Euphoria - Review

As expressed in previous reviews, I’m not into S&M or BDSM. I don’t know what parental issues the people who enjoy these activities have, but I think it’s sick. Euphoria explores this world in the same setting that the SAW movies did: a bunch of people who take part in some twisted bastard’s game.

Specifically, six young women act as “keyholes,” and one young man on the verge of being a serial killer & rapist, acts as “the key.” The key unlocks the keyhole to unlock the next room that brings them all closer to freedom. How they all got themselves into this situation and why it was all done is unexplained, even the ending never answers these crucial questions.

“The key” needs to fulfil certain prerequisites in order for “the keyhole” to be considered unlocked. These prerequisites come in the form of horrible sex acts...the most infamous one in my mind is called, “The human toilet.” The graphic sex acts include, fecal eating, urine drinking, bondage, oversized dildos in every orifice, and fisting. When I say fisting, I’m talking about “the key” using his fist to punch through the keyhole’s cervix like he possessed the Fist of the North Star.

After the brutality of episodes 1 & 2, I asked myself, “how bad can episode 3 get?” The answer came when the opening scene began with an unknown and unexplained women getting beheaded. After I saw that, the only thing I can think about was “don’t tell me “the key” is gonna be even more of a sick fuck and have sex with the throat of this woman’s headless body.” Luckily that didn’t happen. Towards the end of episode 3, a silver lining in the dark cloud that is Euphoria came in the form of “the key” falling in love with a certain “keyhole,” and they have one of the most passionate, arousing, and well done sex scenes I’ve ever seen in any hentai...then the writers went and fucked that up by having “the keyhole” go skitzo and strangle “the key” to death.

Overall Euphoria gave me the same disturbed and uneasy feeling as watching the live action version of Icchi The Killer. I’m sure some of you future rapists & serial killers out there will be able to shoot a few loads to all the sexual brutality & violence of this title. So for that, and the redeeming final sex scene of Episode 3, I give Euphoria 3 stars. However, I cannot give this title a recommendation.

Pretty Pridot (Part 2) - Review

Pretty Pridot part 2 continues where the first one left off: in a hotel room with Pridot being gang-raped. The sex is gross, and the acts depicted are just disgusting and violent. The men are tagging one another in like a wrestling team to penetrate her while semen is still overflowing out of her vagina. Another scene shows a man inserting a catheter inside of his urethra, and afterwards, he inserts the other end into Pridot’s urethra, and urinates into her bladder directly.

The 16-bit art style appears to be gone. The animation seems to have now been done in a CGI cell-shade. The models at times look like they’re spazzing out. Either that, or it was just a poor animation job.

The only reason I’ll even bother giving this title a rating is because Pridot’s character design is well done. Other than that, this title is not recommended. .5 out 5-stars.

Cat Planet Cuties (Asobi ni Iku yo!) - Review

Cat Planet Cuties is originally based off of a manga comic entitled Asobi Ni Iku Yo! As usual, I haven’t read the source material, so I don’t know how the series would compare to the comic. The series comprises of twelve episodes with the twelfth being somewhat of an OVA.

The story involves earth scientist broadcasting messages into space and finally receiving an answer. Our main character, Eris, lands on earth as an emissary to not only form political relations with earth, but to study humans on a sociological, anthropological, and biological level. She specifically lands in Japan and meets “Kio.” The two become inseparable on Eris’s adventures, and eventually Eris becomes smitten with Kio desiring him to be her mate. Along the way you’ll meet Kio’s childhood friend Manami who’s too afraid to him and herself that she loves him, and you’ll also meet Mai, and ninja assassin who is also too afraid to confess her feelings to Kio. In the series, Kio is at an age where he likes girls but is totally oblivious to how they work.

Without ruining much more, here’s the good points about this series:

- Voluptuously designed & animated female characters.

- Catchy theme song that you’ll be tapping your toes to the beat whenever you hear it.

- Great story that not only is memorable, but meets satisfying conclusions by the end.

- Steady fanservice.

- You sympathize with the inner conflicts of the characters.

Someone was kind enough to create a Hentai game/video for Cat Planet Cuties called “Cat Attack!” where you can watch Eris suck & fuck.

The only bad thing I can say about the series is that it never went the route of Princess Lover and released hentai OVA’s, someone else did that. I would have enjoyed far more fanservice. Interestingly enough, the fanservice that is there never feels out of place or unjustified. Most of the time the fanservice is blatantly obvious in other shows, but Cat Planet Cuties pulls it off just right.

Cat Planet Cuties is without a doubt something you’ll want to own on Blu-Ray. It’s certainly worth your time & money. I hope the series somehow continues later on down the road - 4.5 Stars.

Brandish New - Review

Brandish New is an OVA to something. Whether it’s an OVA to a manga or film, I don’t know, and frankly I’m too lazy to go find out. Anyway, the film is about a pedophile succubus roaming the medieval countryside terrorizing the various populations.

The film has genuinely subtle humor that you don’t see coming, which makes the funny moments have more impact when you see them. The film also doesn’t take itself too seriously, so the comedy element is always there. Unfortunately, the humor takes away from the films sensuality. Don’t get the wrong idea here, the film is worth a watch, but it’s not worth a rental or full purchase. I kept the review short because I didn’t want to ruin what little this title has going for it. Hopefully we’ll get to see more whenever episode 2 comes out. I give Brandish New a 3-Star rating. I look forward to seeing future episodes.

Futabu Club - Review

Ahhh “dickgirls;” the media manifestation of an entire culture's inner anguish after losing a war against the United States. The “dickgirl” also represents the diminishing role of men in Japanese society and relationships. It really says a lot that in hentai women are mostly overpowered by men or raped (or both), while women are either depicted as being evil or having dicks (or both). Luckily, Futabu Club has none of these serious undertones.

Futabu Club is the story of a lovely young female japanese student named Akane who unsuspectingly joins a club of "female" hermaphrodites who bang one another for fun & merriment. Akane is shocked by discovering what the club actually does. Coincidentally, Akane is also a whore who enjoys pleasing dicks no matter what human body they’re attached to. Throughout the film the club members take turns enjoying Akane’s orifices as well as eachothers. There really isn’t much to this film beyond this.

The animation in Futabu Club is average at best, but the style is good enough to bring sensuality to the characters. The characters themselves are totally uninteresting, and what passes for humor in this title should be followed by a rim-shot after a joke is made. Over-all, Futabu Club just average; and for this, I give it a 2.5 star rating.