Okane ga Nai

Okane Ga Nai is about Ayase, an 18-year old boy, who is sold on auction by his cousin, so that said cousin can pay off his debts. Ayase is bought by the handsome and violent Kanou, who Ayase apparently helped in the past or something. What he did is never really explained, but it was enough for Kanou to fall in love with him.
In the beginning you think; "Oh, that's adorable. He came to save him and now maybe Ayase will fall in love with him and they'll live happily ever after."
Sadly, that's not what happens.
Instead, Ayase wants to save his cousin from ... the evil collectors and begs Kanou to help him save him. Kanou doesn't understand why Ayase wishes to save the cousin that sold him (and honestly, neither do I), so when Ayase accidently gives Kanou a small scratch on the cheek, Kanou rapes him.
I'm not kidding, he rapes him. And afterwards, he claims that Ayase owes him and the only way to repay him is to sleep with him for money (hence the title "no money").
And that's the show, ladies and gentlemen, Kanou rapes Ayase. Again and again and again, and sometimes someone else rapes him. So I guess you could call the show "Uke gets raped a lot".
But that's really not the worst part. Ayase starts to have FEELINGS for Kanou, at least when he isn't being raped by the jerk. I mean, what the hell? Ayase undeniably suffers from Stockholm syndrome. I wish this show wouldn't try to redeem itself with a love story. It could've worked, if Kanou didn't rape poor Ayase. But no, the show tells us that Ayase LIKES having sex with Kanou. Well, I guess it's alright then!
Honestly, the plot makes little to no sense, but boy is it candy to the eye!
I admit it, the situation itself is horrible, and Kanou uses poor Ayase to the extreme while the creator tries to convince us that it's okay. But it would be worse if the show didn't give us the satisfaction that it does. We see the beautiful uke in dreamy situations that would make any seme want to jump him, and Kanou is delightfully dominant and caring when it counts. Not many yaoi-animes have given me so much to squeal and drool at.
But, admittedly, this is not for everyone. If you're the yaoi-fangirl who likes sweet stories were the boys slowly realize their love for each other and everything's flowery sweet and deeply plotted, skip this one. It will probably make you cry in disgust. But if you like it a little rough with extreme seme/uke relationships, rape and bondage, this is for you!
As I said, this is pretty much soft porn, the plot isn't really that important; it's just there so we can see our cute uke get into dreamy, hot situations. Give it a try if you like those sorts of things, if not, I recommend watching "Junjo Romantica" instead.

Story:
I honestly think that if the story didn't have Ayase being raped the story would've been better. When Kanou "saves" Ayase instead of treasuring him like he wanted to do in the first place he gets mad when Ayase scratches his face. Seriously? And then somehow Ayase is supposed to fall for him? Unbelievable.
Art:
The art was maybe really the only good thing about it, well at least for some characters...*cough*Ayase*cough*
Sound:
Hah, the sound? I guess I can't say that I enjoyed the opening or the ending but I didn't hate it either. The voices for Kanou and Ayase were okay.
Character:
Again, Kanou would be ... an okay character if he didn't rape Ayase, I actually thought there were parts in the first episode where he was quite caring... but as for Ayase I felt bad for him. Like how could you fall for that kind of guy? Even though there were those parts where I thought 'Oh Kanou isn't such a bad guy... but then I remembered the beginning...
Enjoyment:
If you already couldn't tell, I didn't really enjoy Okane ga Nai though I do have to admit that I found it -cute- when Kanou freaked out about Ayase's fever. I'll probably update the review after finishing the series since I only think it's fair that watch the full 4 episodes before giving my opinion.
Overall:
As I said before Okane ga Nai would've been better (or at least more realistic) if Ayase wasn't raped by Kanou (Really, can you imagine falling in love with someone who raped you? Come on, seriously?) I will continue to watch the rest of the OVA though sometime and when I do will update.
As for the yaoi fangirls out there... worry not, as I am one too though I guess I'm not really into this kinda stuff XD

There may be like one spoiler in this review its not that big because there are only 4 episodes so its alright to keep reading.

First of all I've got to agree with the people who were scared to even watch the intense 4 episodes. Each one had that horror movies effect of not knowing what would happen next. It just seemed like whenever Kanou would get mad I just thought he would take his anger out on rapping Ayase. I honestly felt so heart broken when Kanou raped him the very first time. Just because Ayase scratched his face. Its like I can get that ... yeah smack him in the face for doing that but raping him of that little incident. Its not like he did it on purpose.

When Ayase was first showed off to the bidders at the auction and the dudes showing him off to everyone was just so wrong on so many levels. Getting the first look at Ayase face truly heart breaking. Its like how can someone so cruel do that an innocent person like him. At first when I saw him I thought he was a kid like 12 or 13. Sense he was so young and short it just made me wanna cry every time he was hurt. He has such a big heart it kinda sickens me because wouldn't you want just a little revenge, but revenge never solves anything it just makes things continue and never stop. There was this one part when they when Kanou and him were "at it" and he was looking in the mirror he could have just tried to run away but he stayed there because Kanou told him to. Would it be considered rape if he didn't try to stop him when he had the chance kinda (idk). Its not like he could have gotten away that far but come on dude just give it some effort and make yourself run if your so ashamed of whats going on. Theres another thing I don't understand its that he apparently developes feelings for Kanou which is outrageous and don't have one clue why. (he assaulted you for goodness sake have some common sense!!) But at the same time would you call it "love"? Well I guess "love" comes in many ways. Because Kanou seems like he really does love Ayase.

With Kanou I don't exactly get how Ayase had such a big effect on him. He only asked if you needed any help and covered you from the rain with his umbrella. Then Kanou goes and "buys" him. I do understand that he "saved" him from that place but come on dude why you got to cross the line and rape the innocent boy. But when you think of it he did "kinda" save him from even harsher people than himself. Kanou did have "good" intentions toward Ayase like actually trying to be part of his family or trying to make him happy. But maybe try doing that minus the rapping part.

Now don't even get me started on that dude that rapped Ayase just to get the tape back or something. There are no words to describe what he did to Ayase. It was literally so bad I couldn't even watch a second of it, and just skipped over that whole section. I honestly had to take a couple of minutes and pause the show to process how awful that man was. Yes I get Kanou is not any better then that politician is but you can tell that he does put effort in trying to make Ayase comfortable around him. But its still no excuse for what both of them do to him. When Kanou brings out his daughter it was like "yes! now hes gonna get what he deserves for messing with Ayase." But when Aysae stopped Kanou from hitting the girl, and explain that she has nothing to do with this situation, and just wanted to go back home. It opened my eyes so much. Wouldn't Ayase want something to get back at the man who asulted him. But his expression saying those words really surprised.

If you really decide to have the guts to watch this anime just saying it has a subbed version (just to inform you).
When Kanou and Ayase are "at it" the creators could just left out all the stuff they say. I get they probably wanted to make this realistic or something but I didn't need to hear it.
I don't really know what to say if I like this anime or not. There were some parts where Kanou was trying to ease how scared Ayase was. Those scenes were fine. There was maybe a little joking in the show but certainly not a lot. The art was good especially how they made each persons expressions but they probably didn't need to go into so much detail with some parts. Don't worry for the people out there that font want to see a college boy naked. All you see is his arms legs the typical stuff just to put that out there.
Seeings all what goes on in this anime don't be alarmed if you all of sudden start hearing there voices and have images in your mind that you cant get rid of. I'm not saying I do this on purpose trust me I don't but its was just so surprising what Ayase had to go through.

I just feel this had potential to be something better but as it is, it's lacking when it comes to story and depth. And I'll say this I have zero issues with dub con kink or non con in fact I enjoy it. But while Okane had some good sex scenes and romance scenarios at the core it feels a bit awkw5ard. And it tried to pass off as being something with meaning but honestly it never really gets into the complexities of trauma and abuse and Ayase's reactions to just getting raped were completely wrong. I know a lot of dub con non con ... stories are written by people who are new to violence and PTSD and tend to get carried away by their guilty pleasure writing hearts and a lot of people might like something 'on the lighter side' which is fine. but this was not bad but just okay. Maybe because of something like Double Mints I'm really ruined lol so I guess give it a try but don't expect much.