Futoku no Guild

Despite having a good reputation as one of the most seasoned guards in the local guild of Mebuki, Kikuru Madan believes he has been wasting his youth and hopes to spend the rest of it like any other person. However, his conscience prevents him from retiring at present, as he worries about the guild's future without him.

Coincidentally—as if to help him find his successor—the guild's receptionist, Enome, assigns Kikuru four fresh recruits: the energetic beastwoman Hitamu "Hitamuki" Kyan, the prodigy Maidena Ange, the laid-back Toxico Dannar, and the stalwart Hanabata Nohkins. Although each of them possesses significant talents, they also display characteristics that detract from their potential—including Hitamu's extreme clumsiness and Hanabata's unintentional perverseness.

As if there was not enough to deal with, the monsters outside Mebuki's walls start exhibiting odd behavior by targeting women salaciously, causing the party endless problems in more ways than one. Nevertheless, Kikuru is committed to retiring early; to achieve his goal, the guidance he gives the trainees will be absolutely essential.

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Dannar, Toxico Main

Taichi, You Japanese

Kyan, Hitamu Main

Isobe, Karin Japanese

Ange, Maidena Main

Shibuya, Ayano Japanese

Nohkins, Hanabata Main

Kamakura, Yuna Japanese

Madan, Kikuru Main

Fukuhara, Katsumi Japanese

Enome Supporting

Ookubo, Rumi Japanese

Rune, Noma Supporting

Shirasu, Saho Japanese

Esyne Supporting

Shouji, Yuyu Japanese

Care, Resumisu Supporting

Yuuki, Kozue Japanese

Woodman, Lani Supporting

Ono, Tomohiro Japanese

Motonaga, Satoshi Producer

Yoshie, Terushige Producer

Isogai, Noritomo Producer

Komatsu, Shouta Producer

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Sep 11, 2024

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: An anime that relies entirely on it’s pretty unique type of ecchi comedy.

This anime is a ecchi harem fantasy comedy about a highly skilled adventurer Hunter named Kikuru leading a party of newbies as they go on quests to defeat monsters surrounding their town. The problem is that the other four members of his party all have quirks that make them useless. Hitamu is a Martial Artist, but she’s too straightforward with her attacks and thus can never seem to hit anyone. Maidena is a White Mage with great healing abilities, but her knees go weak at the sight of monsters and thus she’s ... never there when it counts. Toxico is a Black Mage that can use a lot of powerful spells but she’s incredibly weak physically to the point she often runs out of stamina before even getting to the monsters. Then there’s Hanabata, a Warrior that’s overall pretty competent, but her special ability turns her into a drunk mess. Kikuru ends up having to babysit them pretty much, which ends up making things harder than it would be if he was working alone. Still, his goal is ultimately train them to be strong enough that he can retire without worry, so he sticks with them.

The anime is mostly a chronicle of them just going into the forest near their town and facing random monsters or going through preparations to do so. There’s no overarching plot beyond that, though there is some surprisingly interesting and deep worldbuilding. The main characters get fleshed out somewhat with some background, but there’s not much in terms of character arcs. There’s also some light relationship development, but nothing too much. This largely comes down to Kikuri being immensely dense to any affections the heroines feel for him, though this handles that better than most anime in that it at least gives a clear reason why Kikuri is like that: early on in the anime he misunderstands another’s feelings for romantic affection and gets shot down hard.

Ultimately, the two core aspects of this anime are the comedy and ecchi. The comedy is decent enough. The core of it is the main heroines being terrible at things and bringing about bizarre situations, though there’s enough variety beyond that that it doesn’t get too repetitive. Ecchi wise it was pretty good as well, though it was very different from the ecchi in most ecchi anime. For one, there’s not much ecchi centered around the protagonist. There certainly is some, but for the most part he’s just a bystander or someone trying to rescue the heroines from the ecchi circumstances they’ve gotten themselves into. And these circumstances usually involve the heroines getting molested by monsters. It’s the first time I’ve seen that so heavily played for comedy in an ecchi anime so it was definitely unique, though if that’s a good or bad thing will come down to personal preference. Another unique element was that this had full on ecchi with the otokonoko (that’s the correct term these days, right?). Otokonoko aren’t uncommon in such anime, but ecchi scenes with them are usually treated mostly like a joke. This was much more equal opportunity about it, for better or worse.

I really liked the art style and the character designs were pretty great too. The animation was also really solid. Of course for the ecchi, but it was also surprisingly really solid for the action. The OP and ED were both pretty solid in terms of the song and visuals. The soundtrack was also really memorable because it’s the best I’ve heard so far in capturing the feel of Dragon Quest’s soundtrack. The atmosphere it created allowed the parody aspect to work really well.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 26, 2023

Drakestalker

Mixed Feelings

With God as my witness, I decided to watch this show because I saw a poster of the main character and thought he looked cool and distinct from the smorgasbord of Kirito clones at the helm of every fucking isekai ever, which piqued my curiosity. I had no idea this was an ecchi.

As it so happens, Immoral Guild turned out to be one of the most generous echhi shows I have seen. No less than 10 times per episode, it teeters on the brink of being outright hentai with all manner of depraved kinks being indulged quite liberally, tentacle molestation evidently being a staple. In ... spite of that, the show still manages to paradoxically feel exceedingly wholesome given how unassuming and likeable its cast is.

In stark contrast to how lewd it is when compared to most of the other entries in the genre, Immoral Guild is the rare breed of ecchi anime that passes my litmus test. I’ve long suggested that the way to ascertain whether any given ecchi show is trash or not is to ask the question, would I watch it in the absence of the fanservice? Surprising no one more than myself, in this particular case, my answer would be, yes, probably. Whether or not I would actively seek it out to watch is a different story, but the point is that it would definitely be watchable. Even in the absence of the sex appeal, this is a really cute and funny gag show.

Naturally, the sex appeal doesn’t hurt and credit must be given where it is due. Whereas loads of other shows want to tackle sex and sexual themes without ever actually showing any nudity, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord and Goblin Slayer come to mind, Immoral Guild is not only not shy about showing its fans the goods, it also knows exactly what kind of kinks and fetishes the average weeb enjoys and treats its audience to a gourmet course of fap material. There’s something in here for everyone.

To whom it may concern, I want to emphasize one point in particular. It is important that you understand that this show is, in every sense of the word, not a cocktease. I have said before about other ecchi shows, Masou Gakuen HxH for instance, that you’re better off just watching actual hentai instead of wasting your time. That’s typically a consequence of those shows’ unwillingness to embrace their station. In spite of the obscene amount of teasing and/or nudity they put on screen, they still have the gall to expect the audience to take them seriously as authentic action-adventure shows, purporting that the fanservice is merely a secondary benefit, nothing else – a side hustle, if you will. While series like Tenjou Tenge and Fairly Tail may certainly claim that, smut like Sekirei, Ikkitousen, and indeed Masou Gakuen HxH can definitively not. As such, again, in spite of their substantially salacious nature, what with shoving tits and ass in your face every 20 seconds, you’ll find them unwilling to give any one individual scene an appropriate amount of oxygen, lest, God forbid, anyone conceive the thought that they really are nothing more than softcore porn. It’s honestly a frustrating experience – simultaneously too much to be able to pay attention and invest, but also never quite enough to really get you going.

Au contraire, every lewd scene in Immoral Guild is satisfactorily long. It doesn’t pretend to actually be a sincere fantasy-adventure show, with the fanservice just being nothing more than a distraction. It knows exactly what it is and doesn’t… rush. It, uhm, takes its time and so can you.

Besides, a large portion of what makes the characters as attractive as they are is just how well designed and animated they are. No single cast member feels like an afterthought, they all have unique visual identities and their designs are brimming with personality. The protagonist’s outfit, in particular, looks downright badass. The artwork is helped in part by a warm and saturated color palette, but the main element that makes it work is the animation. It is never less than good, but in a few select moments, it genuinely reaches the level of being godlike, and no, I’m not talking about lewd scenes. Though rare, there are some legitimately fantastic action scenes in this series.

All of that being said, at the end of the day, this still is a very aggressive echhi show, and the great animation, flavorful designs, and the few and far between incidents of bona fide action are highly unlikely to make the show tolerable to you if you’re not a straight male or a lesbian, so proceed with that knowledge in mind.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 3, 2023

enriquelirac

Not Recommended

Immoral Guidl is the type of anime that I strongly recommend avoiding.

The reason is simple: Immoral Guidl doesn't have a story. So nothing happens during its 12 chapters. In the end, in the last chapter, nothing is different from the first chapter.

Considering that there are thousands of good stories, I must warn you that watching Immoral guilds is a complete waste of time.

The real value of Immoral Guild is based on the erotic situations in which you will see all the female characters being attacked by monsters. The classic "tentacles scenes" of hentai animes.

But, even if you are a fan of these types of scenes, ... the problem is that you will see the same scene, chapter after chapter. Finally, the tentacles scenes, without creativity, finished very dully.

At least, but not less importantly: The girls' personalities are empty and full of cliches. You will never feel any emotion for these dull and fooled girls.

Please, don't support this type of animation. We must be more demanding with the quality of the productions we watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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