Review of Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
[Content warnings for Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro: Partial nudity (not to mention underage), and general all around pervy-ness] Overall: 2/10 This anime probably gets the superlative of my least favorite show as of right now. There's just nothing I liked about it at all. And yeah, I know I would get a lot of hate for this review. I'm sure a lot of people will disagree with me but, this anime is just what seems like complete fanservice, twelve episodes of nothing, and the sexualization of minors. The overexaggerated "tsundere" character is the most annoying cliche in anime, and Nagatoro was just executed especially poorly. Story:1/10
The story line is just awful. There's simply none at all. None of the episodes really seemed like they connected with each other with any importance at all, and the setting rarely left the school's art room, making it feel extremely stuck. And the only real story this show has going on is in the last three episodes, where the MC, Naoto, wants to win a competition between himself and the art club president. In the last three episodes.... The only thing the show focuses on for the rest of the time is the ridiculously embarrassing relationship between Naoto and Nagatoro. There's absolutely nothing cute or appealing about their relationship. Nagatoro bullies her upperclassman for fun, just to get a reaction out of him, while he is right on the line of enjoying it and being annoyed. Their relationship barely even grows as the show progresses. The only thing different is that sometimes Nagatoro isn't as ruthless and they get jealous of each other.
Art: 7/10
The art is basic. There's nothing really special about it. I didn't really like the style of their eyes (I thought it was a bit creepy), or the hair. Everything else was fine, I guess. Nothing stood out other than that.
Sound: 6/10
I do actually like the opening to this show a little bit, but I did end up skipping it more times than not. I also just could not get over the amount of sound effects throughout the show in the fanservice scenes. Also, I know she's a very good voice actor and I'm just biased, but Nagatoro's VA annoyed me quite a bit whenever she would just scream. It was hard to listen to.
Character: 1/10
I genuinely don't think I've ever equally despised an entire cast of characters more than the cast of Nagatoro-san. Every single character annoyed me to the core. The MC, Naoto, is just a stereotypical awkward pervert who enjoys being degraded by this little girl, while Nagatoro, his bully, is an annoying tsundere who literally never listened to him when he told her to stop doing something. Even if he was secretly okay with it, the fact that Nagatoro never stopped when he said no sorta just rubbed me the wrong way. The way she just seems to get pleasure from his pain is so strange and creepy.
Enjoyment: 1/10
I don't think I would enjoy this anime in a million years. It seems to have been made specifically for lolicon men who enjoy being degraded and can place themselves in Naoto's shoes, wishing that were them. Of course, I'm sure people outside of this demographic have somehow enjoyed this anime, but I'm certainly not one of them. Usually with short animes like this, I find myself finishing the anime in what feels like a few minutes, but with Nagatoro-san, it felt like I was checking the clock every few seconds, anticipating the end of each episode before it barely began. This show also sexualizes minors like crazy, which is just completely gross. Nagatoro (a 15 or 16 year old girl) is depicted fully naked a handful of times, and shown in sexualized situations or poses even more. Don't even get me started with her friends and the art club president. This show tries to pass off the art club president's portraits as a passion and love for her work, but it just feels like they're implying that she can only advance if she pictures herself in the nude, just for the attention of her male peers. Last thing I want to talk about: the amount of virgin and sex jokes there are in this show. Really? It's possible to be funny without making fun of the MC for being a virgin all the time, you know. And none of them were even funny anyways, in my opinion. But yeah, this anime is just really, really, REALLY not my cup of tea. Maybe you'll enjoy it, though, who knows.