Introduction
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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Audience reviews
17 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
TeeRaySays
A mess of subplots and complicated relationships all crammed into 12 episodes with extremely unlikeable characters and its main premise being game challenges becomes the least enjoyable part quickly. For a series built on game challenges that lead to being forcibly enslaved the games themselves were uninspired and mostly boiled down to rock paper scissors but I threatened you to lose. The reasons for participating in the games were paper thin and characters pretty much just run on pride. The reasons for wanting to enslave people were toilet paper thin. I can’t imagine a character who says they only feel alive playing the games to truly mean that when they’re just doing a thumb war. I gave it a fair shot but this show is just a mess
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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 pla…
Read at the sourceLUakaPAIN
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…
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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.
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The battle of the slave masters The animation
If you cant be asked to read a block of text the shortened version is:
The story may not be excellent and you may be questioning it sometimes, but it is still an enjoyable watch at face value. Especially if you're interested in psychology, but there are better options out there.
Story 3/10
The whole scm system is intriguing and neat, but the usage and explanation is all over the place for the context of the story. So the initiation of duel happens by two people stating that they want to do said duel in whatever game manner, they both have to then agree to that said manner. Essentially entering a contract. But the weird thing is that it should have to be carried out to the exact point instead of altering based on the story, This happens often…
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I didn't see many reviews for this anime, and the reviews that it did have didn't do the show justice in my opinion.
This story is about duels between power-hungry people and the high stakes of losing a simple game of rock paper scissors. The power struggle between characters and their desperation to avoid becoming slaves was pretty entertaining, however, sometimes it was hard to follow just who was controlling who.
While others have said there are too many characters in this anime, I think Dorei-ku did a good job of providing a short and sweet backstory to even the side characters, which made each one feel important (even when they barely got any screen time). Some have said they found it hard to be invested in any of the characters due to the little information we are given about them…
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So I will be honest i watched it because the cover looked like a hentai but it wasnt labled as one so i had to see what was up and i was pleasantly surprise. however major trigger warnings on this show; sexual violence, physical violence, and verbal violence are major features as it explores the insane implication of a mind control device.
So the story is a little complicated due to the amount of characters and plot lines that come together by the end and that will be off putting for some viewers but personally i am a fan of more complex shows as it makes watching the show more fun because you can try to solve the puzzle as it goes along without it being too easy.
it is actually not as sexual as it looks for like 90% of the anime which was a shock (considering the cover and the break car…
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The anime could be good, but it make so many mistakes. It has a different proposition, and some interesting twists, but there are several issues that make the experience sucks.
At the beginning of the anime, you get tense not knowing what can happen to the characters, everything is uncertain, but over time you really stop worrying, because becoming a slave, which at first seems to be the most horrible thing possible, it soon becomes common. People enslaved left and right, slaves who change masters, and characters you even forget the name for being totally forgotten after their episode of apparition.
Speaking of characters, what an ugly and forced evolution. In the end everyone is nice and has a reason to commit the greatest atrocities, and everything is revealed because "I totally take a…
Read at the sourceJumpnshootman
TL;DR: I created an account on this website just to talk about how bad this is. Please stay away. My main issue is the lack of consistency shown in EVERY aspect of the show. It is a great premise ruined by terrible execution. Mild spoilers below (I won't spoil the anime for you, but I have to talk about some things in depth).
-Premise: 8/10
I watched this show because of the premise alone. It seemed like the structure for Yugioh season 0, with the cat and mouse aspect of future diary, and the darkness of Kaiji. I was so excited that I watched this despite hearing the terrible things about it online.
-Story: 3/10
The great premise was wasted in execution. The anime seemed unsure of itself, and as a result, the structure of the anime was compromised. From the first few episodes, this anime…
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Remember Goblin Slayer backlash? Yap, its the same issue, and was it bad? Exactly, it wasn't! Hence why this poor reception by the media. (A Brief and Spoilless Review is my main intention.)
- The anime starts off in an aggressive tone, as expected of a Seinen(grown up's anime gender) if you are a sensitiv person or plan to watch this with someone else, you better consider it. Due the nature of the plot it self, "Masters and Slaves", those roles are assigned, immediately after you get someone to play a random-game and have the "Win or Lose" roles assigned. The winner gets supremacy over the loser. There are some small rules in place etc to prevent exploits and life threatening situations, but bluntly speaking... the winner can demand anything(including sexual services) anytime, as many ti…
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A retainer-like device known as the "SCM" is being sold on the internet and rumours have it if you wear it and challenge another person that's also wearing to a duel, you can turn them into your slave when you win. Ohta Yuuga comes across Eia Arakawa one day after dumping her best friend. After discovering how daring and smart she is, he requests she becomes his insurance partner. He knew the risks of the device but wanted the thrill it would give him during duels while he tested his own abilities. However, he also wanted to be prepared for the worst case scenario and that was for Eia to win him back if he ever lost. Despite having just met, Eia thought she understood what he meant and agrees to join him but ends up finding herself caught up in a battle for slaves between masters.
I think…
Read at the sourceNiQ1
This is another dystopia story, which revolves around a device which can enslave people to each other. There are numerous characters but not really good and evil or more accurately no good, everyone's evil at some point or another. I think this is the one single message behind this show - too much power can and will corrupt everyone. Coming to think about it - I'd say it's even somewhat realistic because if a thing like that were to actually exist that's probably what people would do with it.
Having said that, the plot itself gets a little boring past the first few episodes. Basically person A enslaving person B only so be himself enslaved to person C etc with background stories of each character (obviously all tragic in some sense). Somewhere in the middle there's also the background stor…
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I want to start by saying that I thoroughly enjoyed this anime. I enjoyed it for all the wrong reasons, but that doesn't change the fact that I derived pleasure from its existence. This anime is a hot, steamy witch's brew of plot holes, contrivances, and WAY TOO MANY CHARACTERS.
The story is about people engaging in high-stakes games where the loser is psychologically compelled to become the winner's slave. However, the narrative is too disjointed and forced to deliver on any of the tension or intrigue. Instead, it's a sea of constantly changing power dynamics, coincidences, and weird sex stuff.
The only way I would honestly recommend this show to someone (based on its own merits, and not on so-bad-it's-good voyeurism) is if someone is looking for a light BDSM romp. MAL currently doesn'…
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Short overview
With beautiful visuals, a catchy soundtrack and interesting concept, Dorei-ku certainly has a pretty interesting and unique foundation. My only real complaint would be regarding its story-telling and plot, which unfortunately has A LOT of PLOT-holes. But if you're ready to look past that, this is definitely worth a watch.
The story
Dorei-ku, as mentioned before, has a pretty cool and unique foundation. The base story is not bad, and its style reminds me of something like "Kakegurui" - where the human psyche is what really makes the story. Unfortunately, the anime contradicts itself by constantly breaking the made up "laws" or "rules", which is a major annoyance throughout the series. There are also very unrealistic things happening, which sometimes makes it hard to even t…
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wow ... this anime was just bad. when i first started it, the concept really appeared to me. i enjoy all genres especially psychological so i jumped onto this anime. i really shouldn't have.
the story : the slave concept is pretty new to me and seemed interesting. it was executed terribly. it always felt like way too many things were happening at once?? the beginning was okay, but by the end i was begging for something exciting to happen, but i continued to be disappointed and just started wishing for this anime to end. it would bounce from one character to the next without really seeming to finish the other character's story?? it was way too all over the place and started to add random character's backstories for no reason. then all of a sudden random characters came together to save th…
Read at the sourceJiangHaoyi1979
As I've finished this anime, I can't help but notice that only 7 (not including me), have made a review of this anime 4 of them gave it a low score, one gave an ehhhhhhh kind of score and only 2 gave it a high rating. But ya know I kinda agree with Graylia when she/he said that this anime is "Stereotypical anime that tries too hard to be dark/edgy and then fails on all fronts. Lackluster plot, characters, everything. Relies on semi-nudity and shock factor to make up for poorly written plot. Disappointing." which is obvious since there isn't a lot who made a review of this thing. Then again, this anime as a whole does present itself a certain level of uniqueness, that we don't often see a lot except in a hentai anime like Amai Chobatsu, there the main character is stupid, while here, the ch…
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Dorei-ku The Animation is what happens when Death Note and a softcore ecchi anime tried to get serious only for them to get drunk AND stoned in the process and then didn't give a shit to the offspring they created...
LA had a morbid curiosity in watching Dorei-ku The Animation and LA's curiosity bit LA in the hand if the intro statement is anything to go by. See Dorei-ku The Animation tries to mix in the mind games of Death Note's Light and L with risque and ecchi consequences for the loser however with what Dorei-ku The Animation tries and fails to do in terms of the mind games is the stakes it implements to the huge cast of characters not only bloat the mind games as a whole but makes the stakes almost WORTHLESS by the end of it all.
Dorei-ku The Animation's plot is of some "magical br…
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