Review of Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory

Disclaimer: The review contains mild spoilers about the show, but is aimed at people who both have and haven't seen the show. Megami-ryou is the kind of show where you know exactly what you're going to get and whether you'll enjoy it or not before you've even watched it. Ecchi situation (probably with tits) happens, rinse and repeat. As long as you're fine with ecchi and shota content, you'll enjoy it. That being said, I think this show has a little bit more going for it that pushes it past generic ecchi fare and into an actually enjoyable show. On a base level the characters are asyou expect from this kind of show, each of them has a singular main trait that gets used as a vehicle for the majority of the ecchi situations they get involved in with our main character Koushi. Frey, for example is an avid cosplayer and often dresses up herself or other characters (including Koushi himself) in slutty costumes which inevitably leads to ecchi moments. And for a lot of the show, she is very straightforward in using almost every opportunity she can to tease Koushi. But there are occasional moments where she takes a step back from the ecchi and shows that there's actually something more to her character.

Throughout the show via living at the dorm Koushi, who never had a proper family before, learns how it feels to truly have one for the first time, but over time these thoughts shift into more romantic ones. These conflicting feelings leave him at a crossroads, between these feelings and wanting to continue with this status quo now he's finally found a place he belongs. So, in the end, he decides to bottle up these feelings inside him.

Frey notices this and uses her usual vehicle for ecchi, cosplay, for a completely different reason. She gets Koushi to cosplay with her and utilising the aspect of freedom it gives allowing people to act as the characters and not as themselves to force Koushi to confront his feelings in a surprisingly well directed scene given what's expected from this kind of show.

Honestly, this scene is probably one of my favorites of the entire season and it's moments like this that, as mentioned before, in my opinion gives the show something extra over the usual ecchi show. Not every character gets development like this however, but for the ones that do, while nothing revolutionary, it's generally well done enough where it makes them feel like actual characters as opposed to just being there to create those ecchi moments and makes you want to root for them in their pursuit of romance with Koushi.

The combination of each character's quirk, the general mayhem in the dorm, and these bits of actual characterisation create an enjoyable cast of characters. Such that you can understand why Koushi feels that he's found somewhere he belongs. And also leads to some enjoyable comedy getting at least a couple of chuckles each episode.

Production wise this show is nothing special, but does what it needs to, the character designs are hot enough for the ecchi scenes to work and the other visual elements are acceptable enough to where they don't distract from the show.

For the most part this show follows the ecchi script, but it occasionally stepping slightly outside the bounds makes it feel that it has something more than most ecchi shows. Leading to a show with a fun atmosphere, entertaining characters, and a pretty enjoyable experience overall (with added tits).
Score: 7.5/10