Dogeza de Tanondemita

Chase your dreams, even if it means sacrificing your dignity. Who knows? You may just achieve them. Dreams take sacrifice, and you can't expect them to be handed to you without you making the effort to reach them.

I'd say that was the biggest takeaway from Dogeza de Tanondemita, a short anthology which presents this teaching in a quite unconventional fashion.

In all seriousness however, I don't understand why this received such a low rating. What did you expect? I would assume the title of the show alone already set its expectations from the audience and what it was trying to achieve and become. I understand ... that we all critique in different ways but personally, the main factor that influences my criticisms is based on what the piece wants or presents itself to be, and how well the piece does in achieving those expectations, compared to others in its genre.

Dogeza de Tanondemita already showed what it was meant to be from the start, and did not present itself to be some kind of extensive story, or deep plot with character development. It was concieved for the purpose of satisfying our degeneracy, but what I didn't expect was how comedic the whole endeavor was.

Other animes which aim to do the same such as IyaPan (I Want You To Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your Underwear) achieve its goal but sets its expectations from the start. Yes, the whole show centered around this premise, and was satisfactory in how it achieved its goal. There was no deviation from its central premise and did its job. I would personally give IyaPan a 7 (I'm quite the harsh grader), since it was no nonsense and stayed on premise, and also delivered on audience expectations. What sets Dogeza apart however, and why I give it a 9, is because of how the show was able to stay on subject and achieve its goal, but also enhance its charm due to its comedic factor.

Gintoki himself voiced Doge (our main protagonist), and he played the role of our main protagonist very, very well. His lines were really funny and how he synergized with the narrarator was my favorite part of it all. Only critique however is that by being in the POV setting, we would expect that it would be just like IyaPan or One Room wherein we are the protagonist, and we are meant to be making our own lines and playing our own scenario. His voice lines break the immersion and defeat the purpose of the setting, however, other than that I don't really mind it and found that while he breaks the purpose, his comedic prescence overshadows it and really makes for an enjoyable experience.

Those few minutes were very enjoyable, and I would honestly watch a full 24 min show with just this. But then again, we would run out of archetypes wouldn't we. Which brings me to the girls in the show, the main attraction and hook of the show altogether, and why we want to devote time to this experience in the first place.

The female (*ahem, mostly) protagonists change every episode, and present a different story and setting every instance, with our main character Doge requesting a different sight every episode (rotating between oppai or opantsu). I found the girls to be archetypal (which is to be expected from this genre so that isn't a minus point for my criteria). I did find all of them to be amusing however, and seeing their reactions was also very amusing, and personally, how those subtleties are presented is what amplifies the overall experience. Their character design and overall artsyle of the show is also okay, from what I remember, I don't think a majority of the backgrounds were but much effort into, but that's not what we're here for anyway huh. The girls were drawn decently, nothing bad, but nothing too special. The end card however, is the best piece of art I can refer to, and every episode it dosen't dissapoint, so please make sure to watch until after the end credits.

I personally didn't feel the end song, and usually skipped it. It was high energy but it wasn't anything worth mentioning. Sorry, it isn't an Overflow ED level banger. Sound quality however was fine and voice acting was done very, very well. Not just by Gintoki and the Narrarator, but all of the girls as well played their roles quite well.

I'd like to end by saying that shows of these genre are usually alleles of the same gene, or rather, variations of art based on the same template. The premise at its core for all of the shows in its genre is simple, show pantsu and it will be recieved in different ways. For IyaPan it was asking and also making the girls show a disgusting face. For Dogeza, it's to literally get on your knees, and sacrifice yourself to get it.

What sets apart these kind of shows however, and as I said earlier, is how you can amplfy that canvas and give us something interesting, and Dogeza does this by adding to the show its comedic value.

TLDR: Show surpassed my initial expectations and is very enjoyable, it won't be the self insert theme like you're used to, but you'll still love its charm either way.

9/10

Note: I'm comparing to IyaPan alot and that's because that's what I would consider to be its best comparison to. The people who will watch this have likely watched a few episodes of IyaPan and will likely understand alot of the comparisons I made.

Honestly, it is pretty simple and straight to the point which is not always a bad thing, but I am not a huge fan of the animation or of the characters very much, but it was at least in my opinion entertaining to watch. Also, the episodes are pretty short so it isn't just a long waste of time, he manages to get his wish, straight to the point, short, simple, not the worst. Also, some of the girls are actually pretty which makes it slightly better, but I would not call this a masterpiece. My overall enjoyment of this so far is a 5 ... because even though it is simple I feel like there could be more too, and I read a few comments saying the manga of it is better and I may end up having to check it out if that is the case. Also, I read that this was in a way supposed to be a comedy, but it didn't really amuse me much.

Please do not waste your time watching this. I picked it randomly while browsing Crunchyroll for something to binge in one sitting and that wasn’t such a good idea. It’s basically a desperate perverted guy going around desperately pleading and asking has female classmates to see their boobs and/or underwear. To the point, he ends up forcibly in some episodes. I understand it’s a “comedy” and trying to show as many character archetypes as possible, but whoever though this series was a good idea. Should probably be institutionalised. That’s 36 minutes of my life I’m not getting back.

There will be an audience for this. I ... just hope I don’t come into contact with any of them.

Go and watch something with actual substance, Fan service anime can be funny at least, but this one is just pathetic.