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Ai No Kusabi (OVA) Reviews
Ai No Kusabi
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Title(s): Ai No Kusabi
l cuneo dell'amore (Italian)
Love Wedge
Miłość na Uwięzi (Polish)
The Space Between
Ties of Love
Wedge of Interval
Wedge of Love
Клин Š›ŃŽŠ±Š²Šø (Russian)
間恮ꄔ (Japanese)
Creator: Rieko Yoshihara
Genres: Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
Age Group: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Vintage: May 21, 1994
Status: Completed
Summary: On planet Amoi, a great society has developed, creating a computerized city called Tanagura, ruled by supercomputer Jupiter. The populace is almost entirely male and is based on hair color; silver and/or blonds are the elitist, ending with dark/black haired as the bottom of society, often known as "mongrels". Blondies keep "pets", young boys kept for a few years, especially made for performing sexual actions for the Blondie's voyeurism entertainment. Blondies aren't suppose to keep pets for long or interact sexually with pets, but one blondie named Iason Mink has kept a pet named Rikki, for years and is rumored to sleep with him. Iason refuses to let go of Rikki, even with Jupiter's disapproval. Rikki fights with his emotions and society problems, unable to decide what to do about his old friend/lover Gai (Guy) and their gang. Iason is obsessed with keeping Rikki, and Rikki doesn't know what to do; fight against him or surrender to him.
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Ai no Kusabi: Too crammed in
Written by Little_Wolf-18 on April 26, 2012 at 4:28 PM
Overall Rating
Average
Story: 3
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 3
Entertainment: 3
NOT FOR YAOI-HATERS! DON’T WATCH, AND DON’T JUDGE :P

Still reading? Don’t blame me, I warned you.

One of the oldest tales in this genre, ā€œAi no Kusabiā€ is rather deep as far as yaoi goes, showing a sadistic romance and the cruel side of forced love. The background story is well-set, dealing with interesting issues such as power abuse, corruption, Stockholm syndrome and the like; also, it’s a sci-fi/dystopia – not an all that realistic once but nonetheless undeniably my cup of tea :P
As the anime’s only two hours long however, it is highly fast-paced and to me felt quite rushed as the background topics are barely grazed. The whole anime focuses on the sex/love relationship; sure, this one is well set, gets well wrapped up in the end, and is interesting as far as the genre goes; still, to me, too much background potential seemed to be left untouched. Can only hope the 2012 adaption surpasses that one (heard it’s supposed to run for 11 eps, but I’m not sure).

The characters are unique… and all male. Fodder to the imagination of all yaoi fans. :P Personally, I would’ve appreciated a woman at least as a side character, but no changing that, I guess. (Female feminist => I appreciate bishounen but if it’s only men taking up the spotlight, I get annoyed. *lol*)

The dialogue’s well done overall, not a pain in the ears but not really special.

For an anime of two hours, there’s lots of action/violence in here, but oh well… it’s old, and the animation truly isn’t today’s level.

Probably still good for any yaoi/dystopia lover who doesn’t mind the animation (>.>) but personally, I found this anime far too crammed in as I expected more of a spotlight on the mentioned background themes. This anime has more potential than it shows. Keeping my hopes up the 2012 release surpasses this one!
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