Osakana wa Ami no Naka

I made it about 17 minutes in and asked "why are people rating this so low?" And then I understood.

The story is bad. It's terribly paced and the story isnt really that interesting and it's triggering.

So the art was actually my favorite part. The cityscapes and arcade shots, a lot of the backgrounds, are just really good. Too bad the animation is so bad. Lots of slow panning shots that hurt the pacing mentioned before. The character art wasn't bad, but not enough to save this.

The sound had some good piano and then terrible sound effects that were out of place.

I don't know if i'm ... supposed to like any of the characters.

This became difficult to watch part way through. It was not enjoyable.

Overall, I felt like I was watching a train wreck. Everything was so dramatic and the "dangerous gays" was weird. Maybe the manga doesn't have the same issues. But this was just painful to watch halfway through.

I watched this out of curiosity. It was pretty easy to find in decent quality on YouTube. I don't know if I'm just dumb and wasn't paying attention. But the scene that comes after the swimming tournament didn't make sense to me at first. They just shoe horned in a random scene of the swimmer being catered to at a night club. He was being served alcohol and smoking cigarettes. They don't make it clear until later that he is in highschool still. Though that is what it makes us assume.

Their were some inconsistent and bad animations to the characters in this as well. It ... was really ugly to look at. Other than that it was an okay OVA. I think this probably only appeals to those who like the manga. Overall, I've seen much better Yaoi anime. Ones that don't randomly throw in a rape scene for zero reason. It had nothing to do with the plot and it wasn't even really brought up again. I don't know what the director was thinking with this one. Everyone should skip out on this anime.

Rate a 4
English Subtitled

Story
Story line is simple. Some plot questions remain unanswered. Was it consensual or persuaded or rape? Did the main character learn the mistakes of his way? Character's choices were double sided which led to improper rooting. Normally when a scene gets bad the audience tends to favor the depicted good person. Now regardless or reason if a person is capable of assisting with an evil act such as rape are they still a guy? I find the answer easy with a no but i will let you think about it.

Art
no complaints. I appreciate given the semi evil underlying nature the movie showed ... nothing brutal. Other than shocked expressions and a few blood drops.

Sound
If you can get past the low/faint hum and slightly robotic voices the anime does provide some insight to grasp hold of. Such as the reasoning for the title is explained. Along with certain business tactics.

Overall: An okay show. While the plot is some what misleading certain aspects can be learned.