Monster musume no iru ničidžó

"This is not an animal porn! We like to call it inter-species erotica." I do not know why, but those were the words that came to mind when I watched the first episode. If I remember correctly, they were said in Clerks II by a guy who was being paid to have sex with a donkey. Just as I was not convinced then, I was not sure I wanted to continue watching this show. I do not mean to be narrow-minded; it is just that even my taste has limits, and this show has crossed the line. I put the first episode on, and most of the time, I just wondered what the hell I was watching and, more importantly, why I was watching it. If it is supposed to be amusing, I honestly did not find it very funny; after all, the jokes were mostly clichéd. There it was obviously ecchi and there were some weird moments like how a part woman, part snake creature can wear panties, and even with those, I wondered if that is what I would have to put up with for the rest of the season. However, let us say it might be entertaining for some people. Is it a love story!? There was some romance, although I found the main female protagonist quite annoying at times, even though there were moments where I felt quite sorry for her and thought that judging her just because she is part woman, part snake is not very nice. Even her male counterpart was pretty nice in places, and the way he stood up for her was relatively nice. However, from what we know so far, it is looking more like harem zoo porn full of crazy ecchi where it kills all the notions of real romance. Is this show original?! No doubt, although again, it is a question of what direction it will take. The provisional conclusion I made after the first episode was therefore quite obvious. I gave it another chance because I was quite curious about the cute-looking harpy Lolita girl; however, if they were going to show some "inter-species erotica" with her in there, I thought to hell with it. I was actually looking forward to the charming harpy Lolita girl at the beginning of the second episode; I sat down in front of the screen; however, only half of the episode was devoted to her which I felt was unfair as more screen time was given to the hysterical snake girl. The harpy Lolita girl is supposed to be cute mainly because she is a "bird brain". Fine, why not? Clumsy and stupid girls who are also "bumkin" are still "cute" to me. However, there was an insane amount of fan service shoved in there. Even the second episode convinced me that this show would be like at least eighty percent fan service. The rest would be some situations where the "animal-girls" would be presented as misunderstood and where the main male protagonist would do all sorts of cool and daring things to give more of them a reason to join his harem. The additions to the harem so far this season have been one and a half girls per episode, and judging by the openings and endings, there are many more lining up. The second episode convinced me that I had assessed this anime series correctly and that it was just going to be a "zoo harem and crazy ecchi" full of nose bleeds, hands-on-breasts, shots of cleavage, crotches, and not-so-hilarious jokes. So if I take away the animals, it is not original at all, and since I am not into bestiality, I did not get anything out of this sort of show. Otherwise, it is worth mentioning the wild opening, where the "Monster, monster..." part especially is dangerously addictive and on the third listen, it was burned into my brain, and I could not get rid of it. In the end, I managed to watch five episodes because giving up after two episodes seemed unfair and also because I expected, as some reviewers and fans suggested, that another interesting character - Slime Girl Suu - would appear. Suu did appear, and I did not find it interesting at all, and when I saw what they planned to do with her in episode five, my patience with the animals ran out. I ended up in a situation where they added one girl to the harem per episode. I was convinced that there would be nothing but a lot of weird "inter-species erotica" in this show. However, I am going to award this show one star for the courage of the anime's creators to come up with something like this, and also for the harpy Lolita girl, who was at least a little intriguing. Dropped after the fifth episode and 2/10. (09.07.2015) (vähemmän) (lisää)