2x1 explores the friendship and bonding between two boys and a girl in their class who is addicted to sex, it is hentai light and focuses more on the relationship between the three characters as well as the sister of one of the boys.
STORY
The boys (Ieda - a popular sporty boy and Akiyama, a more reserved nerdy boy) go to visit a classmate, Yoshifuku, who has missed a number of classes due to sickness, upon arriving at her home they find her sickness is in fact an addiction to sex which quickly results in Ieda and the girl having sex.
The two boys, especially Akiyama, become infatuated with the girl and sleep with her individually. This annoys Ieda's sister who goes to speak with Yoshifuku directly. Only for Yoshifuku to give in to her urges and attempt to have lesbian sex with Ieda's sister. We learn later that Ieda's sister herself also has her own physical desires, a wish to sleep with her own brother.
The anime cumulates with the classmates of the three main antagonists bullying Yoshifuku for having two boyfriends. only for Ieda to defend the friendship as three friends simply helping one another. Later he also consoles his sister and says that a sibling relationship has boundaries that should not be crossed.
CHARACTERS
If there is one thing I can praise this anime for, it is the characters. They are each well developed and react differently to their environment and do not fit into most of the cookie cutter characters usually expected of the genre.
The two female characters are attractive enough but are held back by a rather flat art style and uninteresting appearance.
VISUALS and EROTICS
As mentioned above, the visuals are nothing spectacular and lack some of the beauty that can be found in other anime from this era.
The sex scenes felt very rushed in the first episode with a lot of cuts and not much build up, but in the second episode they worked a lot better and seemed to be far more comfortable with the pacing.
HIGHLIGHT MOMENT
The sister sub-arc was interesting and ended on quite a happy and well written climax.
CONCLUSION
The anime felt a lot more like someone trying to create a metaphor about friendship and bond hood rather than a straight up hentai. The story elements may appeal to some people, but this fits far more into a 'plot with a side of hentai' rather than the reversed that many would be used to seeing.
OVERALL
43/100
