AniWorthStairs: Houkago no Album
Introduction
Makoto has been best friends with the beautiful Une since they were kids. Every school morning, he rides his bike over to her place, picks her up, and takes her to the train station where they catch the train to high school. He`s very much in love with her, but doesn`t do anything until he discovers another guy in his class is about to make a move on her. Is it to late to tell her how he feels? Will fellow female classmate Nonoka confess her love to Makoto?
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 5.45/10 · 832
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| 3/10 | 68 |
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| 4/10 | 109 |
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| 5/10 | 176 |
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| 7/10 | 93 |
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| 8/10 | 46 |
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| 9/10 | 24 |
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| 10/10 | 49 |
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Audience reviews
3 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
MiniMoose-kun
With it's opening shot of two trains crossing each other it's very much a good metaphor for what's to come.
Unrequited love and the angst of adulthood. Burdens of not knowing one's emotional needs and honesty of speaking from the heart. Stairs is a melancholic short film that goes deeper into exploring these topics from the perspectives of two childhood friends who are now leaving their youth and their innocent behind.
Aimlessly looking but not looking directy at their own future because reality itself is scary when it doesn't live up to one's expectations. This seems to be the mantra for all the characters involved even those who seem like that have figured it all out.This is what makes the characters more believable as humans since they're wrestling with their wants and needs in a mo…
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Overview:
Since the mods removed my review of the astoundingly bad hentai Aki Sora (I'll reupload it later), I'll just review another piece of smut. This is the utterly mystifying hentai known only...as Stairs. Why is called that? I have no idea.
Background:
It's not a secret that I love to write comedy reviews of terrible anime. I've always wanted to be MAl's version of The Cinema Snob or Bennett the Sage. This means that I've sat through some of the worst hentai to ever exist in order to write snarky reviews, which maybe 15 people are ever going to read. Stairs is utterly unlike any hentai I've ever seen before. There is no tentacle rape. There isn't ANY rape. There is no bestiality. Our "hero" doesn't sell women into slavery. It's just a high school romance with likeable characters…
Read at the sourceosukebei
If you're one of the very few who watch hentai for the story then congratulations, "Stairs: Houkago no Album" is the hentai for you. For a 30 min. 1 Episode OVA you get a coming of age, love-triangle, melodrama that involves some sex and perhaps little unrequited love. On the other hand, if your looking for "something to get a good wrist work out to", Stairs may come as a disappointment.
I'll admit, I first decided to pick up this title because of the cover art. It looked good and the fact that it was uncensored was a bonus. I was curious as to what it had to offer. But I felt cheated when I skimmed through it, as I sometimes do when watching hentai, to find that the content was nowhere near as good looking as the cover. The art was so-so, the animation was rather poor, and there wasn't a…
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