Look, Immoral Guild is trash. It’s another almost hentai that fell off a back of a transportation truck from studio Poro, urinated on by a homeless person and later picked up off the street by an employee of studio TNK… but to be honest, I’ve poisoned my brain with some of the worst anime imaginable, and compared to shit like Redo of Healer, Eiken and Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World, it contains no rape, grooming or main protagonist’s buying and owning slaves which by default makes this anime look remarkable in comparison. That’s how low of a bar we’re dealing with here, just to be clear.
Whilst it’s true there is no rape or sexual assault by revenge healers or isekai slave owners, there is… err… molestation by rpg monsters… yeah, that’s a new one. For you see the big joke Immoral Guild weaves into nearly every episode is that the RPG adventure party made up of four girls that the main protagonist Kikuru has to train so he can retire as a town guard, are all completely useless, and almost all quests will end with them being molested by a monster to Kikuru’s dismay, and the audiences (supposed) pleasure, especially if not always, Hitamu, the adorable dog girl with a heart of gold, a smile like a sun and a tank top full of anime titty. If you’ve ever watched Konosuba and thought to yourself “I wish Aquas and Megumi’s clothes would melt off when the big frog eats them and then starts licking their nipples with its tongue.”, then this is your alternative… Also, seek help.
Despite the sometimes err… questionable ways the show tries to expose breasts for our pleasure, the Konosuba comparison isn’t completely too far off. Immoral Guild has a quirky cast of loud-mouthed, big breaste- big-hearted, over(and under)-the-top characters who make excellent foils to Kikuru’s straight-man personality. This show is surprisingly funny at times with surprisingly excellent voice acting and comedic timing. It leverages its lewd moments and integrates them into like, actual jokes, something many ecchi anime don’t execute well. Toxico and Kikuru have some excellent back and forth, and the misunderstandings between Kikuru, the hot blonde mom guild receptionist Enome, and her daughter Esyne are legitimately funny. You can pair up most of the cast with each other and they’ll create some comedy gold until they get molested by slimes and tentacle crows (yes, I’m not kidding).
The animation isn’t too bad either. Though it’s a more cartoony style than TNK’s last work of fart Redo of Healer, it moves a lot better than that show and has some genuinely good action scenes when it’s not displaying another type of action which would probably get you arrested.
Look, it’s not a good show, but fuck it, I like it. Granted the world-building makes no sense, the main cast are all tweaked rip-offs of the cast from Konosuba and some of the scenes meant for titillation range from awkward to just plain what the fuck(?), but sometimes you’ve just got to accept that you’ve found yourself a new anime guilty pleasure and tell no one about it. Especially your parents. They’ll tell you they still love you, but they’ll be disappointed deep down.
6/10 It’s Okay *Thumbs Up*
