural problem-solving.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
The adaptation is credited to both ZG-R and Zero-G, a notable dual-studio listing for a 12-episode TV erotica comedy rather than a standard single-studio production credit.
- 2
AniList's tag profile makes the show's priorities unusually transparent: Nudity sits at 80%, while Ghost and Exorcism land at 71% and 68%, respectively, placing the supernatural framework and adult content almost on equal footing.
- 3
The cast balance is built around two main leads rather than a large ensemble, with Kamui tagged as a male protagonist and Shizuka Mimizuka as a female protagonist, matching the show's buddy-comedy exorcism rhythm.
- 4
Tomofumi Nakajou handles series composition, giving the show a centralized writing structure for a premise that depends on recurring escalation rather than long-form dramatic arcs.
- 5
Chihiro Endou is credited for music, while Shinji Katahira and Junichirou Nishikawa split art direction and art design, making the production credits unusually granular for a low-popularity, niche-genre title.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- The anime lists Shinko Konoshiro as Original Creator and EROKI for Original Story, separating creator credit from story credit rather than presenting a single source-author line.
- Fun fact 2
- Despite airing in a crowded TV-anime ecosystem, the series sits at MAL popularity rank #8179, which helps explain why its discourse is concentrated among genre-curious viewers rather than mainstream seasonal watchers.
- Fun fact 3
- AniList records 143 favourites for the title, a small but measurable core audience beside its low 55/100 aggregate score.
- Fun fact 4
- The official staff includes Toshinari Yamashita for character design, Takuya Kawami for color design, and Masaki Utsunomiya for editing, three roles that directly shape how the show's erotic gag timing and visual readability land on screen.
- Fun fact 5
- The series began airing on July 4, 2026 and is listed for 12 episodes, so early reception scores are based on an in-progress broadcast rather than a completed-season consensus.
Studios
- ZG-R
- Zero-G
