Unfortunately the show itself is just another “look how edgy we can be” gag show chock-a-block with crude humor that maybe 10 years ago would've counted as being legitimately shocking but now feels kinda worn out. The first half of this episode (the show follows the Nickelodeon kids’ show format of having two standalone adventures in one episode) features a giant monster made of feces who comes bursting out of the toilet while Panty is going number two (hilarious, right?). This gag is secondary to what is clearly the showrunner's favorite joke, which is that Panty is a big ol’ slut who sleeps with every guy she comes across, speaks almost purely in thudding double entendres and even makes semen-drinking jokes. It's a laugh riot, especially after the 28th “Panty is a slut” joke in a row, let me tell you.

It should be mentioned that during the girls’ transformation sequence – a sex-drenched poledance wherein the leads molest themselves while removing their underwear – the character designs suddenly snap out of the Nickelodeon mode and become much more traditional sexy anime girls. This is Gainax, after all, and naturally they're still sticking with the cynical marketing moves (if the streets of Akihabara aren't flooded with ero figures based on these character designs by the end of next week, color me shocked). It's kind of disappointing, really – the chunky stylized character designs are the one fresh thing this show had going for it, and they basically chicken out halfway through the episode. I'm surprised there isn't a subtitle during this transformation sequence that reads “sorry, we have to make money on merchandising somehow with this thing”.


MUEVAN ESTO A ANIME.