Himesama "Goumon" no Jikan desu

As the commander of the Imperial Army's Third Legion, the Royal Empire's princess has led humanity to countless victories against the demonic Hellhorde. However, she has now been captured by the enemy and confined to the dungeons, with her sentient sword, Ex, as her only company.

Due to her royal status, the princess knows invaluable secrets that would help the Hellhorde achieve dominance. To have her reveal all the information they need, the demons do not hesitate to subject the princess to the most vile forms of torture—that is, tempting her with delicious food, lasting friendships, adorable animals, and the most enjoyable experiences imaginable.

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Tortura, Torture Main

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Hime Main

Shiraishi, Haruka Japanese

Ex Main

Kobayashi, Chikahiro Japanese

Maou Supporting

Genda, Tesshou Japanese

Maomao-chan Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Peschutz, Vanilla Supporting

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Lulune Supporting

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Kanajji Supporting

Fukushima, Jun Japanese

Inki Supporting

Inoue, Honoka Japanese

Youki Supporting

Nagase, Anna Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Kuroda, Kenji Producer

Mukaitouge, Kazuki Producer, Planning

Matsumura, Nao Producer

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May 7, 2024

Eleiyas

Recommended

This show takes its namesake and flips it on its head.

First of all, I will say, that the running gag of every episode, being "I will not submit, I'm the Commander of the Legion" does get a bit old quite quickly, especially when it's easy to guess how each episode will play out after having watched a couple.
However! That is about the only negative of this show that I can think of.

The story here is that the Human Princess is kidnapped by the Demon army to be tortured for information and secrets that could help them out, however what ends up happening is ... that the Princess develops friendships with the various Demons, revealing that she never really had the opportunity for this sort of relationship due to her upbringing.

There is no actual torture here, just wholesome interactions, completely destroying any notion that the Demon Lord and his army must inherently be evil. In fact, if anything, the Human nation is shown to be more "evil" than anything the Demon Lord and his minions do.
It's also quite amusing that the Human nation is shown to still be quite medieval, while the Demon nation is basically modern-day Japan.

In addition to the genuine comedy that is present in every episode with the interactions, there's also (minor spoiler) a hilarious rip-off of an Isekai story in the final episode, that mocks the genre to the extreme and gave me the most laughs out of the entire series.

The animation and art-style is also incredible for such a series, between the over-the-top facial expressions and then the insane quality of the food and especially the eating of said food. The voice-actors also do an incredible job here and really sell the series as a whole.

Overall, this was a hidden gem of the anime season and I would definitely recommend watching it.
I wouldn't say that it's a masterpiece, as each episode does play out very similarly to one another, but still a very good series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 31, 2024

chekkit

Mixed Feelings

This is one of those anime where you know by the first 1-2 episodes if this show is for you or not. After all, the same joke is essentially overplayed throughout the entire season: That Hime's "torture" is just a joke to see what simple thing she'll cave to next. And she always caves. That's it, that's the show.

Except the characters are full of life with their own personalities and ideas. Every character is interesting in their own way believe it or not. Torture/Tortura is our main torturer and typically goes with good food. She's the most mature and quite the joy as the spotlight ... is on her about as equally as Hime. The actual demon lord is a completely different spin from what you'd normally expect. He might be looking for secrets, but truly he's nothing more than a weeb otaku. The rest of the cast have their own gimmicks such as beast demon with cute animal companions, a giant invested in making Hime relax and chill, the two gal pals who take her out to places like the teens they are, so on so forth.

It's cute and has its own quirky charm to it, but you'll learn rather quickly how repetitive it gets. It really depends how much you can stomach the same thing over and over again! Because it doesn't change aside from later episodes displaying their growing friendships throughout. But its also a fine chill thing to watch especially if you're here for the overly animated food that makes you yourself crave that exact food how dare--

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 11, 2024

Panda_Roll

Not Recommended

So... this was boring.

The idea itself has merit. A princess is captured and being "tortured" by demons in a (kill them with kindness) sorta way until they get the info they need out of her.

The trouble is how empty and flat the show is. Here's the format :-

Princess is in an ugly CGI prison cell, demon walks in with something nice, princess folds like a cheap suit & they're all best buds now. Repeat three time per episode.

There is no variety, the characters flat, the humor dies after the first episode because of the endless repetition.

It doesn't help that the demons don't ... act like demons and the princess is completely passive with zero sense of urgency. She doesn't even act or behave like a princess so it's not really funny when she "breaks".

At first I was going to give this a 5 and place it as mixed feelings but after a few episodes it started to feel like a punishment. Is the viewer the one meant to be tortured? Because if sure felt like it by the end.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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