To say the least, I have shipped my fair share of lesbian or gay couples and I have a massive list of ships, many of which are gay. I've never directly dabbled in yaoi because a.) it's hard to come across in mainstream shonen circles, which is where I spend a lot of my time, b.) because it's a little unrealistic and too filled with sex for my tastes and c.) because I don't really like the way they portray roles of a 'feminine' and 'masculine' person in the relationship. However, I was watching citrus (again, I just wanted to try out the genre... can't say I've been liking that either) when Koisuru Boukun showed up in my recommendations.
Unfortunately, I wasn't told there was sex in it. I assumed it was implied. I've read my fair share of Hapi Mari?! and watched shows like Mitsu x Mitsu Drops, but this is more *ahem* /detailed/ than I'm used to. I wasn't very into this for many reasons.
First of all, the story had a lot of potential. I'm not the biggest fan of long, unnecessary sex scenes in my anime, but since it needed to be there, I wouldn't have minded if it wasn't so... unsettling. It was a little graphic, yes (I should've checked the rating: the was a fault on my part) but I was mostly unsettled because of the dubious (or nonexistent) consent going on. It was more of a rape situation. That really hampered my enjoyment of this OVA.
The art was pretty and the sound was good enough (there were some squelching noises I could definitely do without).
The characters left more to be desired. It was all focused on them, yet they made little sense and their motivations seemed to change too sporadically.
Either way, I was able to get through it (better than Mitsu x Mitsu Drops, either way, probably around the same story quality as Diabolik Lovers) and there were some funny parts.
I would recommend this if: you're not big on consent, you want to watch for the sex scenes, you like yaoi, you like aphrodisiac plot bunnies
I would NOT recommend this if: you are looking for something artsy and classy, you want something deep, you do not like sex scenes
In the end, I will probably never watch this again and I'm a little miffed that I spent time doing it. Oh well.
Have a great day everyone!
