• The character designs are weird, Jesus looks like a praying mantis. And the cringe-worthy source material wrote these two formerly renowned religious saints as cute boys who update their blog and do tee shirt prints in their apartment as NEETs.
• I initially thought that the idea of it might be handled in an entertaining or enjoyable way, but it’s not funny. Just weird and uncomfortable, and occasionally, a heh, I know that story from Biblical or Buddhist lore. Oh, the bunny struck a match and threw itself on a plate. I know what that’s from. That kind of thing.
• I had hope for it at the beginning of the first OVA, because the landlady’s perspective of the two weirdos with no grasp on normal human behavior was pretty entertaining. But, after that first arc dissipates, it’s nothing but random monotony. Which goes to show that A-1 Pictures can’t even do artsy nonsense right.
• As someone who occasionally enjoys moe, I can’t even say that this has any merit in that regard. I didn’t so much feel like I watching two characters developing with cute quirks, as I felt like they were just insultingly stereotypical stoners. There was nothing endearing about either of them, unless you reside on Tumblr.
• There is no story. Like I said earlier, the first arc was the only one that was passable. The rest is full of cringy jokes and pretty-colored nonsense that makes absolutely no sense. A-1 Pictures should not become an auteur studio, end of story. I give the two episode OVA of Saint Young Men a 2/10, and I have no intention of watching the film.
