One of the most delicate components of anime is using ecchi scenes and visuals. Sometimes, it may not be necessary and fans may as well become dissatisfied by its useless addition to the anime. On the other hand, if echiness is used as a primary drive it also becomes hard to watch (two good examples of anime like this are “To LOVE Ru” and “High School DxD”). However, “Dokyuu Hentai HxEros” is an anime that breaks all extremes as discussed above and it has become one of the funniest anime I’ve ever watched.
Now, before I continue, I’m not going to imply that “HxEros” is by any means close to some of the greatest anime out there. However, for the medium of anime that it exists on, this anime is an exquisite taste of art.
Story: 7/10
One of the funniest parts of this anime is its story. The main reason is because the entire story is ridiculous. Essentially, it’s power rangers on crack. HxHeros use special devices called the HxEros to use their erotic energy to save the planet from Kiseichu: monsters who want to take everyone’s erotic energy (i.e H-energy) to take over the planet and make the human race extinct. Oh, and it’s not over yet, when the HxHeros kill a Kiseichu they have all of their clothes ripped off of them. Everything about this ridiculous plot makes the anime adds to great comedy and actually makes me want to watch more of the anime. Furthermore, the backstories of all the characters are enjoyable and as the story progresses we actually start to see some character development in all of the HxHeros which is great. However, while the story is really “interesting”, it obviously isn’t anything close to a masterpiece.
Characters: 5/10
Although the story is great, the characters aren’t as good. All of the characters essentially are just some horny teenagers who don’t have really unique personalities. For example, characters who want larger breasts like Momoka are essentially in almost every single anime (for example Sakura from Naruto). Womanly characters like Maihime are pretty common as well (take any older sister or mom from an anime). Retto is your typical MC who wants to “save everyone” (although his reason why is rather funny) and Kirara is your average tsundere character. The only two unique people I saw in this anime Runba and Anno but they’re both supporting characters so they don’t really make much difference to the anime.
Art: 8/10
To put it quickly, the art may have been too good for an anime like this. Studio Mausu did a really great job on this anime. The visuals are clean and smooth and the character designs are really nice.
Sound: 10/10
The opening was great! I honestly can’t stop playing it and listening to it. A great opening by Burnout Syndrome. The fact that they even took part in an anime like this makes it even more hilarious! The music also makes the anime sound really legitimate too when the anime is so ridiculous. The OSTs are also fine and the ending is pretty nice and calm too.
Enjoyment: 10/10
I really enjoyed this anime. Watching Rettos adventures defeating Kiseichu makes me laugh out loud every single time I watch it.
