Ningyou Tsukai

This is going to be a controversial review, but I really enjoyed this. I don't rate hentai based on taste, since sex taste is subjective, I rate it on plot. With that being said, this is a really good plot, for a hentai, and I've seen A LOT of hentai. Does it have huge leaps in logic that don't make sense, sure, but it's a hentai; you aren't really watching hentai MOST OF THE TIME for plot reasons.

Imagine if Cyberpunk 2077 was a hentai, and had underground mech sex fights. Society has progressed so far, to the point we have VR helmets, which pilots mechs, ... and are also directly connected to their user. This means that if someone were to, for example, be raped in the mech, their consciousness can feel everything their mech experiences; apart from dying. Still, you got some funny bits in here like the line: "So, being a woman is your weak point." And then immediately followed with: "Being so sensitive is your weak point." Like the hentai just exudes cheesy early anime vibes sometimes.

Rika is affiliated with the gov, who makes these sex bots and is good friends with a girl named Sandy, as well as a professor. She takes up training with Sandy, in order to become a better fighter, to prepare herself for being raped. Sandy gets captured, raped, and mindfucked basically; this leads to Rika trying to investigate her disappearance as well a spy among the gov. I'll stop here, because I do think you should watch this one, even if you don't like hentai.

In the distant future, technology has reached the point that humanity was able to create Silhouettes, robots controlled remotely through human thought for the more dangerous but necessary jobs. However, when human thoughts turn to other things, Silhouettes can become very dangerous. Rika and Sandy, two Silhouette scientists, are drawn into the world of sex crime to uncover perpetrators for sex crimes involving Silhouettes.

Surprisingly, this is actually a pretty decent premise. If it wasn't stapled on to a sub-par hentai, it could have actually been at least competent if a more talented team was attached to it. It's like the distant cousin of something like ... Bubblegum Crisis. Hell, even if you wanted to embrace the fact that this is a hentai where you can feel everything your robot feels, and this is used by the bad guys, it could have been used to the hentai's advantage for a niche audience.

And while a lot of this hentai tends to miss a lot more than it lands, the fact that I can even point to decent character moments and jokes that actually had some effort put into them is nice. I just wish the whole thing had some more talent behind it. The fact that stuff like Midnight Panther and Spaceship Agga Ruter exists proves that you can have a hentai with some effort behind it.

Unfortunately, the OVA ends after one episode, and on a cliffhanger, that means nothing is going to get developed beyond what is in this single episode. And while it's not a classic by any stretch, it certainly had potential, which is more than I could say for most hentai.

The only reason to go even consider watching this is if you're really are just that desperate for that mid-90s cyberpunk or sci-fi anime aesthetic. But if you're not willing to have the embarrassment of having to watch a hentai to get it, then maybe avoid this one.

However, I still don't know why the distribution company for the English release went with the title "Sexorcist". Seems more appropriate for a parody of something featuring spirits or demons than something with robots. The alternate title "Robosex" or original Japanese title "Puppeteer" seems more appropriate, but I guess that wouldn't stand out in the piles of terrible anime that were being shoveled onto store shelves at the time.