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MANGA ComedyHime-sama, "Goumon" no Jikan desu
ANIME ComedyHime-sama, "Goumon" no Jikan desu 2nd Season

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  BluePhoenixAlex

  95/100
  Delightful and Hilarious, plus its very pretty

  I began watching this anime because the trailer caught my attention before the season began, and I have never regretted any decision less than deciding to keep up with 'Tis Time For "Torture", Princess. From episode 1 it stood out as a a solid gag comedy series, but I feared it would become repetitive rather quickly. To my surprise and utter delight, this show not only didn't let it's central gag get old, but it consistently built on the premise and iterated enough that I actually found my enjoyment growing with every passing episode. Beginning with such a simple premise, they began to drip feed us information to build out the world and its characters, and by the end I loved and cared about every single one in a way very few anime, let alone CGDCT have been able to do. The final episode actually got me to cry, because of how good a job Torture Princess did at making me care about this band of dorks and weirdos. The main character, of course, is the titular princess, who has been captured by the Hellhorde and is being "tortured' for information about the imperial army. As you'll quickly find out though, the torture is actually closer to therapy sessions where our unnamed princess's childhood trauma and emotional hang-ups are addressed through the gimmicks of each daily session. These therapy sessions are administered by the Hellhorde's grand inquisitor Torture Tortura and her assistant, as well as the plethora of subordinates that come to help from time to time. Among them are the pair of close cousins Youki and Inki, the gyaru animal specialist Krall, and the Hell-Lord's daughter Mao-Mao, who mostly gets secrets unintentionally by being so cute. Each one of them, and several more gets some time to be fleshed out and developed as a character. And besides the surprisingly subtle character writing, this anime is also incredibly funny. It might seem like a bit of a one-trick pony at first(though to be fair that one trick is pretty damn funny), but it quickly starts to diversify its arsenal of jokes to incorporate everything from goofy slapstick and visual gags, to Code Geass references and expert subversions of expectation. I will say they never stop using the main gag of "princess says she won't give in; Eventually gives in" and that might grind on some people, but I think the ways it builds on that joke plus the myriad other jokes it layers in are enough that it stays entertaining all the way through. And none of this is to mention the colourful and energetic visuals Pine Jam has given, that absolutely elevate an already great show. It may not be for everyone, but I absolutely adore this show and struggle to find anything to complain about.

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  catastraphy1928

  90/100
  Absolutely hilarious and adorable.

  This anime was certainly not what I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be a super action packed, possibly gory/kinky anime. BUT NAH! IT IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE MOST WHOLESOME ANIME I'VE WATCHED! Also, this review is weirdly serious??? Like, not super serious, but eh.

  I found 'Tis Time when I went back into Crunchy's alphabetical anime list. I'm currently on an impossible mission to watch most of the anime on Crunchyroll. This was one that I hadn't watched, so I went ahead and clicked on it. Little did I know it would be one of the cutest and funniest anime I watched recently.

  We begin with a truly action packed beginning with the princess fighting a giant monster and stuff. Again, definitely made me think it was gonna be an action anime. Then it cuts to her very first torture session with Torture. With the iron maiden thingy there, I thought she was gonna go through some stuff. But then they bring out the food. And then the sword starts talking. And then I realized that I was sorely mistaken about the type of anime I was about to watch.

  I absolutely love how this anime reveals little bits and pieces of Hime's life with the flashbacks before her secrets. It's such an interesting way to flesh out a character and build the world. You learn a lot about this world just through the flashbacks and scenes outside of the jail. It also helps to show why such simple things like good food or friends work as a torture method on Hime. It shows how because she focused so hard on being this tough commander princess, that she missed out on such simple pleasures. Honestly makes me question their human world. Let the poor girl have friends and stuff! I also find it absolutely hilarious that they mention that she's a commander and has gone through so much hard stuff every episode to only have her crumble at the cutest things.

  I also really like how caring and kind the Hellhorde is. I love how the ones that world views as "monsters" treat their workers super well and have like normal lives and stuff. It's also really funny how some of the secrets don't work out for the Demon King because of some really normal reasons. And I love how supportive the king is of his underlings. The episode with the ninja gecko was adorable. And this big muscular, super strong man being super involved in his daughter's life is just super heckin cute! And he's so loving with his queen. Absolutely adorable! Get you a man who will be there for you and your family forever!

  All of the torturers becoming friends and all playing and hanging out together is so cute. And the little scene with Youki and Inki's high school days is so cute. I also love that the Demon King watches anime. And is like super into it. Everyone should be like the Hellhorde. Accept everyone as they are and be kind.

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  SenNkA

  60/100
  Iyashikei that failed to make me feel me feel happy.

  4th wall broken
  One of the best points this anime had, was that they kept breaking the 4th wall over and over again. It was ridiculous! But it made for a great experience.

  

  Like this one. Until this moment I felt like it would be just your old historical anime, maybe some food porn. But when they pulled out their phones, consoles... I knew I was wrong. Funny, charming and incredibly stupid - that's how I would describe this show if I had nothing bad to say about it.
  Talking about the comedy aspect - the torture was one. Of course, you expected it from the teaser, but it is a strange take on what torture really means. Feeling so good it's actually a torture... hmm, interesting take!

  

  If we wanted to get psychological (and let's for a second) it was actually pretty sad. They tortured her with the nicest things and she kept saying how she was "immune" to them because she had a rough training. Wow. Really puts thing into perspective...
  And these little boxes were fun as well:

  

  Lovable characters
  Let's start with Hell Lord. Maou was soo fun. The way he spoke, the way he showed his character, how good of a person he was, it was so nice to see! To me, it felt really fresh. I loved him as a father and as a husband. He was better than my own parents sometimes, he was just incredible.

  

  His family, Maomao and his wife were so beautiful and so cute. Same goes for Giant. I loved her so much. Torture was... well, I could keep naming. Simply put, the women were beautiful, the girls were fun. Worth mentioning is Youki and Inki's friendship that was slightly homoerotic but so incredibly adorable.

  

  The mysterious knight who tried to save the princess a few times was hilarious. Ex's VA Chikahiro Kobayashi was doing an amazing work and I ate him up every time.
  I appreciated almost every character because they all added to the story (even Datarma, Tortura's assistant).
  Who I didn't care for much was Kral and Vanilla, whose personalities just didn't sit right with me.

  Repetitive to the point I wanted to ... myself
  The first episode was sooo good. I had such high hopes. And then after that I wanted to drop it every weak, not wanting to watch any more. It was still the same! Even if the plot itself was different (food, beach episode, fishing, relaxing...) even if we got two or three tortures in one episode, I was just so bored.
  There were literal weeks when I had NOTHING to say about the episode, and I talk like crazy.
  Which is so rough, because like I said, the comedy of this show was so breezy and clever... It felt awful, not to be able to sit through the whole episode.
  It is the reason why I dropped the second cour - I am not going to watch it because I would just suffer. Maybe one day, when I don't know what to do with my life, but not now.

  Conclusion: absolutely mixed feelings

  While interesting, it has many weak spots. You can go and enjoy it, but if you have higher standards or are expecting some higher level of entertainment you will get burned.
  If you know how to relax while watching, Hime-sama is a great way to do it. If you watch anime for action, for drama, for good laughs... this might not be it.

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