Trigger Warning: This show mentions rpe in episode five and thats not really something I can just NOT talk about in the review. TLDR/Spoiler Free version: This show seems really bad on the surface but if you like silly raunchy improvised humour then this is the show for you. The main three are funny but Melody steals the show with her segments which are always extremely clever. This show reminded me a lot of the TV short version of Hentatsuhttps://anilist.co/anime/114417/HentatsuTVShort/ so if you like this youll probably like that. 88/100 probably better if you dont watch episode five. Plot gdgd mens party is a TV Short about two boys Light and Yomi who are sucked into a JRPG and meet another boy Alfa who tells them they need to help him save the princess. Each 8minute episode is split into three parts A scripted segment of the three boys on their adventure a scripted segment of Melody trapped in a castle and an improvised segment of the three boys that usually contains the three voice acting over a silly animated scene. In terms of an actual plot... well there kind of isnt one. Its not coherent because they only have three to four minutes each episode to actually carry the plot so the adventure is mostly them doing something wacky in a random fantasyesque location. But before this show is an Adventure with a solid plot its definitely a Comedy and I think every single aspect of the show contributes to it. Aside from one episode well get to later every segment of every episode is pretty funny whether it be the actually clever dialogue of Melody stuck in her castle the childish humour of Lights whole chuuni personality or the bizarre visuals of Yomis sweet dream. 420https://files.catbox.moe/sbi2l7.png This show does however have a pretty standard ending episode? They didnt give Melody a segment instead fleshing out the plot segment and its pretty bluntly not good. Basically Alfa decides to prank Light and Yomi after everything theyve gone through by pretending to have his memory erased by Ram and Rem from Re:Zerohttps://anilist.co/anime/21355/ReZEROStartingLifeinAnotherWorld/ for some reason which obviously upsets Light and Yomi but it also upset me because I hate memory erasure as a plot device in any media even when its faked like this. Light and Yomi are so mad that they start trying to fight Alfa which turns into like two minutes of chasing around Alfa and hitting him until this happens: 420https://files.catbox.moe/5ge6y6.png 420https://files.catbox.moe/mn5fmn.png 420https://files.catbox.moe/zranuu.png And it literally cuts to Todays Crystal after this which I think is supposed to be funny but after such a randomly emotional and serious scene it just... doesnt hit. At all. Todays Princess The first segment with Melody we get comes right after a scene in the first episode where Light and Yomi basically say we dont want to save the princess and her first introduction to us is this: 420https://files.catbox.moe/63xgs4.png 420https://files.catbox.moe/1q07gp.png This immediately defies our expectations of what the damsel in distress should be and sets the tone for the entire rest of every Todays Princess segment as she continues to go on a rant about how being stuck in this castle isnt that bad. She doesnt have to go to school and she gets a hero to come save her She ends the segment off by saying that the hero better be hot which leads into later of her segments being about her expectations for the hero. The rest of her segments are much better if you just watch them for yourself as the show is only an hour and a half long the whole way through but for anyone who doesnt plan on watching gdgd mens party heres my favourite line: 420https://files.catbox.moe/k33ch6.png 420https://files.catbox.moe/it7rba.png Melody you are truly crazy never change. Todays Crystal The improvised segment that was mentioned in the Plot section is called Todays Crystal because Yomis crystal staff lights up and shows them... something 420https://files.catbox.moe/54baw4.png 420https://files.catbox.moe/83qegf.png They all take turns talking over the crystal and its definitely hit or miss. Sometimes you make one of the funniest lines of the entire show like Alfa asking Light and Yomi who are pretending to be cows if they want beef bowls: 420https://files.catbox.moe/lyyips.png And sometimes youre episode five and you get the main three making rape jokes for 3 minutes straight which I wont use images of for obvious reasons. Overall I think these segments are a really good addition they remind me of Hentatsuhttps://anilist.co/anime/114417/HentatsuTVShort/ which is another show I love but they definitely fumble in some aspects and I think I would recommend anyone who watches this to just skip episode five all together. Conclusion I think this show has some really good points and some really not good points. Using Hentatsu as a benchmark which I gave a 90/100 I took one point off for the tasteless jokes in episode five and one point off for the ending giving gdgd mens party an 88/100.
88 /100
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