Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun

Shungo Ninomiya is just an ordinary, run-of-the-mill high school student who lives at home with his older sister Ryoko—at least when she's not away doing her job as a mercenary. However, Shungo's life ceases to be normal the moment a cute girl named Mayu Tsukimura descends into the middle of his school's campus in a military-grade helicopter. It turns out Ryoko sent this girl, along with her older brother Mikihiro, to live at the Ninomiya household.

But the newly-arrived siblings are a little special: Mayu is, in fact, a succubus and her brother, an incubus! And as if the circumstances are not problematic enough, Mayu is crippled with androphobia—the fear of men—and it's up to Shungo to help her overcome this at the behest of his sister. Ryoko plans to force Mayu to be closer to Shungo, and to do this, she’ll employ some questionable methods such as having them share the same bed and even take baths together.

The situation further complicates when student council president Reika Houjou arrives as the new maid of the Ninomiya family, and she will stop at nothing to thwart Shungo and Mayu’s sexually-geared training. With the sudden arrival of all these oddities, Shungo's ordinary life is about to be thrown into utter turmoil.

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Tsukimura, Mayu Main

Kadowaki, Mai Japanese

Houjou, Reika Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Ninomiya, Shungo Main

Majima, Junji Japanese

Ninomiya, Ryouko Supporting

Neya, Michiko Japanese

Kirishima, Shinobu Supporting

Chiba, Saeko Japanese

Ayakawa, Hinako Supporting

Akesaka, Satomi Japanese

Tsukimura, Mikihiro Supporting

Narita, Ken Japanese

Hosaka, Mitsuru Supporting

Miyata, Kouki Japanese

Yoshida, Heisuke Supporting

Kondo, Takashi Japanese

Okushiro, Irori Supporting

Tsunakake, Hiromi Japanese

Takechi, Tsuneo Producer

Matsuzaki, Yoshiyuki Producer

Yoshikawa, Kouji Director

Iwanami, Yoshikazu Sound Director

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Nov 30, 2008

Skadi

Recommended

Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun, is just one of those shows that you probably shouldn't like but you do anyway. Even for an echii show this is pretty over the top at times. It’s full of swimsuits, bouncing boobs, and moe. If you like those themes then you’re really going to love this.

The story is pretty weak overall though it does have a premise that is fairly unique. Mayu Tsukimura is a succubus, who pretty humorously suffers from a fear of men, well except one, our hero Shungo Ninomiya. The story starts with Mayu's brother and Shungo's sister having him protect her from ... zealous boys drawn to her by her succubus power she can’t control and helping her overcome her fear of men. This puts our mains in plenty of echii situations, such as being forced to sleep, bathe, fondle and other silly sexual situations. To tell you the truth as much as this anime was geared towards the sex drive of young men I still found these situations quite funny. Of course there is always a rival, and Reika Houjou, a rich spoiled girl who is in love with Shungo, fills that role. Even taking a demeaning position as a maid in his house to keep an eye on his relationship with Mayu. There is a series of dreams that unfold as the show progresses that reveal more and more of the motivations of the characters. This becomes the real story and the show becomes less and less about what it starts out as.

Most of the characters of the show really stand out and are exceptional. I really enjoyed them and their antics are hilarious. They don’t have a tremendous amount of depth which is why I only give them a good rating. Probably because the series is short there isn’t much development or back story. We never really find out more about the succubus' or why there seems to be so many running around. Reika probably is the best developed character and you can see actual growth with her as the series comes to its conclusion. But like I said, they are just fun to watch!

The animation I felt was really great. Very cute character designs and shockingly no loli's! They are all high school age and they actually look it. Mayu especially is drawn to bring out the moe feelings in all of us. This is reinforced by her voice acting. I just wanted to grab her and snuggle with her too! All the other acting is very good too, usually there is always some character whose voice gets on my nerves but not so in this series. The songs are all very catchy and fun too.

Overall this show isn’t going to win any awards for depth or make you smarter. This is pure eye candy. It’s a must watch for anyone who is a fan of echii/harem genre but I think also for anyone who wants to watch a lighthearted comedy. Your experience may vary but I don’t see how anyone could "hate" this show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 20, 2007

EmperorJ

Mixed Feelings

If someone were to take all the most popular elements of a typical harem anime, add nothing new and make a new show out of it, you would end up as something like Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun. Coming from the same studio that produced Girls Bravo, this isn't all too surprising to be fair.

Story
The story is pedestrian by most standards for the harem genre. The focus is primarily on the daily life of Ninomiya Shungo, and is really only pushed forward by his recalling of long suppressed memories of his childhood. There are a couple moments in which the plot strives to be something greater than is ... typical, but those are short-lived.

Art
The artwork is solid if unspectacular. Character designs are fairly average, although at times quality degrades significantly despite this only being a 12 episode series. More money may have been spent on the commercial break fan service than on animation, which while quite good, detracts from the show as a whole.

Sound
The OP theme is catchy for about the first 45 seconds then falls off at the chorus. The ED theme, not so much, and as a result can be easily skipped without regret after hearing it once.

Character
The main character, Ninomiya Shungo, is not the everyman typical of the harem genre. He's quite capable in a fight, but then again, so is every other male character with any plot significance. He's also extremely popular with all the girls at school vying for the attention he would rather not give anyone. The two women fighting over him are Tsukimura Mayu, a succubus with androphobia and feeds of the life force of men, and Hojo Reika, in the tsundere role. Most any other character in the series is an archetype that has been seen before.

Enjoyment
For a harem show, the series does have some good moments. There's a certain absurdity to some of the comedy. The omake segments in some of the episodes are well worth watching. Other times, however, the story dragged on and on for long periods, or worse, forgotten just minutes after watching the episode.

Overall
If you are looking for a harem anime that in no way challenges the sensibilities of the viewer, this could be well worth a watch. It's fairly good at what it does in that it sticks to genre conventions. Could this series be better? Probably, with a little bit more money for animation, but honestly, it provides plenty for anyone who would possibly be interested in watching this in fan service alone. And really, what more could you possibly ask for from anything in this genre.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 14, 2010

Dunkjoe

Not Recommended

[Notable picks:
fanservice:8 l ecchi:9 l supernatural:6 l consistency:2 l clarity of plot:3 l harem:6 l school life:1 ]
Very random. Large number of plotless episodes. Unrealistic. Exaggeration. Confusing plot.

Story:4
In the beginning, there were a lot of exaggerated scenes, containing a "wow" factor.
There also seemed to be a plot, one to save Mayu from her uncontrollable powers. But after the first or first few episodes her power seemed non-existent.
Then another main female character seems to have some "secret" in one episode. A few episodes later we see the "secret" coming back again and that was the beginning of the end.
And then another new ... concept came out: Ninomiya's past.
Well, aside from varying storylines, flashbacks that make little sense keep flashing throughout the series, which were only explained too late imo.
I felt that there were more fanservice or plotless scenes than scenes with plots. Beware.

Art:8
Nicely drawn, animation was good. Easy to recognize the different characters cos they were drawn very differently. Background was drawn well too, along with special effects.

Sound:6
Both OP and ED were quite good, but I dun really agree that they are fitting, especially the ending, which seemed to fit more as an OP. Sound effects, voice acting was good, expressive but not spectecular.

Character:3
Kudos on having a character with 2 personalities (bipolar i think). Other than that the characters seem too easygoing, supernatural, mysterious, or downright random (as in personality keeps changing thruout the series).

Character development was lacking for several characters, including the main ones. There were too many scenes where a lot of characters were pulled together just for impact, eg. for fanservice or the concluding episodes, so much so that some of them seem like just extras.

Enjoyment:4
Too much ecchi, fanservice and plotless episodes. Confusing flashbacks and sudden changes to the characters' powers cause much questions to surface. Was pretty much watching the episodes just to see if the original "possible plot" could be picked up again.

The short clips at the start of every episode sometimes were a bonus, but sometimes ended with a cliffhanger or just proved too lame to laugh at.

But the beginning and ending episodes were still quite good.

Overall:4
After finishing the series, I was left with an empty feeling. Too many questions about the series. Felt like some time was wasted watching fanservice. But, it's still interesting though, so I completed it, although I skipped some scenes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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