Ranked #3103

After... THE ANIMATION

In a nutshell (a real one this time):

- Superficial attempt at high school drama
- Unsatisfying sex scenes (forget the story)
- Animation and character designs were average
= Not recommended

The uncondensed version (if you have the patience to read it):

I didn’t see it with English subs, but this is what I got…

Starts out in a high school, where a female student with classroom sweeping duties gets informed her brother is in the nurse’s office. Meanwhile, nurse gets it on with said brother and they have brief, uncomplicated sex. He (Takashi-kun?) wakes up, his younger sister arrives, and after getting over her initial worry, they both leave to go to some kind of club meeting. They arrive and interrupt a couple making out, Takashi-kun gets momentarily jealous, and then two other students arrive and the meeting begins.

In the next scene, younger sister is masturbating in her bedroom to thoughts of oniichan (no surprise there). Oniichan himself walks into her room and catches her in the act (again, no surprise). She confesses her feelings and wants to do the nasty with him, but oniichan can’t because she’s his sister. Younger sister takes it into her own hands and instigates a kiss…and runs off leaving oniichan (and myself) surprised. (I was positive that nature was about to take its course here.)

Younger sister runs into fellow classmate (and club member) in the park. And the viewer is probably thinking, “Ok, sex scene for sure.” Nothing happens. Except a sudden gust of red flower petals (Tuxedo Mask style) sweeps in and introduces the next scene, where all club members are at the beach having a grand ‘ol time.

But uh oh, what’s this? Takashi-kun gets pulled aside by the cute nerd, who tells him she may be pregnant. You know, from that one time when they had way too much sodas and pop rock candy…? Flashback commences. The next sex scene has finally arrived, and the two are at some random hotel with clothes strewn about the room…having brief, uncomplicated sex. That’s shown in very brief flashes. Shorter than you can say “Kentucky.”

Back to the present, and the cute nerd admits that it might not be his baby but…*dun dun dun*…his rival’s! Now Takashi-kun can’t have that and immediately puts the moves on her (a.k.a. marks his territory), and the two proceed to do it doggy-style behind a convenient giant boulder.

And here comes a recycled scene, not even of sex, but of younger sister about to spike a beachball in midair.

Next scene: night time rolls around and the gang’s at some Japanese festival wearing kimonos. Takashi-kun makes a point to pay special attention to the nerdy girl, inciting jealousy from the girl he’s supposedly romantically interested in. A confession follows between Takashi-kun and his romantic interest, with the former doing the confessing (though it makes more sense if it was the latter). But apparently he played his cards right because they go to a secluded area to have straightforward, uncomplicated sex, but to its credit, it turns out to last a little longer than its predecessors.

Takashi-kun meets up with the others and finds out younger sister is missing. Search party is sent out and he arrives in time to prevent her from getting raped by some thug. When Takashi-kun retreats to his room that evening, he gets an email containing video segments of none other than his sweet innocent sister getting gangbanged, and he proceeds to shout at the computer screen.

O-kay.

Did I miss something?

Apparently so, because scene transitions to nerd girl waiting outside Takashi-kun’s residence, coming to visit him, but sees Takashi-kun’s new f*ck buddy–I mean, new lover– leaving his house after receive a chaste goodnight kiss. Nerd girl runs off before she can be seen, but Takashi-kun runs into her later when he decides to go for a stroll in the rain.

END.

Geez, what a cliffhanger…

I mentioned it already in fewer words, but again, the attempt at drama was pathetic and incredibly superficial. Sex was blah. The whole thing was blah really. Don’t let the advertised poster fool you. This title was not satisfying in the least.

I did see a short trailer for episode 2, however, which actually looks a little more promising than this one turned out. I’m not planning to continue After…The Animation, so if you’re not deterred by any of this (or if you actually like this series), I’d say check it out, and, if you’re up to it, review it. I’d be interested to know if it does in fact improve. read more