2x1

I must say that I am impressed by this film... it made my initial opinion of it falter; deep down after everything, the creators tried to bring down a lesson to people...
About the struggles of those who suffer from hyper-sexuality. Specially those who are conscious about it and doesn't like it and try to fight against those instincts.

The follow contains spoilers since i am going to discus the story of this film before my analysis and explain exactly the situation in it so read at own risk, or come back after watching the film or just skip forward to my review analysis and conclusion:

This story ... is about a middle school girl(?) who suffers from hyper-sexuality in a 90s society when those illness were not well known and just was known as 'sex maniacs' or 'nympho'.

She left school because she herself is conscious of it and did not want to involve anyone, or go through the shame of people knowing she is sick in the head so she gave the excuse of having a severe flu.

Then the teacher send two boys that may know her to give her the school work.

She confessed to them that her illness was "I always think dirty thoughts" and showed to them by actually requesting the boys to bang her as she let them know she can not control it willingly and hurts her every time she gets aroused by just anything.

Blond guy is more assertive and open minded so, like any typical teenager with hormones, he jumped her bones, consequences be damned (hey, free sex from a willing girl, right? is a miracle she did not end pregnant).
Glassed boy got scared at this, seen how both acquaintances easily just engage in intimacy as if it was just like eating a cake...
But the girl did not leave him alone as she also requested him to join, and so he did.

After this incident both boys and girl spend more time together and began to grow close, blond guy began to like her but she was clear from the beginning that their relationship was going to be just "really close friends with benefits", (What we know as sex friends). Is all physical but not emotional or feelings.

This was confirmed after the girl saw how depressed the glasses boy was with his insecurities and she decided to cheer him up by using her body and built up his confidence.
he semi confesses that he liked her but there was the blond buy as well and he could not compare to, thing that the girl semi-rejected him and told him that she sees both him and blond guy as just really close friends that engage in sex just to have a good time and be close, and that she would like to have sex with both of them more often in the near future, even 3-ways.
Glasses boy consented and agreed with it, officially stamping the label of sex friends.

Then, there is the blond guy's sister who has a brother complex and got heart broken when she discovered her brother and the girl doing sexual intercourse and decided to take action about it.
She confronted nympho girl and while sister was arguing and accusing the girl for being a two timer, nympho girl grew guilty and depressed and tried to explain to sister that she has an illness, by sexually molesting the sister... (This also show that nympho girl perhaps has no sex preferences and may be a bisexual girl, as long as she gets to have sex, anyone would be fine, right?)
After a slap on the face, and run away... nympho girl calls blond guy to apologize... and they all talk it out and he didn't blame her in the end.
Also, i am pleased that deep down, the author showed that the blond guy is a good guy and a true man as when his sister confesses her love to him, he says that lovers her like a sister and set boundaries that should never be crossed, but made both siblings grow closer as siblings and sister gave up her brother complex.

Also another thing that pleased me was that, bad rumors were going about in school that were harmful to nympho girl.
But blond guy had the balls to step up and confront everyone and truly defend the girl out of good will and not to hide the fact that they all were sex friends.
(This is confirmed by his speech to the classmates; the way he said it as he clears the rumors).

In the end the nympho girl felt extremely guilty for dragging them into her problems and began to set herself some distance between herself and both boys to avoid rumors and ruining their reputation, but in the end they stayed as close friends.
How ever, the end doesn't say if they continued as regular close friends or sex friends.

I would like to confirm all this with the manga, since the manga is the canon story, how ever I haven't found anywhere translation into english of it. The manga is quiet old and since its hentai, maybe no one payed attention to it... but I see no clue if there is any translations.

So i do not know how things really ended; did the four children ended in a 4-way relationship?
Or did she end up dragging other boys and banging anyone else in school and her becoming a whore.
I do not know what route the original author took, but for what i saw in this fill, the creators tried to indirectly show the struggle and suffering of someone who suffers from hyper sexuality.

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Now for my analysis:
Like I said; I am impressed by this film... it made my initial opinion of it falter; deep down after everything, the creators tried to bring down a lesson to people...
About the struggles of those who suffer from hyper-sexuality. Specially those who are conscious about it and doesn't like it and try to fight against those instincts.

There is a fine line that shows a difference between sex addicts and those with hyper sexuality... both cases are similar yet different.
Most people with HS can not control it and let their desire for passion take over because they feel empty and look for something to fill it up.
Sex addicts do so voluntary and just wants to bang who ever comes along without thinking on consequences to "feel good" and these types doesn't feel remorse on doing so. (These ones are the ones mostly known as nymphos).

The nympho girl heroine... she clearly shows that she suffers from hyper sexuality since she actually feels remorse for her actions and guilt and wish to be normal but she can not control her self.

Blond boy and glasses boy learned this and decided to help her; I am please that the author actually made them good guys instead of scumbags and actually defended her out of good will and not just to hide a pervert or their sex plays or that they were sex friends (also back in the 90s the term 'sex friend' was not known as').
The author actually showed the real side of those who suffers from this instead of just going on the path of making a generic uncontrollable sex whore, gang bangs, ntr and the such other hentai flicks shows about. Author actually decided to show a deeper meaning so people see how card is life for these people... and worst, these are children... if they were real i would be sad for the future of this girl.
This holds a grain of truth since it reflects real life people who suffers from this sickness (yes, it is a sickness, look it up).
Usually these people needs professional help and therapy to overcome this, but sadly shrinks in Japan are low and people believes going to one is taboo because of shame. For not being view to the public as crazy.
What saddens me is that they used children in this flick to portrait this aspect instead of using adults (these kids are at least middle school students no more)... but there is an unofficial rule that children should be the star of character development because they are growing up and getting molded by life...

Now I am speaking now metaphorical so bare with me here; unfortunately there would be a chance the nympho girl would drag someone else or many others into sex plays and may end up a whore...
Or worst case scenario, a scumbag alpha male will appear and trap her and make her his pet or sex slave.
At least I can count that there may be justice for her as blond guy will try to save her from such situation and protect her... if she tells them about it that is.
Knowing how Japanese women in their culture are... there is a 90% chance she would stay quiet about it and not tell them, as to not worry them, or involve them, or bring public shame on herself, since she would be scared and black mailed as she gets sexually abused day by day and gets mind broken by the passion and enslaved to pleasure...
It is sad because nympho maniacs doesn't know what true love is since for them love = sex and they only love sex and will who with anyone who gives it best and make her "feel good".

That is the route that most hentai involving this topic take now-days... some involve rape or netorare, other just shows queen whores.

Again, i do not know if the original author left her be exclusive to only these two (blond guy and glasses boy) as sex friend just them three or showed her banging other people as well in school since there is no English translation of the manga so i do not know how the canon story went and/or ended.
But for what the anime adaptation showed at the end of episode 2, she felt really guilty for dragging them (blond and glasses) into her problems and decided to put a bit of distance... so we don't know if they continued as sex friends or not but at least they ended as close friends.

hmmm, when she molested the sister... nympho girl surprised me. I guess this means that nympho girl is bisexual and has no boundaries or preferences on who to bang as long as she gets to have sex.

I wonder if the sister ended up being dragged into their sex plays, but I will never know since, again, the manga is not translated.

I feel proud and satisfied that the author made the blond guy be a true man and set boundaries after learning his sister's feelings and not just jumped her bones and consequences be damned like other flicks had done.
And the sister was mature enough to accept and give up her brother complex, which was nice... (again, dont know how this went in the manga).
believe it or not, Incest is deep frown upon in Japan and consider it a family dishonor, and since no one wants to bring dishonor to their family name because they avoid shame like the plague, there is so many incest hentai out there to "relief" such desires...
but there are the cases when some actually crosses the line.
My opinion about incest is another topic... but I'll i say that if is true love, then i do not mind, but mostly those topics it ends up with lust and sexual abuse... and just the thrill of the forbidden fruit. Just few show true love, if any, at all.

Truth to be told, relationships and marriages between cousins in Japan is legal and accepted by society, unlike us westerners.

So yeah, I have no idea if in the manga, all four ended in a 4-way relationship... which nympho girl would not had minded... and sister actually admitted that she might be similar to nympho girl... but on her side is more like a true pervert rather than an illness.

I give this story points for realism as it tries to show the struggle in life from someone who suffers from hyper sexuality and how society judge them.
Most of these people ends with severe mayor depression and just get addicted to sex just to forget those problems as if they were taking a drug... other just get enough and sickened of such like that commit suicide to escape their torment...
And others actually managed to ask for help and seek therapy so they can live a normal life.
It all depends on the subject's will.

This is a good Hentai for me so i will give it a 8.

For some people who found that the anime has English Voices. The reality is that what they really saw was the "2X1" titled Version which is the English version of the Hentai (The "Four Play" titled version is the one that has Japanese Voices) and if you watched the version that I first told you, the opinion of the Hentai can change a lot because of the issues that the english version one has.

The Story was very interesting and for me it has a good end because many Hentai ... Animes that has characters who suffers with some problems with sex end up with more problems than the ones they had at the beginning, But here you cannot see that case. The best part is that they focus more in the story than in the sex scenes.

Very enjoyable and recommendable to watch.

Rate a 5
English Dubbed
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Story
Ah, school years. I hated them so for the lengthy time and boring teachers. Only thing i miss was my classmates. That and the drama. In this anime a simple act of kindness of two classmates for another turns into much more.A some what complicated love triangle between two guys and a girl in other words.

As for the ending it was not what i had wanted but it left on a kind note so there is that.

Art- characters seemed slightly poorly drawn. In terms of a scale of 1 being terrible and 5 being average i would say 4.5.
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Another thing of note is that the artwork mostly in the beginning was choppy. A result of what i deem to be poorly time animation. But the rest was okay.

Sound
-voices in some moments were off timed
-there was gap filled noises. By which i am referring to award time fill ins. Where there is no lips moving(no talking) but put in to add a more realistic flair. Sadly, that approached failed. Luckily, that mainly happened in the sex scenes. If it beings to irate you like for me you can always mute the sound.

- also one of the main male characters voices for sure seemed to be monotone (voice unchanged) leading to a robotic feel. Great, if this anime was a science fiction but it is not. Although, since it is drawn artwork and not actual people one could say that fictitious but not science(bad joke i know).

Enjoyment: best viewed if highschool/college drama is a passion of yours.

SUMMARY
2x1 explores the friendship and bonding between two boys and a girl in their class who is addicted to sex, it is hentai light and focuses more on the relationship between the three characters as well as the sister of one of the boys.

STORY
The boys (Ieda - a popular sporty boy and Akiyama, a more reserved nerdy boy) go to visit a classmate, Yoshifuku, who has missed a number of classes due to sickness, upon arriving at her home they find her sickness is in fact an addiction to sex which quickly results in Ieda and the girl having sex.

The two boys, especially ... Akiyama, become infatuated with the girl and sleep with her individually. This annoys Ieda's sister who goes to speak with Yoshifuku directly. Only for Yoshifuku to give in to her urges and attempt to have lesbian sex with Ieda's sister. We learn later that Ieda's sister herself also has her own physical desires, a wish to sleep with her own brother.

The anime cumulates with the classmates of the three main antagonists bullying Yoshifuku for having two boyfriends. only for Ieda to defend the friendship as three friends simply helping one another. Later he also consoles his sister and says that a sibling relationship has boundaries that should not be crossed.

CHARACTERS
If there is one thing I can praise this anime for, it is the characters. They are each well developed and react differently to their environment and do not fit into most of the cookie cutter characters usually expected of the genre.

The two female characters are attractive enough but are held back by a rather flat art style and uninteresting appearance.

VISUALS and EROTICS
As mentioned above, the visuals are nothing spectacular and lack some of the beauty that can be found in other anime from this era.

The sex scenes felt very rushed in the first episode with a lot of cuts and not much build up, but in the second episode they worked a lot better and seemed to be far more comfortable with the pacing.

HIGHLIGHT MOMENT
The sister sub-arc was interesting and ended on quite a happy and well written climax.

CONCLUSION
The anime felt a lot more like someone trying to create a metaphor about friendship and bond hood rather than a straight up hentai. The story elements may appeal to some people, but this fits far more into a 'plot with a side of hentai' rather than the reversed that many would be used to seeing.

OVERALL
43/100