For those who haven't read it, 1984 is a political drama that describes a world where human rights, like free access to information and freedom of speech, were forsaken, and the government constantly watches over the populace. If any signs of "subversive" ideas are shown by someone, this person is taken by the Thought Police to be "re-educated".
"... the Thought Police are the secret police of the superstate Oceania,
who discover and punish thoughtcrime, personal and political thoughts
unapproved by the government. "
That is precisely the world of Shimoseka, with the difference that these "thoughtcrimes" are all sex-related. From pornography to sexual education,
dirty jokes to anatomy, everything that has any correlation with sex was banished, prohibited, considered a crime. All dirty manga and magazines were burned, all toys were destroyed, and every subversive person was arrested, and that is where the story begins.
Okuma Tanukichi, whose father was arrested for moral crimes, enters the most renowned moral school of Japan seeking to get closer to his "muse",
Nishikinomiya Anna, but in his first day he ends up hunted by the moral police, only to be saved by Blue Snow, an ero-terrorist who spreads lewd material as a form of protest. Blue Snow later kidnaps and forces Okuma to work with her in her ero-terrorist attacks.
Shimoseka is incredibly well-written, the voice acting is simply perfect, and the OST's quality is undeniable. When watching, you may get the feeling of
"what am I doing with my life" while laughing your lungs out. As with everything, Shimoseka is not something everyone will like, mainly because the show's use of lewd jokes and situations to make you laugh, but if this or the 1984-ish universe is your thing, give it a try.
