Now, this is a very rare breed of anime, where I don’t exactly give a good score for this, but I’m very defensive of the main aspects of it. And because I’m a big fan of the core aspects of animes like Shimoneta, High School DxD, and even Bunny Girl Senpai can be like this at times, I guess it makes sense why I would defend this anime as well. Though to be fair, I give it a 6 out of 10, for reasons I’ll explain below.
Story:
I have to admit, when I first read the description for the series, I was initially very quick to write it off, thinking that it would just be some juvenile trashy show. And while what a few parts of the show are indeed just that, I was impressed with the overall message of the show. Again, like Shimoneta, High School DxD, and even Bunny Girl Senpai at times can be very juvenile, but have a good overall messages, this one has it too.
Now this review is a spoiler free one, so I can’t really get into too many details, but the general overview about aliens coming down to earth, and they are trying to wipe out the human species. But instead of doing it through war, or other kinds of mass killing, they decide to try to take away peoples erotic feelings, so they won’t have any desire to reproduce and kill off the species that way. That’s very sophisticated actually. And as I saw in the series, it could lead to quite scary, and very sad circumstances for people in general. (just like the world of Shimoneta I might add) But, these “Hentai Hxeros”, five teenagers because that’s when apparently erotic energy is at it’s highest in a human being, are there to save the day by converting their ironic energy into a weapon against these alien bug monsters called the “Kiseichuu”. And after they’re done fighting these monsters, with each fight their clothing disappears and they’re all naked, therefore adding yet another ecchi aspect to the series.
But like I said, there were a few very juvenile points there that the story could’ve really done without. A couple of these would be spoiler so I can’t tell you, but I can give one or two examples at least. There was a big sea cucumber that got caught in the main guys pants, around his upper thigh. And then he was with a girl in kind of a ecchi situation, and then his pants started to rise. And then of course, it was revealed that was actually a sea cucumber that fell out of his pants. You know, stuff like that that there was no need for it really does take away from that very good core aspect and message that the show really has.
Characters:
Some really interesting characters here. Even know that the main girl, Hoshino was really quite annoying at times, I had to pull myself back and remind myself of why that was. And this part is in the first episode so it’s not much of a spoiler, it was revealed that she came across one of those bug monsters, and they try to take her erotic energy. But she had so much of it, that the bug got overwhelmed, and said that she was really perverted and some other really mean stuff. And it drove her to be the person she would become, again the first episode, very morally righteous and very uptight when it came to anything erotic. To the point to where she even wore gloves when she was around boys, which wow, that’s a first for me. But there would be some really good character development in, to what you would be able to see if you were to check out the series.
The other main girls in the series are very interesting group. One of them, Momoka, is very open to this perverted stuff, therefore accumulating a whole bunch of H-energy which she can obviously use to fight the Kiseichuu. And her motive for doing so it’s quite interesting, and quite common for a lot of us actually, but like I said no spoilers. Another girl, Maihime, is quite primed and proper, though not uptight and erophobic like Hoshino is. As Enjou, The main guy of the series says, she’s the only “normal” one there. And then there’s Sora, The girl that constantly goes into Enjo’s room instead of hers when she turns in for the night. (They all live in the same dormitory, because as the guy who leads this group says, they could be dispatched at a moment’s notice in an emergency situation that way) this obviously leads to some very interesting situation, including one with Enjo and Hoshino in a later episode, but I’ll leave it there.
And finally, there is the main guy, Enjo himself. Is a fairly reasonable character, who has a massive motivation in this crazy, effed up world that they’re in. as he says, he wants to make sure that what happened to Hoshino doesn’t happen to anyone else, in terms of having their romantic feelings robbed from them by the Kiseichuu. And of course, he still holding out hope for Hoshino, Who on the first episode, he’s showing a few signs that it may very well happen.
Now since this review is as long as it is right now, I’ll just read through the rest of it. The music was really good, I liked it. The artwork was also really good as well, had no problems with the character designs either. And they did a really good job, considering that they were going with such a blatantly ecchi series that was being broadcasted at least. I always wondered how cell artists felt about that, and not just with the ecchi stuff mind you. I saw the original broadcast version of the first episode, but then I switched to the uncensored version for the rest of the series, just as an FYI.
Overall, even though that the score says otherwise, I found a series to be enjoyable. Like I said, if it wasn’t for the several really juvenile, really over the top stuff that was not needed the story anyways, I would’ve enjoyed it a lot more than I have. But overall, like I said, the core message of the show with great, and a very interesting story concept too. I saw both of the OVA‘s, and I really do hope that they release a second season of this as well. Keeping my fingers crossed!
