The Gorilla God's Go To Girl is a shoujo anime alright. It has an interesting concept I will say, in a world where you receive a God's blessing at the age of 16, our protagonist, Sophia gets the blessing of the Gorilla God. Which predictably gives her super strength and everything else associated with a gorilla. With this power, she's enrolled into the knight exams where she meets the main guys of the series. Golden Retriever Isaac, marksman Eddie, and the big man himself, Louis who is the love interest.
Let me start with with this, I am not a fan of these female MCs, to me they're likable as a person, but not as the protagonist. Sophia is timid and meek all the time and stutters out every sentence, which for a side character isn't terrible but it does not make for a good main character. Honestly, characters like Sophia are just female versions of the shy boy protagonists in romcoms in my opinion.
and do I really need to mention the other guys? You can already guess what they act like. The energetic one, the quiet and mysterious one, and the prince-like one.
I do like the gorilla stuff though and how she always ends up doing everything correctly because of it, just wish they used it more rather than just making the exact same shoujo anime you've seen a dozen times by now. It's like if they took the concept of Fruits Basket but instead of them actually turning into the animals, they just had the characteristics of the animals and made it way more generic.
All in all, it's a fine show. These types of shoujo anime just aren't for me obviously. but that's not to say there isn't an audience for it. It was interesting enough for me to watch 3 episodes, so that has to mean something, right?
Apr 20, 2025
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