An attempt to bring down Gathered Fabric leads SOX right
into a trap and a shocking betrayal.
With then opposition crushed, White Peak takes his insane fetish to the
next level by taking an entire school hostage.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Tanukichi and Ayame will have to pull out all
the stops and form some questionable alliances to bring down this freak who’s
giving SOX a bad name. Will the Dirty
Joke Terrorists become the heroes society needs or is this to be their final
battle in the name of freeing this Boring Society where Dirty Jokes Don’t
Exist?
Like I said at the end of last weeks set, I didn’t think
we were going to see a full culmination of SOX’s crusade to bring the lewd and
naughty legitimately back to Tokyo over the span of three episodes.
What we did get though was an immensely fun
showdown between two groups of perverted crusaders filled with action, humor
and even a payoff to a slow building romance.
The Series Finale might leave a lot to be desired, or maybe just could
have been omitted altogether.
As far as
epic showdowns in finales go however, Shimoneta delivered the goods.
I have been pretty upfront about how I feel about some of
the excessive depictions of certain fesithes in this show and much like the
rest of this series, millage on those fetishes in the finale might vary with
how uncomfortable you’re wiling to process.
Anna is still a source of true cringe when it comes to her sex obsessed
delusions with Tanukichi…and honestly that got old a really long time ago.
Anna’s depiction has been pretty one note and
an annoying note at that.
Her actions
are borderline disgusting to look at and any subtle message about her deranged
state of mind is…well its Shimoneta, this show is all about not doing things
subtle.
White Peak might be the only one
who matches Anna’s insanity when it comes to underwear of a certain kind.
Like wow how can anyone stand to be in the
same room with this guy when his odor should make you vomit pretty easily?
In short, have a strong stomach for some of
the Shimoneta finale.
If you can look past that bit of awkwardness, everything
else is a freaking blast.
The finale
kicked off things with a series of bus hijackings, courtesy of Gathered Fabric,
that I never thought would amount to anything serious.
The way there were handled through was
classic Shimoneta from Anna using her superhuman capabilities to incapacitate
one and Fuwa using her intellect to sus out that the hijackers weapons were
fake so the passengers could take them down without worry (she was just using
science and deductive reasoning, she’s no hero, her words not mine, how
humble).
Probably the funniest bit was
when Goriki was forced to surrender his underwear only to reveal what he really
wears underneath…which cause massive hurling from everyone who looked
(Tanukichi even used it to his advantage in the last episode).
It’s one of the few gross out Shimoneta
moments that I could not stop laughing at.
Also the sight of Fuwa aiding the police in identifying a hijackers
weapons from a neigbhoring vehicle, very Speed inspired, I love it.
The big showdown between SOX and Gathered Fabric was
definitely the highlight of the finale.
Everyone got their moment to shine whether it was Anna and Blue Snow
teaming up to bring down White Peak, Otome using her amazing art skills to
trick her kidnappers and save some students (while also getting alot of
inspiration along the way), to Kosuri getting brought down a peg after
betraying Ayame and the others cause she though they weren’t doing enough as
SOX.
I’m disappointed she got let back
into SOX so easily but hey I trust Ayame.
Speaking of trusting, Ayame and Tanukichi were more in sync than ever,
bringing out the best in their love for Dirty Jokes and in each other.
The show hasn’t really focused too hard on
any growing romance between them but the signs have been there.
Seeing them basically admit their feelings
for each other through naughty word play and cute blushes is probably the
healthiest showing of affections in this entire show (especially your counter
example is a sex desperate Anna).
The thrilling and fun as heck final battle kind of made
the final episode of the series kind of unnecessary.
It boiled down to a treasure hunt for a vault
containing something that could change the Dirty Joke Crusade forever.
And what was found was nice, could even
belong in an 18+ museum.
Getting there
though?
I’ll be honest, the final
episode should have been Episode 11 cause Episode 12 feels like a bonus OVA
episode of Konosuba that, while it’s still fun, doesn’t really go anywhere or
advance any plot (or in Konosubas case is kind of pointless cause the episodes
content will be repackaged and readdressed in the following season).
SOX just finds something very beautiful and
resolves to keep it hidden from Anna and the Decency Police until the day when
Dirty Jokes and Porn are legal again.
And that’s it, that was Shimoneta.
It’s another one of those shows that lacks
resolution and leaves itself open for a very needed sequel.
Despite that, it was a very fun, raunchy and
incredibly crazy ride.
The show leaned
heavily into full on Hentai territory a lot, especially when it came to Anna
and Tanukichi.
The societal commentary
was interesting and seeing this pure and sheltered world get exposed to the
subject of the birds, the bees and the concept of free love and sex always
produced the best reactions.
The
characters were great too from strong leads like Ayame and Tanukichi to the
spin off worthy appearances of Fuwa and Otome.
Not every character was a hit (Kosuri).
Not every joke landed and sometimes the gross out factor was a bit much
even for me.
As far as fun, turn your
brain off and watch comedies go, Shimoneta is a win and it definitely gets
bonus points in the English dub for getting the VAs behind Panty and Stocking
to lend their talents to a show they’ve proven works with the right voice and
the right writing.
Hopefully we get to
see the SOX revolution grow and grow until it frees the Boring World where
Dirty Jokes Don’t’ Exist.
8/10
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