I can’t believe you all are making me write this FILTH.
In case you weren’t aware, Redo of Healer is STRAIGHT UP PORN. It’s not even ecchi. It’s HENTAI. It leaves NOTHING to the imagination. People upload this anime to LITERAL PORN SITES. WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME CATER TO YOUR SICK AND TWISTED ISEKAI MEETS HAREM ANIME FANTASIES?
Listen, I’m not going to give you a list of straight-up anime porn. That would be inappropriate. However, against my better judgment, I will supply you with a list of softcore ecchi anime to keep your horny ass entertained. Plus, plenty of these anime have better plots than Redo of Healer. But you were never watching Redo of Healer for the plot in the first place, were you?
19. Dandadan
We’re going to start this list with something fantastical yet sweet. A show that makes me believe that real love is possible in this world, love that doesn’t devolve into psychosexual horror smut like most of the other entries on this list. Dandadan is the story of the beautiful young daughter of a spiritual medium, who strikes up a friendship with an otaku obsessed with aliens. After the former awakens her psychic powers after being abducted by aliens and the latter has his dick stolen by a perky grandma ghost, they embark on a quest to rid their town of the supernatural and the malign. It’s flirty, sweet, and at times totally horrifying.
18. Mononoke
Speaking in book terms, Mononoke is more horror-lit while Redo of Healer is dark romance smut. That being said, a Redo of Healer stan may appreciate this show’s macabre themes and hot main character. The series revolves around a wandering Medicine Seller, who sells a spiritual sort of cure. He’s secretly an exorcist, and he’s hellbent on driving dangerous yokai out of Edo-period Japan. Animated like a fantastical watercolor kaleidoscope, this series is one of the most beautifully drawn shows I’ve ever seen. As for horror, we’ve got evil disembodied baby heads, giant sea monster monks, and one very scary ghost cat to deal with. The Medicine Seller’s work is cut out for him.
17. Tower of God
Tower of God is a dark fantasy battle shonen that is not to be missed. It’s centered around a kid named Bam, who has spent his young life trapped in the base of a mysterious, ancient tower. It’s said that anyone strong enough to reach the top of the tower will have their heart’s desire granted, so reaching the top is what Bam decides to do … along with dozens of other deadly fighters hellbent on getting there first. While this series is light on sexuality, cuties of all genders populate each of the Tower’s myriad floors.
16. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
I suppose that you could say Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is the antithesis of the dark fantasy Redo of Healer, the emotionally grounded, bright fantasy other side of the coin. For those wishing to take a break from the cynicism of its f*cked-up counterpart, Frieren might be just what the doctor ordered. Set in a world where the forces of good vanished the evil Demon King decades ago, the series centers around an immortal elf named Freiren, who belonged to an adventurer party that struck the decisive blow against darkness. After finding out one of her companions died of old age, the immortal elf decides to embark on a quest to learn more about humanity, the world, and the friends she made long ago.
15. Claymore
If you’ve got a thing for battle-hardened muscle mommies, Claymore is for you. Claymore takes place in a dark fantasy world haunted by flesh-eating shapeshifters called Yoma. To fight the Yoma, a mysterious organization created a cadre of gorgeous lady knights called Claymores to fight off the threat. Each of the women is part Yoma, giving them a superhuman edge against the supernatural beasts. After his village is destroyed by Yoma, a young boy decides to follow a Claymore named Claire, who is sent in to mop up the mess. Claire meanwhile harbors ulterior motives, and dreams of avenging her former mentor who was slain by Yoma who may or may not have a secret connection to the mysterious organization to which she belongs.
14. The Rising of Shield Hero
The Rising of Shield Hero is the slightly less screwed-up little sibling of Redo of Healer. Like, a hair’s breadth less. It’s about ordinary college student Naofumi Iwatani, who is isekai’d into a fantasy world where he is chosen to become the legendary Shield Hero and fight the forces of darkness alongside three legendary companions. At least, that was the plan. He’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit by an evil princess, and as a result is stripped of his rank, disowned by his comrades, and left to rot. Determined to clear his name, he goes on a redemption quest/fantasy PR campaign to prove he’s not evil by going around protecting the innocent. He’s also fully plotting devious revenge against the princess, but that will come later.
13. Goblin Slayer
Goblin Slayer starts as harmless fantasy anime fun. A plucky young group of adventurers signs up for a job fighting goblins. Ha! Total level one enemy … or so they thought. After venturing into a cave to fight the goblins on their home turf, the heroes are brutally massacred until no one but the healer remains. She’s saved from a fate worse than death at the last minute by an armor-clad man known as The Goblin Slayer, who has a personal vendetta against the little menaces. Warning: this show does not shy away from scenes of sexual violence. Sickeningly, sexual violence against humans is the way goblins reproduce. That being said, if you can handle Redo of Healer, you can probably handle this.
12. Devilman Crybaby
You wanted a psychosexual nightmare? You got it. Devilman Crybaby, the 10-episode remake of the infamous Devilman manga, is all sorts of wrong. In a world where flesh-eating demons have begun to possess humans, a teenager named Akira Fudo can merge with a powerful infernal beast to become a human/demon hybrid: a Devilman. The series kicks off with a blood bang from the first episode, featuring one of the most grotesque, disturbing, depraved death-by-sex demon orgies I’ve ever seen. And it only gets worse from there. Part religious allegory, part extended puberty metaphor, part cosmic horror tragedy, it’s one of the most darkly brilliant anime ever made.
11. Interspecies Reviewers
Interspecies Reviewers is a sex tourism show. In a sex-positive fantasy world where brothels populate every street corner, a group of horny adventurers is determined to bang their way from town to town to establish which establishment is the best. For human adventurer Stunk, beauty is only skin deep. For his elf friend Zel, it’s all about what’s on the inside—i.e. how much mana someone has that matters. The duo’s non-binary fallen angel friend Crimveal is just on the hunt for the piece of their missing halo so they can return to Heaven. Stunk and Zel want to get to Heaven as well if only to boink an angel or two.
10. Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist
Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist is easily one of the raunchiest non-hentai anime series ever made. The action (and there’s a lot of it) occurs in a dystopian version of modern-day Japan, a world where all forms of sexual perversion are outlawed. If you’re suspected of keeping even a softcore nudie mag under your mattress, the Smut Police will come to haul you away. Mild-mannered high schooler Tanukichi Okuma is content to keep on the sexual straight and narrow, but his purity plans are derailed by the arrival of a radical sex-terrorist cell called SOX (Society of Sexual Obscenities), determined to spread perversion among the populace. The group’s leader is Ayame Kajo, a girl who wears underwear as a face mask, and Tanukichi can’t help but fall for her.
9. Highschool DxD
Uh oh. Some horny little high school kid got merc’d after he accidentally went on a date with a homicidal fallen angel. Now he has to spend the afterlife in a magical high school populated by hot angels and demons. Lucky for him, the hottest devil of them all, Rias Gremory, has the hots for him. Does he deserve her love? Of course not. No ecchi anime protagonist EVER does. But he’s just so feckless, ordinary, and helpless that she apparently can’t even HELP herself. The stuff of fantasy, am I right?
8. High School of the Dead
I’m sensing a high school theme here. Ew. In this anime, Japan is suddenly embroiled in a zombie apocalypse. Everyone at protagonist Takashi Komuro’s high school was eaten alive by the walking dead. Except of course for the three hottest girls in school (and one horny little nebbish who’s frankly an ammosexual above all else). Now the quintet have to fight their way through a zombified Japan in order to seek safety. And a place where they can all bang. But lucky for you, they get REALLY CLOSE to doing it anyway. Sometimes even during HEATED COMBAT WITH THE UNDEAD.
7. Prison School
This is the school where creeps like you belong. After a prestigious all-girl high school is made co-ed, five horny boys are brought in to “learn” alongside the school’s female population. And guess what they do first? They attach a camera phone to a string and dangle it in the girl’s locker room window to sneak a peak. They are caught by the school’s student government (made up of hot, bicurious women with domination kinks) and sentenced to serve time in a makeshift jail on school grounds. The boys are frequently beaten and degraded by the student government girls, something I’m sure you dream about every night.
6. Kill La Kill
This ecchi piece of work has not only the best plot in all of horny anime, but in all of REGULAR ANIME as well. Set in a dystopian Japan governed by high schools that function more like city-states, a young girl named Ryuko Matoi takes up a scissor blade sword in order to avenge her murdered father. Her quest leads her to Honnouji Academy, where she is forced to fight against a student body whose school uniforms give them superpowers. Lucky for her, she owns a sailor suit that gives her powers as well. Unlucky for her, the suit becomes more powerful the more skin it shows.
5. No Game No Life
The moment you’ve been waiting for: an ecchi anime that’s ALSO an isekai! Two game-playing siblings are magically transported to a fantasy world where different intelligent species compete for power and glory in a series of games. They attempt to conquer and unite all the 16 different species in this world and stand unified against God. And they’re gonna do it using copious amounts of fanservice.
4. Monster Musume: Everyday Life With Monster Girls
I get it, regular girls might not be your thing. After all, the protagonist of Redo of Healer is consistently shbloinking a variety of different species of girl. I’m talking elf-girls, wolf girls, and even the odd demon girl. Lucky for you, there’s a series that caters to your sick kicks! In a world populated by hot monsters, mediocre protagonist Kimihito Kurusu becomes a host for several of them! You ever want to shblang a spider girl with eight eyes? Or have a cute harpy wrap her wings around you? Maybe you wanna get freaky with a snake-bodied lamia? Pick your poison! I’m sure some of them are actually venomous!
3. Sekirei
Local loser Minato Sahashi gets caught up in a secret battle royal between a group of hot superpowered beings called Sekirei. Lucky for him, the beautiful Musubi just so happens to fall head over heels with him because … plot. It turns out that in order to win the battle royale, Sekirei needs to pair up with a human being. So Minato pairs up with a whole HAREM’S WORTH of Sekirei girls. Are you even surprised?
2. How NOT To Summon A Demon Lord
Oh lucky you! We’re filling out the list with another fantasy harem anime! Let this anime be a testament to the fact that you should NOT try to summon Demon Lords. You should also NOT let any of your friends know you’re watching it. A stick-in-the-mud gamer plays as a powerful Demon Lord in his favorite online game. One day, he is inexplicably trapped inside his in-game persona’s body because plot. Two hot magical girls attempt to summon him to do their bidding, but because of his “reflect magic” ability the spell backfires and the girls are bound to obey his every command instead. I think you can see where this is going… even if your glasses are fogging up.
1. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc
I tried. I really tried to keep you away from the darker stuff. But you’re here. You’ve reached the bottom of the list. Now it’s time to acknowledge the massive, TITANIC elephant in the room about Redo of Healer: it’s a fantasy show about sexual assault and rape, and not exactly a nuanced one. The entire plot is basically a revenge porn. In fact, it eschews a more adult take on these notably adult themes and replaces it with over-the-top shock-jock scenes of sexual assault that I fear are also put there to get people’s rocks off. Listen, if someone has those kind of kicks, I’d rather them seek them out in fantasy than in reality.
Now, if you’re looking for a dark fantasy series that actually ponders the devastating realities of sexual assault, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better series than Berserk, either in the film trilogy or the 1997 animated series. While Berserk‘s plot is far more nuanced—and is essentially the story of one man’s battle against fate—sexual violence is a motivating aspect of each of the main characters’ lives.
The series is about a mercenary named Guts, born on the battlefield and forced to survive in a twisted dark fantasy version of Medieval Europe. He is himself a survivor of child sexual assault, having been trafficked by his father figure Gambino to another member of Gambino’s mercenary band. After years alone, Guts later joins up with a team of mercenaries led by the charismatic young Griffith, who has sold his body in order to finance his organization. Guts later falls in love with a mercenary woman named Casca, who was saved from a sexual assault by Griffith’s intervention at a young age.
Later in the series, Guts and Casca have one of the tenderest sex scenes in all of anime, they are so gentle with each other due to their mutual sexual trauma. This trauma is later exploited by a character in perhaps the most shocking and devastating betrayals in the entire anime canon. Be warned, the Golden Age Arc of Berserk is one of the most brutal stories ever told across any medium, but also one of the most compelling—and necessary.
Published: Nov 16, 2024 12:37 pm