Boin

...... you know you have no life when you're reviewing porn.

Well, how do I start this off? By saying that this is my first review of a hentai anime? Maybe, but I've only written three reviews so far, so I guess that that would be obvious. I don't know the best way to start out this review, but I will say this: this review will be a little different than my last three.

At the time of this review, I've only written three other ones on Hetalia, Gun X Sword, and Popotan. In those, I judged the anime on its story, animation, sound, characters, and in ... the case of Hetalia, episode length. However, I'll have to switch gears just a teensy bit here.

Here's the thing about hentai anime, or rather, pornos in general. You can't review it like you would other things in the same media, whether it be books, anime, or movies. You can't judge a porn movie like Deep Throat the same way you'd judge The Cutting Edge, nor can you judge a hentai like Boin the same way you'd judge an anime like, say, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Why? Because pornos aren't there to provide a good story, likable characters, or any of the sort. Granted, those can have a factor and can make the porno more enjoyable. However, they aren't there for that. Pornos are there for the purpose of sexual arousal, and hentai is no different.

When you watch a porno or hentai, you really shouldn't expect good story or characters, since chances are there isn't any. However, there are some exceptions, such as the hentai I'm reviewing right now, Boin, a 2-episode OVA made by Milky Animation Label and based on a PC game of the same name developed by Crossnet-Pie.

I'm going to be a little less strict about the characters and story this time. That being said, the story in Boin isn't really much of a story. Nothing happens other than that our main hero (we'll get to the characters) has sex with the other three characters. Not too interesting, but for a hentai, it's not that bad, and rather acceptable.

Animation is one of the more important parts of a hentai (not that it isn't important in anime in general, but story and characters are usually more important), and in Boin, the animation is actually pretty good. The characters all look nice and pleasing (no pun intended), and the girls actually have pubic hair, something that usually isn't shown in hentai or is shown very simply.

In terms of music, there really isn't much to talk about. Not too bad, but not great. As for voice acting... well, I usually watch anime english dubbed, so I usually judge the english voices. Now, there ARE english dubs for hentai anime, but Boin is one exception. From what I can tell, there's no english dub for Boin, and if there is one, I have yet to find it. I don't know much about good and bad acting in japanese, so I could be far off, but the voice acting isn't too bad.

As for characters, we have a rather... small cast of characters. Only four of them; one of them being a man, and the other three being girls. Our main hero is Daisuke, a teacher at (according to this entry) an all-female school. Our three sex-dolls are Nao (the red-head), Mitsugu (the blonde), and Touko (the blue-haired teacher). Since Boin is only a two-episode OVA, we aren't going to get any character development due to time constraints. The character that we get a bit of info on is Nao, and we only learn two things: 1) Her boobs are massive now, but she was flat when she was younger and 2) She made a promise to Daisuke. Since we get almost no development, what makes the characters likable depends on other factors, mainly appearance. In case of appearance, the characters look fairly decent. Daisuke looks alright. I believe he only wears one set of clothes (a yellow T-shirt, orange tie, and turquoise pants), and that's it. As for the other girls, they look, well... sexy. Obviously they're going to make the girl's tits look huge. Ignoring that, the other three characters look nice. They at least wear more than one set of clothes. Nao, for example, wears a nurse outfit, a school uniform, and then an apron with nothing underneath. Overall, the characters don't get much to make them likable, but for what it's worth, they're okay, and visually speaking, they look good.

Now, Boin is hentai anime. There's usually only one reason why you'd watch a hentai, and that's the sex. So, what say we focus on sex for a moment? First is the number of sex scenes. Boin may only last two episodes, but that's no excuse for not having many sex scenes, which hentai is mostly made of. There are a total of five sex scenes, which isn't two bad for two episodes. I myself am not an expert on sex (I'm a 15-year-old virgin), so my knowledge on sex positions is limited, but the characters took many different positions. At one point, our main stud Daisuke has one of the girls masturbate in front of him and holding in her orgasm. At another point, Daisuke and Mitsugu are in the cowgirl position, and Nao, who already had her turn, comes up and starts sucking on Mitsugu's nipple, causing further stimulation. Nao then kisses her and remarks that Mitsugu's face at the moment makes her look cute.

... what? Hey, I can't really say much about the sex scenes, other than that they're... well... sexy, I guess. They certainly give me a hard-on, and for hentai, that means a job-well-done. I guess I better wrap up this review before I get caught by my parents (seriously, I get no fucking privacy anymore). Overall, Boin is pretty decent for a hentai. The characters look visually appealing, and most importantly, the sex scenes are 'sexy' enough to do what any hentai should do: arouse you.

A prequel to the much beloved Resort Boin, Boin focuses on the exploits of Daisuke right after being hired for a teaching position and placed as the Career Dramatic Development head. Now you may be wondering just what the hell Career Dramatic Practice is, considering its somewhat convoluted name, but it’s simply a setup where Daisuke and a student role-play various professions and positions in order to give the students a look into what it would be like to work in different fields. Now the original intent for this program may have been pure, but they didn’t quite count on just how horny Daisuke’s students ... would be, nor would they have ever imagined his complete willingness to see to their desires in true role-playing fashion.

This is especially true of Nao, a sweetly conniving redhead with impure intentions, who’s the first to take part in this soon-to-be defiled program with her little nurse’s outfit and almost exploding bosom. She may be a virgin but she wanted her first time to be with Daisuke, and even though he found this out only after the fact, he was more than willing regardless. His exploits with her are quickly followed by yet another girl looking to spend some special role-playing time with him. Mitsugu, in her shrine maiden getup, has taken it upon herself to release the evil spirits that dwell in Daisuke’s bulging pants. She’s equally stacked and looking to please Daisuke in any way she can, with her body as his canvas. Just the way it should be, I might add.

Of course these girls aren’t just happy with their one-shot encounters. They take it upon themselves to visit him at home in an effort to show their love and maybe get a little treat. Nao is the first to break in, and after searching through his stuff she finds he has a certain affinity for girls wearing an apron with nothing else underneath it (really, who doesn’t?). She also happens to run across a vibrator during her thieving, an item which Daisuke decides to put to good use as soon as he gets back. That works out well until Mitsugu, who has much the same idea to barge in on him as Nao did, comes in at the most inopportune time. Right as Daisuke and Nao are climaxing directly in front of her. Stunned, shocked and upset, Daisuke does the only thing he can to make the situation better. He has sex with both of them at the same time, a move that almost always results in the two lovely ladies finding themselves irresistibly drawn to one another as well. It’s one of those great hentai girl traits and that, my friends, is what dreams are made of.

I can’t say there’s much more to it than that though. It’s just a simple tale of smitten schoolgirls and their quest to bed their teacher. And while that’s all well and good, the sex scenes do not have the quality necessary to carry both episodes on their own. Only the final scene, when Nao and Mitsugu both get in on some delectable threesome action, stands out amongst all the others. It’s not just that the sex acts are repetitious and uninteresting; it’s that the animation and details are also underwhelming. Even the cosplay bit and short vibrator scene can’t do anything to save it from just not being titillating enough. Of course the Japanese voices are able to help in that effort, but they’re the only ones working towards that end as there is no English dub.

Boin is a sweet little title that’s worth a watch, but it really doesn’t really bring anything new or exciting to the table. Its sequel, however, is amazing, and you don’t need to see the first to understand what’s going on in the second. So it’s really up to you if you want to watch them both or just skip this one and move onto Resort Boin in all its sex filled glory. Whichever the case may be, it’s the right choice.

I was initially not planning to talk about Boin after seeing it as it felt like a mediocre hentai all things considered however I felt it was necessary as I was going to write about it’s sequel Resort Boin. Although Resort Boin is a sequel, it is not necessary to watch Boin as it sets up only two girls of the large cast which speaks to the difference in quality between the two. Straight of the bat, I wouldn’t recommend Boin however if you have watched it then if the quality disappointed you I would highly recommend you continue the series with Resort Boin however ... if you did enjoy it then Resort Boin will be even better.

Story : 5.3

The story of Boin is not especially strong, with only a single weak gimmick to support it, when viewed critically the story could not stand on its own two feet. Nothing was especially bad or disturbing about Boin’s story however it stood out as aggressively mediocre in the space of hentai where the standard is to have some supernatural element or pandering to a certain fetish or just being plain disturbing however Boin has none of that. No part of Boin’s story would put a viewer off however no part makes the viewer stay so while Boin’s story is not bad it is not particularly good either and thus it gets a 5.3 as that seems like a fitting pairing between an aggressively mediocre story and an aggressively mediocre number.

Art and Animation : 5

Something felt very off with the character faces, body proportions and general motions. Although I will give away a tiny bit of leniency, looking at the sequel the art and animation are worlds apart so considering they were released a year from each other there is little the argument ‘It’s an older hentai’ can do for it unfortunately. Much like the other aspects of the show, animation is no different in being a total let down

Characters : 5

Much like the story, the characters are also very cookie cutter at best and at worst don’t have much of a personality. Everything felt bland despite the incessant moaning and I blame that more on how the show was structured without much dialogue and putting more emphasis on selling the sex which is rather unfortunate with regards to how I choose to experience my hentai.

Overall Boin is an unnecessary chapter in the series, adding nothing to its much better sequel and is very honestly not worth the watch. It contributed nothing to my life and felt like a waste of time however it did lead me to watching Resort Boin so I guess there’s always some silver lining to a bad hentai, whether it’s traumatizing you into reevaluating your life or helping you find much better hentai