Kirei ni Shitemoraemasu ka. • Wash It All Away - Episode 1 discussion

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This will become the new weekly tradition of me watching someone else do laundry, instead of myself.

Imagine being so early that Crunchyroll still uses placeholder for the anime key art lul.

What a beautiful and comfy show. I was surprised there was a little bit of fanservice, but I'm not complaining. Going on my watchlist without second thoughts.

i suppose i'm so wedded to the slice-of-life genre that of all of this season's shows, this was the only one i looked forward to watching

I still can’t believe this receive an anime adaptation. It’s a lovely seinen.

Freckled beauty 🙌🏾

Same girl. If I do my morning stretches, it’s all uphill from there.

I feel so bad for flat-faced dogs. I have not had one, but I see all those little anecdotes on their respiratory issues, and it makes me wonder why and how flat faces were a “beauty standard” for some breeds.

The eyes are so *beautiful*, wow.

The ED song goes straight to my healing playlist, how pretty.

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Thank you, CR team, for the natural text overlays.

I will say, I hadn’t expect this sort of style. I think I expected more of like a softer, watercolor effect because *gestures*. But I looked at OkuNobu’s past works, and the anime fits their style.

Suzushiro going from Kinme to Suzuki (*You and I are Polar Opposites*) to fucking Scarlett (*Holy Grail of Eris*) will be such a trip with her range. You go, diva, give us range!

>*It’s the one thing I didn’t forget*

That line coupled with the goldfish shot just seconds later. It heavily implied that Kinme's an amnesiac. Just what had happened to her?

Meanwhile, Ishimochi's so awestruck by her shoe polishing services he failed to notice her (very substantial) cleavage that's right in front of him. Man's got his priorities straight.

A laidback show set in a beachside town. Loving the vibes so far!

Kinme is a certified cleaning freak, love it. Such a comfy show.

anyone who knows if it was based in a real city in japan and if yes where is it?

* [**Kinme Wakana**](https://i.imgur.com/DHK27DH.jpeg)

Can I just say that despite how simple her design is, [Kinme is so goddamn gorgeous.](https://i.imgur.com/ucyM3Rv.png) The red bow and ponytail combo is such a classic. [The girl is also surprisingly stacked.](https://i.imgur.com/pZ8zRJf.png) Considering the vibes of this show, I did not expect that shot near the end!

As for the show itself, I think this is the perfect anime to start my Mondays off with, just a relaxed slice of life [about a girl who absolutely loves her job](https://i.imgur.com/vyuKinn.png). Although I think Kinme loves her job a little bit too much. She loves cleaning so much that [she couldn't help but clean the scuff marks on Ishimochi's shoe.](https://i.imgur.com/C7hfEQW.png)

I am curious what kind of relationship they're going for [with Ishimochi and Kinme, tho.](https://i.imgur.com/jOyB2af.png) Is this the start of a budding age-gap romance, or are they just going to be just friends? Well, whatever it is, I think I'm hooked. I'm looking forward to [more sensually narrated cleaning tips from Kinme.](https://i.imgur.com/hvBzofi.png) xD

Didnt expect this show of all things to have such a nice OST. Looking forward to more of that

I've been reading the manga, but didn't realize that it was getting an anime. Definitely looking forward to watching this come to life on a weekly basis.

Ooh, looks like this will be a nice and relaxing anim-

She's kinda hot.

Ooh that whispering, she's kinda hot. Like in the way they animate her/what they focus on.

A bathing scene episode 1, she's hot.

...Ok ok that stretching, she's really hot.

Ok, looks like this will be a nice and exciting anime.

...Two separate shots so far that made me wonder if she wears a bra...

Well I'm glad I decided to check out this anime, both for Cute Girl and for Relaxing Vibes. Like you could remove all the fanservice from the episode and this would've still pleasantly surprised me.

Is this going to be this season's With you and the Rain? if so welcome back comfy weekends 😌

Slice of life, warm atmosphere, peaceful town, nice people, soft songs and OST, therapeutic cleaning, cute girl, Sayumin, even some light fanservice lol. This has all the makings to be my type of show. Just like Egatae last season. While I’d certainly welcome more, I do love the steady stream of chill SOL shows we’ve been getting.

Not that I’m against it, but having little to no drama, maybe something like Flying Witch, and I can see this becoming one of those comfy shows I’d return to occasionally.

Also, I’ve already looked up Atami and added it to my list of places to visit in Japan lol.

The thing about her memories could be from something tragic or sad though, but I don’t think it’ll ruin the show for me or anything.

I’ve always been a fan of iyashikei but I feel like I’ve been really leaning towards such shows this past year or so. Cos just like Hibimeshi, With You and the Rain, Egatae, this is the show I’m looking forward to the most this season

Edit : Also, did not expect we’d be going that detailed and technical with the laundry. Not to mention her daily schedule and shop layout. Really appreciate this type of “worldbuilding”

I quite liked the premiere ep of Amnesiac Laundry with its cozy vibes and cute MC. Looks like a nice little slice of life show for this season.

Before talking about the episode itself, I'm grateful to see that this show takes place in Atami. I'd already seen this city in another anime, and I simply love it because it reminds me of a city I lived in as a child.

So, Kinme apparently suffers from amnesia, and somehow she's become a master at washing clothes (and shining shoes). I hope other characters will help her remember her past.

But I loved this first episode, Kinme is extremely cute, and the atmosphere in the city is amazing and nothing better than this kind of atmosphere

This has such a soothing and pleasant atmosphere!

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Well, I really liked it. Absolutely nothing happened in the 24 damn minutes of the anime and I loved it. It's literally the definition of iyashikei, meaning everything was great. I liked the main character and I really like that she's normal, a simple girl who gets up at 6 in the morning, works at her job washing clothes, and goes to sleep at 10. I also really liked the opening and ending; I think they're very cute, honestly.

Never seen a show based around dry cleaning but it seems very cozy and apparently has some romance vibes to it so I’ll stick around

I liked it—it has that kind of vibe you’d expect from an anime made by P.A. Works.

Cute stacked girl who likes to do laundry eh? Talk about WIFE material lol.

This was nice, Kinme seems like a delightful character

Ruri ~~Rocks~~ Laundrys

Wait did they go back to using the old subing system? That's awesome.


Supposedly this series is really popular in Japan and the manga is licensed in english.

Girl really is dedicated to her job. Though she comes off a bit OCD at times. Then we have the comment about only thing she didn't forget. Girl has some stamina if she runs both in the morning then again during the day carrying that big thing doing deliveries. They really playing up the trop of old people turn into umpa loompas.

We going ultra sol it seems with this series.

very comfy, hell yeah

Wife

[A very cute first episode](https://imgchest.com/p/md7oboge94p) of what promises to be a very comfy series, [a lovely MC](https://imgchest.com/p/vj4jmbdwe48), and [a bit of fanservice](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/949d96edd2f3.png)... is this anime perfect?! For me, it certainly is, so I'm eagerly awaiting next episodes to see more of [Kinme](https://imgchest.com/p/vj4jmbdwe48).

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

* [Kinme](https://imgchest.com/p/vj4jmbdwe48)
* [Group scenes & Others](https://imgchest.com/p/md7oboge94p)

Very comfy for a Monday afternoon - 100 episodes of this please

So far it looks like a pretty classic iyashikei anime, but I presume there may be some romance or mystery about FMC past mixed in.

I was surprised it actually had a bunch of tips about cleaning.

P.S.: It is funny how this is a third work of Mitsuru Hattori getting an anime. And they are all pretty different from each other. Now I hope Kaijuu-iro no shima will get one too once there are enough chapters.

I was wondering how people were watching this on CR. I had to manually search for it AND it's still using placeholder art. Woof.

This is so freaking wholesome and the FL is way too cute. Glad I gave this one a try.

You know, last year was so good for slice of life anime that I was wondering how 2026 will keep up. Thankfully this washed away all of my doubts as this was really comfy watch.

Even before it aired it reminded me of [Kutsu no Muku mama manga](https://myanimelist.net/manga/155552/Kutsu_no_Muku_mama) and cleaning that shoe really made that comparison even stronger. At least Wakana doesn't have a sad backstory, I hope.

The visuals were good, the vibe was cozy, the music was nice... but I do kinda need a story hook lol. Is this going to be a show about different cleaning techniques? I'm okay with that, but I would want the script to commit harder to "Here's a problem you might run into, here are the tools you need and instructions to fix it". There was a little bit of that with the shoe.

Otherwise the girl has amnesia. So if that's going to be the engine for drama that's also a viable angle.

But this episode one didn't commit to either and it was just kind of a nicely animated normal work day for a cute anime girl. I'll need slightly more out of the script to stick with this one.

I have yet to watch the show but I have mostly emotional dramas lined up for winter so I'm counting on this to offset the inevitable tears. Comfy is a word I'm hearing a lot. :)

Ok, the comfy slice of life series of the season is here. Cute and positive lady as our lead, though some mystery about her past. Did she lose her memory or something?


I like it already. As others have been mentioning, feels very much in same spirit as You and Me in the Rain.

Ok I don't get it the whole vibe of this show is kinda nice and warm but somehow the author felt the need to throw in some inappropiate relationship cringe in there just for what exactly? I don't mind age gaps but why is it with minors so often. If this becomes the love interest of this show I am out it's too cringe.

I have to admit, "Laundry anime" was not on my bingo list for this year. But who doesn't like a good surprise? One of the reasons I can never stop watching anime.

Definitly excited to have another industry related anime this season. Very fun first episode and while I would love for them to just focus on running the shop, I am definitely curious about what she said about her memories. A potential amnesia angle might be fun ro explore as well.

Ok this was good, I'm sold

I didn't expect TWO anime set around the Sagami Bay, but here we are

[holy carp is this set in the future??](https://i.imgur.com/um8kWqO.png)

i hope next episode Kinme holds up a newspaper with some really shocking headlines

[](#rengehype)

Doing laundry is the one thing she still remembers? Between that and the goldfish I'm getting Kowloon vibes.

Based on that theory I was guessing the dude at the end was someone she was involved with before the memory loss, but that bit from his POV probably disproves that idea.

I may be imagining things though so we'll see where it goes.

i like this shot of Kinme Cleaning

https://i.imgur.com/EaWrxiY.png

reminds me of some of the books i read as a child which had cross-sections of various things and places, explaining what they were all about

Eh, dunno, I didn't expect it to be so painfully straight right out of the gate

This is the perfect show to wind down on a Monday. Very chill and comfy. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the residents and Wakana's backstory.

Good first episode, really chill, I liked the ending.

I would have liked more advice, like about shoes, such as how she removes a tomato sauce stain after a week! ^^

I'm going to be 100% honest that I was dozing off from watching.


Am I understanding correctly this show is a slice of life with no primary plot? Or is it romance or something else? 


I respect if anyone finds enjoyment I'm such a show but I'm just checking before I drop it if it builds into something.

Umbrella advertising her cleaning shop

Perfect 👍

A washing waifu of this season to cleanse clothes and our souls.

Aw atami wonder if I’ll see date here

Ancient Chinese secret huh?

I need second episode to know

Ok that was the good shit

A nice show where the plot is following the daily life of a laundry mat owner :)

The love interest is a high school boy -_-

Why must you be like this Japan.

This is definitely gonna be a nice comfort show. But after that one line she said to the lady about being the only thing she remembers I feel like they’re some crazy sadness into the mix. I’m here for it tho

Looks like we might have a lolicon girl this time :)))
I live how chill and vibe this îs, from the music tot the atmosphere and the background noise of the society 

Dunno if I missed something on the synopsis, but Wakana said something about laundry being the thing she remembers. Was any mention of amnesia made in the synopsis?

Sure, cleaning service slice of life. I’ve watched weirder things before.

Kind of funny title cause she has had all her memories washed away.

Is “(Kin)me-san has a memory like a (kin)gyo(goldfish) an inappropriate joke to make?

“Come on in. Pleased to meet you. My name is Kinme Wakana. My usual day begins with an early-morning jog. I’m really not a morning person, but a jog along the ocean with all that beautiful scenery wakes me right up. When I get back, I start getting ready for the day’s work. I usually spend my mornings ironing and helping customers. After a lunch break, I see more customers, treat stains, wash clothes, and then dry or hang up the clean garments. Between my other tasks, I also make deliveries. Other cleaners might do their morning and afternoon routines the other way around. When I’m done with work, I go to the hot spring for a relaxing bath. That can become difficult during the busy season, though. And then I go to bed at about 10 PM. That’s how I spend my days. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone.”

Always remember, you can count on Kinme.

So it seems Kinme has amnesia? And only remembers laundry.

She is really cute.

Why was the show rated 16+ for nudity, when there wasn't any? Was it the bath house scene?

So the romance is with this high school boy?

I'll watch more.

Taking your work seriously, no matter the profession, there’s a certain zen to it. It’s beautiful really. Before life had other plans for me, it was often confusing why it seemed so many folks just did enough to pass time until payday. Seeing this young lady caring for others’ garments, attentive to every thread, I’m watching careful commitment to a craft she is passionate about—and to her apparent mission of helping clothes and shoes last for those who cherish them. 

I'm fine if this doesn't have romance in it as everything doesn't need romance.

Got my chill anime of the season and it's drop dead gorgeous.

Only Japan could make a show about running a cleaners and washing clothes interesting. This was such a cute and cozy first episode, you can definitely tell it’s a seinen written for a male audience because of the random fanservice camera angles in the second half, though.

Nothing wrong with the lead being well endowed, women can have big boobs, but that shoe repair scene with the high school kid was just weird. I hope that’s not a consistent thing here because Kinme washing clothes and taking us on her daily routine is more than good enough, you don’t need to resort to the fanservice here. I’d love to learn more about how the individual customers got their clothes dirty and how washing their clothes helps Kinme connect with the community!

Overall, looking forward to this being my comfy watch of the season kinda like zatsutabi a few seasons ago.

as a long-time commenter at r/laundry , this is the first time my interests intersected

although I have to ask: what routine is she using? is it green earth system or liquid carbon dioxide? is she pre-treating with an enzyme spray? does her laundry sour to a perfect PH 5.5????????

most of all, does she believe in the gospel of lipase???

Feeling somewhere between *Catch Me at the Ballpark* and *Ruri Rocks!*

I know this anime is as sus as ruri rocks, but i just cant prove it!

Slice of life of a niche topic, this time featuring laundry. All for it.

Love this!

Oh awesome, I love this series