What has become a bit of a theme for me during this challenge?
‘You don’t like harems or fanservice?’
Mmm…I’m definitely not a fan of harems, and I can tune out fanservice. I can’t be a hypocrite and say I hate fanservice, because I, admittedly, like the fanservice meant for women.
I don’t tend to like crass humor, and humor based on fanservice or sex is not a far cry from that.
That being said – I love B Gata H Kei and 30 Sai no Hoken Taiiku.
Yamada’s First Time: B Gata H Kei is a show about a high school girl named Yamada. She has a goal of having sex with 100 guys. Problem is, she’s a virgin, and her inexperience makes her very uneasy when trying to initiate even slight romantic contact.
As a way of easing herself into the world of sex, she decides to have her first time be with a guy who is also clearly a timid virgin – a boy named Kosuda. They start a relationship, Kosuda forever unaware of Yamada’s goals and intentions, and they each go through the various trials and tribulations of trying to reach their first times.
Sounds like a stupid show, right? While I’ll admit the premise is crass and Yamada’s goal is misguided to say the least, this show is actually hilarious. The fanservice isn’t really that high in this show, which is surprising (most of what there would be is censored heavily), and while there’s obviously a lot of sexual situations, they never go that far with it. They only even get to the actual attempt of sex at the very ending, and even that is as tastefully done as a sex comedy can get.
Yamada is just so driven to achieve this goal, and it frustrates her that she can’t even get out of the gate. Poor (or lucky?) Kosuda is along for the ride (bad choice of words) and they play off of each other really well. She’s super hyped about making her journey to non-virgin-ville while he’s just confused and aroused most of the time. It’s not even like Yamada’s a pervert or anything – she gets very flustered when it comes to facing the sexual aspects of a guy. She damn near had a heart attack when she realized she gave Kosuda an erection once.
Kosuda’s not a pervert either – he gets equally freaked out, if not worse, when faced with Yamada’s body. They’re both cute little dorks, and I really liked that their relationship actually developed out of this whole ridiculous situation (at a reasonable pace, even) instead of Yamada just using him as a stepping stone to orgy city.
And don’t worry, Yamada never achieves her goal in this series, I think she even gave it up in the end, and she appears to be knowledgeable on safe sex.
30 Sai No Hoken Taiiku is a similar beast, but on a goofier level.
The show is based on a novel titled Health and Physical Education for 30 Year Olds, which sounds boring, but more to the point, the show itself is about a 30 year old virgin named Imagawa. Being a virgin at 30 is deemed unacceptable by the gods (no, I’m not kidding), so the sex gods Daigorou and Macaron devote themselves to helping Imagawa pop his cherry.
On the female side, another 30 year old virgin named Andou is put in the same situation by the sex goddesses, Kuu and Pii. They lead the virgins to each other in hopes of killing two birds with one romp in the sheets.
I thought I would deplore this series when I first watched it. Like B Gata H Kei, this premise also sounds stupid and misguided, but the show itself is actually pretty damn crazy and funny while simultaneously providing us with a fairly realistic and likable romance. Even the relationships between the gods and the humans was heartwarming and nice to watch.
Like B Gata H Kei, it’s also a sex-based comedy where nearly all of the even slightly sexual stuff is censored – even French kissing…that is being depicted on fake faces.
There’s still plenty of fanservice, sexual discussions and some crass humor but they do it in a surprisingly tame manner…most of the time….One time, they parody DBZ and make the Spirit Bomb a Virgin Bomb that only draws energy from virgins and the bomb itself takes the shape of a giant sperm…..Yup.
It can be stupid and a tiny bit offensive sometimes, but I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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30 Sai no Hoken Taiiku sounds like a funny and rather unique anime concept, I might check it out.
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Both of these sound funny. I’ll have to check them out, even though I also hate ecchi and fanservice lol.
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i love 30 sai, I still remember the ending where the characters grew side by side, kinda like a tacky wedding video, but cuter.
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YES! I loved that ending. It was such a cute detail, and it actually had meaning.
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I have never heard of those series, but they certainly sound quite wacky. Hahaha!
That’s a tough one for me to say when it comes to anime I didn’t think I would like. Maybe the Mizuiro remake (AKA the non-hentai version) since it was based on a dating sim, but it was decent. Not outstanding, but not bad at all. I am certainly guilty of mentioning this anime more than other bloggers, but in a way Kimba was one of them. I’m not a fan of most media involving talking animal characters. Hardcore teenage otaku me certainly passed on it, but when I got back into anime and researching THAT controversy just a few years ago, that’s when I watched it.
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