(Average) Konohana Kitan

Series in one sentence:  
All foxes are lesbian or gender-confused.

Series in more sentences:
A young fox demon gets sent off to work at an all-female fox hotel, sitting on the border of the mortal world and that of the gods. It is a place where strange and magical things happen, and valuable life lessons are learned.
 

There's some strong storytelling present in this series, which surprised me, as it first appeared like this show was going to be about this ignorant crybaby-fox girl getting into a rushed romance with her "tsundere" co-worker.

The show handles symbolism well and most episodes perfectly tie everything together at the last second. I found episode 4 and 8 to be really good, and the last episode would've been a superb ending, if we were dealing with an anime that wasn't this. Because the problem with Konohana Kitan is that it has no real focus, though pretends it does.

It's already difficult for a show to succeed when the main character is this unbearable anime-waifu cliché. I hated this character. The serious girl who has a crush on her isn't much better, though. She appears to appreciate the main character's overly involved personality, and doesn't mind hanging out with someone who acts like a 6 year old, despite the two supposedly being the same age. That would be unbearable for me.

The main character is the type of person who cries about everything, continuously makes these girly moaning and sighing sounds, and has an overall childish voice and mentality. She's supposed to be "the innocent and cute one", but these kind of characters never stick with me. They're an energy drain on themselves and others, which is why it's strange to see quite alot of fictional characters romanticise such a person.
She sniffles and sobs about the stupidest little things, but when a real tragedy happens that makes even my eyes watery, you get nothing from her. For example, she cried wild, high-pitched tears when her friend got shrunk in size for a day because of a drug she mistakenly took. Are you kidding me.

Speaking of which, the romantic tension between her and this girl is so nonsensical and rushed, I couldn't take it seriously the moment it started. The one between the pink-haired girl and the totally-not-a-boy is way more developed, even though that one also ended without a satisfying conclusion. Many of the storylines were short and ended abruptly after they were given their own episode. The introduction to the pig creature and living puppet is a good example of that, these two characters were pointless to have.

What else is there to say. The few good episodes made it worth not turning off the series when I already started watching, but I don't think they're good enough to start watching.