A young boy, in order to pay off debts his parents owe, is forced into crossdressing by a perverted student council. That is the premise of Himegoto, so no one was expecting it to be a masterpiece. Those who hear of the premise will probably fall into one of two camps. One group will roll their eyes and say "I'm not giving that piece of shit the time of day," and the other half will eagerly say "this sounds absolutely terrible and I'm going to love every raunchy, shameless, stupid second of it."

Unfortunately, even those who would choose to enjoy Himegoto ironically will be sorely disappointed, and this is coming from someone who has a soft spot for absolutely terrible anime. Himegoto strives for that over-the-top blatant stupidity one finds in many ecchi shows but fails even at that. It tries so hard to be shocking and scandalous that all jokes are blatantly telegraphed, predictable, and repetitive. All the humor in the show boils down to "there's a penis under those clothes" episode after episode. On top of that, despite their silly names, all the characters are entirely forgettable. I wish I could say that the plot makes up for it, but as a gag show, there is no plot. It's just a series of scenarios strung together by a concept. It's unfair to deduct marks for storytelling because of that, since gag shows rely on characters and jokes instead. So if we look at--oh, wait, we already did look at those and they were both shit.

There are only two redeeming qualities of Himegoto. The first is how explicit it gets, content-wise. Our crossdressing male characters (yes, there's more than one) will occasionally have their nipples exposed and even show visible bulges. Wow! What a bold move! It's a shame that it's a shock that only works once. In subsequent appearances, viewers will merely be wondering what excuse the show will come up with this week to display the characters' 8-balls and pool cues. The other saving grace of Himegoto is that, at thirteen episodes of four minutes each, it's not a long watch. I wouldn't recommend wasting your time, but if you do decide not to take my word about how tedious it is and give it a shot anyway, you'll waste less than an hour of your life on it.

You might think that audacious imagery and short length don't exactly sound like selling points. This is only because they aren't. If those are the only good things I can find to say about the show, what exactly does that say about the show? I'll answer my own rhetorical question: it says that the show is bad. It's not even a piece of shit, because that implies that one could feel anger or strong emotion toward it, which would have given it at least some appeal. Instead, it's wholly uninteresting. If the show had been more blatantly worse, it would have actually paradoxically been better. At least then it'd be fun to make fun of. But no, it is instead just thoroughly unenjoyable. It's just...bad. Wasn't worth my time. Won't be worth your time. Won't be worth anyone's time.