Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun. (Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory)

Twelve-year-old Koushi Nagumo's life suddenly goes downhill when his father abandons him after their house burns down. Left to fend for himself, Koushi collapses on the street, but an eccentric woman named Mineru Wachi takes pity on him and brings him to the female dormitory "Megami-ryou."

After learning of Koushi's situation, Mineru, who happens to be the temporary manager, invites him to become Megami-ryou's official dormitory mother. However, what awaits him are the dorm's residents—each with their own wacky shenanigans—like the androphobic yet gentle Atena Saotome, the feminine tomboy Kiriya Senshou, and Mineru herself, whose recklessness knows no bounds when it comes to science. Despite this, Koushi does his best to fulfill the duties of this crazy new life!

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Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun. was released on Blu-ray in two volumes from October 27, 2021, to November 26, 2021.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Saotome, Atena

Main

Nanase, Ayaka
Japanese

Nagumo, Koushi

Main

Yamada, Misuzu
Japanese

Hozumi, Serene

Supporting

Yomichi, Yuki
Japanese

Frey

Supporting

Fukuyama, Asaki
Japanese

Kouroya, Sutea

Supporting

Nanjou, Hikaru
Japanese

Senshou, Kiriya

Supporting

Murai, Risako
Japanese

Wachi, Mineru

Supporting

Takahashi, Chiaki
Japanese

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Ogata, Mitsuhiro

Producer

Isogai, Noritomo

Producer

Itou, Atsushi

Producer

Nakashige, Shunsuke

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Naughty Love" by Atena Saotome (Ashu Nekota), Mineru Wachi (Nairu), Kiriya Senshou (Kururu Kurasaka), Frey (Freya), Serene Hozumi (Yuki Yomichi)

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Ending Theme

	"Zettai! Kimi Sengen ♡ (ゼッタイ！キミ宣言♡)" by Atena Saotome (Ashu Nekota), Mineru Wachi (Nairu), Kiriya Senshou (Kururu Kurasaka), Frey (Freya), Serene Hozumi (Yuki Yomichi), Sutea Kouroya (Akira Itsuki)
	2: "Naughty Love" by Atena Saotome (CV: Ashu Nekota), Mineru Wachi (CV: Nairu), Kiriya Senshou (CV: Kururu Kurasaka), Frey (CV: Freya), Serene Hozumi (CV: Yuki Yomichi) (eps 10)

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Jan 30, 2024

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: A straightforward and simplistic shota x college girls ecchi harem anime.

This anime is a take on the tried and true ecchi harem formula of a guy for some reason living in a dorm otherwise occupied entirely by girls. The only real twist on that in this is that the protagonist, Koushi, is a middle schooler. The circumstances for why he’s doing so is explained but doesn’t really matter. All that matters is that a mature for his age middle school boy is serving as the caretaker for a dorm full of especially eccentric college girls. And while I do say that he’s mature for ... his age, it’s not to an absurd degree. He is very much still a middle schooler and thus the anime overall has pretty heavy shota/onee energy.

The occupants of the dorm are pretty interesting in how much variety there is to how absurd they are. There’s a spectrum that goes from somewhat realistic to straight up supernatural, which I wasn’t really expecting. The most normal one is probably Atena. She’s just a regular caring girl with the exception that she can’t handle interacting with men at all. Over the course of the anime she seems to improve somewhat, though I wouldn’t really call it a character arc. Next on the normal ranking would be Frey, who is pretty much just an extreme cosplay freak that forces people into cosplay. After that would be Kiriya, a tomboy martial artist that breaks things when flustered and gets flustered really easily by shoujo manga and situations resembling those common in shoujo manga. Then Mineru, an energetic mad scientist that comes up with all sorts of elixirs that do all sorts of things, though they mainly seem to be variants of aphrodisiacs. Also, her room seems to have a giant lab that makes absolutely no sense space wise. Then there’s the stoic Serene, who I legit think may be an alien from the moon. The anime is somewhat nebulous about whether she’s just pretending to be one or actually is, but I’m very much leaning towards her actually being one. Wrapping back around in the strangeness scale, there’s Sutea, Koushi’s childhood friend who often comes to visit. She’s a tsundere with an extreme aversion to heat to the point she can’t stand touching other people.

There’s enough here for all sorts of amusing and ecchi hijinks. The vast majority are centered around one or more of the girls interacting with Koushi, but there’s also some of the girls interacting with each other. There’s really not all that much of substance. There’s some relationship development between Koushi and each of Atena, Kiriya, and Sutea, but nothing too extreme. A bit of light drama at times but it glosses over it and long term it doesn’t really seem to be committing to much. Still, it knows what it wants to be and does a good job at that, but just the comedy and fanservice and are enough to make it pretty fun to watch. The ending is the type that tries to be a bit more serious, and does about as good of a job as you’d expect. It’s a satisfying enough way to end, though that comes from not really expecting too much.

The art and animation are pretty good. The character designs were also really good considering the setting. The OP I thought was pretty good in terms of the song and visuals. The ED was just okay in both regards. The soundtrack wasn’t particularly remarkable.

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Oct 23, 2023

MiniOppai

Mixed Feelings

"Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun," or "Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory," is a quirky anime that mixes elements of the harem and ecchi genres with a healthy dose of comedy.

The story follows Koushi Nagumo, a high school student who ends up homeless after a string of unfortunate events. He stumbles upon the Goddess' Dormitory, a residence for a group of eccentric female students who all serve as shrine maidens for different deities. Koushi becomes the dorm mother, tasked with taking care of these misfit goddesses.

The show's main draw is its eccentric cast of characters. Each goddess has a unique personality, superpower, and, of course, a quirky quirk. ...

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Dec 31, 2022

Demonjazz

Not Recommended

Have you ever been stuck watching a harem anime and thought "Yunno, there's just one thing this anime is missing... A 12 year old boy getting repeatedly molested." than I guess this is the anime for you, but for everyone else... There's not a whole lot of reason to watch it over any other bargin bin harem anime because the plot is just so interminably boring, basic and played out. There is the occasionally good joke or scenario, I chuckled a couple of times during the time Koushi had to dress up as a girl, but by in large most of the humor falls flat ...

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