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EP. REVIEW: Monster Girl Doctor

(Sapphentite figure when?)

It turns out she was part of an effort to bridge the gap between humans and monsters and stayed with Glenn and his family for a year.

Does anyone else feel like the reviews being written aren't fair, given that the guy who's writing them, Doesn't even remotely like the show, He said so himself.

Anyone else feel the same. Also why make a man, who doesn't like the show, to write a review or two. You know he told someone he had no interest in doing it in the first place.

Yeah, episode 2 was a distinct improvement over episode 1. The first novel (which should source the first five episodes) was at its best when it mostly set the pervy stuff aside and concentrated on world-building and the more clinical aspects of what Dr. Glenn does, and that seems to be translating to anime form.

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It turns out she was part of an effort to bridge the gap between humans and monsters and stayed with Glenn and his family for a year.

More accurately, she was a hostage meant to insure proper business dealings. The "bridging the gap" part was more a side effect than the intent.

Does anyone else feel like the reviews being written aren't fair, given that the guy who's writing them, Doesn't even remotely like the show, He said so himself.

Anyone else feel the same. Also why make a man, who doesn't like the show, to write a review or two. You know he told someone he had no interest in doing it in the first place.

Grant didn't say he didn't like the show, he said it was outside of his wheelhouse, i.e. not something he'd typically choose to watch. Other than that, he actually had a lot of positive things to say about the first two episodes Monster Girl Doctor if you read his review.

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Does anyone else feel like the reviews being written aren't fair, given that the guy who's writing them, Doesn't even remotely like the show, He said so himself. Anyone else feel the same. Also why make a man, who doesn't like the show, to write a review or two. You know he told someone he had no interest in doing it in the first place.

Because sometimes it's nice to read a review by someone who necessarily isn't a fan of the genre itself, because they tend to look at a show a bit differently than its fans. That should never be a problem because whether a show is good or not never has anything to do with whatever genre it is. And I'd like to add -- and I've said this before when someone made the same complaint -- that if not for a woman speaking well of High School DxD, I would most likely never have watched it.

Also, newer show reviews are always put up for votes, and I can only assume this show was one of them since... well, the review is here. That means that regardless of which show gets picked, someone has to write the review.

I understand that, for the target audience, this is The Reason To Watch The Show so it's absurd to complain about it.

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Does anyone else feel like the reviews being written aren't fair, given that the guy who's writing them, Doesn't even remotely like the show, He said so himself.

I think that's a fair complaint on one level - it is always nice when a reviewer has at least a passing familiarity for a work and an appreciation for the genre. On the other hand, I'm trying to give it a fair shake as much as possible, and analyze it as best I can on its own terms. I think (hope?) I'm treating the show pretty fairly all things considered.

The disclaimer at the beginning was an attempt to be fully honest with you as the reader, not for me to try and rag on the show before I even got started. Sorry if it came across as the latter.

Anyway, I was just wondering. Sapphentite is a doctor in her own right, right? Why does she relegate herself to being his assistant and not a partner in the practice? She behaves more like a nurse or aide (no offense to people in either profession) rather than a doctor. Obviously nothing wrong if she chooses to be so, but I mean, people don't even address her as one (they address Glenn with -sensei but with her it's just -san or -oneesan). I haven't read the LN maybe it's explained and I got it wrong, but it just felt like a disservice to her character.

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I understand that, for the target audience, this is The Reason To Watch The Show so it's absurd to complain about it.

No, it's totally fair to complain about it. As someone who clearly appreciates fan service more than you do, Grant, my reaction was pretty much the same as yours. I've always felt that "but fan service!" should not be an excuse for shoddy design. To put it another way, proper fan service should be an enhancement rather than a distraction. Okay, I can see a little bit of titillation being fair here, as Glenn's biggest weakness as a doctor is that he doesn't account for that in what he does, but this series carries that to a distracting level.

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I understand that, for the target audience, this is The Reason To Watch The Show so it's absurd to complain about it.

No, it's totally fair to complain about it. As someone who clearly appreciates fan service more than you do, Grant, my reaction was pretty much the same as yours. I've always felt that "but fan service!" should not be an excuse for shoddy design. To put it another way, proper fan service should be an enhancement rather than a distraction. Okay, I can see a little bit of titillation being fair here, as Glenn's biggest weakness as a doctor is that he doesn't account for that in what he does, but this series carries that to a distracting level.

Annoyingly, we're probably going to have to put up with that kind of thing for most of the run.