Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road (The Executioner and Her Way of Life)

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Synonyms: Shokei Shoujo no Ikiru Michi

Japanese: 処刑少女の生きる道〈バージンロード〉

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 2, 2022 to Jun 18, 2022

Premiered: Spring 2022

Broadcast: Saturdays at 00:30 (JST)

Producers: Warner Bros. Japan, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Egg Firm, SB Creative, Creek

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: J.C.Staff

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Theme: Isekai

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.79¹ (scored by 52,201 users)

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Ranked: #5051²

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Popularity: #1468

Members: 149,912

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Average student Mutou Mitsuki suddenly finds himself transported to another realm. Summoned by the king of this world for the remarkable power he is supposed to possess, Mutou is thrown out when it appears that he lacks a "Special Concept." Moping about, he encounters a priestess named Menou who explains that Japanese people like him are known as Lost Ones, and such individuals never fail to have Special Concepts.

Menou elaborates that she is part of a church that helps abandoned Lost Ones integrate into society. She invites him to spend the night at her church, where the two can probe the nature of his ability. Eventually, they discover that Mutou's Special Concept is actually incredibly powerful and dangerous.

But is Menou's true goal to assist Lost Ones—or the opposite?

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Adaptation:	Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road
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Characters & Voice Actors

Menou

Main

Saeki, Iori
Japanese

Tokitou, Akari

Main

Kahara, Moe
Japanese

Momo

Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako
Japanese

Ashuna

Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao
Japanese

Pandemonium

Supporting

Haruno, Anzu
Japanese

Mitsuki

Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma
Japanese

Manon

Supporting

Iwami, Manaka
Japanese

Flare

Supporting

Kaida, Yuuko
Japanese

Manon's Mother

Supporting

Satou, Satomi
Japanese

Sicilia

Supporting

Watanabe, Akeno
Japanese

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Suzuki, Kaoru

Producer

Kawasaki, Yoshiki

Director

Aketagawa, Jin

Sound Director

Saitou, Keiichirou

Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Background Art

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Opening Theme

"Paper Bouquet" by Mili

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"Touka Serenade (灯火セレナード)" by ChouCho

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Jun 17, 2022

Marinate1016

Recommended

Every season fans complain about getting the same generic isekai tropes over and over again. We finally get a show that breaks that mold and unfortunately still went under the radar because of not having an OP self insert male character and having a yuri ship.

Shokei shoujo, is actually one of the most unique isekai we’ve seen in recent memory. No overpowered MC, no harem, none of the usual cliches that cause people to write isekai off as all the same. Instead, you get two strong, independent female protags along with a really interesting world, cool magic concepts and some legit scary bad guys. ...

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Jul 27, 2023

whatsosticky

Mixed Feelings

If you are looking for a show that is Yuri as described in many places across the internet, you'll be disappointed to see that all you get is a yandere. Why did I feel it was necessary to note first? Well, show isn't worth an awful lot outside of that fact. That's probably the most important part.

The whole thing seemed like a really washed out soap opera to me, just with magic. The amount of drama/conflict that exists in this show is completely ridiculous and none of it has any sort of real relevance to the rest of the show. It just shows up when ...

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Dec 22, 2022

RebelPanda

Not Recommended

Everything about Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road screams comically bad pseudo-deep isekai to me. An anime that aired last year even did the so-called first episode twist better. Yet, the overall reaction kept saying subversive thriller. It's like Re:Zero, if Re:Zero was cheaper, blander, and lacking any depth.

The English title, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, refers to Menou, the female assassin protagonist, who speaks every line like she's a caricature of a lone wolf killer. Her introduction is agonizingly cliche: A mysterious organization recruits a child to assassinate superpowered teenagers. After witnessing the traumatizing impacts of their powers, she vows to prevent history ... from repeating itself and becomes a ruthless murderer. Her goal is to murder teenagers who've been mysteriously summoned into her fantasy world from modern-day Japan, known as "Lost Ones." The Lost Ones arrive with a random superpower called a "pure concept" that supposedly could lead to catastrophe if used in the wrong hands. The plot, such as it is, revolves around Menou's desperate efforts to find a way to kill Akari, a seemingly immortal Lost One with the pure concept of time, who she is convinced will be the downfall of humanity. Their chemistry is light-hearted, even though Menou hides the fact that she wants this girl dead. All the show has in terms of levity is their banter, mostly because Akari mistakes their companionship for mutual attraction. The rest of the show is pure edge, the painfully serious kind, not the trashy-fun kind.

From the beginning, Menou is a mouthpiece to dump exposition on the unfortunate viewer. The writer arbitrarily added a generic character with the appearance of a standard male isekai hero, but only for her to spout world-building at him in the most unnatural way possible. Menou's role is to speak lines that insert what the writer wants the audience to think before being an actual character. She delivers these lines so seriously that it's funny. Everyone talks like this except for a few selective oddities.

Menou develops gradually as she struggles to overcome her need to murder Lost Ones and reconcile with the assassin who conditioned her. The rare times she broke her serious persona to have banter with Akari was actually pleasant. Akari's tongue-in-cheek sense of humor plays off Menou's straight man act because the writers know how to place jokes appropriately. Akari flirts with Menou, vies for her affection, and asks to go on dates, usually for humor rather than a sincere relationship. The show is undoubtedly at its worst when it separates Menou and Akari.

Although Akari comes off as a shallow comic relief character at first, developments in the show's second half add depth to her personality. After a few convoluted twists, you find more to her than meets the eyes. Ultimately, she is a shallow husk of a protagonist used as a plot device when needed, with little space to grow. The excitement of her time-reversal power wears off when you realize it was done exponentially better Steins;Gate. Even Re: Zero's first cour utilized its time travel mechanic much better. She is characterized by laughably melodramatic and overwrought flashbacks. You would have a more enjoyable time finding another anime to watch than piecing together her lore. This is an extension of the show's larger issue, mistaking poor storytelling with foreshadowing. Rather than hint at mysteries, they deliver the twist first and expect you to be impressed when they reveal the build-up. It's like telling a joke by saying the punchline first; you haven't achieved anything. You've just made your story needlessly confusing.

Menou's assassin companion, Momo, is a caricature of a psychotic lesbian—two words I despise putting beside one another. She is introduced with laser red eyes, only to speak as in a moe voice and motorboat Menou. Cute-but-unhinged archetypes like Momo are so played out in Executioner. After the third secretly evil moe character it’s clear the author either ran out of ideas or has an obsession with the trope. For most of Momo’s screentime, she clings to Menou, hiding in the shadows to tie loose ends. Momo's rival, a rather unconvincing tough-as-nails swordswoman, gives her other things to do, thankfully.

There are no thrills to the action unless you count gratuitous viscera for the sake of it entertaining. Blood, gore, children getting diced up, but there's no impact. It's all faux darkness to seem more mature than it is. The creators were seemingly trying to one-up other isekai anime labelled as "mature" with its outlandish blood and gore.

I would be remiss if I did not mention the remarkable quality of the visuals and audio. In terms of J.C. Staff productions, it's comparable to One Punch Man's second season; frequently reused animation loops, low-detail character designs, and janky CGI monsters. Sakuga cuts are used sparingly, but admittedly the bombastic fight scenes look exhilarating when they try. However, the sound design is exceptionally bad. What little sound effects they include are pleasing, but it's as though their audio team ran out of time frequently. I especially loved how Menou could perfectly hear Momo talking outside of a moving train from the inside because they forgot to add wind or distortion. Visual effects such as the sparkling Ether dust, and the show's magic system, have no sound whatsoever. Part of what makes the final episode so anticlimactic is the janky CGI that undermines its attempts at grotesque body horror.

For all of the exposition dumps, the show offers little explanation for the magic system and power scaling. They mention different tiers of assassins offhand but never show how that status affects their powers. Fighters wield giant swords made of light, launch explosions, and throw magic circles every which way. I'd be lying if I said it didn't have exciting moments, but ultimately the fights are tensionless. Seconds before death, one of the heroes will inevitably reveal a cheap gimmick magic ability to save themself. It's repetitive, predictable, and never as shocking as the author intended. This might feel original if there weren't already a hundred violent isekai anime. Instead, it is derivative of the same story it's attempting to tell.

The early 20th-century attire juxtaposed with modern technology sets the show apart from a production design standpoint. The Lost Ones influenced architecture, design, and technology powered by magic rather than electricity. Don't think too hard about it. Obviously, the writers didn't because the more you do, the less it makes sense. If you're interested in the people inhabiting the fantasy world… well, you'd be better off reading the light novels because backstories, politics, and lore are sparse.

Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road is so heavy-handed and awkward it comes across as a parody. It feels like you're watching the script's first draft because of how the story is told in such an ass-backwards way. There are some redeeming qualities, such as the relatively ambitious production and hints at queer romance. But, ultimately, they are overshadowed by a shitload of problems. The characters talk in cliches and tedious explanations instead of dialogue. It is so self-serious in the face of utterly idiotic writing that it leads to plenty of unintentionally funny scenes. All of the plot twists and gratuitous violence were the show's attempt to shock us. The shock factor is what the story was built upon, truly. It is a lazy attempt at subversion that never found a reason to exist.

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