Shoukokijo Iris, also known as Armored Knight Iris set in the far future, is what I hope to be one of the next best things from Pixy. In all honesty the first time I watched this hentai I wasn't too incredibly impressed, but that could be the hardcore and sometimes cynical fan within me talking. I guess I'm kind of hoping for Pixy's next Himekishi Lilia or Taimanin Asagi, both that really go above and beyond and go into some extreme territories we haven't seen before. Honestly though, the more I watched Iris the more I came to enjoy and appreciate it. Overall, the quality is there.
The budget seemed pretty good for this one. The animation and art design is very top notch for a hentai title, the beginning even has some pretty good CG mecha action. It's not as detailed as Lilia or Asagi, but the quality is pretty high. The setup is again pretty basic here, Iris pilots one of the mech's and loses a fight, gets captured and becomes a sex slave for some aliens. I'd like to argue though, chances are if you're a hardcore Pixy fan like myself, you're in it here more for the sex. Iris does deliver this pretty well. The hardcore level is pretty high and there's a few instances of stretching with huge penetrations, though nothing compared to Lilia or Asagi, yet.
The beginning gives us a lot of dailogue, though since it's not licensed nor translated I can't say much about it. Eventuall Iris does get captured and becomes enslaved towards the middle. The first sex scene is her on a stage in front of a large crowd of intergalactic beings where she has to perform, if you know what I'm saying. Eventually it becomes a huge orgy and I guess there's an element of humiliation here. From here, she is sent in alone to meet some big alien boss, whom looks entirely based off of Jabba The Hut. She has a colar that shocks her unless she does his bidding. He has his ways with her in a somewhat long scene and his tail turns into this big tentacle thing that, it almost looks like she starts to enjoy. Does look a little consensual! The end is a definite cliffhanger, but that should be expected since there's more to come from this series (so I'll probably have to edit this review a few times).
All in all I think Iris has a little promise here. The game HCG that it's based off of is one of my favorites from Black-Lilith. This first episode basically sets up for what could be a pure sex fest in the next one. I've seen a lot of cultaral references people have made with this one, from calling Iris a Samus-look-a-like, to noticing some of the aliens look like Greedo from Star Wars, then there's of course the Jabba-like alien. It's kind of funny to see, but hey it's not typical monsters and ogres. Hopefully the next coming episodes are great! Definitely check it out if you're a hardcore hentai fan and want something a little fresh.
