Ryokan Shirasagi

Swallowtail Inn is a nice change of pace for what we are seeing with most Hentai these days. The 2 part series is extremely well drawn, there appears to be no reuse of parts of scenes, and all characters look fantastic. Even better is the fact that the OVA was created in a wide screen format, making it look even better. The heroine of the story is struggling to keep an Inn that she ran with her husband open, and she is willing to do what ever is necessary to keep it open. Kenji, a chef that had studied under the heroine's late husband comes ... back to help keep the inn in business and begins to train some of the staff on special features that the inn's cliental will enjoy. In addition, there are a couple of side plots at the same time that add to the story. For a change, even the music helps to add to the story and the atmosphere that it is trying to create. This is the type of Hentai titles that I wish we would see more of in the future. In my opinion, not everything has to be degrading to all parties involved unlike most Hentai titles that are being made today.

As far as it goes Swallowtail inn would not be one of my favourite anime. At first I thought that I would really like it because the plot sounded good but then I saw it. To be quite fair the animation and the artwork was pretty decent but certain scenes in the 2 episodes I felt did not fit in very well.
The back plot, which involves Yuriko's husband dying and the business that she had to run was good but I did not feel that the current plot concerning the new man that she met was very well written. I think that it could have ... been done better like what happened in Rumbling Hearts (except in this one a guy's girlfriend falls into a coma and she dates another). I think that since Yuriko just met the man that she develops feelings for in this anime it would have been better for them to take their relationship slowly. I found that the way they grew to like each other was too sudden and it would have been better for them to go on a few dates and for the series to have more than 2 episodes.
Other than that it was a pretty decent anime. I would reccomend it to anyone who likes quick love stories, you might enjoy it because it has its moments.