MM!

MM! is a fairly simple show about a guy who is an extreme masochist, but he doesn’t like how he is so he enlists the help of a school club and is forced then to join as the leader, Mio, promises to cure him of his habbit, although there are only two members of the club before he join they don’t exactly go about curing him, if anything fuelling it even further, with a sadist and an androphobe.

There is nothing new about having a character suffer (if you call it suffering) from S & M, but this show does something original by having the whole show focused around this condition rather than having a side character use the gimmick. This makes the show enjoyable and funny as the protagonist is treated to various acts of violence and torture and the different comedic and embarrassing situation this gets hime into, not discounting the crossdressing elemnts and Dragonball parodies.

The art is not particualry great, hair seems to really large compared the the heads but thats just its style and the wide use of colors for hair, blue, green, purple, yellow just to name a few. Animation is simple but the characters do stay proportioned for the most part. Backgrounds are very simple and don’t have a lot of detail put into them and the people in the background lack movement but there are a few scenes that look like a painting and do look nice. So the art and animation has its ups and downs but its style suits the show.

The opening is quite the earworm but has an air of unoriginality about its tune, ending song is a little all over the shop its got fast paced beat which makes you want to nod your head along but then slows into a ballad but then instantly speeds up, still a decent listen. Voice acting can be a little annoying but it fits with each characters stereotype and this type of show, though i personally found them to be annoying they do add and help towards the comedy.

Tarou our main character is a ‘hella masochist’ but doen’t like the fact so he enlists the help of the 2nd Volunteer Club to try and rid him of ot so he has the possibility of having a normal relationship, despite his condition he will always help his friends even when he feels embaressed. Mio is the leader of the club and frequently abuses tarou, (which she nicknames ‘Pig boy’) verbally and physically in the hoe of curing him. Yuuno has Androphobia due to an incident prior to the main stories time so if she ever gets too close to Tarou she ends up beating him but does genuanlly have feelings for him. Side characters all add variety to the comedy, the nurse likes fuelling situations and taking girls pictures, Noa is a scientist and won’t stop at anything to get tarou to return her feelings with her inventions, Hayama is tarous best friends but tends to cross dress that alters his personality greatly, and not forget out lead characters sister and Mother who love him a little too much.

Overall the show does have a few cliches, characters suffer from stereotypes, tsunderes, genius’ etc and has a few cliched episodes but with the added masochism is creates a new feel and definitely helps make this show funny. The show does like to tease us with romance but nothing is ever played out fully. Enjoyable but not the best comedy out there.