Audience reviews
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MojoJ0j0_
Okay,
I'm marking this as 'recommended' because even though I know that many people will dislike this anime, I at least found it amusing, and I think many others will too for better or for worse.
* contains spoilers for the ending *
“Haru wo Daiteita” is your pretty average stereotypical old yaoi OVA for many reasons, but I thought the premise was actually kinda interesting. The series is about two AV, aka porn, actors who act in AVs together and begin to develop real feelings for each other at different paces, all while dealing with the paparazzi and homophobia. Kato accepts his feelings for Iwaki, but Iwaki hesitates until he finally realizes his feelings and embraces his love (haha) for Kato as well.
The plot is generally good, but can be very random at times. Sometimes, scenes feel…
Read at the sourceHikanu
I recommend leaving your moral compass outside of the room for this one and not think too deeply about the glorification of human depravity, but well, if you've watched any number of yaoi, none of it should really come as a surprise to you. It's not breaking the mold. What you get is what you expect.
Boys having fun in bed, questionable consent, and drama. This time starring actors and other movie staff, a paparazzi and everything in between.
It has some good moments that are really sweet, if you take them out of the full context.
Disturbing things aside, did I care one bit what these two OVAs were about? Not in the slightest. I took one look at the lineup and decided I was going to listen to four of my favorite VAs and in that regard, I was not disappointed.
Read at the sourceWhereMyDaddyGo
Surprisingly wonderful!
I challenged myself to watch a randomly generated anime, and when this popped up, I was alarmed. I’m not gay, but this story had me in tears, and I loved it so much! The plot, the emotions; they are wonderful!!
I wish people in real life are able to connect the way the gentlemen do here, but alas, my extreme emotions shall never be reciprocated! Even so, the fact that I can escape into this fantasy makes life better!
The art style is pretty good for an anime this old, in this genre!
I don’t know what else to say, except that the characters feel real.
Read at the sourceBibiChan
I understand the various ethical implications concerning Yaoi nowadays in regards to rape and consent... But I disagree with some harsh critics. Because as matters stand right now, these things are part of life, and they happen, and they can be represented in an anime as well as in a particular genre, I mean it's art and a form of expression. Moving on, this anime's ethical concerns are very far from the severity of realities out there in the real world, so people who disagree of things being portrayed in X way technically speaking are against freedom of expression, not to mention incongruent with the realities of the world. I mean, just because X thing shouldn't happen, doesn't mean it doesn't happen...
I personally enjoyed the story and plot, although I do agree that the overall animati…
Read at the sourceObscureObsidian
Yaoi is a genre which is basically animated gay porn for female audiences. But, for some reason, authors try to pretend they're not just two animated dudes fuckin' each other. No, they like to pretend they tell love story, that most of the cases end up being disturbing, glamorizing rape and abuse, or being completely unrealistic.
In which category this title falls? Fortunetly, the last, which is the less offensive. Don't get me wrong, there still guys that jump over other guys, and kiss them and touch them without consent, but at least they're not drugged, or enslaved. Yeh, ethical standard in yaoi are pretty low.
So we got two guys, one brunette and the other blonde (i don't care enough about the characters to learn their names) which were porn actors and now they want to make more seri…
Read at the sourcejoypenny
This was a cute, well thought out, nicely packaged anime. I felt like there was great balance between the sexy time and everything else. Also the story really lends itself to this genre, so the transitions happen very naturally.
To me, the opening sequence was quite impressive. The music caught me by surprise as it is much more peaceful than the current trend. Also, I loved how they delayed the dialogue at the beginning and took a moment to center attention and energy on the characters. It definitely had a "movie" feel at the start of each which I liked.
As I mentioned before, this is 'nicely packaged.' Feel free to take that both ways, as expected the men are all attractive. Though you'll not be seeing any packages here due draping, which also means no weird censorship. Though what I tr…
Read at the sourcegwendal738
Two words: Ultimate disappointment.
Don't get me wrong, I loved this series very much. Except what I hate about it is its being all over the place. I mean, I can't expect this to be perfectly in tune with the manga (no anime is perfectly in tune with any manga, sadly), but this was an ultimate disappointment.
First, they show insignificant scenes, such as the one with Kikuchi's incident, when they could have shown more significant scenes from the manga. Second, someone who has never read the manga wouldn't understand some parts, such as the reporter who looks like Iwaki. Third, some details are wrong, such as the scandal that involved Iwaki and Katou. And fourth, to put it bluntly, it fails hard at humor. Fifth, WHY THE HECK DOES SAWA HAVE WHITE HAIR??? >.
Read at the sourcehacelle95
I think that haru wo daiteita is very dramatic and it also deals with very interesting situations in which two men work together as
AV (adult video)actors. The main people Kyosuke, Iwaki : and Katou, Youji
......start to adapt feelings for eachother....though to support their jobs they must act as lovers and take part in sexual activities...
twas in their personal lifethey start to feel and care for the other
from rival to ideal partner....
this anime has a feel to it ...
when i watched this i was
expecting to see boyXboy wich i got
but i also got more which made the anime more worth watching
i would say that this anime is perfect for a yaoi fans
and well thats as much as i can say for these two episodes overall ........
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