First 5: Ingoku Danchi: Deviant's Apartment Complex

Let’s be brutally honest here, nobody clicks on a title like Ingoku Danchi Deviant’s Apartment Complex expecting highbrow cinema. I spotted this on LiveChart’s schedule, and I clicked through to stream the series. It’s wild, entirely unapologetic, and completely ridiculous, a brilliantly hectic recipe for a Sunday binge when you just need to switch off and embrace the chaos.

Why 5 Episodes?

My self-imposed “five episode rule” works especially well for short-form anime like this. At barely a few minutes per episode, one is not enough to judge whether the gimmick has range or whether the joke burns out immediately. Five episodes give enough time to see the recurring structure, the type of humour the series leans into, and whether the connecting mystery elements are actually going anywhere.

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What is Deviant’s Apartment Complex about:

Full Genre List: Comedy, Supernatural, Erotica, Seinen
Expected Episodes: 12
Age Restriction: R+ – Mild Nudity
Animation Studio: Elias
English Dub: No
Trigger warnings: Non-consensual themes, kidnapping, extreme ecchi
Source: Web manga
Kanji: インゴクダンチ
Alternative Title: Perverts’ Apartment Complex
Official Website
Social Accounts: X @ingoku_anime
Social hashtags: #インゴクアニメ #IngokuDanchi #DeviantsApartment

A young boy with a bowl haircut stands outside a building, holding a broom. He wears a white shirt and a black vest, looking contemplative against a backdrop of greenery. Ingoku Danchi: Deviant's Apartment Complex Episode 1

At first glance, Yoshida looks like he should still be in school, not managing an apartment complex full of deeply unstable residents. After taking over management duties from his father, he quickly discovers that the building is less “quiet residential complex” and more “horny supervillain origin factory.” Each episode introduces another woman whose desires spiral completely out of control after encountering the mysterious Libido Cloth, transforming them into exaggerated manifestations of their own obsessions.

My Impressions on the first 5 episodes of Deviant’s Apartment Complex

By episode three, the formula becomes very clear. A very unhinged monster-of-the-week programme, each episode features a different woman letting her darkest desires run rampant across the complex. The formula establishes itself fast: a resident gets their hands on the Libido Cloth, their specific guilty pleasure gets amplified to super-villain levels, and our pint-sized manager has to survive the onslaught. Beneath all the chaos lies a small mystery about who keeps distributing the Libido Cloth, though so far it feels more like connective tissue than the main attraction. The appeal is not really the mystery. It is watching the show continuously, asking, “How much stranger can this get?” and then immediately answering itself.

Episode one: Watanabe the Kidnapper

Episode score: ⭐⭐⭐½☆ (3.5/5)

A young woman with short brown hair, wearing a pink top, has an angry expression on her face, indicating she is upset or frustrated. Ingoku Danchi: Deviant's Apartment Complex Episode 1

The first thing that hit me was how aggressively this anime establishes its tone. There is no easing you into the premise. Yoshida immediately gets thrown into a situation where one of the residents decides that “motherly affection” should involve restraining him in a fetish outfit. It is ridiculous from the start, and honestly, the series benefits from committing to the absurdity rather than pretending it is grounded. Yoshida himself mostly functions as a reaction character here. He is not driving the story so much as surviving it.

The lewd costume reveal was genuinely hilarious in a “what am I even watching?” kind of way. The pacing is incredibly tight; the series doesn’t really let the scenes breathe during transitions. You are whipped from one chaotic frame to the next, but given the short runtime, that breathless momentum actually works in its favour.

Episode two: Ichinose the Circulator

Episode score: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3/5)

An anime character with long, light brown hair and a gentle smile, standing outdoors against a backdrop of green foliage and a blue sky. Ingoku Danchi: Deviant's Apartment Complex Episode 2

Ichinose’s entire obsession with treating her body like artistic expression gave this episode a slightly different tone compared to episode 1. It still goes completely off the rails, but there is at least a tiny bit more personality behind the madness. The scattered photo setup was also one of the first times the apartment complex itself started feeling like an actual shared environment rather than just a backdrop for fetish encounters. Residents reacting to each other’s behaviour gives the series a bit more life.

The photography scenes lean heavily into voyeurism and control, but the episode never loses that strange self-aware energy the show thrives on. It knows these scenarios are ridiculous. That helps a lot. If this anime played itself completely seriously, it would probably collapse under the weight of its own premise.

Visually, Ichinose’s transformed design was also one of the stronger ones so far. The Libido Cloth gimmick is still mostly background dressing for the erotica, but Episode 2 at least made me curious enough to keep watching.

Episode three: Mizutani the Slimer

Episode score: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3/5)

An animated scene in a shower setting featuring a tall character in a swimsuit engaging with a shorter character in a shirt and waistcoat. Ingoku Danchi: Deviant's Apartment Complex Episode 3

Mizutani was the wild card for me. I genuinely did not expect the series to go this hard into slime fetish territory, yet somehow it commits so completely that I almost have to respect it. The visual chaos in this episode actually works pretty well. Slippery floors, people sliding everywhere. It almost feels closer to physical comedy at points, even while being deeply cursed.

That said, this is where the runtime starts becoming more noticeable. I kept thinking these episodes would benefit massively from even just six minutes of run-time, instead of rushing through every setup. Some scenes end right when they are getting entertaining. The anime still functions in this short format, but there are moments where it feels like it is sprinting through ideas that could have landed better with slightly more breathing room.

Episode four: Sanamori the Recluse

Episode score: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4/5)

A young girl with long dark hair sitting on the floor, reading a book, wearing a yellow dress and white socks, with a bookshelf in the background. Ingoku Danchi: Deviant's Apartment Complex Episode 4

In episode 4, we get introduced to a few new characters. It is easily the funniest episode so far for me. While Sanamori hiding in a pillbug-shaped Libido Cloth is weird enough, it’s Kanzaki, the blonde saleswoman, who completely steals the episode. Her aggressively overwhelming sales pitch, somehow becoming more threatening than the actual Libido Cloth transformation, was ridiculous in the best way. Poor Yoshida is utterly powerless against aggressive retail tactics.

This episode also had the strongest sense of escalation. Sanamori hiding inside her pillbug-shaped outfit already sets an absurd visual tone, but the introduction of a supposedly “Risk Level A” resident makes the apartment complex start feeling like a proper ecosystem of unstable weirdos. It adds a bit more structure to the madness.

The comedy lands better here because the episode leans into character interactions instead of relying entirely on ‘fetish’ shock value. The series is still absolutely an erotica first and foremost, but Episode 4 proved it can occasionally balance the humour and chaos well enough to stand out beyond pure novelty. It also helps that Yoshida finally feels slightly more involved, even if he is still mostly reacting in horror to whatever situation he has stumbled into this week.

Episode four also edges toward the Libido Cloth mystery with a bit more intention than the previous three. It is still thin, but the show is treating it as a thread rather than a backdrop.

Episode five: Shikijou the Temptress

Episode score: ⭐⭐⭐½☆ (3.5/5)

A close-up of a smiling female character with short black hair and a blush on her cheeks, set in a brightly lit room.

By this point, the formula is fully locked in, but Episode 5 at least pushes the ongoing mystery forward a little. The real development is the end: after four episodes of unanswered questions about the Libido Cloth, episode five shows us who has been making the deliveries. It is a tease rather than a reveal, but the timing is right. I was starting to wonder whether the mystery thread was going to amount to anything, and episode five answers that it is at least going somewhere.

Shikijou herself feels more openly predatory than some of the earlier residents, which gives the rooftop confrontation a slightly sharper edge. The contrast between martial arts discipline and complete fetish-fuel madness was also inherently funny. Watching a dangerous transformed housewife almost get kicked into next week by a karate master is not a sentence I expected to write.

The biggest thing carrying me into episode six is curiosity about whether the anime can balance its background mystery with the episodic insanity.

Will I continue watching Ingoku Danchi Deviant’s Apartment Complex?

A humorous scene featuring a young boy playfully interacting with a tall woman, who is dressed in a stylish outfit, against a vibrant, outdoor background.

Yeah, probably. Not because I think this is secretly an underrated masterpiece, but because the anime understands exactly what it is trying to do. It is pure sexual absurdity wrapped in short-form episodic chaos, and sometimes that is enough.

What stands out most for me is the character design. I really appreciate that the animators are taking the time to showcase different body shapes and sizes among the women in the complex, rather than sticking to a single cookie-cutter model. It adds a bit of visual flair to the otherwise relentless fan service.

The first two episodes were shaky, the Libido Cloth felt unnecessary, the pacing was rushed, and Yoshida’s design actively works against the premise. But by episode three, I stopped fighting it. This is a show that knows exactly what it is: a pure sexual erotica with mystery window dressing. The appeal is the episodic descent into madness – each week, a new woman gets a costume and a fetish and attacks the shota-manager. The Libido Cloth mystery is a nice undercurrent, and now that we have seen the deliverer, I want to know who is behind it. But I am not holding my breath for a masterfully plotted thriller.

What I am wary of: the show could easily drop the mystery entirely and just cycle through another five villainesses. And honestly? I would probably still watch. But I am hoping for balance. Give me more Kanzaki-style absurd humour. Give me more rooftop karate fights. And for the love of god, give Yoshida a growth spurt or an explanation for why he looks like a child. Until then, I am in.

Average Rating So Far: 6.5/10

Still, this definitely sits firmly in “average for its genre” territory for me. Fun, strange, occasionally hilarious, and absolutely not something I would recommend blindly to random anime fans.

Will you watch Ingoku Danchi? Are you already watching? If you are, which resident has been your favourite so far?

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