But you make a good point about how this show chooses to do sexytime in some ways but balks at others. And I'd be interested to know what guiding principles they used to determine what could go in and what couldn't.
But you make a good point about how this show chooses to do sexytime in some ways but balks at others. And I'd be interested to know what guiding principles they used to determine what could go in and what couldn't.
It's just lazy. It's all so lazy and it gets boring super fast. Even the seasonal porn shorts have more believable dirty scenes. You choose to make a show about lesbians, so put the time and money in to actually make it about lesbians. Know what I mean? Have all the explicit, sleazy, weird sex you want, but for ffs at least try to make it a little bit ... passable. And innovative. Like imagine if they made this show with straight couples and the dude would get off only by having his nipples rubbed. Every time and every guy, too. Ridiculous, right? With women, if you want results, you have their whooole bodies to work with, and with gay women, you have two whole bodies. If that's not an ideal play field full of unlimited potential, I don't know what is. And what do they do with it? Boob squeezing for 5 second. In every fuckin' scene.
Oh, and, btw, for maximum effect, if you really need to rub something fast, always go for the thighs.
Yeah, I'm overthinking porn. That's just how I am. Sorry not sorry.
First off--there's no such thing as overthinking porn. In fact, it is my opinion that it is far too often under-thought, relying on playacting- or pantomime-levels of "sexy" actions to take the place of actual erotic material. I mean, look, I'm clearly not above enjoying the pantomime nonsense, or else I'd have a lot more to complain about with this show, but, like, can we just all agree that "slutty schoolgirl" outfits miss the point of the schoolgirl outfit being sexy? Please? I cannot possibly be the only one who can see the difference between these two aesthetic choices. I refuse to believe that I'm totally outnumbered by philistines.
...um, and second--unapologetic as you are, I get where you're coming from with this. Like, I know that the frustrating thing about the squeezie-squeezie of this show (and others) is that it's obviously meant for straight dudes, and as much as you and I might agree on a general direction, obviously we're not both in that same boat where seeing the squeezie-squeezie is concerned. (And it's probably extra-annoying that most girl-girl sexytime shows are not meant for you, either.) Like, it's ostensibly about you, but it's also not at all about you. It's about, well, me.
And, yes, you're right that it's lazy, both in that it's unimaginative and shorthand, but I really do wonder if there were, like, editorial choices made that both pushed for and also restricted the naughty stuff. Like, they needed there to be x-number of raunchy things, but they could also only get away with certain kinds of raunchy things:
"We've done the nipple thing 46 times, already, but the censors don't even want us alluding to anything south of the border, so...racks it is. Sorry thigh guys. But we've got a quota to hit, and what else can we do."
"Maybe, to mix things up, she could, like, do more stuff to her neck?"
"Oh, so lesbians are all vampires, is that it, Stanley? Wow. Wow."
Future interregnum, here. I've just watched Ep 4, and...I'm leaning very heavily towards editorial restrictions.
'Cus those nipples aren't just there to be nipples, if you catch my drift.
For the record, as much as I could watch unrealistic girl-girl bosom play for the whole of this series, I'd be more than happy for a change of pace, as well. I'm easy.
Wowza. This show, kids. This show. Just when you think it can't get zanier--WHAMMO!--attack of the 50 foot anime titties.
And it gave us a kind-of beach episode! Which seems ridiculous, given all the girls are nude all the time, but I still loved it.
That said, Ep 5's silly escapades were pretty much self-contained, with perhaps the exception of A) seeing Definitely Female Governor's weapon (which...can operate on its own? is it not a girl?), B) confirming that Nails Girl's weapon is very much a gaggle of breathless sex slaves, and most importantly C) Pigtails Protagonist proving that she can instigate make-out time with Delinquent Protagonist to get her motor running. All of which feels very much like it's going to matter later in the season.
Episode 4, on the other hand, gave us some fantastic Lady/Lady action (I really do love those areola teases from the Bike Lady's underboob bodice, just as much as Nails Girl's regular bodice--um, as an aside) to start things off, a very telling jungle sex scene (more on that in a minute), some actual character development for Delinquent Protagonist (who seemed both jealous and forgiving of Pigtails Protagonist's wild crush), Nails Girl's full-topless debut cluing us in that she's got inverted nipples, and--crucially--Apron MILF's bath scene, which just...good job, show.
I've mentioned enjoying the "Tokonome!" running gag, but I've neglected to comment on the Apron MILF running gag about how she makes sure to quickly insist everyone calls her "Onee-san"--very much implying that she needs to take control of things before anyone refers to her as (the potentially more appropriate) "Oba-san."
Further, we got a good amount of plot with our "plot," all but openly acknowledging that, yeah, the overseers monitoring the girls are likely as real as Definitely Female Governor's dick. Which is to say they ain't there. And Commander Short Skirt has a...sister? Friend? Girlfriend? A chick in a bed who is sleeping and whose name daren't be spoken by anyone but her, lest there be tights-rippin' hell to pay.
But the "plot" was pretty telling, as well: not only did we get some pretty decisive indication that some of the nipple play we see is meant to be a safe-for-viewing stand-in for clitoral stimulation, we got our first big trip down south for some proper lip service--if only briefly. Which I foudn particularly interesting because it happens in three very specific instances: Definitely Female Governor drops a hand into Pigtails Protagonist's pantsus, Pigtails Protagonist unwittingly spending some alone time with herself, and Delinquent Protagonist getting some illusory mudman oral.
Which makes me wonder: is the issue that they don't want to show us any hints of arrival at the lands of milk and honey, or just that they don't want any girl-girl exploration of said promised land? Because Pigtails Protagonist spent a good amount of time really goin' at herself, Delinquent Protagonist was clearly being eaten out by a man (made of mud, but still dude-like), and Definitely Female Governor is obviously a chick but the show is playing her off like she's a dude, so...y'know: "Hey, Mr. Censorman, no problems here. This is just two heterosexual folks sharing some mutual romantic interests, as far as anyone knows. Hm? Why did I say 'as far as anyone knows'? Because...it's...slang. For 'according to all the cool dudes. In the...in the hiz-ouse.'"
...is my theory.
Oh! And I almost forgot to mention: that scene at the beginning where Nails Girl calls out her troops, and they all come out in pairs and start gettin' busy and it's hilarious. My favorite part being...okay, well, my second favorite part being that these girls were all so generic and dull that the transform-y ones all turned into the same gray rectangle gun.
I knew we were in trouble with Ep 6 when Cowboy Girl and two previously unrevealed accomplices were going to be the headliners, and, with the obvious exceptions of all the naughty parts, golly did this episode deliver on those worries. I don't know how much more boring and filler-y this could have been, and thank God they went full-in on the sexytime stuff, when they finally got around to it. (Special shout out to Cowboy Girl's full(-ish) nude reveal, a pleasant alternative to the over-buxom--but always appreciated--other girls.)
This was the perfect example of how little sense the conceit of the premise makes, with Cowboy Girl and her associates stealing and selling goods...to people who don't have money...but who also have money...and also there's several camps of people littering the island, and also there's all these buildings, but also money can be used to turn Cowboy Girl into weapon, but not a weapon so much as a girl in a weapon suit?
What?
That aside, it did still have its moments--like Cowboy Girl's weapon suit having massive breasts (to overcompensate for her slim build), the Bikini Babes nearly getting punched for scaring Pigtails Protagonist in the haunted house, and...um...I'm sure there was something else I enjoyed that didn't involve nudity.
Oh, and, for the record: Lithe Bikini Babe was my pick for the beauty contest. Just...wowza.
Ep 7, in comparison, was...well, also filler-y, but more grounded in progressing the lore(?) of the series and the story overall. Plus, it had Apron MILF in the hot springs, so...just all-around good stuff, obviously.
The big reveal that Definitely Female Governor is definitely a girl was, y'know, obvious, but that she would then also be absurdly busty was both hilarious and wildly unexpected. Which I appreciated. (And, of course, appreciated.) But I once again scratch my head over the insistence by her mother than she pretend to be a dude. Maybe it's just too far after midnight for my mind to think clearly about it, but I don't quite see what protections she would garner from being the only fellah on an island full of girls. Maybe she assumed (rightly, it would turn out) that the other girls would exalt her, that way, and she wouldn't have to worry about, like, fighting to survive against the other girls? I dunno.
I mean, I certainly wouldn't have looked at my daughter's bangin' rack and thought, "She could pull off looking like a dude." I know it's all fake and whatever, but...where do they go???
Best non-sexytime moment was definitely Pigtails Protagonist insta-cumming when she took a look at nude fem-Governor and turning into a sword. Delinquent Protagonist's "By herself?" was perfect.
Speaking of our other main girl, I really dug the quiet jealousy at Pigtails Protagonist's fawning over fem-Governor. She's clearly more than friend-attached to her, at this point. And it's nice to see. (And, in the case of their attack at the end, nice to see the sexytime getting more and more intense.)
One thing these two episodes have made even clearer than the previous ones is that this show is stepping up the naughty: more and broader nudity, and increasingly more explicit action. I don't think we're going to get to significant butt stuff, before the season is over, but we're gonna get a lot closer than I would have expected several episodes ago.
Did all 15-year-olds look this good? Goddamn. And has our main girl always been this... I don't know. I don't honestly know what word to use for her here because stupid sounds unnecessarily mean and extremely fucking dense might be taking it a bit too far. But man! After what we've been subjected to so far, the characters on her shirt might as well start saying "dumbshit" instead. Or "willfully ignorant." Whichever sounds nicer.
We're both girls, I'm underage - make up your miiind
No, but this one character, I actually like. Even if she conforms to all the extra letters bullshit the meunarchey/geuveurnment imposes upon her.
"HOLY SHIT, I GOTTA STAND UP FOR THIS"
"yah, so anyway"
HOLY SHIT I WAS RIGHT ONE OF THE LADIES ACTUALLY IS THE MOTORBIKE
Go me.
Missed funny bit here would have had her point to some random spot on the ocean and then the spot is revealed to us as some random door.
The island's big boss is a man. Which makes sense that he's in charge of everything here, including those stupid fucking extra letters. Which also makes sense because guys will take any excuse to add unnecessary trinkets to whatever the fuck they own to look more important than they actually are. Can confirm. Am man. Don't worry. Am total expert in all things Man.
But I don't know. Something tells me this guy is not really a guy. The voice sounds too unnaturally deep for him... er, her... er, them... to be anyone else.
Franco, still riding off his high of getting something right: YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT IT WAS
It doesn't matter how many letters these people add to their titles, there's just no curing their collective dumbassery. What absolute goddamn dumbshit detectives these people are, just going on a fingering - sorry - finger-pointing spree and accusing all the latecomers for doing the crime. I don't care what you're called, there's not enough letters in the alphabet to describe how incredibly fucking incompetent you people are.
Put enough letters together and you'll end up with consent, but I'm not sure anyone's capable of such foresight here. And geez! Never mind whatever sympathy I had for Ms. My Name Isn't Virgin, she's just the worst. Absolute meanie to the large 15-year-old, like she's never done anything for you. Geez!
(Also: See how much I give a fuck about this show in the botched screencap up above.)
Oh! And I almost forgot to mention: that scene at the beginning where Nails Girl calls out her troops, and they all come out in pairs and start gettin' busy and it's hilarious. My favorite part being...okay, well, my second favorite part being that these girls were all so generic and dull that the transform-y ones all turned into the same gray rectangle gun.
Ay, really gives a whole new twist to that "make love, not war" saying, doesn't it? Poor girls, having to make do with quickies in public. Has anyone else tried to interrupt them while they were doing that? Because that would be the funniest thing.
3
You know what, I don't actually mind the OP or the ED, so that's at least something.
Yeah, that's no dude. That's a bifauxnen. Don't mistake me for an idiot, show. *sticks fingers in ears lalalalalala*
Half-expected the cow-person to say she's 12.
Even the fucking bike has fucking nipples.
The glasses girl is actually pretty cool. Okay, she can stay with the bifauxnen. The rest of the cast need to fuck off promptly.
Right? Every time they have to launch into one of these extended makeout sessions, I wonder exactly that. We know the process can be interrupted, because we've seen Pigtails Protagonist not get with the program for one reason or another, so it's not an instant thing that's just exaggerated for theatrical effect.
I mean, maybe it is, and the interruption times are equally as fast, meaning that it's technically not easy to stop a pair that's started the transformation. Which would be internally consistent.
Oh--EXCEPT...we also have some reactions to said makeout rituals that clearly indicate there's time for theatrical reactions, so there must literally be several seconds of sexytime activities, making big interruptions entirely possible, so...yes, this is absolutely a thing that is stupid for not happening.
...unless, of course, the reality of the situation is that the show is attempting to do both things, admitting it takes a couple of seconds to get things going, but not as long as we often see them, um, acting in concert. So, it's having its (cheese)cake and eating it too.
Right? Every time they have to launch into one of these extended makeout sessions, I wonder exactly that. We know the process can be interrupted, because we've seen Pigtails Protagonist not get with the program for one reason or another, so it's not an instant thing that's just exaggerated for theatrical effect.
I mean, maybe it is, and the interruption times are equally as fast, meaning that it's technically not easy to stop a pair that's started the transformation. Which would be internally consistent.
Oh--EXCEPT...we also have some reactions to said makeout rituals that clearly indicate there's time for theatrical reactions, so there must literally be several seconds of sexytime activities, making big interruptions entirely possible, so...yes, this is absolutely a thing that is stupid for not happening.
...unless, of course, the reality of the situation is that the show is attempting to do both things, admitting it takes a couple of seconds to get things going, but not as long as we often see them, um, acting in concert. So, it's having its (cheese)cake and eating it too.
And thusly do I betray my lack of familiarity with the genre. For shame, I!
It's a solid point, though, that it's playing by (what I assume is) Dragon Ball rules, which I'm sure is what the writers would say, if pressed. Though, from a storytelling perspective, the makeout sessions are too elaborate for a non-satire to reasonably claim to be under that umbrella--especially when interruptions (albeit from within a duo) are firmly established to be a thing.
That said, I'm clearly not someone who's going to hold a show to such restrictive standards, if it means sacrificing the artistic vision of the creators.
I have to hand it to this series: it actually has a plot that isn't total garbage. I would probably rather that the show have an elaborate premise but is really just an absurd character-driven romp set in an elaborate premise, but since they're going the plot-route, I'm glad to see there's at least some small measure of seriousness about it, from a structural perspective.
That said, we're basically 75% of the way through this season, and now seems a really strange time to suddenly ramp up the mystery. Just feels like there's still A LOT to the world that needs to be looked at--as in, I feel like the "serious" stuff is absolutely baked into the premise, but that it also feels like it's built for a gradual reveal. And we're not really, y'know, gearing towards that, in the way we might, were this a 24-episode series.
I'm just saying: it'd be a lot more effective to either curtail giant naked girl-type episodes in favor of sticking to a consistent plot-drip structure for 12 episodes, or to really steer into the sexytime romp and gut-punch us with plot revelations that have (in hindsight) been percolating through all the nipple-suckling awesomeness the whole time.
Dammit--I want my cake and eat it too!
I mean, Delinquent Girl actually has something going on that isn't quiet jealousy. Who'da thunk it?
I'm around 50-50 on Cowboy Girl, now, though. It's taken me a while to decide, I admit. I just find her conceit a little too ridiculous (...and annoying), but she's also not infrequently juuuust the right blend of cute/funny to tip the balance away from being absolutely grating.
That said, we got some Lady/Lady action. Never a bad thing.
And how about that ex-partner reveal, huh? I feel like this would be more dramatic if I had any kind of investment in our protagonist duo--particularly if I felt like there was more of a connection between them than just saliva strands. I mean, she gets thrown into the mix, all it presents (on an emotional level) is Delinquent Girl's likely shock that she's alive, rather than some kind of "which will she chose?!" tension, which I'm sure is how it's going to attempt to play out.
OVEEEEEEERDRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVEEE!
Notice how "the only man" is wearing lipstick?
5'8" that's quite tall for Japan.
Group rape. Amazing. Just what we needed.
5
I know they like big titties, but this is just ridiculous.
Glasses is the only normal character istg.
Sexposition! 69 Things You Need to Know! Show inserts critical backstory 6 episodes too late! Makes up for it with tits!
A genuinely, honest-to-God good episode. And, as such, easily the best episode of the bunch, for every possible reason: good story beats, great smut, compelling characters.
Momoka struts in dressed like the slutty schoolgirl I very much ragged on, earlier in this thread--and she shuts me up immediately by making it clear that she's wandered into the story from the porn shoot on a neighboring island. Because holy f*** is she rad. (And don't think I didn't see that little black kitty hair clip, show. Your none-too-subtle symbolism did not escape my notice!) She's fantastic, and I love her.
HIGHLIGHTS:
The Momoka/Nails Girl sexposition scene was fantastic. I absolutely love that Momoka went straight for eating her out, then swung her pussy right in Nails Girl's face...which she promptly ignored, because Nails Girl doesn't take requests. Hilarious and probably inadvertently on-point character work.
Given how everyone else works, in this series, is it weird that Momoka can, like, actually have sex? Was this setup or...not or...? I mean, I don't care, but I'm still curious.
And don't think I didn't notice the curious detail that one of Nails Girl's nipples was out and one was in, during this scene. I...guess that's a thing that can happen, right? Any, um, inverted nipple experts, here?
Pigtails Protagonist rockin' her casual look--that outfit, that hat, those normal person braids! Why aren't you like this all the time???
Nails Girl's battle outfit--hot.
I'm going to feel stupid, even if this is easily explained, but...did Cowboy Girl always have a massive, fake bosom, when she's in schoolgirl attire?
Holy f***--Momoka's bat**** crazy insect form!!!
So...all that power blasted Definitely Female Governor...and it just sort of tore her clothes off? (And maybe got her nipples hard? Was that...supposed to be arousal or...I mean, the show's pretty consistent about nipples, I have to say, so...?)
Woo! Commander Short Skirt's backstory gives us what we really want: long hair! her bodacious rack! (...but also, yes, her long hair, proving she can rock both looks.) And, seriously, she's just supercool. Best character, bar none. Probably too good for the show, to be honest--much as I love it, she feels like she belongs in a more legitimate series. Like most of the VAs. No offense.
And we get more exposition (the regular kind...mostly), this time about the island and it's whole setup. How it's apparently very much Lord of the Flies, outside of the Castle and Apron MILF's house. Which...should matter, but doesn't, since it never comes up. Ever.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Nails Girl knows how to keep things sexy as f***. You make those maids serve you naked, girl. You da Guv, now.
"I'm...at my....limit. I...oh, wait, not, I'm fine now. AAAAAAAAAACTION!!!"
Momoka's an absolute gem. I know she's very much falling into an archetype villain role, but she's also doing it really, really well, driven by very personal hatred rather than a case of the crazies. The personal tinge to everything makes what she does feel like it matters. Which is great. And compelling.
HIGHLIGHTS:
That Lady/Lady entrance was...something else. I mean, I know they were doing a quick change from bike to gun, but...what's the portmanteau for having sex while getting caught up on events the audience has just witnessed but the characters have not?
So...Momoka stripped Pigtails Protagonist naked so that she could experiment on her...then dressed her up all fancy...so that she could tear apart the fancy dress so that she could rape her? Having her covered up, I get. But why dress her up? Why not just use a blanket or a hospital gown?
Momoka also has inverted nipples, you see, so that Pigtails Protagonist's pointed nipples could f*** Momoka's nipples! Complete with...I mean, somebody's nipples made a mess. I dunno if we're looking at spunk or squirt, but it wasn't subtle, either way.
Oh--and I like that one of the Soldier Flunkies with Momoka is chunky.
For, um, r-representation reasons.
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HOLY F*** THERE'S TENTACLE RAPE YOU GUYS THIS SHOW IS AMAZING.
I like that the show managed to pour on the plot, in the final stretch, and still maintain its trademark smut. Though, all in all, the finale wasn't particularly spectacular. It wasn't terrible, by any stretch, but it was...typical. Well, typical, plus also tons of naked chicks.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Boy, folks sure do recover from devastating attacks as weird intervals, huh?
Wait, how did Cowboy Girl...how is it that she can lose her mech suit transformation and keep her clothes on? WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THIS?!
I feel like the was a lot of references to something outside of the world of the show, near the end, when we had people reacting to the beam that our protagonists shot into space.
The "final form" achieved by Pigtails Protagonist and Delinquent Protagonist was just stupid. I mean, it was an adolescent doodle, a magical girl who can slay a dragon. Just ridiculous.
4 out of 5. I loved this absolutely brazen smutfest.
BEST GIRL: Commander Short Skirt--no question.
SEXIEST GIRL: Nails Girl, whose whole deal was just...pure b****, which absolutely works for me.
HOTTEST GIRL: ...I'm givin' it to Lithe Bikini Babe, who brought the steam without the "slut"--and, in an upset, a small bosom.
BUT DEM TIDDIES: Apron MILF. Good heavens, Apron MILF. Racktacular "onee-san" for the win.
I'm just sorry it had to end.
EXCEPT...!!!
Six short-short pornos (and I mean expressly pornos) of our main cast? Yes, please!
My favorite part is not knowing if this is about me running ahead, rating this show highly, or my picks for best girl (etc).
Picking Charlotte's I-can't-remember-names nickname too soon. It didn't do her justice.
Of course, as I try to come up with something better now, all I've got is a string of words that, if I'm honest, are probably just my favorited tags on hentaimama.
I liked the cat costume.
Everyone has a ladyboner for the one man. What if he's transgender, and everyone knows that and respects his pronouns. Did you think about that? Seriously now, though, it's still way more believable that a bunch of useless lesbians would moon over a tomboy than giant cow knockers. So at least the show managed to do one thing right. Just sayin'.
Lots of dick shaped foods there.
Flat chest first episode girl should have won by a landslide.
It's for you running ahead, my dude. Alas, Star and I can only take one episode at a time. But say, congratulations!
Things that are apparently not allowed on this island: gambling, wine, and world peace for more than just a day.
But you know the real thing that should be outlawed? Actually sharing your plans, your roles, and your scams out in public for the whole entire world to hear. The way these girls went on and on, stroking their lady essences about how scheming they were, it was really only a matter of time before they got caught.
Or should I say, ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A TRAITOR SHOWED UP. Might as well have called this Episode JINX!
But maybe the real scam and the real jinx of the episode is how routine all the lewdness is starting to become at this point. Or maybe that's just the episode's fault. Then again, this was a little lazier than usual.
"SURE WOULD BE A SHAME IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SUDDENLY SHOW UP AND STAB ME IN THE FUCKIN' BACK"
Simp.
"I WANT TO MAKE HER A DOMINATRIX"
Is this the default anime girl pose for "I am an airhead?"
The whole societal structure of the island makes absolutely no sense. Why do they have money? Who is printing it? How do they earn it? What do the girls in the castle do? What do the girls with Apron MILF do?
No wonder everyone adores Charlotte: she keeps them on a sex slave schedule that makes them feel like there's structure and meaning to their lives.
This is the tenth time I'm reading this, and I'm still laughing--audibly--at how perfect it is. With that righteous indignation on her face. Just...so great.
How... How could you do that? How could you ruin the only good character? How dare you? How fucking dare you??
You are dead to me. I can't even look at her without disgust.
I fucking hate this show.
The big reveal that Definitely Female Governor is definitely a girl was, y'know, obvious, but that she would then also be absurdly busty was both hilarious and wildly unexpected.
