Aibeya The Animation

I love wholesome hentai as much as the next guy, there really is no better postfap feeling than finishing a vanilla hentai. Instead of being in absolute horror knowing that you were extremely turned on by girls being raped, strangled or generally abused, you got to watch two characters grow close and explore their sexuality in a consenting relationship which is always a breath of fresh air in the sea of degeneracy. Although it doesn’t live up to another related one-shot, Aikagi the Animation, it is still an adequate peer to that hentai and I will cover why later on. Much like Aikagi, it gives ... us a gratifying note to end our session on and you will never be disappointed watching this hentai.


Story : 7

Truth be told, the plot of Aibeya is nothing special but the charm comes from it’s self-awareness of the genre it chooses to occupy. Straight off the bat, in a chibi-styled introduction evoking a comical tone we are brought up to speed with the situation MC-kun finds himself in, returning from home his parents decide to renovate their whole house on a whim and have left him alone on a trip. Conveniently for MC-kun his next door neighbour and childhood friend are going to be accommodating him and inevitably they end up entangled in each others’ lives and bodies. Aibeya like Aikagi wastes no time getting to the confession scene and instead of having our character tiptoe around the elephant in the room, we instantly get to see this relationship blossom which is an absolute necessity for a one episode hentai. Combined with the pace of the show, the ending also helps to push this score over to a 7 which was extremely satisfying (Hint : MC-kun interrupts Aki’s confession).

Art and Animation : 7.5

The art and animation in this show are definitely above average as it is a show built upon both subtle and explosive emotions which the facial expressions from the artwork manage to convey to the audience quite well and enables the viewer to subconsciously develop a greater understanding of the character’s personality as well as sneakily gets us emotionally invested in the relationship. While the animation shows quite a bit of motion recycling, this is made up by the wide array of positions and settings our characters find themselves in, especially the fan-servicey cosplay parts. As always, a more modest approach to character design is appreciated with our main girl not having absolute units of milkers attached to her that would cause scoliosis and cripple her for life.

Characters : 6

While the pacing of character and relationship development had many parallels to Aikagi, one crucial factor missing from this show was the trigger for rapid acceleration. What I mean by that is that there was a greater emotional buildup in the Christmas scene of Aikagi which led to the eventual explosion of emotions however that seems absent from Aibeya which makes the confession much less impactful on me personally. Furthermore there wasn’t much of couple development afterwards, we see them exploring however that felt more like ‘horny teenagers doing horny teenagers things’ while there was an elevation to how the characters in Aikagi developed so although not a letdown, the characters in Aibeya were much more mediocre lacking that extra level of depth.

Wholesome Level : 8

What can I say? I’m a sucker for sweet handholding, love confessing, eyes locked missionary sex. Those two characters living together, in an environment where they are actively encouraged to love each other just melts my virgin, girlfriendless, loner, loser heart more than any young adult film starring two ridiculously good-looking actors stricken with terminal illnesses could. If you’re tired of sitting in the shadows watching an ugly bastard troll rape the shit out of cute girls in a cave, I invite you to walk out of that cave and into the light of vanilla hentai.


Enjoyment : 8

While technically not as impressive or well-written as Aikagi the Animation, Aibeya is another voice resisting the onslaught of horrifying hentai that I willingly choose to consume, wrecking my psyche in the process. It still has a wholesome ending and wholesome emotions all throughout which is all you can ever ask for when browsing random hentai. It doesn’t reek of cashgrab or rushed production and it helped me forget about the overbearing loneliness which continues to strain my heart. If you’re looking for wholesome I wholeheartedly recommend Aibeya the Animation as another guaranteed heartwarmer or at least you won’t feel an onslaught of postnut depression wash over you which is always healthy.

I love how wholesome this is and the ending was so sweet. I would recommend this for you wholesome vanilla lovers like me out there. I feel like Mika, Asato and Aki's mom know those 2 were literally fucking the whole time. I hope they managed to clean the succubus outfit before returning it. Kouta just pulled one of the smoothest confessions ever in their 1st time. Kouta totally watched porn if he managed to easily undo Aki's bra. I'm surprised there wasn't a scene where Aki cooks for Kouta and he praises her cooking.

I love the colors and designs of Aki's panties, it kinda ... fits her cute personality. Aki's design screams childhood friend because of her short hair. I'm surprised her school shirt is designed like a zipped up jacket.

Aibeya The Animation is an OVA by Pink Pineapple. It's a fairly standard vanilla hentai, but I still found it quite enjoyable.

Lets start with the story. To be honest, there isn't a whole lot to it. Basically, a guy is staying at his childhood friend's house because his own home is being renovated. While they're living together, they both start to develop feelings for each other. Most of this happens at the beginning, so the rest of the OVA is mainly just them being lovey-dovey with one another. It's pretty cute.

The art and animation in this OVA was surprisingly ... decent. I've seen a lot of vanilla hentai that skip out on using more art assets, and rely on limited animation. So needless to say I was worried. Thankfully, both the art and animation turned out to be satisfactory. The voice actors also do a decent job.

There're two main characters in this hentai, Eita and Asuka. Eita is the main male lead, and Asuka is the main female lead. They both have pretty stale personalities. Asuka is somewhat perverted (though only slightly more than Eita), but apart from that, they don't have a lot going for them. They're cute and likeable though, which I guess is all that matters for this story. There's also Asuka's mom, who provides some brief comic relief. I personally found her to be mildly amusing.

Overall, Aibeya is a very simple OVA. It's just plain vanilla, but it still has enough effort put into it to spice things up and keep it from becoming boring. 6.5/10

Would I reccomend you watch this OVA? Yes! Yes I would. It's a very feel-good type anime. So despite its simplicity, you should still come away from it with something.