The first episode is cute, and it has been interesting to watch more of them. FYI this is NOT the same as Monster Musume, but has a few similarities with Interviews With Monster Girls in a general way. That being said, there are some weird things that show up that give an impression of disrupting the flow in small ways.

It looks to be presented as a slice of life in a world filled with only animal people. While it does touch on social, sci-fi and supernatural topics, it doesn't end up getting too serious. We have a peak into a world of 'humans' that have evolved much differently than our own, which is expounded upon in part B of episode 1. There are also several points with some very serious socialist overtones that probably came in reaction to past history that resulted from the diversity of people's forms.

The primary focus starts with the friendship between three girls, a centaur, a demon, and a goat. The centaur has a very honest and straight forward innocence that will both support her friends, and get her into trouble at times. The devil is slightly mischievous, with a penchant for fun that hurts her academics. The goat seems to be paying the straight man with a laid back personality, but low physical stamina. The trio will set a course through their school life to find fun and a future in this alternate world. Other characters and humanoid types blend into the story in time, and they even have quite a bit of fun with mixtures of types such as a child with angel wings with cat ears. Overall it's just a fun little comedy show.

This anime is a strange beast, just like the manga it's based on. It's primarily a slice-of-life series, set in a world where all people are hybrids of various sorts (centaurs, goatmen, sirens etc.) and follows everyday life of Hime, a centaur high school student and her classmates. It mostly focuses on the problems and challenges that Hime and people of other hybrid races face, some coming from their racial features (ex. sirens not being able to move on land) and some very much universal (ex. taking care of younger siblings in one-parent household). It also hints at possible romance between the main character and one of her female friends. But that's not all...

The other major component of the story is the political reality of this world, with many totalitarian themes, mostly connected to forced equality between various races and extremely harsh treatment of all forms of discrimination. While the everyday life of the characters seem pretty much normal, we are regularly shown cases of extreme propaganda, security apparatus etc. giving us the feeling that something's very wrong under the surface.

The problem is, the show's pacing is extremely slow and if it follows the manga faithfully, it probably won't be able combine its various themes into any coherent storyline. You would expect the political intrigue to influence the main character's life in some drastic way, transforming the show into a fully-fledged dystopia, but all that I've heard about the source material says it's not really the case. As it is now, Centaur's Life is pretty relaxing and have redeeming qualities as a slice-of-life story and kind of a though experiment, with its super-realistic approach to modern society with fantasy races. On the other hand, it seems to suffer from perpetual identity crisis and it's hard to get a proper feeling on what you're actually watching and whether it will ever go anywhere with some of its story elements.

Still, I find many of the reviews here overly harsh. The show definitely have its intriguing elements and I think that the emotional dynamic between the three main characters is really enjoyable. For now, I give it four stars and I will continue watching it, with a slight hope that authors will be able make the story a bit more cohesive and dynamic in the future.

EDIT: As a small update for the end of the season, I think that the series sadly fell victim to the traps I've mentioned earlier and maybe even more so than I expected. The last episode especially left a bitter taste in my mouth, mostly consisting of cute filler and fanservice, with absolutely no substance. The series creates myriad of stories, but never gives them any closure, making the whole experience sadly unsatisfying. I'm not lowering the score to three stars mostly due to respect for its original and bold ideas, but much of that potential was in my opinion wasted.

I don't normally watch moe anime, but I watched this because I like centaurs.

This series starts out cute at first, but definitely loses focus by the end. Instead of focusing on slice of life, you get all sorts of dangling plot threads that start to take on a serious tone, but ultimately lead nowhere. At times, they even joke about the plot making no sense, as if I'm supposed to laugh along while the writers giggle over their own laziness? Even a crappy explanation for events or a hand wave is better than blatantly wasting my time.

Though there are broad themes of diversity and acceptance, the show never really goes beyond the surface so whole episodes dedicated to non-cute, non-slice of life things seem wasted at best, and wildly inappropriate at worst.

All that said, the first part of the series was enjoyable enough. The novelty of the animal bodies, particularly the centaur and mermaid bodies and the challenges they present, is enough to carry several episodes. If the series had stayed focused on its own gimmick, it would have easily been a solid 3 stars. As it is, the end of the series is a confusing and unnecessary letdown. I won't advise you not to watch, but I can't help but expect that if you do, you'll also be disappointed in the end.

This is definitely the slice of life series that was expected. I personally enjoyed the first episode and perhaps the second. We are now mid season and I've had my moments of considering dropping this show from my queue. However, I am currently still watching it but it's not anywhere near my favorite list. There's a lack of character development both within the character and their interactions that's expected in a slice of life. Many of the episodes become mundane, and I find myself fast forwarding because there's a very slow pace. At times there's an ecchi theme but it's over the top and doesn't fit with the overall series development. It's like this show is trying too hard and ends up making it worse.

Yes, the political stuff at the beginning is satire. However, it will be interesting to see if they get to any of the historical stories that happen later in the manga, which are also extremely racially and politically charged. (Hime's red hair is canon, rather than an art decision, and NOT native to Japan.)

That said, this is, so far, a good adaptation of the manga. It's a slice-of-life with monster girls. The animation is decent and the voice acting is good. If the quality keeps up, it should be a winner.

It's a show with great world building and a thin plot. I don't think there is a plot, just a girl living her life as a centaur, but because she is a centaur, it's slightly different.

This can be great for mindless watching while doing the dishes, but with such an unique world, it's almost a waste to be about almost nothing. It's like harry potter, but without voldemort, anyone of slytherin or ministry and everyone was just enjoying a happy life together in a world that is just the same as for humans, but slightly different.

But I don't necessary dislike it. I did say it's almost about nothing, but every character introduced seems like fun. They are open to LGBT, they have slice of life questions and it makes you think about how the evolved people live in a world made for humans. They mention rules, politics, history and war and science that can change a persons lifestyle. Those are very interesting, but it's barely mentioned. It just glosses over it to remind you the world they are living in.

Maybe they will shift their tone, but I doubt it after seven episodes. I might watch the other episodes of it's finished and it has great reviews or something. For now, this isn't for me. It might be interesting for other people, so check out the first episode and judge for yourself.

I've read lots of the manga, and the anime adaption is pretty damn good, it has the similar "feeling" to it.
Some people will say it's weird, the story is all over the place etc. That is just like the manga, so the fact that they stay true to the manga is what makes this really enjoyable.

It doesn't have enough ecchi to justify watching it for boobs, nor enough humor to be a fun show. I just find it interesting anyway.

This is--no joke--the worst anime I've seen in some time. The biggest problem here, what ultimately kills this series, is that it spends almost its entire length world-building and dumping exposition but never doing anything with it. Even when it tries, it either fails horribly or contradicts itself.

A gym teacher can be fired for discrimination because he doesn't believe in natural redheads but horror movies about snake people eating innocent citizens are perfectly fine? At one point, it's hinted that America sinks an Antarctican ship and that this could potentially lead to war. It is never addressed again. That biomech that tries passing itself off as a mermaid god? Long forgotten as soon as the scene ends.

A character in this series would be lucky to get one defining trait such as bossy or rambunctious. Every other character has no character. An important snake person is introduced to the main cast at some point but her one defining feature is that she's a snake person. Any attempt to build her or anyone else's personality comes off as laughably misguided or simply flat-out dumb.

The closest thing any episode comes to telling a proper story is when half an episode flashes back to a WWII-esque concentration camp tale but it only exists to try and develop a minor character we've never seen before and never see again. It's the closest thing to a plot this series has and it means nothing. It's not even good commentary. Bigotry is bad? No fooling.

The last episode really got under my skin too. After eleven episodes of shooting in a million different directions and not hitting a single target, this series has the balls to end on an episode that's half fantasy RPG parody and half arm wrestling competition. In particular, this episode is a great metaphor for the series: a meaningless waste of time.

Begone with you, A Centaur's Life! May you rot alongside the likes of Garzey's Wing and One Week Friends.

Its a slice of life anime that's all about exploring a curiously different world, interesting characters and the circumstances that arise from that. With plenty of things going on in the background, the anime ties viewers with both the mundane and extraordinary, but its definitely not a high paced or action filled anime. There are no grand overarching stories nor a lot of tension. Its a slice of life work that's set in a world different yet similar to ours, with characters that are easy to relate to. Its relaxing to watch, but don't expect action or fan service.