Reviews

I like this. I'm constantly baffled by the subconscious intuition and sense of abstraction of the Japanese people. Always remember that our life (and culture) is driven by stories, there are certain narratives that have a far reaching influence and do branch into many other sub-narratives, and we encounter them constantly in many different forms and guises.

This one caught my attention in unexpected ways, I never thought one day I'd come across a 90s OVA based on the Gnostic narrative. Yes, the main character here is an "evil spirit" named Fahlei (of course, she's red) who wanted to steal a light for her own and thus was bruised by the devil. I mean, if that doesn't retell the story of Sophia then I don't know what is. It's interesting because this narrative thread is then superimposed upon a youthful and innocent lovers and their friends, some real nesting going on here, and in the most inconvenient of places haha, I could drown myself in these OVAs all day.

What I also find fascinating is how that is subjectively layered into each viewer's own perception and background, that's where all the magic happens. Also, the animators behind this are most likely the same ones who did the Vampire Miyu OVA, or at least in the same tradition. I pay lots of attention to the visuals and I'm usually rewarded because of that.