An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

Earnest Fakery – Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (plus .flat and Fine) Spoiler Review

Rounding out a February of warped love we have Saekano: the harem romcom about making a dating sim visual novel. On paper, Saekano is about the trials and tribulations of otaku Tomoya Aki as he tries to transition from fan to creator, expressing his love of 2d despite, perhaps, the prospect of an extra dimension of romance being closer than he thinks. In reality… well, let’s take a look.

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Sisterly Lust – Kiss x Sis Spoiler Review

Well, it’s Feburary, and because this month contains a holiday certain cultures associate with love and sexuality, I end up slotting it full of reviews of shows that have similar topics. This year, I’ve done heavy ecchi and pervy romance, so clearly I’m going for the twisted end of the spectrum. So, what better topic to continue the month with than Incest?

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Putting the Hentai in Sentai – Super Hxeros Spoiler Review

So, if you thought the plot for last week’s entry sounded like an overly complicated excuse for porn, get a load of Super Hxeros: In a world assailed by aliens trying to wipe humanity out by draining people of erotic energy, it’s up to a group of teenagers to be horny enough to get super powers and fight back!

In other words, it’s pretty much the same pitch but with a sentai flair rather than battle school. And, okay, I’ve been surprised by what sound like terrible pitches in the past. How’s this one do?

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Make Out For the Sake of All Mankind – Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia

Someone seriously asked the question “What if we had Infinite Stratos but the super suits are literally powered by arousal?”. That idea got greenlit for real. And you might think, “Well, that sounds like a sorry excuse for a Hentai, but what isn’t?” I regret to inform you that I do not review Hentai. This thing actually thinks someone is going to take it seriously. Does it work? We’ll see.

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