In the story, Ryuuichi Kaizu moves from girl to girl, using them as he pleases for sex and money or influence until they are no longer needed. That’s pretty much it. I guess you could consider this a bit of a character study and a social experiment in the cruelty and stupidity of the human species. Despite its completely abhorrent plot, you can’t really say it’s not realistic. I know there are people out there in the world who are just as cruel, cold, and unfeeling as Ryuuchi is. There are an equal number of naive and stupid girls who would fit the characters in this show. So in a way, Blue Flames might be one of the most realistic anime ever made.
As disturbing as the story is, nothing can prepare you for its complete asshat of a lead Ryuuchi. He is without a doubt the most uncaring and unfeeling person I have ever seen. There is no silver lining. He isn’t misunderstood or did he come from a bad family or have a terrible back-story. Quite the contrary actually, his family seems to be quite normal and typical and there isn’t a logical reason for him to be the way he is. He is just a bad seed. His own father seems to realize this. Because he is such a jerk, you don’t care about what happens to him and well actually you are waiting for him to receive his comeuppance but sadly he never does.
While Ryuuchi is mildly interesting because of how detestable he is the rest of the cast are complete failures. There is nothing redeemable about any of them. I didn’t feel anything for his victims, mostly because I find it hard to sympathize with people that are so easily fooled and manipulated. Perhaps the only people you might feel the slightest twinge of sadness for is his estranged family who didn’t do anything to incur his wraith. Particularly his parents since I would likely wish I had been born sterile than be responsible for bringing a tool like this into the world.
While this OVA is full of fail, nothing more so than the poor excuse for artwork. I know the quality of the rip I saw was probably from a VHS source but I seriously doubt this ever looked good. Even for the 80s the animation sucks. I really can’t believe people actually got paid for their work on this. The sound quality is nearly as bad whether from a poor audio source or just from lame 80s music. The actor performances are boring and uninspired.
There is nothing to recommend about Blue Flames except to stay away from it. It has a lot of sex and sexual explicit content but it’s not hentai, so even if you’re looking for that you unlikely to be satisfied. Besides what is arousing about grainy poorly animated tits? Don’t waste your time.
