Monday, September 2, 2019

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? - The Isekai Mommy and Child Therapy

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is a Japan light novel series written by Dachima Inaka and illustrated by Pochi Iida. It's licensed by Yen Press. Meicha launched a manga adaptation in 2017, and an anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff premiered on July 13, 2019. It's probably one of the longest isekai title I have ever seen thus far.


It's a safe bet every otaku knows this series by now in some form or another. The idea of a mom in an Isekai anime is rather new and has been quite the talk in anime fans lately. So I've decided to watch it and see what all the hype is all about. Also minor spoilers sign is in effect.



Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is the story of Masato Oosuki who is annoyed by his overly doting mother, Mamako. He wants to get away from it all and be his own thing. He and his mother eventually winds up in this fantasy themed game. But the shadow that kept haunting Masato that of his "mom keeps stealing his thunder" got worst where he finds out that his mother is pretty much an OP character.


The concept behind Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is rather refreshing as a mother who seem to be the main focus of an Isekai series. Sadly the show fails in doing this in a lot of aspect of the series and dips into the "I've seen it all before" pool of Isekai anime.


The nasty kicker is that it goes into fan service and incest way too often just for laughs. This is an anime about a mom in an Isekai setting yet your having them in ecchi situation. I seriously doubt Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is something you would want your own mother to watch let along tell about. And this is where the series bombs.


There's even a scene where all of them take a hot bath together naked. I doubt there are real life mom out there that is ok with their kids and some random girls take a hot bath together. If there are mothers that think this is ok then I seriously think said mom needs help in evaluation where their morals stand cause that is clearly not socially acceptable.


Don't get me wrong here, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is a decent anime when you take out all the fan service and the momcest (<-- yes I made that up) the show has. In fact the emotional moments and the scenes where it shows Masato and Mamako genuine care for each other are the high points of the series. Although I don't agree with the idea that having an abusive moms are also ok.


The character wise the design of Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is at least way better than your typical Isekai character design. The colorful magic school outfit of the female magician Wise, the intricate patterns in Masato's outfit. The outfit stands out enough when compared to the long list of Isekai character designs out there already.


Sure the character are all cliche stereotype but at least they are not ashamed to hide it. In fact one of the running gag of the series is how much it parodies itself and other existing Isekai series. it even goes off its way to make fun of games and other fantasy anime before it. Whether you find the jokes funny however is a question of reference as some jokes goes way pass your head every now and then.


The series does go into the usual "monster of the week" routine or in Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? case the "mommy of the week" as you seem to get thrown into a mother and her child issue but in a fantasy setting route with clearly no real major villain in sight as of yet. I mean even the anime Konosuba had a major villain going for it even if it's antics are mostly comedy.


Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is a decent Isekai series to watch if you can get pass the overuse of fan service and borderline incest it has. The emotional aspect of the series does hits it mark in most cases but still not there yet. The comedy is a hit or miss depending on your understanding of the jokes and breaks the rules a lot more than I think was necessary. The series has potential to be better if they polish out a bit more.


Overall Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is a nice Isekai if your really into the genre and doesn't mind the borderline incest and fan service it has. It doesn't have anything that hasn't been done before as far as anime or Isekai goes aside from having a mom as one of the main protagonist of the series. It has some good emotional scenes and funny moments but I wouldn't recommend this to everyone. Specially not to anyone's mom.





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