Himegoto

If you read my other review before, well nothing much changed, I say pretty much the same stuff, I still feel for how it is, and I still have my similar opinion.
Anyways....

Himegoto, is a gender-bender anime that came out in the Summer 2014, and was one of the 'shorts' anime where it's like a few minutes or so. While watching this anime I couldn't really say I really liked it or enjoyed it a lot, even though I really really like the gender-bender genre. Seeing other animes like Ouran Host Club, Ranma 1/2 (didn't finish), and other ones like that one filler episode of Little ... Busters! was great to watch, but not really Himegoto.

The story is about a boy named Hime Arikawa who is forced to join the Student Council and to cross-dress. As he joins he is basically the dog for it, or shall we call, the b*tch for the student council. I mean like basically he was for the entire series, because our guy is pretty submissive. Hime just falls into the student council's hands and they do WHATEVER THEY WANT. MHMM...anyways...

When it comes to the art, I'd say it's pretty normal...nothing great or bad, it's okay I'd say. Like they do make characters cute at those times etc. As for the sound, I actually like the OP and ED, it's not amazing, but it's okay to good.

And as Anime is weird as it is, we all accept how it is.
For me, there's few minor problems towards to show, some in my opinion I did not like and some was okay. Fan-service may be a huge turn off to the audience as most of the fan-service is more towards Hime, who is a guy, and well, you'll see some bulges and undie-shots.....(the feeling where this may be loli, but it's like OH WAIT, IT'S A GUY, SO IT'S TOTALLY FINE)
Also, some people may like submissive character, I'm honestly not the biggest fan, but it's okay....
Weirdest thing I'd say from the show is how both genders fine him really attractive. Like to the point, GUY WOULD RAPE HIM...LIKE, THEY LIKE, I DON'T CARE, IT'S GOING TO BE DAIJOUBOU, HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE.....
._.

Entertainment wise though, I actually enjoyed many parts rather than getting creeped out. There are many parts that are funny because of the gender bender, which was something I was looking for. :D Also, may be considered spoiler, how you see it....I also liked the unexpected gender benders tho'! xD

Well, I give this anime a 5.5, because nothing much stood out to me, but entertainment was okay-good. If you like the review you can press it was helpful, if you didn't like it or didn't agree you can press it wasn't helpful, but if it wasn't helpful, doo tell me why, I'd like to try to get better at reviewing ^_^
-pop102

Am i gay?
No
Did i enjoy the fan service in this anime?
Maybe

Himegoto is a anime about a cross dressing boy who is in debt. The anime itself was very enjoyable, i had a few chuckles. But the main thing this anime had was fan service. Lots and lots of fan service. This anime may have turned me a little gay. The story was fine, the animation was fine. The anime was fine. It didn't really impact me (except now traps are appealing to me). Its also very short, so you can smash this out in one night. That is all i have to say about ... this.

No balls for me
5/10

(For starters, don't ask why I watched this cause honestly, I cannot give you an answer in any way shape or form.) In every anime season, there's always going to be shows that are grouped up together in terms of expectancy. There will always be the shows that EVERYONE is hyped for, there will also be the shows that may not be as hyped but, still have some sort of audience to watch it, and then there's that entry that just makes you say...WTF? And for the summer season, it was Himegoto, or Secret Princess Hime. Let's begin.

Story (6.06/10): To ... be completely honest, there is no story to this. Since this is an anime that consists of four minute shorts, there's not really very much material that will be covered, and therefore not very much actual story that you'll have. The basic "premise" basically revolves around the life of a boy named "Hime" (No, not kidding, his name actually is Princess) who gets some random debt payed by members of the student council. And so, as repayment for saying him from creepy debt collectors, Hime is forced to become part of the student council and cross-dress.

The basic premise of the show really is just putting our main "heroine" Hime into random situations that would seem funny due to the fact that our main character is a boy being forced to be dressed up as a girl or do all sorts of "girl" things like buying female undergarments or cheerleading. Beyond that, there's nothing that you'll REALLY get out of this, as there is no character development, no story progression, and mostly just a bunch of "my penis is confused" moments.

Now, I have to congratulate this show on just how shameless it is in showing what it's about. It's a gender bender that KNOWS it's a gender bender and doesn't hide the fact in any way, shape or form. Does this mean it's a good show? Well, it's entertaining for sure, but I wouldn't consider it beyond just something to waste an hour on. (Since you can actually finish the series in about an hour, although personally, not recommended.)

Overview:
+ Very confident in telling what the show is
- Nothing that a real anime would have (it's a short, so don't expect much.)

Characters (6.46/10): As for characters, well, you don't really get much information out of them. Aside from Hime, who is the main victim of the show, being forced to cross dress on a daily basis, we have the three student council girls Unko, Albertina, and 18+ (I am not kidding. 18+ is actually the girl's name). And beyond them we have the stereotypical "student Disciplinary committee" which consists of Hime's brother, someone named #1 (seriously, who named these characters?) a maid, and the president of the committee. None of these characters really get any development and are the way they are presented for the whole of the show. It's not bad by any means, but it doesn't make them completely memorable.

There is however a "quirk" of sorts that makes this show reiterate the phrase "My penis is confused". Every character you see except for the three student council girls Albertina, Unko, and 18+, is cross-dressing. (Let that sink in.) Literally, every other character is. Now, while the character personalities themselves didn't make this short memorable, this certain quality did in some sense. (Maybe not in the best sense.)

Overview:
+/- "Interesting" trait to put on most characters
- Forgettable character personalities

Art and Sound (6.33/10 and 6.34/10): For art, well, the show just looks average. There's nothing really noteworthy that stands out to me in terms of "this looks amazing" and overall, it doesn't really have much of a complicated animation. It's really more of a comedy anime style animation and it does fit the show.

However, the art does sport a little...oddity within it. You know the normal panty shots that you see in a normal ecchi anime? Yeah, now think that with boys. (Sorry for the mental scarring, but this is what this show does.)

And for music, the tracks for the show are nothing special. They're generic and actually somewhat catchy, but they're not tracks I consider to be out of this world and worth a listen to beyond the taste you are given in the anime.

Overview:
+/- Decent art
+/- Average music
- Scarring ecchi moments

Personal Enjoyment (6.21/10): To be honest, I don't even know what I was thinking when I put this on my list. I guess I thought to myself, hey, this shouldn't be so bad, right? Well, in a sense, I was right. Himegoto is shameless to present itself as what it is, a show about a cross-dressing male. It doesn't shy away from that idea which I actually find quite commendable. However, as a side effect of that, it leads to some very...uncomfortable moments as the positive of the show showing what it actually is no holds barred, is a double-edged sword.

Did I like this show?

To be honest, kinda. Don't get me wrong here, I would NEVER watch this show again, but for a four minute run-time, it did give me a lot to think about and never have a facepalmed so much at my life decisions, ever.

What didn't I like about this show?

Honestly, there really isn't any actual complaints about this show that I have. For a short, there weren't many flaws as it really just wanted to be a short bit of fun and present that to the viewer. Of course it did have moments where it went a bit overboard for my taste, but there really isn't much to say as to why I didn't like this show in the grand scheme of things.

Would I recommend this to anyone?

Well, that's a toughie. If you really want to kill about an hour of your time, and you don't mind whatever horrors await, go ahead and watch this. Himegoto really is just a piece of anime short fluff that stays true to what it was supposed to be in the first place. If you can handle what it presents to you, you may get a laugh or two out of this show. (I certainly did) However, if you want something serious, this thing is a far cry from that. I can't really discredit this show for being what it is because in all fairness, it really does stick with its gender bending schtick for the entire run-time. Overall, if you just want to have a bit of mindless fun, check this show out. (Just make sure you're watching this alone, or other people might pose some questions.)

Overall Score: (6.12/10)

Before I actually begin I'd like to clarify some stuff. First off I am a straight man, not that's there anything with being gay. Second I'm actually a fan of traps and gender benders. (I'm a man damn it I have needs.) Finally I've read the manga which is a lot better than the anime (but still pretty bad.)

As far as storylines going the show begins as a knock off of Hayate no Gotoku being that he parents ran off leaving behind a debt with the Yakuza. (Japan's Mafia) His debt is paid off by the student councils of the terms of him living the ... rest of his school life as a trap.
Aside from the whole beginning I'd say it was pretty original a concept. However its only good concept wise. There is no actual plot, and most of the show is trappy fanservice goodness. Though the writer went overboard with the traps. I know there's like six cross dressing students at that school which ended up being just annoying.

Animation and character design were pretty mediocre, especially with guys crotchs moving around like its some kinda jello. I know my crotch has never moved like that and I'm sure even if I wore some panties it still wouldn't move like that!

Music was forgettable especially since I had to watch a three minute commercial to watch a two minute video, I pretty much skipped past it after the first watch.

The only character development was how the protagonist Hime slowly went from I hate cross dressing and being a trap to women pride!... Okay, slight exaggeration but still he his his chest as a man. Yeah I swim with a T-shirt on but if I got somehow removed I wouldn't cover myself. Especially in such a feminine way.

Overall the only reason I can see someone watching this is if they're A. Paid to watch anime and review them, or B. A fan of traps or believe said traps are actually girls. (Sweet ignorance) I myself genuinely enjoyed it, but unless your A., or B. I wouldn't watch it.

Himegoto, adaptation of the same name, is a short little mini series about traps. Really clean cut and dry; lots of traps to be more specific. The summer season was riddled with this theme and frankly it was bad. I am not 100% sure what the industry is attempting to do by banking on gender bender adaptations, but this was something they probably should have put on the shelf.

I won't lie; I like traps. The gender bender genre has become one of my favorite targets when a title is released, so naturally Himegoto was on the top of my list. The first problem I had ... with this series is that the studio opted for a short mini series rather than a full half-hour block which is similar to most TV serializations. The plot was non existent; not saying there was a plot to being with, but the studio attempted to cram what could have been a longer animation block into a short episode. The short episodes did fit the awkward humor one would associate with a trap character, but no other purposes were served beyond character interaction.

The characters and character themes were mediocre at best. The idea of the trap is that the character isn't distinguishable between the line of man or woman. This show fell flat on its face using the gender bender tagline because it introduced practically every character as a trap. A plus and negative if your fetish is trap. The character personalities were dull; I have nothing more to say but boring.

I did like the animation studio's simple technique. The style felt more chibi-esque in appearance. The color choices were bright and fit the overall happy tone of the story. The voice actors were poor and couldn't act out a line for shit and it ruined the colorful atmosphere. Fairly typical for new voice actors in my opinion. The character designs were a bit tricky. I admit I was deceived for some part on the identities of certain characters. The usual animated dick-bulge-out-of-panties seemed like a forced habit to get jokes across and was rarely needed. Unfortunately, the animators choose to animate every character as a female and it ruined the opportunity to really milk a true gender bender.

Beyond a colorful sets of strokes; a poorly executed gender bender theme; obvious exploitation of an up and coming character model; Himegoto does not stand out even as a ''normal'' show. This is simply an average or below average mini series to kill some time and get a few laughs.

Analysing a piece of fiction often begins with understanding the author's intentions; specifically, why this piece of work was made. Sometimes this is easy and can be done from the synopsis - for example, Shawshank Redemption is an example of the injustices of the American social system in terms of justice and rehabilitation. Others, it is not so easy, such as is the case for Mawaru Penguindrum or this anime, Himegoto.

Being an anime about a crossdressing girl with heaps of up-skirt dick-shots and short episode runtimes, you roll your eyes and presume the basest of intentions: fetish. You would expect a demographic of trap-fans, right? ... However, we see the show through Hime's perspective, and watch them (we will get onto gender identity later) be teased and sexually assaulted on multiple, hard to watch occasions. This unique view vilifies trap-lovers as perverts and rapists, and it must be quite the masochistic viewing for somebody looking for a quick-fix of up-skirt dick.

So, Himegoto is a poor excuse of demographic targeting and is a failure of a show. Perhaps, or perhaps it's something more complex. Satire, describing the extended LGBT issues of society through their flaws.

The wonderful Hourou Musuko shows a transgender girl coming to terms with her gender identity, and the problems with which she faces in society. Himegoto is not much different, though much more subtle in its approach and using the facets of society that condemn Hime's gender identity to describe it.

There are no words, no conversations to determine an answer. Not once do they ask Hime "are you a girl?", because they find out before they ask each time. Only once does Hime say they are a guy, and it's not a convincing act. It's an interesting question to ask at the end of the series. Is Hime a girl? They certainly look like a girl, and enjoy looking like a girl, they sound like a girl and they act like a girl. In fact, not once does Hime even dress like a guy. There is constant affirmation of their penis, but Hime has plenty of opportunities to revert back acting like a guy, such as at home, and doesn't. Perhaps I should sit down and discuss this phenomenon with some LGBT experts, but from my perspective, Hime is a girl.

And what's interesting, is how that affects the co-cast.

The school-council is essentially a group of perverts that treat Hime like a doll, but most notable of all is their leader, 18 (named as such because, well, she's 18). In episode 1, and several times after, 18 mentions and stresses how attractive she finds Hime, but chooses to punish them sexually and emotionally throughout the series. It is quite clear - 18 is a lesbian (the "Gold Star" variety - she describes Hime's penis as "an evil thing down there"), but struggling to cope with what it means; this newfound attraction to somebody she can't identify the gender of. It's not an uncommon thing to see in the 21st century, either - many people are struggling to understand if they can still be attracted to somebody that their outdated, middle school views of biology tell them that they aren't. Not only do we watch 18 struggling with the fruits of her sexuality, we see her punishment affecting Hime and elicits such sympathy.

Conclusively, the two leads of Himegoto are sending a message:

1) You're perverts

2) It's okay to be attracted to people based on how they act. That is who they are, not what's in their pants.

3) If you're judging people by what's in their pants, you're perverts.

These are surprisingly positive messages that many LGBT activists are trying to teach. It's surprising to see it bundled with so much fanservice, but that's because instead of making children's comics it is aiming straight at the source. Let's go straight to the source of people watching trap-shows - that is, heterosexual men, and teach them the LGBT issues by making them feel uncomfortable with their own actions.

It's like Clockwork Orange with sexual fetishes. Then again, I might just be reading into all of this wrong and Himegoto is actually misjudging it's demographic massively and selling them stuff they don't want to see.

Who knows?

All we can do is ask them.

Alright, so Himegoto is a gender-bender anime, that detail is something that caught my attention before I even knew about this series given I'd seen images of the protagonist around the web a good bit. Once I'd given this anime a chance, I was mildly amused at the show for...around three episodes, but by the end of it I can't say I enjoyed it all that much given that it kinda played it's gimmick out by the last episode.

Alright, let's look at the plot
Episode 1: the plot starts off with the trap protagonist getting harassed by some guys because his parents supposedly travel all ... around building on debt, so with him being their son he is victim to harassment. But after an encounter with the oh-so generous student council, they decide to "protect their student" by paying off his parent's debt, but in turn make him join the student council to be their "toy". After this happens, the show just uses the whole "he has a penis" thing as much as it can. The student council almost forcefully gets him involved in a series of emasculating activities, one in particular being having him put on girl clothing most of the time & others being something that has to have him show off the fact...that he has a penis. And those things happen. For the rest of the show.

There was only one moment in this where it could've taken a small step somewhere, and that was near the end, where Hime is getting upright harassed & almost raped by two dudes and the student council sits there and watches up until the disciplinary committee stops it. At that moment Hime seemed to finally get the message that they were clearly just using him almost entirely for their own sake, but of course to end the show with a happy ending, everyone makes up after they save him from another perv in a park because now they apparently think they were friends the whole time without showing much sign of that, and happy ending. They at least make it look like the student council got the message to stop soloing on Hime and ease off on em in the end, but still, the show had almost no progression.

As for the art & the OST, there isn't anything to say, it's just basic stuff you'd find in your average anime: the art looks just fine and the OSt isn't supposed to have much of a role in this, being a short series of course.

The idea of humor in this show is to put a male in the position that girls in your average anime would or could end up in at some point: panty-shots, wearing skimpy clothing, that kind of stuff, but that felt like that was all this had going for it because nothing but moments of situations of such would occur.

Other than the student council, the others aren't much of a big deal. I mean, you learn that the supporting characters are also entirely a group of traps & they have this little rivalry with the student council, but that's it.
The student council members themselves also don't have much going on other than the fact that they're the only primary characters who are actually the gender they claim to be.
18 is the vice-president, and the one who is the most into the idea of playing with him,
Unko, is kinda just there, even though she is the president
And Albertina, the only one with at least something to go with her character is a popular manga author, but she only got one episode where they explore that.

And that's pretty much it. I don't think this show was particularly interesting, I mean it was a decent little series that maybe some will get a quick chuckle or two out of, but it isn't really something interesting enough for you to care about after you've sat through it all, as I'm sure you'll forget most of what you'd seen in it anyway other than the protagonist. I'd rate this show with maybe a high 5.

"There are no women in Yugioh, only men! Sexy men!" This also applies to Himegoto (maybe or maybe not excluding the sexy part...) Basically, everyone is a guy, sorry everyone "IS A TRAP!" (oh my god what an original joke!)

Story: I'll give it a 5.5/10 for story, so like a 6/10. It's not, *bad*, but it isn't exactly good either. More of a so so, I did like the premise when I heard about the not gay story of traps though.

Art: The animation is fluid, but simplistic for the most part. 6/10.

Sound: It's 4 minutes of a sorta comedyish anime, so it doesn't have the ... best time demonstrating its soundtrack. 5/10, cause I like the OP and ED songs.

Character: I actually like the like 2 female characters the best, and they aren't really impressed upon much (the characters as a whole). It's closer to every character has a character trait and that defines their existence. 5/10, almost a 6.

Enjoyment: I guess like... a 6/10. It wasn't bad, per say, but it wasn't the best thing out there. It was enjoyable though.

Overall: A 6/10. This show is not bland overall, and can be fun to watch for the most part. It really uses its short episodes to its advantage, as this would wear real thin real fast if it was elongated into a couple full episodes. In the end though, I will say that I did not consider this anime a waste of time.

Himegoto: Secret PRINCEss is a 2014 comedy anime about Hime Arikawa, a highschooler boy who is in overwhelming debt thanks to his parents' greed. One day, some of the debt collectors of Arikawa are beaten up by the Shimoshina Student Council, which consists of R18+-san, Unko-san, and a girl who's name I forgot. They make Arikawa join the Shimoshina Student Council and pay off all his debts on one condition; he has to spend the rest of his highschool days dressed up as a girl.

Now the "comedy" in this anime is really repetitive. Most of it consists of "look, he's a trap. haha get the ... joke? he has a dick, it is funny, now laugh." There was only one joke I chuckled at and it in itself is very lowbrow. The art is fine, it was probably a low-budget anime anyways. The voice-acting ranges from "ok" to "distracting", especially in R18+-san's case, her voice kind of distracts you because it's so differently recorded than the rest of the cast. The characters are really one-trick-ponies with one joke to their name. And the main character is really really dumb, especially at the ending of the series. Now, it's not a bad show (not too far from being bad though.) It's just why would you watch this? It's humor is repetitive, all the characters are one-sided, the audio is somewhat ok, and the art.. well the art is fine I guess. If you would ask me, no, I would not recommend it. (if that wasn't clearly obvious.)

Overall, it's not bad. Just extremely mediocre.

Himegoto: Secret PRINCEss gets a 5/10 from me. Traps are gay.

Himegoto (2014)

Wow, it has been a long time since I have seen a show use sexual attacks so blasé and go from sexual assault back to normal in less than 10 minutes. Not difficult since it is only 4 minutes an episode but still.

The show is literally a huge amount of the cast crossdressing and basically, everyone accepts it which is nice to see especially for a show this old to be so accepting of peoples choices. In this case, Hime doesn't really have a choice but comes around to it and it all stems from parental issues. Sounds like a set up ... for something 18+.

The art is actually a pretty high quality all things considered with its genre.

The OP and ED are pretty fun and upbeat and the rest is average.

The characters are very to the point and sometimes overstep by a mile. I will say it is scary, in the first episode, I was like oh...the girl in the audience with pink hair is cute and then episode 2 was like oh it's the little brother. The actions in a later episode ruin the characters.

Be careful with this show it is about as average as you possibly get with some great artwork but then it crosses the line and resolves it so quickly it is ridiculous.

5/10.

Well, so let's start.

When you watch the first episode, you think "ok, the plot is: he's a boy and they will work about that and his daylife with student council". Than you keep watching, and realise that every episode you just want to die inside. It's horrible to see they just using him as a toy for their fun, when he is cleary not enjoying, but still needing them to pay his debit. So bassicly he has Stocom syndrome, because he can not leave the the student council, but he's just a little dog to provide fun. If it was just that, it ... would be "better" than what really happend. I can not accept the fact they just let him almost get raped cause he's cute. And even after that, he forgive them, what shows nothing about what did he feel.

This anime is abput how horrible people can be, and in the end they don''t even try to show something good, it just got the same way as always.

Rely could be better in the end

This is a very niche story and it's basically everyone is a trap and only 2 of the main cast is just girls (no trap). The story brings up traps constantly and very often shows someone copping a feel and show the bulges quite often and personally it's ok'ish the MC is forced into this position due to his parents debt witch is then paid of by the student council after the save him from the mobsters asking him to trap his way to money to pay them only for the student council to realize he is a trap.(basically the first ep) and he seams ... to enjoy his new position even growing close to a member of the student council. To some this may be a bad idea for a show and to some it's the de facto femboi show thing that basically brought the genre to the forefront of the anime scene however their isn't much of a story and is mostly just jokes about traps. I haven't seen the show in a wile last I saw it someone uploaded the whole show to YouTube. If you don't care about traps and just wanna watch some anime or love traps then you will most likely like this show and if you don't like the idea of traps then I recommend you steer clear of this one.

ENG:

This anime is for those who like funky humor, it's not bad, it fulfills its proposal, to be just a simple anime for you to watch when you have nothing to do.
The protagonist is the most unlucky person in the world, he gets rid of loan sharks but he has to endure being the "toy" of the student council. The characters are very generic: Loli, Oppai, Tsudere, trap and etc.
But there is no way to demand creativity or depth in a story where your proposal is just to spend time.

PT-BR:

Esse anime é para aqueles que gostam de humor escrachado, ele não é ruim, cumpre sua ... proposta de ser apenas um anime simples para você assistir quando não tem nada para fazer.
A/O protagonista é a pessoa mais azarada do mundo, se livra dos agiotas mas tem que aguentar ser o "brinquedinho" do conselho estudantil. Os personagens são bem genéricos : Loli, Oppai, Tsudere, trap e etc.
Mas não tem como cobrar criatividade ou profundidade em uma história onde a sua proposta é só para passar o tempo.

Dear Father, I have sinned, can God forgive me, for bingeing this?

I love traps, but this is too much. Everybody was a trap, and I get the feeling, that this is parody or satire of some kind. The first couple episodes had DMX openings, I don't know why, but it was the peak of humor.

This was a short watch, episodes were 4 minutes long. The animation was decent, didn't expect that. I don't even remember Music, only the first opening and ending, which were meme songs. I think some sites, have it, some don't.

The story, is about a school full of traps, and our ... main character is the main trap, he crossdresses bcs some criminals are after him, and he hides his identity. I lost count of it, but I think this story had more than 10 traps and reverse traps.

Overall, this was a good watch to lose time, if you are bored, and into these things, you should watch it. Don't expect anything special. This didn't leave any impact on me, it is short, easy to forget. I kinda like some episodes, so that why I gave it 5/10

Basically Hime saved this shitshow of an anime with his hotness imo but not much else to say if you don't like Hime you wont like the anime. Luckily if you do like hime try to focus on him or his brother or something, anything to distract you of the assholes that makes up Student council.
Himegoto revolves around Hime being preyed upon but it is funny at times ngl which is a saving grace of the show. Artwork is pretty okay but nothing special. I gave this anime a 7 in character only because of Hime and his brother and stuff but otherwise it'd probably ... be a 3 or 4 because student council and others are just so unlikeable with their attitudes although they improve near the end of the plot/anime. It's 44 minutes TOTAL so if you're bored on a sunday just say fuck it and watch it; who knows, you may like it, may not.
It's all subjective.

Ever wondered how Astolfo (fate/apocrypha) would be in high school?

"Was that Nee-san an Onii-san" - generic girl
Well wonder no longer. This super short anime is more in the from of a skit of a cross-dressing boy. And he's damn cute. And I'm confused if I'm happy to see panty shots or not. If you're into cute boys dressing as cute girls, this is your call.

The plot is pretty non-existent and the characters are generic. There's not much to mention about music etc. The animation itself was surprisingly good but that's about it. If JoJo didn't already turn you gay this show will.

I don't remember why ... this is on my list but is on MAL to watch, so enjoy yourself with this lighthearted comedy.

This anime had a lot of potential as a ecchi comedy, but they made a lot of mistakes:
The humour is way too fast and is basically shoved down your throat, if each ep was like 10 min instead of 4 min then it could have done that.
The jokes themselves are actually kinda boring and awkward.
The MC who is the most, let's say "sane" person out of everyone, doesn't act that role well. He comes off as half nuts and half sensible.

The good stuff are:
Traps
And more traps
Along with trap fanservice which any cultured person could enjoy

The characters are actually somewhat likeable though most of the time ... they're just sexually harrasing the MC.
In the last 2 eps the show just leapt from comedy to serious and kinda set me off, I'm not saying that the MC acknowledging the weird shit happening around him is bad but it was done wrong. If we take a look at Zombieland Saga, another comedy which was extremely funny and had good jokes, even that show got somewhat serious at the last eps, but this was done right as it was built up from ep 1 unlike Himegoto which made no foreshadowing and other stuff whatsoever.

I can express the entire anime in just under 10 words:
It had potential, it could've been great.

Note: Dropped the series at EP5

I used to be excited to watch this, the art style is good and the storyline is okay for a slice-of-life with a twist. However for some reason i couldn't get my full attention to this anime and it just wasn't as gripping as other stories.

I do really appreachiate the "cross-dressing" value, giving light to many different LGBT issues. It's good if you want to experience some a funny inclusive anime with a general slice of life story behind it.

Fanservice (8/10)
Male fanservice for Femboys/Crossdressing and Traps are often overlooked, however i think Himegoto does give a good fanservice representation. Some ... of the fanservice was more comedic though.

Characters (5/10)
I gave them a mediocre score due to the Protagonist being "okay" however, the characters surrounding them are easily forgettable for me. They don't hold much value in the story from my perspective and honestly i can't remember their names.