Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist

'Shimoneta' is set in a near future where everything even vaguely sexual has been outlawed. The protagonist is roped into the "erotic terrorist" group SOX, trying to educate their high school in all things carnal by spreading dirty pictures.

While amusing for a few episodes, the dirty humor soon becomes grating, devolving from fairly clever innuendo into the secondary protagonist yelling vulgar words at opportune moments. Similarly, the reasonably fun slice-of-life approach suddenly turns into an over the top action-based mess where a panty-obsessed fetishist commits mild but genuine terrorism. There's also a non-con subplot of the female-love-interest-turned-creepy-stalker forcing herself onto the protagonist, because the writers thought that's funny I guess.

Issues with the story aside, the characters are fleshed out fairly well, the animation is good, the soundtrack does its job, and even the English dub is solid.

All in all, 'Shimoneta' is light-hearted fun, primarily targeted at male teenagers who think that yelling genital-related words is funny. I found a bit of a slog after the first few episodes, but it was amusing enough.

(7.5/10) A funny anime with all the dirty jokes you could ever want. This series is funny, full of action, and the character developement was decent but in end it was left open to interpretation on what would happen next which was a little dissapointing. I was hoping for the relationships between the characters to play out a little more but overall it was an enjoyable series.

Hehe! What a goofy show!

Even wondered what would happen if prudes ruled the world? Stoicism and a total abhorrence of salaciousness!

Ever felt guilty sharing a dirty joke? Here's a world gone "right" without wiggle room for the odd jab in the side and snicker for a "jock" joke. While I think stealing undergarments is a crime and a fetish, I found myself snickering and suppressing laughing out loud at the antics of frustrated young man (and women) dying for a little zest and sprite in their lives!

Enjoy people!

This show is hilarious. It's also very sexual. I can almost guarantee it will make you laugh. Its about a world where all vulgar language, porn, and anything that isn't "pure and good-hearted" is completely banned and illegal. A terrorist group called sox is trying to bring all of that back. There is some sequences of what people would call sexual assault that is borderline rape. Except all of these scenes are absolutely hilarious in my opinion. I recommend it to young men who are at least over the age of 13.

It is a very good anime in its own style, very different storytelling, and I have not seen anything like it except in Manga. I hope the shower season will come soon.