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Anime Review – My Girlfriend Is Shobitch Collection
My Girlfriend Is Shobitch Collection (Cert 18)
Humour is subjective, whether it is harmless jokes, satire, black comedy, straight up silliness, or smutty innuendo. The latter is arguably the most contentious as it is either the of puerility or simply a lame attempt to shock for the attention. To that end, My Girlfriend Is Shobitch will have people phnar-phnaring at the relentless onslaught of unbridled sexual references or shaking their head in disbelief.
First an explanation of the title. Shobitch is a portmanteau of “shojo” and “bitch”; in this case “shojo” mean “virgin”, hence the full original title Boku no Kanojo ga Majime Sugiru Shojo Bicchi na Ken translating to My Girlfriend is a Faithful Virgin Bitch. Quite why Akiho needs to be referred to as a bitch I don’t know but there may be a difference in meaning in this context in Japanese.
My Girlfriend Is Shobitch will have an audience albeit a niche one, unless I am becoming too prudish in my old age. It is a well animated show, often amusing when it keeps it simple, and does attempt to move the main relationship forward, but in hanging its coat purely on its one-note joke premise, it will likely end up a test of endurance for some, even with just 10 episodes, excluding the OVA.
