h1 fontsize: 100px h2 fontsize: 100px p fontsize: 100px Introductionhttps://www..com/watch?v=32UGD0fV45gt=63s borderradius: 8px Hear ye hear ye Bring thy fetishes to the table and let us partake in the truest of degeneracy this review took a bit of a while to compound my thoughts on so I hope you enjoy h1 fontsize: 100px h2 fontsize: 100px p fontsize: 100px Minor Synopsishttps://www..com/watch?v=32UGD0fV45gt=63s borderradius: 8px Monster Musume is about a dude named Kimihito or often reffered to as DarlingKun by the Monster Girls as he steadily starts to take in more and more Monster Girls under his roof via a cultural exchange program. The Story mainly focuses on a plot devoted to encountering various Monster Girls in sexily comical scenarios in a lax sliceoflife setting. As far as being an actual character the main character kimihito isnt one which is a purposeful move on the creator as he clarifies that he even hesitated to draw his protagonist in the first place hed rather try to make it firstperson like a dating sim game so at the very least he makes his personality as bland as possible whilst also refusing to draw his pupils OKAYADO: First of all I didnt really want to draw even the face of the main character in Monster Musume. So why doesnt the main character Kimihito have much of a personality? laughs Instead the focus is mostly on the monster girls having strongly defined personalities and this guy being the passive prey of an evergrowing assortment of aggressively amorous monster girls. OKAYADO: I wanted to do that so readers would be able to feel some attachment to the main character easily. But I have to draw the face of my main character at the very least so thats why I draw his face but as a kind of compromise Im not drawing his eyes so his eyes are white. borderradius: 8px this is pretty indicative of what Okayado really intends this series to be the question is whether your are up to the challenge soldier h1 fontsize: 100px h2 fontsize: 100px p fontsize: 100px If you Dont like Ecchi I recommend you GTFOhttps://www..com/watch?v=32UGD0fV45gt=63s talking about the appeal of ecchi borderradius: 8px before I get a headache writing this I just want to preface that Ecchi is a category that is directed at people who either dont mind or exclusively enjoy more salacious stuff in their media typically LNs Mangas or Anime its a bit of a weird genre bordering on ADULT but from specific interviews with Okayado where he stipulates the requirements for passing the threshold for R rated content at least in Japan Okayado: The line in Japan for the Rated R content is having the actual sex scene or drawing whats underneath the underwear you know from the bottom down. Topup is okay bottomdown is laughs Were not allowed to write nudity underneath there from bottomdown. Thats the line Interview Source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/20160803/okayadothefatherofmonstermusume/.104978 when it comes to Ecchi I have a bit of a FirstHand experience cause my other hand was busy writing this review images removed Ecchi has always been to be a bit of an eyecandy genre which is why I stipulated before if youre not really into it you GTFO but theres more to it than just saucy images its the fact that whether its highaction anime or more low key slice of life manga https://anilist.co/anime/8074/HighSchooloftheDead/ https://anilist.co/manga/57317/Okusan/ https://anilist.co/manga/86303/MissKobayashisDragonMaid/ I find Ecchi to be a complimentary genre if used boldly and with selfawareness or simply inserted into the series as a way to compliment the narrative the best example of the latter is Food Wars with how it uses Ecchi to enhance nontangible elements of the story like the taste of food by showcasing characters erupting into nudity due to the sheer taste with a metaphorical surreal dream climax that describes the taste. image removed basically the characters figuratively getting naked makes the food look even tastier h1 fontsize: 100px h2 fontsize: 100px p fontsize: 100px Side Note: so detouring a bit from this review I just want to talk about how Ms Smith or Kuroko Smith is basically Misato Katsuragi from Evangelion I mean seriously just look at this clear overlap they both occupy very stressful jobs which cause them to use their days to decompress they both are charged with juggling several jobs at once like various bureaucratic paperwork or lets say tactical squads taking on commander roles and generally acting as supervisor figures to others both indulge in alcohol and have very laidback attitudes that flip when it comes to work which theyre more than hypercompetent at finally they both have killer legs borderradius: 8px so if youve always wanted to see Misato Katsuragi in a Monster Girls series than this is as close as your going to get h1 fontsize: 100px h2 fontsize: 100px p fontsize: 100px The Logistical WorldBuilding of Monster Girlshttps://www..com/watch?v=32UGD0fV45gt=63s and why it rocks your boxars image removed Fantasy concepts and world premises have only meant as much to me as how the author decides how to showcase the world an example being how Vampire Hunter D uses the premise of D the Vampire Hunters individual mostly selfcontained pulpy actionadventure stories as a way to explore its bizarre mixture of Scifi occult postapocalyptic western genre fusion melting pot of a series borderradius: 8px frontier villages which are plagued by the experiments of nobility ranging from Werewolves Carnivorous Ant Colonies Malevolent Spirits or Night Clouds which are sentient creatures in gaseous form that envelop their prey and consume it. Monster Musume chooses to showcase its world through more societal aspects borderradius: 8px we get to see various different results of a Monster Girl society and different social events and how human society would adapt to the conceit of Monster Girls with one of the notable arcs being about how one of the Monster Girl characters finds difficulty getting a job in human society because of the radically different body types. just the different societal accommodations and implementations of Monster Girls I love to see whether its Social Events that promote the awareness of various different cultures and lesserknown Monster Girl species is what makes the series so enjoyable since its essentially a Monster Girl Encyclopedia of sorts with a barebones plot to explore more facets of the premise h1 fontsize: 100px h2 fontsize: 100px p fontsize: 100px The Design of Monster Musumehttps://www..com/watch?v=32UGD0fV45gt=63s The Bread and Butter borderradius: 8px The Balance between Humanoid and Monster in Monster Musume is probably the thing that cuts it differently than other series Okayado balances between imbuing just the right amount of physiological attributes of a characters species whilst keeping the design human in nature The Uncanny Valley for Monster Girls image removed one of the reasons why Monster Girls is popular is because how it takes various types of animals or mythological monsters and creates a hybrid psuedohuman design this creates a sort of uncanny valley affect which to describe is essentially the theory that human appearance or behavior can make an artificial figure seem more familiar for viewers like robots or dolls borderradius: 8px borderradius: 8px I think something similar can be applied with anthropomorphic animals and Monster Girls where imbuing human traits to nonhuman entities opens up a sort of halfway point where youre mind can wrap itself around the idea as weird as it is to want to fuck a spider or even a leech for that matter h1 fontsize: 100px h2 fontsize: 100px p fontsize: 100px Why Monster Musume Designs Stand out In Contrast to Other Monster Girl Related Media Ive had the pleasure of checking out some of the designs of other Monster Girlrelated media and something that I feel like goes unappreciated with Okayados designs is how he puts a lot of effort into making Monster Girls feel like Monster girls instead what I feel sometimes is just fucking cosplay or just some light motif for the character rather than going all the way with the design borderradius: 8px borderradius: 8px taken from the Monster Girl Encyclopedia covers I mean just look at how much detail he puts into the physiology and body structure of the characters in terms of having the physiology feel a half humanoid creature with actual characteristics of whatever monster or animal they derive from and it can make for really fun to read character sheets with tidbits of info image removed and let me just say this stuff is just mwah borderradius: 8px and this isnt even going into how Okayado will also introduce subspecies types into the mix in standalone chapters arcs or info sheets like the ones they show at the end of the anime episodes borderradius: 8px Note that this data sheet is something that tends to appear at the end of episodes in the anime adaptation text removed hope you enjoyed this review I had a fun time talking about something people necesarilly pass off as something only the trashiest of people would enjoy and I may indeed be trashy but I think the manga has so many elements that puts it above its contemporaries or clone series and why it was able to popularize the idea of Monster Girl in the first place I pray to the god Okayada or Takemaru Inui his fetish brought something really great into existence something that a lot of people regardless of difference can jerk it to borderradius: 8px borderradius: 8px check out this review the Anime Manhttps://www..com/channel/UC3ETCazlHenpXEsrEJHk5A did about him its Greatodazze https://www..com/watch?v=SBuxgFEcvKg if your interested in more also check out his interview from Anime Expo 2016 herehttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/20160803/okayadothefatherofmonstermusume/.104978