Ai no Kusabi (2012)

To start, I have not watched many anime of this type in a long while. It has been awhile since I have indulged myself and enjoyed a "yaoi" such as this, mainly because the ones I have seen have been poor. Going into this I had no clue what to expect other than the characters looking hot. The OVA is very short with only 4 episodes, however it manages to deliver an enjoyable experience. I found myself giggling and very much enjoying many of the sensual scenes. The character design is great and super sexy. The animation looked really good and the scenes were pretty ... cute. I like the bro/muscular style of the characters. The overall story was interesting with an interesting setting. I love the duality of the characters, and I feel it really highlights a reality of "gay" men. I can relate to the cast in that aspect where as I am very much a bro, but I am also very feminine at the same time, so that was cool to see in the cast. This stands out to me as a great "yaoi" style anime, not like others I have seen. I would recommend anyone watch Ai no Kusabi for its simplicity and cuteness with masculine flair.

This anime is a remake of the original 1992 "Ai No Kusabi" anime. I thought the 2012 remake was literally straight up garbage. It looked like it was rushed and not enought attention was put into it with denial and what not it's not easy to say that as it is to do. This anime also known as the remake was also poorly put together. I thought this remake of the original that took twenty years to piece together would have been longer. But, it definitely was not. The first anime and not the remake is the one that I decided to add much more ... details in then the last one.

I had assumed that I was watching the original 1992 version instead. However, that was no the case when I realised the series I was watching had 4 episodes. Upon reading the reviews of the 1992 version of Ai No Kusabi, I was quite intrigued with the prospects of a raw and very dark romance with strong themes. However what I received with the 2012 version was just confusion. I had no idea what was happening at all times of the show. I have ADHD and found it really hard to focus as the scenes and the moods kept changing so rapidly. AT most, I ... could only comprehend the erotica scenes as they didnt involve any plot details LMAO WTF. Generally, I don't recommend the 2012 adaptation if you have a very short attention span and if you are not the type of person to hyper-fixate on details and over0-analyse plot devices. I did not enjoy this.