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This is a two-part OVA about Yoshida Chizuru, a sociopathic, detestable college girl.

For some inexplicable reason, the first part of the story is from the perspective of one of her professors. He becomes obsessed with her, and has a new creepy fantasy about every 60 seconds. You could time them, if you were so inclined. This first half has no redeeming qualities, unless it's as some sort of male humiliation-fantasy niche market. The professor character goes no where. Why was he even there?

The second part is from Yoshida's perspective. It didn't make me like her, there was just more of her being horrible to ... people.

The artwork was a good match for the awful story. The characters are all drawn with large, malformed ears that make me think of butterfly cocoons that jutted from the sides of their heads. In each shot, one ear or the other would be jutting out, drawing the eye. It took me about a quarter of the show before I grew used to them. It wasn't just that the characters are drawn with a unique style, but that the character drawings look clumsy and inept. Maybe looking malformed is part of the artist's purpose?

Voice acting: awful

Nudity: some shots of pendulous breast, swaying back and forth.

If you can make it through this, give yourself a scratch and sniff banana sticker. You've earned it.

I don't have a huge amount to say about this OVA.

It was well animated, I liked the characters. I have to say that I couldn't NOT see 'Gene Starwind' from Outlaw Star every time I looked at the main character. Must be a previous incarnation.

The sound was a bit of a standout: whoever did the engineering did a great job creating a great ambiance. I don't generally notice the sound-scape unless it's particularly good or bad.

Apparently this is based on a series of books, as a sort of teaser. If that's the case, then this did the trick in getting my interest up. ... I would like to know where the characters go from this point, and how the story plays out. Now that Tokyopop is out of the game, it seems an English language version is not likely, though.

Tip: watch past the credits; there is a closing scene/teaser.

I found this passably entertaining, but a few things didn't work for me:

It's a highly dramatic bit of animation that really seems to be emulating the live-action blockbuster hero action movies of the time. Slow-motion scenes, hyper dramatic soundtrack, a weepy love-interest, and loads of shouting.
There is even an antagonist for the hero to win over: a scruffy self-righteous reporter who has impeccable timing for showing up when there is fire-related action. Oh, and he's very concerned about damage to taxpayer property.

What makes the above not work is that there is no rising tension to make the final vindication of our hero resonate with ... the viewer. It's like watching something like Backdraft, from starting it at 40 minutes before the end of the film. You'd be able to get the basic idea, and enjoy the acting and drama, but the climax would be flat, since you would have nothing emotional invested in any of the characters.

Apparently that's where the original manga story would come in. It's been licensed, so perhaps I'll be able to read the 20 volumes at some point. I imagine it would be a good story.

Final:
The way the final scene begins is a completely ridiculous contrivance, but perhaps it made sense in the manga, if it was in the original story at all. I half-hoped Daigo-kun would have just shouted at the fire until it withered under his never-say-die enthusiam.

It's probably technically impossible to 'spoil' this particular title, but I'll try to avoid doing so.

Story:

There is no story. OK, well, that was unfair. A schoolgirl walks through a park at night and is attacked by a rapist. The a man fends off the rapist and decides to rape her himself (because he lost his job, you see). Repeat until show mercifully ends.

Animation: This is the laziest bit of animation I have had the misfortune of seeing in years. For example, during an oral sex scene, there is almost no variety. Her head goes forward, and back. And Forward, and back. And forward, and back. ... And forward and back... minutes roll by. Oh, a shot from the rear. And forward and back. OK, that was clearly getting boring for this would-be anime God, which is why he adds some bizarre 1990s image tiling-filter effect that covers the screen in a grid of tiny screens of THE SAME BORING BLOW-JOB. And forward, and back. This occurs again later.

There is a scene in which a man is hit on the head with a rock, which is pretty much how I also felt by that point: me, too, please!

This was probably a mistranslation of "Mental Hazard".

I should mention that none of my rating for this title is based on any moral ideals. I just think you could do better with pretty much any other hentai.

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Recalibrating your personal ratings sensibility with an undisputed dud: "There's no way this could rate a 2! Have you forgotten 'Henbou Moral Hazard'? This is three-times better!"