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I'm easy to please, especially with pornographic material. As long as it is competent in giving what you want in a pretty package, I will enjoy it. Yet, even when something is put in one, you still have to provide me with more than what is bargained for. When you have all of these great assets, and you can only give me half amazing and half meh, it only adds fuel to the disappointment. Which can still be good but not amazing.

Kyonyuu Fantasy is not a bad hentai. In fact, I would still call it very good. Its best quality is the female cast. They ... all have similar body types, yet unique characteristics make them distinct. Shamsiel is, of course, the best out of all of them. She radiates so much charm and cuteness that gives the hentai much-needed personality more than just your standard fantasy-laden hentai story. She's one of those hentai girls that you desperately wished had a side-story OVA with her succubus adventures with various men she comes across. It's a shame the rest of the girls aren't at the same level as her.

That is not to say the rest of the girls are bad. Roxanne fits that gigantic oppai/lactation scenario well enough, and her scene at the end of the first episode is nice. Gladys and Isis all have their spotlights in the 2nd episode and are fine for what they are. What is missing that would have made them special would be if they had something in their personality that made them interesting to watch getting fucked. It's one thing to have a nice hot body on a girl character in a hentai, but if you put some interesting personality quirks to them, it adds so much to the sex scenes.1 Roxanne is just your average Ojou-sama character. Gladys and Isis are your typical dignified knight girls that get quickly tempted by lust for our bland male lead. They might be good eye candy, but that's all there is to them, unlike Shamsiel.

Whenever Kyonyuu Fantasy gets discussed on various hentai sites, the common complaint is how inferior the 2nd episode is to the 1st. I'm one of those that has that same complaint. However, I feel like you would love the 2nd episode if there is one hentai trope you are a fan of, Big oppai and lactation. There is much of that in the 2nd episode, and you will have plenty of fap time if that is your bag. I can take it or leave it with lactation scenes. I will always go back to the Shamsiel scene in episode 1. I would call it one of the best in hentai. However, it is incredibly grating that they repeat it in episode 2 but in a different room. While it doesn't last longer than a minute, it is jarring how lazy they implemented it out of nowhere when they could've used that time to create something completely different.

This brings us to the most frustrating part of Kyonyuu Fantasy: it ends abruptly and unfinished. They could do a lot of content with how many scenes are in the original eroge game. But they decided to half-ass it at the 2nd episode and decided that they're not going to do anymore as of writing this. Normally I say that the best thing to say about an anime or hentai is that you wish there were more. That's only if there is at least a sizable chunk to look back on fondly. But to me, the only scenes I'll go back to are Shamsiel's and the last one in episode 2.

Despite all of my frustrations mentioned above, I still commend Majin's art and animation department. Every girl looks great, the backgrounds all look great for a hentai production, and the movements look fluid enough to where they don't look cheap. These alleviate the problems I have with making Kyonyuu Fantasy a repeatable viewing.

It's weird how I still have a great outlook on Kyonyuu Fantasy despite how limited it is in its scope. It is a beautiful package with only half of what is promised, but it is a beautiful package nonetheless. We may get more in the future. But we will have to take what we can get. If, on the off chance that more come, Shamsiel needs to be in more scenes. Please, for the love of god. Shamsiel is love and cuteness personified.

Grade: B+

There are rare moments when you start browsing through anime as a newbie, trying to familiarize yourself with the medium. You look at one in particular that catches your eye almost immediately. From looking at its description and everything else around it, you know it will either be your favorite anime or not. Serial Experiments Lain was that for me, and to say it kept me invigorated from beginning to end would be an understatement.

The year is 2011, and I was starting my life in college. I was already knee-deep in my anime fandom and keeping track of almost every anime that came out each ... season. Not only that, but I was also into philosophy from any era or field, as well as science fiction literature. Out of all of the sub-genres of science fiction that allured me the most, Cyberpunk was the one that stood out from the rest. I read most things William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, etc., around this time of my literary phase. So when I saw that there was an anime called Serial Experiments Lain that merged these two things, it was an instant watch for me once I read the description. I would call Lain a Postmodern, Cyberpunk, and psychological turducken are what I would call it.

Lain blends all of these things perfectly. Using the atmosphere to create a level of paranoia for the viewer to experience could be compared to reading a Philip K. Dick novel or a thriller film by Polanski. The experimental nature might be a turn-off to many who go into this blind. Some may say that it only tries to be this way to mask any plot inconsistencies and so forth. But I don't think that's the true purpose of why Lain tells its story in a seemingly disorganized and messy way. The atmosphere it is trying to convey fits accordingly to the avant-garde narrative style. It doesn't feel contrived or unnecessary. It creates an unsettling mood that fascinates us with what is going on by giving us minimal exposition. With Lain, it makes sense not to because if the writers tried to provide us with too much context on what is going on, it would lose that sense of paranoia and psychological horror. So, the lack of exposition is a positive exception to this narrative rule.

Another thing that gives Lain its unique atmosphere and tone, besides the narrative structure, is its art direction. What's strange about it is that it is incredibly exceptional yet dated simultaneously. It still has that stiff TV animation you typically see from late 90s anime. The character designs don't have much pop or character as other anime did during this period. Yet, all of this works despite themselves. Yoshitoshi Abe, who has done original character designs for Haibane Renmei, Texhnolyze, and others, is always a visual treat to see his characters blossom in animation. While I think his original creations have transferred better in other anime, the design of Lain herself is incredible and has stood the test of time.

Outside of character designs, everything else around them, art-wise, is the true visual treat of Lain. Every background gives us a visual metaphor, like the red dots on the shadows in certain scenes to represent the Wired. The retro 90s aesthetic of the computers gives off a wave of nostalgia that encapsulates the rise of the internet and the computation of its time. Sure, it does come off as dated almost 25 years later, but like how music genres like vaporwave and all of its sub-genres are celebrations of nostalgia, watching Lain invokes that same celebration from repeated viewings years later. The visual representations of the Wired itself are about as surreal as one could expect from an anime like Lain. They all feel concise and purposeful in what they try to represent in their symbolism despite how avant-garde they look.

It's not often I get to praise the sound design of an anime, as many of them don't have what I would call unique sound effects or off-kilter sound design. But Lain is one of those rare exceptions where you will remember various sounds sprinkled in each episode. We all know the famous white noise generated in the outside scenes whenever we look at telephones that create the sound of "the Wired" that Lain always hears. It gives the anime an ominous aura that helps reinforce the mysterious atmosphere that it is trying to convey to the audience. As for voice acting, for what little there is since it heavily relies on narration and not much dialogue between characters, it does its job very well, especially the woman who plays Lain.

Serial Experiments Lain's story is what I always love about Sci-fi, Psychological, and Philosophy done right. Everyone loves to deconstruct the plot of Serial Experiments Lain in what everything symbolizes and what the true nature of the character Lain is. I won't go into that whole spiel, as it has been done to death in various blogs and youtube video essays. I will explain how the story, particularly the character Lain, impacted me as I watched it firsthand. My feelings for Lain are more on a personal level than anything else. I promise I won't go on an autobiographical tangent.

Lain, as a character, is the closest character in anime or any other medium that represents how I was around her age. Having very few friends, going on my computer for untold hours at a time, and trying to discover what I am as a being in this world. Now, the whole God part is out of the question as even at that time, I was/am an atheist and the implied paranoid schizophrenia. But the story of Lain trying to find her self-worth and identity through Wired resonated with me as a young college kid and invoked this wave of euphoric nostalgia as this was released around the same time I started scouring through the internet. I was a strange kid like Lain, thinking of myself as enlightened than everyone else, as egotistical kids tend to be. I can't say that anyone else will have the same experience, but this is to explain how this will forever remain special in my anime-watching career.

Outside of my own experiences, the plot of Serial Experiments Lain still has much to offer despite its minimal presentation. You'll most likely be scratching your head at the lack of exposition it gives. I look at it in that it's more about the journey than the destination. It doesn't matter what the climax will be as long as you are invigorated by the artistic merit Lain gives and the psychological issues our heroine goes through. You're more or less witnessing Lain stumbling through bouts of schizophrenic paranoia. That's the most you're going get out of the plot. To me, that's all you need to know. It's less of what is happening outside of Lain and her friends and more of watching the gradual shift of personality we see with them. The way it is directed with little explanation is a positive in Lain's case, as I've mentioned before about its atmosphere being mysterious and out-there. It would lose all those aspects if it were bogged down with exposition. While it might frustrate many, the ones that do not get frustrated will be rewarded.

I might as well talk about the OP, as it is one of my favorites of any anime. While many might critique it as being a little too pop-y for the type of anime it is, I think the way it complements the visuals of the OP and how well-played the instrumentation is. I will say the ED is not a fan of it at all. It isn't as pleasant to listen to and feels more out of place as it sounds like something you'd hear from an action seinen anime.

This anime is a difficult one to review and recommend to anyone. Lain is something that rewards your patience. If you can't have the patience to decipher what is going on, you're probably not going to in the future unless it suddenly clicks. When you're someone like me who gravitates to stories and themes that Serial Experiments Lain tries to tackle, this is a no-brainer as my favorite anime. I can't guarantee that even someone like me would have the same sentiment, but it's safe to say it was an unforgettable experience almost ten years ago.

Let's all love Lain.

We love hentai for the same reasons we love porn: release our stress to our passionate fantasies that excite us sexually. What makes hentai superior in many ways is that you can go beyond reality and create whatever situation you want without any real-world repercussions. These situations can involve worlds of fantasy or sci-fi when hentai scenario writers try to be creative with their stories. Fantasy, in particular, is something we don’t see very often these days, and whenever something like Kuroinu pops up to fill in that void, it’s always a treat to see.

Why do hentai enthusiasts, like myself, put Kuroinu in high regard? ... For one, the art and animation are stellar for hentai. That does not mean it rivals high-budget anime from legit anime studios, but this is right up there with Bible Black for hentai. The only thing missing is a western release to see these beautiful hentai waifus in their full uncensored glory. But for what it’s worth, we see a great transition to animation from Liquid’s original game character designs.

What are the various fetishes and tags you will encounter in Kuroinu? All of them. Well, not literally all of them, but it feels like it does when you finish watching it. The biggest of them is rape. A lot of it. If that type of thing isn’t your cup of tea, you should tread lightly. Girls getting tormented by, not only by human male dick, but orc/monster dicks is what you will typically see in Kuroinu. For the most part, they are incredibly hot for what they accomplish. Highlights include anything involving our two lovely dark elvish beauties and a scene involving the shrine maiden Kaguya turning into a super slut for cock.

For the longest time, Kuroinu only had four episodes. They were all 9 to 10 out of 10 episodes based on sex scenes and art design quality. Then around the time when the sequel to the game came out in 2018, Magin Label decided to release two more episodes to promote it. Despite the initial excitement, many fans felt dissatisfied with the results. Why was this the case? Well, there is a multitude of reasons.

It’s not that the animation or art style took a nosedive. It still has the same great animation you saw from the first four episodes. For one, the episodes are shorter. About 14 minutes for episode five and 19 for episode six. This does not include the end credits, which last for about a couple of minutes. In contrast, the first four had almost half an hour of content you could fap to. If anything, they just feel like specials masked as full episodes. On top of that, the dark elves, the two most popular girls in the franchise, only appear for a mere minute or two in the fifth episode and never appear in the next one. This baffled me and other fans, considering the preview art for the last episode showed Origa fucking one of the girls with a strap on, which never happened in it. It’s complete false advertising.

Does that mean the sex scenes we get are terrible? No. In fact, they are at the very least decent for what they are. But in comparison to the previous episodes, they come off disappointing because of the shorter length and focusing on the same girls without any variety. Especially when they primarily focus on the blonde female character, who is the least interesting girl out of all of them. At the very least, we see action involving the white blonde elf girl, who is my 3rd favorite girl.

If there is one problem I have with Kuroinu, there is hardly any yuri action. The ones that we get literally last for a mere minute. One involving the dark elf girl Cloe fucking Origa with a strap on. It’s honestly my favorite scene to fap to, but it is done almost instantly before I have time to finish. I know that yuri as a genre hardly gets enough reputation these days. In fact, the only time it does is when it involves straight vanilla sex, but at least have one long scene to satisfy those of us who crave that content.

Despite these criticisms, Kuroinu is still hentai that cannot be passed off. Even with two decent episodes, the rest are still near perfect in what they offer. Dark elf fans have Kuroinu to thank for giving us Cloe and Origa and making dark elves a popular hentai tag. But it has more to offer than that. Ruu Ruu for the loli fans, monsters and orcs for those fans, and fans of mind break when the Kuroinu girls turn into hungry cocksluts. Magin Label may not be what it once was, but we have this to eternally thank them.

Grade: A-

Every genre has its Citizen Kane, whether in anime or hentai. Most would point to the Loli genre with the 1984 six-part OVA series Lolita Anime as its Citizen Kane. While it holds significance with its place in history, it has not aged well with the modern era other than being a time capsule. If there is one OVA that I think truly deserves to be crowned that accolade, Shoujo Ramune would be the one to fulfill that position, no questions asked.

When talking about this hentai, you will get a lot of polarizing reactions. This is hentai that is about as niche as you’re ever ... going to find. Lolicon is a genre that doesn’t have it as its main trope. Usually, you will have a loli girl in hentai that isn’t the centerpiece of it and only as a side thing for people who are into it. Similar to futanari, although futanari is more generally accepted than lolicon. It would be a no-brainer for me to say that if lolicon is not in your bag, this is definitely not for you. However, if you are, this is the best you will get out of the genre.

Many people find Shoujo Ramune polarizing because the story is very slice of life. In fact, the setting almost looks like it’s set in the town from the anime Non Non Biyori. You have three little girls visiting the candy shop of a man who, for all intents and purposes, grooms them into sexual escapades. This isn’t like a loli situation involving some goofy scenarios that aren’t based on real ones. And because of that, this situation might turn off your typical normie who thinks this stuff is sickening. You’re in for a real treat if you can get over it.

What makes Shoujo Ramune amazing right from the get-go is its production values. The animation is extremely good in all of the sex scenes. They don’t look cheaply thrown together or rigid like many typical hentai studios usually do to cut corners in their animation department. All girls look super adorable, and their proportions look appropriate to their size. The voice actresses also give them cute personalities both in the sex scenes and outside of them. They pull off the archetypical loli voices quite well, and not to the point where they get annoying like some tend to be.

The quality of the sex scenes themselves is varied and isn’t copied and pasted into each episode. One involves two girls having a yuri-tastic sex scene; it’s not often you see a loli yuri scene in hentai, and boy is it one you cannot miss if those two things are your jam. My favorites are personally the ones involving Komako because of the actress’s sexy voice she gives her and how Komako interacts with our male protagonist’s chin-chin. Chie and Tenko definitely have their great moments, particularly one involving Chie and a classroom desk chair. The only downside is that the episodes are less than 20 minutes long. While the sex scenes aren’t short, they could have at least thrown in one more in each episode to spice things up a bit.

While the story isn’t something to write home about, they provide a good template for our girls to have their own side stories. It’s always a plus to have context for hentai scenes to make them more enjoyable. One involving Komako wanting to make love to Chie and giving our main protagonist a reward for helping her achieve it was pretty nice. Another is Tenko wishing to be famous and the candy man telling her to become an idol as an excuse to make her do very suggestive things to him. You could make the case that this is a subtle commentary on the idol industry, but you can clearly tell the writers couldn’t care less to explore further.

As mentioned before, Shoujo Ramune isn’t going to be for everyone. If you can’t get over lolicon or the culture surrounding it, this review will not likely sway you one way or another. It’s one of those situations where no one can’t argue one way or another if you are offended by something like Shoujo Ramune. For me and others who can get down with some lolis when we’re in that mood, this is something that shouldn’t be passed over.

Grade: A

When there is beauty in life, a utopia lies beyond the horizon.

The utopia in question would be Gargantia, the setting in the show Suisei no Gargantia is centered. We are thrust into a world with no boundaries, no territories, and no international law anymore. It's just the endless sight of oceanic currents and the clear blue sky. It's not often we get a mecha anime with this amount of ambiance or majestic atmosphere that could almost be as close to Aria quality to a bit degree. Going into this show to form my opinion of a positive or negative nature is still hard to express ... because the anime is excellent in quality, but it could have been a masterpiece in the grand scheme of things.

Gargantia opens us up with a galactic conflict that involves Ledo, who gets miraculously teleported out of it from a wormhole. However, it is never clear what it was, so don't take my word for it, and lands on Earth that are now engulfed in water with no dry land in sight. He is now put into a world where there is hardly any war besides the occasional pirate attacks on Gargantia. Still, it is nevertheless portrayed as a peaceful city with lively people on every corner. From here, he meets the heroine of the show Amy who he kidnaps to gain some information on where he is. Once he is accepted into the culture, he soon tries to examine the world he is now a part of and make sense of its ideology.

How the show builds up Ledo into growing into Gargantia's society as he interacts with the people, seeing how he doesn't know what type of society everyone else is living, is the most vital point. You have the character Amy who is Ledo's guide in showing how Gargantia works in its resource management, and its overall world-building makes for a sensational character story. You can deeply feel Ledo's confusion and fascination just from his expressions and the fact that he was raised to fight in wars while the people here aren't. While it can be argued is a cop-out to build up a romantic interest, Amy is portrayed in a down-to-earth fashion rather than trying to make her seem like she's there just to put a cute girl into the mix. She's mentally and physically capable of handling herself, making her not a useless character, and she's written to have a lot of willpower in giving the show an excellent needed level of charm and sublime beauty. Ledo is no exception when it comes to excellent character writing. His development through the eventual twist near the halfway point in the show shows how he changes as soon as he is shown this whole new reality that he had never considered authentic.

Do the rest of the characters have the same development as our two main leads? No, but then again, it's not needed to be given in context to the scale of the show. You have the sexy female character Bellows who has some degree of involvement in Ledo's development in how she shows him how fishes are the primary source of food for Gargantia. The other person who helps Ledo is Pinion, a sly, cocky sidekick character who does have some decent exposition about his past and how he has felt towards the whale-squids involved in his history. The rest of the surfaces come and go, but they don't carry much weight to the show, but considering how some of them eventually do become important figures in Gargantia in the latter half of the show can be forgiven. One example is Amy's close friends, who at first seem as though they are just there for sex appeal, but they do contribute to the plot so that they don't seem like filler characters.

That is not to say that Gargantia doesn't have fan service since the show is set on an ocean and like you would've guessed, we get to see Amy and the rest of the females get into their swimsuits and play in the water and relax. However, if you look at how these people live and how their clothing represents how they go about their daily activities, it is not distracting or comes out of nowhere. With fan service you get from many shows these days that do them to arouse the audience, here in Gargantia, it seems natural to the setting and breathes all new life into it for everyone.

Before I talk about the writing itself, it would be safe to state my position on Urobuchi's credibility as a writer and his recent popularity in the current mainstream of anime. I'm one of the few who is indifferent to the man. I never understood the love or hate this man gets each time he writes or produces a show. The man knows how to write a show with excellent action and psychological thriller aspects with really stylized flair in the characters, but he doesn't know how to write convincing meta-theories within his works when he tries to implement them. It's a situation where the man has the potential to write great stories on the one hand. But on the other, he needs to implement the themes in a better way that seems convincing. With the case of Gargantia, it can be safely said it's probably one of his better ones simply because of the way Gargantia handles its philosophical themes with less melodrama and is directed more subtle to add more clarity them rather than making them muddled or confused with itself. That is until it quickly isn't fully realized in the end.

With all the compliments mentioned for Urobuchi's contribution, Gargantia falls into an unfocused narrative in the last act. Without spoiling the show for people who haven't seen it, it involves another group of people who are not a part of Gargantia or the pirates who aren't fully realized with their intentions or way of life. There is a brief explanation of how the people live, but it felt like Urobuchi just wanted to show a dark element to the story to remind us that we are watching a show written by him. Not that there is a problem introducing us to a darker side of the setting of Gargantia. But in this particular case, it doesn't work from how predictable and uninspired it was because they pulled off a "Heart of Darkness" sub-plot right out of nowhere that isn't very convincing or effective in the slightest bit. It does reach a nice climax involving Ledo's mecha Chamber, but not even that could have saved it from a poor narrative focus.

Then there is the art and animation with lush colors and extraordinary effects. It's one of the most beautiful shows to grace the screen in a long time. It's not even the most technically impressive show concerning the high-budget shows of today. Still, given the amount of detail given to the water and how its reflections are drawn on, everything provides Gargantia with are very relaxing atmosphere and makes you feel like you're a part of this utopian society from the art alone. One scene involves an aurora borealis. Amy performing an elegant dance for Ledo makes for a memorable and beautiful scene based on the careful detail the animators put into making it. Or whenever you see the Hideauze swim underwater, and how they glow underneath the water is lovely from an ascetic point of view. While the animation may not be the most fluid in some places, it does its job exceptionally well in creating a beautiful atmosphere to make the city of Gargantia and the people living in it astounding to look at.

The music, composed by Taro Iwashiro, not only contains standard orchestral instruments but also some New Age musical endeavors as well. Pan flutes can be heard in a few specific scenes that almost give off a Chrono Cross vibe that makes it seem very natural to the world of Gargantia. The OP, while catchy, isn't especially anything unique or memorable. However, the female singer of the Ending song sings a lovely melody backed up by some instruments that fit well into the show rather than your standard J-Pop song.

Gargantia, while not the masterpiece that everyone was hoping for, is still a great show to watch regardless of its poorly written last arc. The show's first half alone should be well-regarded as brilliant with its relaxing slice of life aspect. Sure the previous act is quite disappointing in that it didn't live up to its expectations, but it's hard not to give the show a run for its premise. The characters and atmosphere make the show a splendid joy to watch; it might be evident that we might see a continuation of Gargantia shortly, not anytime soon, that's for sure. It can't be denied that the story could be more fleshed out that way. It can achieve what it wants to be in a better scenario. One can only hope.

Grade: B+

What happens when you mix the greatness of H.P. Lovecraft and the greed of corporate execs trying to make a quick buck on Moe? Total nonsensical fun, that's what!

There's not much to say about the remarkable cultural phenomenon that is Haiyore! Nyaruko-san and its sequel, other than the fact that it's otaku pandering at its most masochistic. One way to describe the show in one word is "references," and oh boy, are there plenty of them in the next installment. It's important to realize, though, that the show is a satire of otaku culture and decides to put Lovecraft's mythology into it to make it ... seem more like it has different lore like all other shows like it. Thankfully with all of this in mind, the show isn't as terrible or pandering as many claims it to be.

Again the comedy of Haiyore is mainly carried with satire and parodies of other anime. This time in the 2nd season, it seems to be focusing a lot more on mecha anime than anything else; there's even a reference to Cast Away with the volleyball Wilson in the background during a beach episode. If you know nothing about otaku culture, all of the jokes will fly over your head, and your only way of entertainment is watching cute girls - and boys - fall for this tsundere protagonist. The commendable effort put into the voice actors should be mentioned when talking about Haiyore because they do an excellent job putting all their talent into their characters. The one that is the most honorable is Kana Asumi voicing Nyaruko, who has this tremendous vocal range of being incredible zany and mischief that shines with the character. Miyu Matsuka, who voices Cthuko, has an attractive voice that fits nicely with Cthuko's fiery passion. The rest of the cast is good but isn't worth mentioning, although it's amusing to hear Eri Kitamura voicing a boy since we hardly listen to her in those roles.

All of the characters are eccentric and over the top to fit with the plot's primary premise, which is already dumb and silly. The sad thing is that there are actual profound moments that aren't very well done when it has sloppy pacing, from going between two different kinds of tone to a show. However, when Haiyore gets into comedy, it does its job relatively well, albeit not spectacular. It goes for the hyper-real route where the humor is very spastic and eccentric with how characters speak and how the animation is coordinated with each loose frame. If you despise fast-paced comedy with a passion, this will probably rub you the wrong way.

As mentioned earlier, art and animation are rather hard to look at in places. The character designs look average at best, the movements aren't very fluid, and they are mostly stagnant. The budget they had to live with making this shows the number of things they wanted to do, and I have to give credit where credit is due.

There's not much to talk about with regards to Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W other than it's just a continuation of the 1st season with nothing different between each other. Granted, there is some minor development with Mahiro and the rest of the leads now that he has grown with them for this long, but again if you never cared or liked the 1st season, you'll more likely find some other show to have fun with. At the very least, Haiyore is harmless fun, and that at most should be given a good score for better or for worse.

B-

"No one likes to see a girl cry, no matter who she is." - Yokodera

The quote above sums up the entire tone of the whole show. It's genuine and fun to its very core. Like Hentai Ouji, anime comedies that rely heavily on moe or cute girls as their driving force are overly contrived of tired old gags that aren't truly funny and come across as annoying than anything else. However, some shows are exceptions to this, and Hentai Ouji is one of these and is by far the best one to come out in the last year or two.

From the beginning, the plot is ... already quite over the top. You have a boy who can't help but be perverted because he loves girls so much, and he finds a cat statue that somehow grants wishes to people near it. Where did it come from? Why does it grant wishes? We don't know. Quite frankly, they don't bother explaining why it's here, but to the show's credit, they are at least aware of how silly the premise is, and the way the show is set up makes it completely obvious. It does go to a serious plot arc near the last episodes. Still, at best, the pacing isn't terrible and provides some decent development to the characters, especially with our three main leads, Tsukiko, Yokodera, and Tsukushi. One other thing that sets this back involves Yokodera and Tsukushi. He tricks her into thinking that he's a younger brother to himself, which somehow fools her easily without hesitation. Even with how silly everything in the anime is, this was easily eye-rolling material if someone were to buy into this.

Now let's talk about the most significant strong point in the show: The characters. From time to time, we don't often get harem anime with protagonists, especially those that are perverted, that aren't spineless wimps or don't express their perverted fantasies openly like the true perverts they are. Luckily, recent harem shows in the past year or two have realized this and fixed this long-overdue mistake, and Hentai Ouji's protagonist Yokodera is one of the more vital aspects of the show. Voiced by Yuki Kaji, who is no stranger to perverted roles, Yokodera brings so much of the show's charm front and center from his honesty and the way he is written as a pervert who is likable within his primary trait. Most writers can't pull it off perfectly, but the writers for Hentai Ouji are an exception.

So how do the girls fair in the character department? Are they all clichéd stereotypes? Yes. However, given in the context of the show's charm, these stereotypes are forgiven because of the sheer sincerity of the characters' motivations. Tsukiko provides excellent humor in a deadpan tone throughout most of the show, which is a shame since the seiyuu Yui Ogura who plays her, is better when she's putting more emotion into her performance than when she is playing a dandere. Azuki Azusa may seem like your typical tsundere character. She quickly becomes more than just her alleged stereotype later on. Then we have Tsukiko's big sister Tsukushi who is the least interesting. Still, she does have some excellent needed humor involving her and her sister wanting to marry her, which is just as strange as it sounds but then again, this show is silly in and of itself, so it's a nice bonus.

The animation is relatively standard anime fare with nothing unique or exciting, but the art design of the characters is something to behold. It is nicely done moe girls that don't seem as bloated with so many smooth or jagged lines around the characters that make it suitable for poorly trained eyes. The original character designer Kantoku is very talented in what he does, and it would be a shame not to let him have any more Anime deals soon.

Voice acting is very well done to give all characters their own given charisma. Yui Ogura is fantastic in how she manages to pull off the dandere role and Tsukiko's original outgoing personality. Kaori Ishihara is easily the best one out of the rest simply because she pulls off the loud mouth tsundere without making Azusa Azuki grating or unpleasant from an audio perspective. I've already mentioned Yuki Kaji before, and he's as eccentric and delightful as ever in yet another perverted triumph of a performance. The rest are exemplary in their way but nothing special to discuss.

The opening and ending songs are very catchy and pleasant to listen. Nothing in terms of complex or experimental rhythm, but they're lovely J-Pop songs that are there to capture the essence of the show's pleasant comedic tone.

It would be considered unprofessional for a reviewer to recommend a show purely based on fun and entertainment simply because people appreciate different types of comedy or entertainment. With the growing hate of moe shows in recent years, there's no doubt that many people won't bother checking this out after looking at the posters or screenshots. I appreciate shows like Hentai Ouji that rely on entertainment regarding my taste in entertainment. Still, at the same time, you come out of it with a sense of gratitude and pleasure rather than the feeling of regret or gain nothing from experience like most shows with moe traits. If you're open-minded enough to subject yourself to cute girls for 12 episodes, rest assured that you will most likely come out of this show feeling good and accomplished without feeling any form of regret watching it.

A-

There are fetishes or taboos that almost nobody will ever understand or appreciate. Especially ones that might make someone feel nauseous or disturbed by how it is portrayed. When you first encounter it, you will likely feel repulsed or distressed when you aren't ready for it. Let me clarify; this hentai is not for the faint of heart. Why is it, you may ask? Allow me to elaborate.

Euphoria has all of the following scenes that can please a wide variety of fetishes: A girl being electrocuted to death and pissing herself, a girl tied up with a toilet seat around her face as a guy ... shits in her mouth, a girl getting shocked with electrodes to the point of climaxing in a tsunami of cum, a group of girls gets tubes shoved up their assholes to another one's mouth in a circle as they form a poop ring, and a girl being branded with hot irons as she is tied up; Not to mention lots and lots of rape. These scenes don't seem that big of a deal, considering most hentai nowadays incorporate rape, but Euphoria takes it to another level. Unless you've gotten deep down into the rabbit hole of guro manga/doujin written and drawn by very depraved individuals, the things you'll see in Euphoria might make some people feel squeamish and distressed. I know because I was one of them.

I remember watching the first episode when it came out, and at first, it was relatively tame compared to other stuff I've seen. Then the 2nd episode came out. I was not prepared for what was about to happen here. The first that anyone tells you about is the shit-eating scene that lasts about 10 seconds. While that was gross, it didn't nearly hit me until the next one. The scene involved Kanae-chan being strapped in a chair with muscle stimulators and electrodes all over her body and electrocuting her for what seemed like an eternity. How the music plays this creepy piano melody and how brilliant the voice actress portrays her character being electrocuted presented this anxiety-filled atmosphere that I've never had with anything I've ever seen. If I could, I would find a way to watch her do this scene for how she did it. I can only imagine it was hilarious for the crew to see.

Now, what about the rest of the episodes? Are they just as disturbing as the first two? Personally, the last four episodes don't equate to the first two. Yes, the poop ring I mentioned before is where girls get connected by a tube from their ass and mouth in a circle, human centipede style. I found that more hilarious and somewhat sexy in a very sadistic way. It depends on how squeamish you are about poop, I guess. None of the other scenes are as disgusting if you aren't already used to hentai involving rape.

What does make Euphoria stand out other than the fetishistic content is its visuals and animation. This was Magin Label's first OVA, and after this they made Kuroinu, so they were starting out on fire to say the least. The girls all looked fantastic, from the line drawing to the body types they gave them with thicc booties; that's always nice. The sex scenes didn't look cheaply produced either. There are some that I don't go back to only because they didn't spice up my interest due to situations like a milf being forced to wear a diaper and fed laxatives and semen milk. You know how it plays out, and I'm good.

Euphoria is a story-heavy hentai, something you don't see very often. However, as many will tell you that have read the visual novel, the story is all over the place in each episode. You can tell that they are not bothering to connect the story linearly. It's your stereotypical: let's quickly adapt each route into each episode of every girl by hitting the highlights without bothering to add any exposition to not let the viewer be confused. Visual novels tend to have multiple endings, and trying to do one route would have been more sufficient, and people would be less confused. However, that would not satisfy fans who wanted to see their favorite CG scene not being animated, so it's a lose-lose situation for Magin Label. It's a mess, is what I can gather, but at least in the context of it being hentai, it isn't terrible in its purpose.

Earlier I commended the actress who played Kanae. The other actresses and the actor who plays the lead did a pretty good job. You can tell they took the roles seriously and were not half-assing it for a quick paycheck. The music also helps with the horror aspect of Euphoria quite a bit. Something about creepy piano music during a sex scene gives it an anxious edge.

Like I said before, go to this hentai with a warning from me. Not for the faint of heart. But if you're open-minded enough, there are plenty of scenes to enjoy, thanks to the great production value and talented voice acting. Personally, there were only a few scenes I ever go back to. The ones I didn't like ranged from being too gross to boring compared to those I liked. But I will definitely go back to the ones I liked when I'm in the mood to fap to something fucked up.

For us that hold up traps/femboys to the highest of culture, hentai OVAs involving this genre are hard to come by. You can look up any website that catalogs doujins of all kinds, and you'll find thousands involving cute traps in the lewdest situations you could imagine. It could be because hentai is an incredibly narrow medium due to a lack of budget and resources, except for a couple. Even though yuri is well-loved, you don't see it as much in recent years in the monthly hentai scheduled releases. But whenever something like Otokonoko Delivery comes into the ether, it's like a unicorn somehow graced ... us with its presence, and we can't help but feel giddy when we watch it, even if the end product itself is lackluster.

Why do I say this despite giving it very high praise? For one, it's a one-episode OVA that lasts less than twenty minutes. I know that might be asking too much, especially for a small studio like Studio Zealot, which has only made three hentai OVAs, including one other trap-themed one named Natsuyasumi. It isn't so much a blight on the hentai itself but more of a frustration. What is being presented is extraordinary; once it's over, you wish you could have a whole hour. It doesn't help that a couple of the sex scenes go by quickly and are over by the time you try to climax to them.

What does help is that the character designs, especially of the two trap characters, are very well done. Not only in how they are drawn but also in how colorful they are in tone. NemuNemu made the designs, an artist notable for doujins and pictures focused on crossdressing traps getting taken advantage of by older men and other traps. I've always been a fan of their work, and to see their drawings in animation form was incredible to watch. It makes me hope that more of their work gets adapted for the betterment of humanity.

Due to the short length, the story is about as bare-bones as expected. For hentai, it is serviceable in its job to get the characters to get to know each other and perform sexual escapades. The relationship between Shun and Aoi was pretty cute, and seeing them make love had that endearing factor on top of it being super hot. I can't say the same for the adult guy who barely has much of a presence other than to provide the big dick for our two adorable traps. Other than being the luckiest man in hentai, I digress.

I commend the voice acting of the voice actresses of our two crossdressers. The actresses performed their characters well and were not as fake, sounding like many voice actresses that try to pull off the boyish voice while trying to say feminine at the same time. Likewise, with my critique of the main guy's character, the voice actor sounds almost non-existent compared to the other two. Even when he makes a sound when he climaxes, he sounds bored out of his skull.

Despite my critiques of this OVA, I enjoy putting this on whenever I'm in the mood more than most other hentai in recent years. We have to take what we can get for us fans of traps. While Boku no Pico and its sequels are great and longer, on top of having three episodes, I enjoy the scenes of this one more than any of them. There's a lot to appreciate with the threesome at the end, our two cuties practicing each other to help Aoi become a slut, and Shun roleplaying as a cheerleader for our lucky guy. If there had been more episodes with this, I feel the world would be more at peace with itself than it is now.

It's not exactly hard to recommend something already a niche within a niche. If you feel like you're curious about the trap genre in hentai, I will not hesitate to recommend this to see why everyone else, like myself, knows why we are attracted to this genre. We pray to the trap gods that hentai studios will make more OVAs like this in the future, but from what little we have at the moment, we should be thankful for it.

Grade: A

We all have that hentai that we repeatedly watched when we were at that young age, where we explored the internet and discovered that glorious pornographic medium. After years of watching clips of hentai from Newgrounds porn games, the one that I remembered watching all the way through and had a title to the hentai was The Story of Little Monica or Little Monica Monogatari. I watched it the entire way through without skipping to the sex scenes. I was young at that time. I didn’t know better until now.

That isn’t to say the story is terrible. I could name hundreds more that have worse ... plots, not counting ones that barely have plots. It’s very bare-bones, involving a guy who comes back to a city that has succumbed to degeneracy and girls he hasn’t seen in years wanting to jump his bones. There is nothing too quirky or exciting to enhance the tone to help the sex scenes out, so it fails.

Whenever this hentai gets brought up in certain circles, the one thing that comes to mind is the character Meow. Why? I have no clue. Besides the fact that she is a cute neko girl and everyone loves to see a catgirl getting dicked or sucking a guy off in hentai. Maybe it’s because she has a way more exciting presence than the other girls combined. She has a sly personality on top of a cute slutty one whenever she and Will have sex. It is charming to look at and is the best sex scene out of all the rest.

I should also note that this hentai introduced me to loli. Being a ten-year-old at the time, I guess you could say it was the perfect age to be introduced to it to where it didn’t feel weird to watch it. While Meow is the best girl out of the rest, I won’t say the rest of the girls aren’t bad. They are adorable too, and their sex scenes are good in their vanilla way. The only issue is that the main girl, Celia, only gets one sex scene, and it doesn’t last as long as the others. I would have loved an orgy with all the girls, but that might be asking too much.

As far as hentai from the early 2000s goes, this is one of the better-looking ones. It still has the problem a lot of hentai of this era have where the penis looks like just one giant brown rod with no bother to draw the head of the dick or any veins. Due to censorship of private parts in hentai, I know they never bother to add much detail. But, to me, you have at least shown some effort on the off chance that it gets dubbed overseas and they uncensor it. Other than that problem, the girls look incredibly cute and sexy like you would want out of loli hentai.

Little Monica is the perfect hentai to recommend to someone who has never watched hentai before. Something that is entirely vanilla, no rape, no torture, etc. There is the issue of loli, but if you can get over that, this is a good one to watch. I would not put it up there in the top tier of hentai, but it is perfectly serviceable. And sometimes, that is all you would want of it.

Grade: B