Dorei-ku The Animation

Eager to know why her best friend’s boyfriend dumped her for a man, the headstrong Eiya Arakawa suggests a meeting with them. Gathered together at a café, Yuuga Oota agrees to answer Eiya’s questions only if she can correctly ascertain the relationship of a couple sitting across from them, which she does on her first attempt. Amazed by her astounding intellect and intuition, he invites her to a private meeting where he introduces her to the concept of Slave Control Method, or SCM, a retainer-like device that has the ability to turn people into slaves.

When two SCM users enter a duel, the devices exert a powerful influence on their brains. Once the duel is over, the SCM amplifies the loser’s sense of obligation and forces them to bend to the will of the winner. Wanting desperately to test his own abilities, Yuuga asks Eiya to act as his insurance in the event that he himself becomes a slave. Granted access to 10 million yen, Eiya’s job is to convince Yuuga’s would-be master to free him from his servitude. Though hesitant at first, Yuuga’s words resonate with her personal yearning for something more from her life, and she agrees to his request. However, when a mysterious organization begins rapidly accruing slaves, Eiya becomes entangled in a game far more dangerous than she ever could have imagined.

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Arakawa, Eiya Main

Yamamura, Hibiku Japanese

Katsushika, Julia Main

Senbongi, Sayaka Japanese

Oota, Yuuga Main

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Chuuou, Ataru Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Sumida, Zushioumaru Supporting

Miyata, Kouki Japanese

Nakano, Taiju Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Edogawa, Ryuuou Supporting

Tomari, Asuna Japanese

Kita, Minami Supporting

Uemura, Ayako Japanese

Toshima, Ayaka Supporting

Kinoshita, Suzuna Japanese

Chiyoda, Maria Supporting

Hayakawa, Saki Japanese

Hatta, Shinsaku Producer, Planning

Yamazaki, Fumiki Producer

Watanabe, Takayuki Producer

Hashirayama, Taisuke Producer

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Jun 17, 2021

LUakaPAIN

Recommended

Brother, an absolutely brilliant and well-thought-out series, I really liked the way they thought in this series and what they were doing. But in some situations it's a little too strange in my opinion. But I hope for a second season from them, meaning that's not how the anime ends.

Story, Characters, Animation, Soundtrack:
Story: The story is absolutely brilliant, it was so well explained and how things evolved in it and, I wish you were more but unfortunately we only have 12 episodes. They went through the story a bit quickly, I think in order to finish it faster, but still I really liked to see ... them in this series and what they want to do with ... well what she wants to do.
Characters: The characters were brilliant, they all had something to do and accomplish, okay some had others were just weird.
How is Oota, but to be honest I really liked him and what he wanted to do with the SCM, he was smart but can be crazy my opinion, but here comes our heroine Eiya and adjusts it with her kindness, however she really has something not like him, and it's a shame we don't see her girlfriend anymore ... Ryuuou and I really liked him and what he was doing, even though he was a child he thought better than some characters (L vibe). Julia, and I think the weirdest thing about this whole series is to be honest ... well, maybe Ayaka beats her here, but she doesn't have a personal opinion now.
Animation: The sheep animation was absolutely brilliant, it gave such a pleasant atmosphere to the things from the anime and exciting scenarios. But at times it was too much animation to be honest with you, but I don't really mind this stuff, but there are some who come just for this stuff.
Soundtrack: The soundtrack was great even at SCM you could hear, yes. That's how it should be in all anime, in my opinion, the more audio effect the better and a wonderful experience when watching the series.

Personal Opinion:
Here I learned what it's like to be in a dangerous game and what to do, but honestly I wouldn't get into such a thing it doesn't make sense if you ask me and you're just wasting your time. But if you know how to use them then you can go in and do what your head takes, but you have to know that there are some that will stop you from what you want to do.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 26, 2023

uniqueindividual

Mixed Feelings

This show has an interesting plot where it is a game of making people your slaves while trying to avoid being made a slave yourself. And capturing a master makes that master's slaves also your slaves. I like how that naturally leads up to a big finale where there are mostly slaves and very few masters. Then the masters duke it out in a final, "who will win it all" battle. Despite that, the tension is rather short lived because the games end extremely quickly and always followed a specific pattern. I won't tell the pattern because I feel like it is more enjoyable before ... you figure it out. I really enjoyed how most of the characters felt like real people and how the characters came to care for one another naturally(the device to make slaves cannot change emotions). An interesting case of playing "is this Stockholm syndrome?" for the watcher. There is also an interesting game of "is anyone participating in this game a good person?" My conclusion is that there are only 3 good people who wore the master/slave device: the beefy salaryman with glasses, the hostess for a Victorian noble-esq cafe, and the dog. Even the main character, who entered the game to free everyone only planned to free everyone when she became everyone's master. That is still using people as slaves on purpose. I will have none of that greater good bullshit on such a small scale.

Is it perfect? No. Are there many potholes and stupid ways of winning? Yes. Was sexual assault and harassment of women most of the depraved acts mentioned in the synopsis? Yes. I am in no way saying it was a masterpiece, but I am saying that I enjoyed it for what it was and someone else might also enjoy it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 5, 2021

algoPotaku

Not Recommended

The truth shit I saw the whole series and there is nothing good to rescue, nor are the bad ones that bad and the good ones leave much to be desired. This anime lacks death and destruction, it is all very rosy. If you're thinking of watching him do yourself the favor of not looking at this shit. The truth is a total waste of time but hey sometimes happens.


En español:
La verdad una mierda vi toda la serie y no hay nada bueno que rescatar ni los malos son tan malos y los buenos dejan mucho que desear. Le falta muerte y destrucción a este ... anime es todo muy color de rosas. Si estas pensando en verlo hacerte el favor de no mirar esta mierda. La verdad una perdida de tiempo total pero bueno algunas veces pasa.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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