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Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist (下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai), abbreviated as Shimoseka, is Japanese manga and anime series set in a dystopian future where citizens are prohibited from using lewd language by wearing computerized monitoring devices around their necks. The series follows the protagonist Tanukichi Okuma, a high school student who inadvertently becomes involved with the terrorist organization SOX to spread sexually suggestive materials across his city.

History

On July 18th, 2012, the first volume of Shimoneta was released by the publisher Shogakukan, and written by manga author Hirotaka Akagi. Over the next three years, Nine additional volumes were released, and is still ongoing as of August 2015. A manga adaptation was also created, and first launched in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine in May 2014, with one volume currently published. On July 4th, 2015, an anime adaptation of the manga was released, produced by the Japanese animation studio J.C.Staff, also know for their work on other shows such as DanMachi, Azumanga Daioh and A Certain Magical Index, running for a total of 12 episodes.

Online Presence

On February 19th, 2015, the /r/shimoseka^[1] subreddit was launched for discussions about the series. On July 4th, Redditor Shadofix posted a thread about the show's first episode to the /r/anime^[3] subreddit, where it gained over 720 votes (99% upvoted) and 320 comments in one month. The following day, the Shimoseka Wiki^[9] was launched, which accumulated more than 20 pages in the first month. On July 12th, Redditor Tsundere_Doge submitted a compilation of animated GIFs from the anime to the /r/anime^[2] subreddit (shown below).

On the same day, a page for Shimoneta was created on TV Tropes.^[5] That month, entries for the show was created on the anime databases MyAnimeList^[6] and Anime News Network.^[8] On Twitter, screen captures from the show are often posted under the tags #shimoneta^[4] and #shimoseka.^[7]

Notable Sub-Memes

Love Nectar

Love Nectar is a catchphrase referring to a scene involving the character of Anna Nishikinomiya, in which she bakes cookies for the Main Character Tanukichi using her own vaginal fluids, believing it to be special "Love Nectar" due to her lack of knowledge on sexual subjects. The scene garnered popularity among fans, due to it's extreme nature, spawning a number of parodies.

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