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Apr 4, 2023
World’s End Harem is an anime about a sci-if post apocalyptic world that revolves around the death of half of the world’s population, all of which are men, from was is known as the MK virus, or Man-killer virus. The purpose of the new world government known as United Women, or UW as shortened in the anime, is to repopulate the world with men that immune to the MK virus. To do so, they have done tests on men in cryosleep to find those that have an immunity to the virus. Our story tells the tale from the view point of 5 mean that do have this immunity. In the 11 episodes, we follow Number 2, Mizuhara, Reito,mainly, and Number 3, Doi, Shouta, as sort of a second side of the world. Without giving too many spoilers to the story, Number 2 refuses to partake in the repopulation of the world and instead decides to develop a cure to the virus. Following through the story, we get a lot of twists and information that doesn’t make sense until the story gives the rest of the information. Will the world be repopulated through the Numbers? Or will we see the world develop a cure?

- [ ] Visual rating
World’s End Harem is done by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ, two studios which, at the time of this review, I have watched a few of their productions, but matching the others in their arsenal, has very open uses of colors all around, making the characters easy to distinguish from each other and make the backgrounds very engaging with the characters. The anime uses very simple backgrounds with heavy detail, making them feel much more involved with the story than I have seen from a lot of anime. Breaking down the NSFW features of the anime, I feel that all the characters were done very detailed and well designed from each other as to never feel stale, which was a concern I had getting into Number 3’s, Doi, Shouta’s, part of the story. There were minor parts here and there that I feel the studio could have put more attention into, but I never had any scenes where I felt that they failed. Visually, I give this anime 8/10 for its visuals.
- [ ] Enjoyment rating
So the enjoyment of this anime breaks down into 2 parts in my opinion: enjoyment of what the anime is with all it’s R+ rating, and enjoyment of the take off for the story. I’ll start with the first part, as I’m sure that’s more or less the reason most people start this anime. The NSFW bits do come in very quickly in the story, but don’t become overwhelming until a few episodes in, giving viewers the chance to at least dip their toes into the anime with bits of this and that mixed in. Later into the anime, it does get a lot more sexual heated with Doi’s side of the anime. I very much appreciated that the anime lets the character walk into the role that is being demanded of him, rather then forcing plot armor here and unrealistic thought processes there. You get to feel the internal struggle and aggravation that Doi feels as he’s coaxed into this person that he is to become, following a path that I could actually see a person like him taking. Now, jumping into the second part, I wasn’t actually a huge fan of the way the story felt at the beginning, which, like I’m sure a lot of people that quit the anime early, felt. The story was a bit of a slow burn, building this eerie vibe behind every action and scene. Like I said prior, the anime drops information at which feels sort of random, but once far enough into it, the picture starts to form clearly, making it actually very engaging and demanding of your attention. Putting both parts together, I think that World’s End Harem does a great job of luring the viewer in with its naughty pillow talk, and then right before it gets stale, drops you right into a very promising sci-if tale of a post-apocalyptic dystopia. My enjoyment rating for Wold’s End Harem is 10/10.
- [ ] OP/EP rating
Opening: “JUST DO IT” by H-el-ical covers the anime very well, giving a nice intro to what the view will be expecting in the anime. Covering all the characters, giving the understanding that it is, at its core, an ecchi anime, and gives the feeling that there is a dark eerie vibe somewhere in the anime. The song itself, is actually really good too, well composed and fitting for the anime’s pace. I give the OP a 9/10
Ending: “ENDiNG MiRAGE” by EXiNA was very hard to skip, very well composed and extremely aggressive compared to a lot of endings I have heard from sci-fi animes. It’s actually going to make it into my playlist. The way it was played it as a covering of all the characters as well was very well done and feels like a great way to give the view a recap as they are introduced to each character throughout the anime. I give the EP a 10/10.
- [ ] Character rating
Like stated prior, World’s End Harem is told from the perspective of two characters, those being Reito, Number 2, and Shouta, Number 3. Development of these characters was very well thought out, first with Reito being the intelligent Med student who only wants to find his childhood friend and love, Tachibana, Elisa, and with Shouta being the bullied High school student with no confidence in himself due to a lack of parental guidance and said bullying. The characters around these two are well crafted, if not a bit vague, each with a bit of a story as to while they are involved with the two subjects as well as a connection somewhere else along the story that helps guide the characters to their goals, or purpose, in Shouta’s case. I give the character development a rating of 7/10
- [ ] Overall rating
World’s End Harem did honestly surprise me, I wasn’t looking for an anime with that much of a purpose when I found it, as I’m sure most views who “accidentally” stumble upon it, but was given a show that did more than just keep my interest, it caused me to desire more, with both characters and story. I whole heartily recommend this anime to those that want a break from a typical shounen or from the stressful entourage of a heavy sci-fi anime. My final rating for World’s End Harem is going to be an 8/10, hitting most of what makes an anime a masterpiece, with some heavy exceptions on characters and visuals. I look forward to hopefully hearing about a second season sometime in the coming future!
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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