Muv-Luv layers its meaning through intertextuality: the relationship between texts. In mediums other than literature, the “text” refers to the contents of the story. In this section, we’ll discuss the two types of intertextuality: direct and indirect. Direct intertextuality is when a piece of media makes an explicit reference to another. One example is in the movie Deadpool 2. In the movie, its titular character re-enacts a scene using two dolls: a doll of Deadpool dressed as an iconic sheriff and a doll of Cable, the presumed antagonist of the movie. Deadpool moves the sheriff doll and says, “Reach for the sky!” a direct quotation of Woody from Toy Story 2. Indirect intertextuality assumes that creators will be inspired or influenced by their contact with other media. This results in creators invoking a history of other works, even if they are not explicit. For example, imagine a post-apocalyptic story that takes place in a desert with scavenging outlaws. If you thought of Fist of the North Star (or Mad Max), there is a good reason. The mangaka of Fist of the North Star, Tetsuo Hara, stated that one of his inspirations was the movie Mad Max 2. By using references, intertextuality helps prime an audience with ideas. By borrowing from these ideas, creators can make use of them to help convey their story.

Before we examine Alternative, I will have to contextualize Extra. During a player’s first playthrough, Extra’s story will seem like a dime-a-dozen. However, once players experience Unlimited and Alternative, they will see how the authors use intertextuality to critique eroge conventions. As discussed in the first article, Takeru isn’t the focus of Extra’s story. Although the story centers around Takeru, much of the story focuses on the heroines. Its development follows conventional story beats: Takeru’s childhood promise (marriage), the thematic emphasis on choice (responding to a heroine’s feelings), and the romantic response, a sign of true love: kissing under a tree. Takeru is a reactive character, driven by the plot. He receives the attention and adoration of the cast, but he hasn’t earned it. His “specialness” is assigned to him, not a quality he has made or earned. To address this, these types of stories need to justify their protagonist. They need to make their characters change from reactive to proactive, prove commitment through action. By doing so, love feels earned, not given. Takeru has not yet earned love. This is one of the major critiques that is addressed and developed in the trilogy. Takeru’s mirrors his eroge predecessors in one way; his life is filled with conveniences. His lack of parental figures allows him certain freedoms. His status as the main character means the story and cast revolve around him. “His choices” are made for him—we, as players, make his choices: from the girl he adores to the progression of his words. All done with a simple click. That’s not to say Takeru doesn’t have some autonomy, but he acts within the path we set for him. His actions are either framed by us or subverted by his stereotypical role. During the Lacrosse match, he convinces the heroines to put aside their differences. He does so with an arduous “speech,” criticizing them for their shortcomings. The problem: he speaks down to them, not with them. A speech is not a discussion, and a speech is not a dialogue. It is aimed towards an audience; it’s one direction. His speech is a lecture, an action that assumes insight and moral clarity. Takeru is no Yuuhi. He doesn’t understand his own situation much less another’s. He is naive, young, and flawed, but Extra’s story doesn’t explicitly criticize this. We’re meant to. Another problem arises when you dive deeper. One of the most important decisions can be stripped away from Takeru—his own decision to love Sumika or Meiya. As love rivals, their routes share the same path, their stories intertwined. Normally, players will accumulate points favoring one heroine over the other, and at the end, Takeru decides to pursue either Sumika or Meiya. However, if you perfectly balance Sumika and Meiya’s affection throughout their route, Takeru isn’t given a decision at the end.

Thematically, Unlimited is a story about transitions. It is the midway point between Extra’s comforting fantasy and Alternative’s cold reality. It is the beginning of Takeru’s development and the restriction of the player choices. It is the start of Takeru’s world view being challenged. At the start of Unlimited, we’re thrust into a shocking scene. The formerly vibrant town is destroyed. By pure chance, Takeru’s house is left standing, but Sumika’s house is ruined, destroyed by a mech that crashed into it. Instead of focusing on Sumika’s safety, Takeru is overjoyed by seeing a mech. His fantasy of being a pilot stoked by its existence. At this point, Takeru still believes Unlimited is a dream, and while it’s understandable his concern for others is held back by this belief, his escapist mentality—the same mindset he learned in Extra—continues into a dangerous new setting. This is Unlimited, the first time we really see Takeru’s personality. His personality is childish and selfish, a fact that separates him from other cadets. For this story, he’s now the focus. Whereas the heroines have adjusted to war, their past consumed by conflict, Takeru barely recognizes it. Whereas Extra wants to emphasize choice, Unlimited wants to start taking it away. In a standard Hero’s Journey, a common structure for a story, the hero begins by being reactive to the events around him. It is when events can no longer be ignored—when the “call to action” is so loud—that the hero must answer its beckoning. Answering this call is what transforms a character from being pushed by the story to one who moves it. During Unlimited, Takeru is not yet ready. His “specialness” is questioned; his failure is at every turn. It is only when he becomes a pilot that his “specialness” allows him to lead others, his chance given to him on a platter. However, even with this “Extra convenience,” he fails to summon the courage. He cannot fight the BETA as he is. Analyzing Extra is limited, but when given a frame of reference, its meaning expands. Unlimited provides that reference, forcing Takeru to expose his identity by withholding choice. That’s not to say choice doesn’t exist within Unlimited—you, the player, make choices—but that’s the tragedy. For Takeru to change from reactive to proactive, for him to grow as a character, he can’t have you. He must be forced to make his decisions.

Prior to the Meiji Era during the late-19th Century, Japan was made up of different provinces, or domains, called “han,” and they were under the jurisdiction of a warlord, or Daimyo. Within these domains, were other districts, and as we shared before, Ishikawa was actually one of its districts. As a matter of fact, the real Kaga Province was one of the final provinces that were rounded during this period. While we can’t exactly pinpoint the year that Dororo takes place in, real Kaga Province was founded sometime around 823 AD, and was officially dissolved on July 25, 1869, meaning that the land under its system existed for over 1,000 years! That’s almost three times more than the present lifespan of the United States as it is! As portrayed in the series, the villagers relied on prosperous harvests and due to Daigo’s drought in his land, he prays to demons to bless his land. As for a Hall of Hell, or Jigoku no Dou, unfortunately, we couldn’t find any evidence of its existence. So, who was its Daimyo? Throughout its lifespan, Kaga was under the control of the Maeda clan. The first ruler was Maeda Toshiie, a general who was close friends with Oda Nobunaga.

As for the series, based on what we could gather from extensive research (largely from Japanese sources), Dororo takes place somewhere in the mid-15th century, during a time when the power and influence of the samurai started to progress at a very fast and unpredictable rate. While modern pop culture around the world tends to glorify the samurai spirit thanks to Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai, Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, other present samurai related manga, and through Japanese MMA fighters, Dororo goes in the opposite direction and from the titular character’s point of view, the samurai was seen as the bad guys since they oppress and exploit regular citizens. To a certain extent, lower ranked samurai, meaning those you could equate to lets say a private in today’s military, were rather poor and they did some pretty bad stuff as portrayed in this anime such as abuse regular civilians. As shown in the episode about the evil sword, they were also encouraged to behead their enemies as proof that they accomplished their mission. In the earlier part with Mio, some did in fact actually have sexual relations with minors.

As we shared earlier, the province was disestablished in 1871, a few years into the prime of the Meiji period. Upon being dissolved, certain sections became what is presently known as Fukui Prefecture, and there are other sections now known as Ishikawa Prefecture, the namesake of the same district where Dororo takes place in. And within Ishikawa Prefecture, the Ishikawa District actually continued to stay in existence until it merged with the town of Nonoichi on November 11, 2011. It neighbors Ishikawa Prefecture’s capital city of Kanazawa. As for Nonoichi, it is located along the Tedori River, which is a source of the community’s irrigation and its water is used for hydroelectric purposes. While we do see a river in the first episode of both versions to Dororo (and Hyakkimaru is put into a river after his birth), we can’t really confirm or deny it’s the same river. Presently, Nonoichi is still an agricultural centric city just like how the ancient version is portrayed in Dororo.

After discovering he had run out of cat food, Subaru goes on a trip to the pet store in order to buy some more. There he meets Nana who starts asking him all sorts of questions about the cat. However, Subaru misunderstands what is going on and gives Nana all of his information instead of Haru's. The comedic exchange here is brilliant and you can't help but feel embarrassed for Subaru during the whole thing.

One day, Hiroto, along with his four siblings, drop by to pay Subaru and Haru a visit. The group overwhelms Haru who finds herself up against a group of four young children. Just when it looks like Haru is going to scratch the youngest sibling, she realizes she is being held by a child and declares that bullying the weak goes against her principals. This whole scene is fantastic and is filled with plenty of funny moments. Everything is made even better by the look Haru has on her face at the end of the scene.

At the end of episode five, we learn that not only does Haru have a brother, but he is living with Nana. The reunion between the siblings is heartwarming and comedic. Hachi and Haru share their stories with one another and reveal how much they enjoy living with their human companion. This scene also gives us some more backstory for Haru and shows just how hard her life was before she met Subaru.

This whole episode focuses on Subaru and the relationships he has built up. Thanks to a night of sleeping on the floor, Subaru comes down with an illness. Thanks to the combined efforts of Haru Hiroto, and Kawase, Subaru gets all the help he needs to deal with his cold. While he watches his friends care for him, Subaru realizes that he wasn't as alone as he thought and even though his parents are gone there will always be people there for him. This is one of the most touching scenes of the entire anime and combines everything that makes the anime great.

This is by far the best scene in the entire series and is sure to make you tear up. After Haru messes up Subaru's manuscript, he heads to get more ink only to find a picture album that Haru had knocked over. While looking through the album, Subaru remembers the last time he saw his parents and starts to cry over his guilt of not spending more time with them. Haru comes to comfort him and the two fall asleep together as ghost versions of Subaru's parents appear to thanks Haru for taking care of their son. There is just so much emotion in this scene from Subaru starting to come to terms with the death of his parents to Subaru and Haru accepting one another as they officially start their new family.

So ummm what? I mean I knew it was coming, but to see it play out like that was a bit odd. So we now know who has basically been pulling the strings behind everything. It’s interesting but let’s talk about this boring match beforehand. The season started out powerful with a gross finger-chopping game. It was weird and yet entertaining a la nail game from the first season. As the season has moved on, the intensity from the best has really ebbed and it took me till this bet to realize how cheap they are becoming. Unless the finale really hits it out of the park, I think we are going to see it flatline at the end. Shame, but so anyway, all of the big gamblers are going head to head from this season save for Itsuki, Kaede, and Kirari. I love how the series keeps bringing back Midari to have her fawn over Yumeko who in turn, ignores her. It’s funny. So we have this bet which is going head to head against these competitors…or is it? Batsubami reveals that she is betting too, okay I can forgive that. But then the whole thing where the people in the other room who have been defeated are gambling too? Bzzt. This is boring. Then Yumeko does her thing to provoke Batsubami and we get an about face from them as they go all in. Not bad, but like… oh okay… So she basically looks like Leanne Sidhe from the Megami Tensei/Persona series with tattoos on her hand. If you don’t know, Google her. Blegh this is becoming a subpar ending. Whatever. I hope it gets interesting. Bring back Yumemi!

I think this week’s episode of Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue. was a great way to tie things up together, although that last line felt a little out of place (especially since I don’t feel like Haru is ever on Subaru’s head). Anyway, it was a really sweet episode where Subaru is stranded due to the typhoon. Then Haru, worried about Subaru not coming home, runs out of the house as soon as there is an opening. Haru spends her time looking for Subaru while thinking of her own siblings who were outside in a typhoon in the past scared and cold. Meanwhile, Subaru somehow got back to the city somehow and started the hunt for Haru to make sure she’s OK. It’s so sweet. The whole episode centers around Haru and Subaru’s attempts to save each other. They are both well meaning and want to save each other from the typhoon. It’s cute and in the end, it’s nice to see that they end up together. It sums everything up really nicely about the relationship Subaru and Haru have together in the entirety of Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue. They spend the whole time saving each other from the troubles they both dealt with. While this anime feels a lot like a slice of life anime that’s rather casual, a lot of time, it’s about the real problems we all face in real life and how we get through them with our relationships.

One of the most awaited shows of the season is finally out, so it's only natural for us to take a moment and just talk about tights. The current Spring season has a few "how is this not hentai?" shows, with Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!? as probably the better example. However, ecchi lovers were actually expecting Miru Tights, an anime that's just an excuse to see gorgeous teens wearing tights and showing off their beautiful legs and thighs. Homi, Yua, and Ren are three teenagers starting a new year at school, with Yuiko Okuzumi as their homeroom teacher. Even if this is a short anime, 4 minutes are more than enough to explicit the premise: this is a slice of life anime of sorts, but please don't mind the plot and just enjoy the view. The art is gorgeous and the chill music is spot on, so what's not to like for those who enjoy a waifu with sexy legs!? Maybe the creators of the show were doubtful about people's reaction to an anime like Miru Tights, so the first episode gives us soaking wet tights and some cute faces as a promise of what's to come. Now it's up to us to tune in next week for a new dose of leg fetishes, but being a collection of 4-minute episodes, it may be better enjoyed binge-watching all of them once they're out. If you ask me, this is a beautifully crafted anime but I don't think I'm capable of bearing its slow pace... All in all, what we should take from this is that a Pixiv artist is bringing awesome still drawings to anime, so maybe in the future we'll be seeing more fetishes and weird stuff from the internet in a wider, more professional medium?

Gotta admit, it’s amazing how bad Naofumi’s luck is at times. Episode 18 of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari had Naofumi and party get teleported to one of the nearest heroes to have Naofumi keep his promise. Despite his earnest attempt at talking things through, Naofumi runs into Motoyasu--the Spear Hero--and immediately sparks fly. Motoyasu makes a bold claim that Naofumi killed the sword and bow hero and is unwilling to listen to Naofumi’s pleas for a truce. A battle ensues between the two heroes and once more Naofumi--despite his lack of offense--comes out on the top thanks in large part to his team and their new skill, combo attacks learned from watching our foolish spear hero. Filo ends up saving the day though when she warns Naofumi that a strong attack was inbound and after the extremely powerful beam from the sky hits a new threat emerges in the form of the church. Now Motoyasu seems to realize Naofumi wasn’t lying about the other heroes but is it too late seeing as how the grand master of the church seems to have a large attack prepared via his golden sword? All I can say is next week’s episode is sure to be even better than this one and maybe another battle of grand proportions will await!

After gathering up the gifts they were given from Urokodaki, Tanjirou and Nezuko set out for the next town over, where Tanjirou’s first mission is to search for the girls who have been disappearing there. A young man named Kazumi is wandering the town aimlessly after the girl he was with vanished, and he helps Tanjirou find the initial scent of the demon. They finally find the demon in question, with its latest victim in tow, but it is not so easy for Tanjirou to defeat this hybrid, even with his new blade… Once again, we are struck by just how far Tanjirou has come in his training, now walking around as a Demon Slayer himself! He may not be completely comfortable in fighting all demons, but his skills are still impressive and animated so beautifully. It is poetic - Tanjirou has now improved so much that someone like Kazumi, a total stranger, recognizes him immediately as a powerful Demon Slayer just by the way he reacts to their strange predicament. We’re also so excited by the prospect of Nezuko fighting alongside her brother once again! The next episode should be just as good, with the prospect of an interesting enemy for the brother/sister duo to overcome!

Abbacchio gave his life to reveal the boss’ face, but Bruno and Giorno aren’t having any luck finding the elusive man in official records. That is, until a mysterious distorted voice calls to them through their laptop and says that he knows a way to defeat King Crimson! To make it happen, they need to meet this strange person in the Roman Coliseum as soon as they can. But Doppio and the boss send their very last assassins to stop them, and it turns into the most harrowing battle the gang has ever faced... I love the extra backstory that David Productions added for Cioccolata, the sadistic doctor who attacks Bruno’s gang on the way to the Coliseum. The new flashback shows a young man who’s so obsessed with death that he dissects people while they’re awake during surgery and gaslights elderly patients into committing suicide. Going back to a much earlier episode, they even showed that he and Secco were the ones who tortured and murdered Sorbet and Gelato. It makes Cioccolata even more despicable, which is a difficult feat, considering that his manga incarnation was already one of the vilest villains in JoJo history. The mad doctor’s stand, Green Day, rots its victims with a pathogenic mold when they move to a lower elevation. The way it moves and festers in the anime is perfectly disgusting, and I can’t wait to see how the rest of the battle plays out. There are plenty of iconic moments coming up in the next few episodes, and judging by what I’ve seen so far, they’re bound to be amazing!

With the overwhelming feeling that he is growing further and further apart from his daughter, Yoshihiko tries to find a way to get closer to Nanako. Thanks to a misunderstanding one morning, Yoshihiko thinks that Nanako is angry with him and beginning a rebellious phase. Hoping to find an answer he turns to his wife, his son, and even parenting articles to find a way to solve his problem. Fearing the worst, he starts to picture Nanako as a punk just like Eiji. As Yoshihiko decides that he has had enough and will never speak to Nanako again, she comes home smiling with a cake in hand to give to her dad. This week was another fantastic episode of Senryuu Shoujo. Yoshihiko really stole the show and his moments in the episode even outshined the cute moments between Nanako and Eiji. While we've gotten to experience a little bit of Yoshihiko's peculiar personality in some of the previous episodes, his moments in this episode go all out showing just how funny his character is. All of Yoshihiko's exaggerated reactions to the little things are hilarious. It is so nice to watch an anime that has so many great characters from the main cast to the side characters.

Miyata Sayaka has chosen Keijo as her career as a competitive athlete, denying her father’s wishes to study judo and succeed him. Sayaka looks like a token kuudere, but she’s more expressive and can be outspoken, especially during Keijo bouts. Sayaka has a bit of a cute side too, specifically when she has a complex about her bust size. All right, sure, Sayaka isn’t a true double A flat, but in the official manga, Sayaka is canonically an A cup. Why does her cup size vary in the anime? Art style inconsistency and breast padding. No, seriously, some swimwear has padding on the breasts to hide the nipples, and the extra bulk makes the bust seem larger. Right, then. Sayaka has below average cup size compared to the rest of the cast in Keijo, and it’s generally disadvantageous when you’re in an extreme contact sport like Keijo that requires the combatants to use their breasts and butts as tools in knocking enemies off the ring—or “Lands” as they’re called. Sayaka knows this, so that’s why she’s more of an outfighter, and uses her speed and butt to fight her opponents. Outside of Keijo, Sayaka is a bit self-conscious about her bust and easily gets upset when someone points them out. Thankfully, she’s not as flat as the rest of the girls on the list.

Tatsumaki is a favorite amongst One Punch Man fans because, you know, she’s a loli and she can kick ass. Also she doesn’t wear any panties. Or maybe she’s wearing a thong. Eh, we’ll never know for sure. Despite her petite appearance, Tatsumaki is an extremely powerful esper and she’s the 2nd most powerful S-Class hero, capable of decimating an entire city by calling down a meteor. It’s very unlikely she’ll do that because she’s a hero, but, although the scene was interpreted differently in the adaptation, Tatsumaki did kill a kaiju or giant monster by dropping a meteor on his head. Tatsumaki is very brash, moody and often overconfident thanks to her esper powers, and she really hates it when people point out her small build, often mistaking her for a child. If you manage to survive after calling her a kid, then you should know that “kid” is canonically 28 years old, and that explains why she’s often called the “legal loli” by fans.

Nana is the second princess of the three Deviluke princesses and she came to Earth along with her twin sister Momo because they want to see their big sister Lala and, apparently, running away to a distant star system is the best way to avoid studies and responsibilities. That’s probably normal for any alien royalty. At first, Nana really dislikes Rito and she doesn’t understand why Lala or even Momo find Rito attractive or consider him someone they can trust because all Nana sees is that Rito is a pervert and whatever he does, he’s always up to no good. Personality-wise, Nana is a bit of a tomboy, short-tempered, and tends to overreact. Deep down, though, Nana is a very loving girl and values friendship greatly. Unfortunately, all those good and bad traits don’t equate to a good body physique. Nana is, well, you know, flat, and she totally hates it when her younger sister Momo (who is more physically mature) teases her about her chest size and Momo often uses Nana’s flatness to win arguments. If there’s anything good about being flat-chested is that Nana has a small fanclub in school and the three members of the club love Nana’s flatness.

The NPC inhabitants of Great Tomb of Nazarick are quite an interesting and diverse bunch, all thanks to the various tastes and preferences of the guild members who created them. You have a giant bug, shotas, cross-dressers, maids, butlers, vampires, succubi, the list goes on and on. One of the NPCs is Shalltear Bloodfallen, the flirtatious and deadly true vampire who guards the halls of the great tomb. Shalltear is merciless and kills anyone without hesitation, even her minions if they fail to execute her orders. Stats-wise, Shalltear is the most powerful Floor Guardian of the tomb and is extremely adept at combat, and, at some point in the anime, Shalltear was able to stand toe-to-toe against the already stupidly-overpowered Ainz Ooal Gown. Despite her impressive resumé and powers, she’s very, very, extremely lacking in the chest department. No one is perfect? Shalltear Bloodfallen is an NPC created by Peroroncino, one of the original guild members and Peroroncino is a big fan of eroge. Peroroncino is known for his kinky sexual fetishes and, apparently, he’s a big fan of flat-chested girls. His ultimate creation, Shalltear Bloodfallen is based around his fetishes and that explains why Shalltear is a loli, loves to flirt with and have sex with women, and is a bit of a masochist. But don’t be fooled by Shalltear’s hourglass figure because behind the fabric covering her voluptuous breasts lies… nothing. Yeah, Shalltear is flat as a board. Her chest is so flat, Shalltear uses breasts padding to make them appear bigger, especially when in front of her lord Ainz.

Binboda Momiji is a god of poverty sent to the human world to restore the balance of energies that’s being disrupted and absorbed by Sakura Ichiko. With constant absorption of good fortune around her, Sakura Ichiko has everything from wealth, beauty, intelligence, good health, and extreme good luck. But at the same time, Ichiko causes misfortune to everyone, leading to people having poor health, increased depression, poverty and even death. Momiji must do whatever it takes to take back the excess good fortune from Ichiko before it’s too late. Being a god of poverty, Momiji is the exact opposite of Ichiko: poor, homeless, and has a flat chest. Momiji doesn’t mind having lived the past 100+ years lacking the features of a woman, but she can be very pissy when her flat chest is constantly getting compared to Ichiko’s massive melons. This leads to various confrontations and hilarious situations with anime references and 4th wall-breaking jokes. Despite Momiji’s unfortunate circumstances, Momiji is good-natured, caring, and is always willing to set things aside and get along with Ichiko as frenemies.

Short-tempered, gullible, lazy, arrogant, and a bit of a troublemaker, Sakurako is basically your average energetic middle school girl. Despite her lack of any notable skills, Sakurako is part of the student council, and still a fun girl to hang out with. Sakurako has been competing with her childhood friend Himawari for the spot of vice-president. This rivalry has been going on for quite a while, but back when they were young, Sakurako and Himawari were the closest of friends. However, as the two friends grow up together, Sakurako realizes that she’s not developing as fast as Himawari, especially in bust size. Sakurako has a fixation on big breasts, especially Himawari’s, because Sakurako is flat-chested. Sakurako mocks Himawari for having huge breasts and when Sakurako is upset at anything, there’s a chance she’ll blame Himawari for it, and sometimes Sakurako vents her frustration by slapping Himawari’s breasts.

Louise comes from a well-known aristocratic family in Tristain, and despite her nobility, Louise doesn’t use her authority and rank to get what she wants. In fact, Louise is very friendly, approachable and compassionate, whether you’re a commoner or not. What makes Louise famous, though, especially in Tristanian Academy of Magic, is her lack of any natural affinity to magic: she sucks at magic and when does manage to cast a semblance of a spell, it violently explodes leaving either a crater or a few burnt clothes. With Louise’s talent for making things go BOOM and a lack of any talent as a spellcaster, she has earned the title “Louise the Zero.” Though Louise did manage to summon, albeit accidentally, a human boy from another world instead of a magical creature/familiar, and no one in the Academy has done that. Anyway, the human she summoned is Hiraga Saito from Earth and he becomes her familiar, protector and lover. Louise is a tsundere and sometimes hides her feelings toward Saito, and it often leads to funny situations, especially when Saito fools around with other girls like the maid in the magic academy, Siesta. Louise gets violently jealous, especially when the other girl is bustier than she is. To makes matters worse, Saito loves big boobs and is easily seduced when he sees a huge pair jiggling his way. Yeah, our talentless tsundere aristocrat is flat as a board and her boyfriend loves something she doesn’t have. A complicated relationship, indeed.

Shinomiya Kaguya is the daughter of one of the biggest companies of Japan and is the student council vice president of the prestigious Shuchiin Academy, a school founded to educate the children of the elite. Kaguya is distant towards her peers, often takes advantage of them for her own goals, and hates to lose. Kaguya has acquired many talents in arts, literature and martial arts, but what she hasn’t learned that no top academy or institution could provide is how to deal with love. Kaguya is in a constant romantic arms race between her and the school council president Shirogane Miyuki, by forcing the other to confess their love first. Kaguya is very smart and she’s good at finding flaws in Miyuki’s counter-arguments, but when she is about to go in for the kill and force Miyuki to yield and confess, her closest friend and school council secretary Fujiwara Chika unexpectedly jumps in a throws a wrench into her supposedly perfect plan. The most notable disaster is when the student council discusses where they should spend their summer vacation, the beach or the mountains. Kaguya is the one who suggests they go to the beach so that she can seduce Miyuki with her two-piece swimsuit and womanly charm. But when Chika comes into the mix, Kaguya realizes that Chika has a larger breast size than her and if they go to the beach, Miyuki will instead get seduced by Chika instead. Kaguya may be rich and have a world-class education and upbringing, but she can’t beat genetics.

Aisaka Taiga has a very complicated upbringing and this molded her short-tempered, foul-mouthed, and explosive personality. Taiga is extremely strong and capable of knocking out people with her fists, all while having an underdeveloped body and height shorter than your average high school student. Because of her sudden bursts of anger, especially when you talk about her body size, Taiga has gained the moniker the “Palmtop Tiger.” What people and her classmates don’t know, however, is that Taiga is a very kind and compassionate person. Taiga is very childish, especially when trying to talk to her high school crush Kitamura Yusaku, and is emotionally vulnerable given how Taiga has lived alone all of her life. Fortunately for Taiga, her life as a human being is gradually changing all thanks to the wonderful friends she has earned. When a character is voiced by Kugimiya Rie, then chances are her character is a loli and a tsundere. And wouldn’t you know it, Aisaka Taiga is a loli, a tsundere, and voiced by Kugimiya Rie! Apart from KugiRie’s iconic voice and choice of character roles, Taiga is your petite tsundere character with some interesting quirks that make her stand out amongst other tsundere characters.

Konata is a petite girl with long blue hair, but don’t let her size fool you because she can be quite athletic and knows a bit of martial arts. But on a typical day, Konata is seen as very lazy and she avoids joining clubs because, well, since Lucky Star aired in 2007, streaming services like Crunchyroll and Netflix didn’t exist. And given that clubs are after-class activities, they conflict with Konata’s own after-class hobbies: watching anime on TV. After that, Konata eventually goes about her usual daily routine of playing video games, reading manga, playing adult games, and spends the rest of the evening playing MMORPGs… with her homeroom teacher. Oh and believe or not, despite having a very heavy otaku lifestyle, Konata is very intelligent and she can ace tests if she wants to, or rather, if she gets an incentive, like her dad Izumi Sojiro buying her a specific gaming console depending on her score. Liking flat-chested girls is a popular otaku fetish in Japan and Konata knows this all too well because she too is an otaku. And unlike the other girls on the list, Konata is proud of her figure, her inadequacies, and her chest size—or lack thereof—is her selling point when she’s out cosplaying or even when working at a cosplay cafe. An otaku having an otaku fetish built in and will likely stay this way forever, now that’s a great combination!

Al survived another round of getting his life force drained by the succubi living in Cornelica and this time, he’s making sure not to fall for any of their traps. And yes, he still falls for it. Arune, the inventor, apologizes to Al for all the things she has done and urges Al to come with her to Rosary’s bar for some dinner. And wouldn’t you know it, the bar is full of succubi and Al is in deep trouble yet again. It’s probably safe to say that Muma no Machi Cornelica ends with episode 4 because there are no new episodes announced for the next four months and the ending of episode 4 does the orgy sex routine, commonly used as a climactic moment to conclude a hentai series. Assuming the anime is indeed over, Muma no Machi Cornelica is very average with an average story, average character development, and average length. The sex scenes, however, are very nice—visually pleasing, good-looking characters, not completely hardcore, and has femdom (if you’re into that). But if Muma no Machi Cornelica goes for another couple of episodes, then, hopefully, it will focus on new succubus characters and an episode where we finally see Lily’s true colors. Sure, we know Lily wanted the shota dick all along since episode one, but her desires are more intense than the other succubi. Though, if the glowing red eyes are a symbol of a succubi falling in love, then, meh, we need more encounters of new succubi then.

Sarasa is getting desperate as Kira is slowly being taken away by another girl, and in order to stop Kira from having sex with someone else other than her, Sarasa starts a mental reimprinting regimen which involves Sarasa fucking Kira from dawn till dusk. Did the reimprinting work? Well… no. The ending, if you call it that, is inconclusive and there are no signs that there will be a fifth episode. Sarasa has failed yet again in reconditioning her brother Kira because the third wheel Kasuri still managed to get Kira to fuck her. Assuming Ane Chijo♥Max Heart is over, the anime is another average and forgettable PoRO hentai with samey character designs but decent-to-good sex scenes. While it lasted, Ane Chijo♥Max Heart was a good ride featuring a nymphomaniac big sister constantly using her brother to satisfy her lust and we get some rom-com elements like Sarasa getting extremely jealous and defensive when another girl is winning Kira’s heart. Decent story, has incest, femdom, numerous lengthy sex scenes, but overall forgettable. Time to move on to another hentai series, folks!

Classmates Nozomu and Shiori are talking about their future after high school. Nozomu is going to enroll in a distant university for college because his parents want him to be independent. Though the problem is he’s not used to living alone. Shiori has experience and proposes having Nozomu stay in her small flat for one month to teach him the basics of housework and independence. Will Nozomu adapt to independent life while holding himself back living with a girl for a whole month? Aikagi The Animation is a decent vanilla hentai with a bit of romance between likable main characters. There’s a decent build-up (for modern hentai standards) leading up to wholesome and sweet sex and nothing feels rushed like having sex because the guy slipped and pinned the girl on the floor. Nozomu has feelings towards Shiori and he finally expresses his feelings after living together with her—they are a match made in heaven. For the sex side of things, it’s completely vanilla but with a few kinky and wild moments to keep things interesting, like Shiori giving Nozomu a blowjob while he’s dozing off. The art and animation are decent too with well-paced humping and thumping in the right kind of scenes. And you’d better enjoy this little romantic distraction because the last two titles on this list are the complete opposite of Aikagi the Animation.

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Tsukamoto Tarou is a happy man married to his lovely wife Misako for four years. A good paying job, peaceful life, and happily married to his loving wife who pampers him like a child at least once a week, Tarou’s life seems perfect. But one day, Tarou notices that his wife is peculiarly prettier than normal and he can’t figure out why. Is it the new makeup she’s wearing? The new dress, perhaps? After hiring an investigator, he finds out that Misako has been cheating on him with another man. Rather than feeling repulsed at his wife’s infidelity and signing the divorce papers, Tarou instead gets aroused seeing his wife getting fucked left and right by someone other than himself and decides to make an agreement with his wife’s lover to continue their affair. As long as he gets a video copy of their sexual trysts, of course. Yep, this is a good old fashioned cuckold hentai anime, and it’s a good-looking one at that. The first episode is from the perspective of Tarou and tells the viewers how he feels every time he watches a new video of his cheating wife. To put it simply, Tarou has a cuckold fetish he never knew he had. Tsuma ga Kirei ni Natta Wake is not for everyone, but if you can stomach NTR stories, then you can stomach cuckold stories as well. Art and animation were done by studio T-Rex, the same studio that did Saimin Seishidou The Animation… OH! So that’s why there’s no episode 3!

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April 2019 seems to be the month of infidelity and the next one is Ano Danchi no Tsuma Tachi wa… The Animation. The story takes place in an apartment complex where lonely housewives prostitute themselves to satisfy the sexual needs their husbands don’t. For a generous fee, customers visit the wives during the day for some good time and leave long before the tired husbands return. Episode 1 features two lonely wives with their own specific sexual needs. Ano Danchi no Tsuma Tachi wa… The Animation is very straightforward than Tsuma ga Kirei ni Natta Wake with little story getting in the way with the best sex scenes you’ll ever see in a while. The story isn’t strictly NTR nor its Cuckold, but rather, it’s simple prostitution. A basic story and pure unadulterated sweaty MILF sex with animation style by director Tatsumi (Mizugi Kanojo: The Animation and Fela Pure: Mitarashi-san Chi no Jijou - The Animation), Ano Danchi no Tsuma Tachi wa… The Animation is one wild and crazy hentai experience and it’s easily the top hentai to watch in April 2019. The massive areolas can be a turn off, though. Seriously, they’re bigger than your mouth.