Before I get into the animes review I would like to tell you where it comes fro. Obey Me is a gacha visual novel of the otome dating sim genre produced by NTT Solmare Corp. Its a game where you collect cards and perform tasks/clear missions to unlock stories. The story is about simply witnessing and participating in the lives of the 7 avatars of hell after youve been chosen for an exchange program from earth alongside Solomon. The game itself is actually pretty good but I think the fact that they made this anime is what makes it admirably wonderful to me. I know a lot of games make anime like Hakuoki or Dramatical Murder Uta No Prince Sama etc but I particularly like this one because of the attention the creators give to the game and the ammount of effort they put into giving their fans what they want. The game rarely ever needs in game transactions so its pretty much a game you can just play without much worry. They made a short comic about the personalities of the characters. They have music sung by the voice actors most of which actually is really good like Read My Heart by Satans VA or Dreamscape by Belphegors VA which is by far one of my most favourite songs. Anyway onto the anime.
So the anime consists of 5 min episodes of cute boys doing cute things tho I think its just really funny for anyone to enjoy it not only people who like watching that tag. Theres about a min and a half of the ending which is just a wonderful party song you can vibe to with some beautiful visuals as well. If you have played the game you wouldnt need a lot of explanation about everyone but even if you just read the comic which is like 6 pages rn you would know all you need to know. Tho even despite that I think pretty much everyones personalities can be understood in the first 23 episodes. Ill list out the characters in order of their ages. Theres Lucifer avatar of pride the oldest brother who pretty much everyone is scared of but hes a loving guy and cares for all his brothers. Mammon the avatar of greed hes like the guy everyone pretends to hate but hes most beloved to everyone especially Lucifer. Leviathan the avatar of envy hes the ultimate gamer weeb guy who loves to collect anime stuff your standard weeb on discord I suppose. Satan is the avatar of wrath tho I dont think Ive ever seen him angry lol. Hes sweetest character after Belphie who just loves animals. Asmodeus the avatar of lust our instagram beauty guru basically but hes definitely more fabulous than any girl youll see on insta I can assure it. His voice actor does the opening for the game which is a banger btw. We then have Beelzebub the avatar of gluttony who as is obvious only eats and works out. His character is the cutest in the entire series being the really innocent little foodie. Belphegor is the avatar of sloth and is a very sleepy guy but hes also adorable and super sweet being the youngest out of his brothers with a beautiful singing voice I highly recommend listening to Dreamscape. Belphie and Beelzebub are also twins btw so theyre both the youngest.
Overall I think even tho its short this show is worth waiting for the episodes to come out and when they do I watch with a huge smile on my face because I just love it. Every character is lovable even the extras like Diavaolo the King of Devildom Barbatos his butler Luke and Simeon the Angels from heaven and Solomon a human learning dark arts. The game is a bit slow to play and get used to but the anime definitely would make you love the series regardless you want to play the game or not.
I rate this 95 solely because it manages to make you love the series in just a matter of 34 mins with great animation beautiful character designs and overall just a lovely atmosphere.
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