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Ai No Kusabi Anime3/30/2021
The populace is almost entirely male and is based on hair color; silver andor blonds are the elitist, ending with darkblack haired as the bottom of society, often known as mongrels.Blondies keep pets, young boys kept for a few years, especially made for performing sexual actions for the Blondies voyeurism entertainment.
Iason refuses to let go of Rikki, even with Jupiters disapproval. Rikki fights with his emotions and society problems, unable to decide what to do about his old friendlover Gai (Guy) and their gang. Iason is obsessed with keeping Rikki, and Rikki doesnt know what to do; fight against him or surrender to him. Blondies arent suppose to keep pets for long or interact sexually with pets, but one blondie named Iason Mink has kept a pet named Rikki, for years and is rumored to sleep with him. The gang gets arrested, Iason plucks Riki back into his clutches, and everybody else is let go with a slap on the wrist. Its hard to imagine a convention dealers room without a few stacks of hardcore doujinshi, squealing fangirls, and of course, those ubiquitous yaoi paddles. The stuff just isnt as popular in Japan as some would like to believe, and with such a small audience theres not much point in making animated versions. Sure, theres been a few homoerotic TV series recently, but outside of those and an occasional trickle of (usually very cheaply made) OAVs, theres not much there. Genre fangirls, desperate for their animated man-on-man action, seem to flock around and celebrate whatever they can get their hands on. The appeal of yaoi to hormone-drenched young women is a subject thats long fascinated me, but I have to admit that from an artistic standpoint the yaoi anime Ive seen have been pretty underwhelming. Most of the stories seem to be fluffy clichs not too far removed from the plot of a porno, and in fact, some recent examples degenerate into outright porn. Often, in an effort to appeal to the fanbase, the male characters are made to look and act so overtly female that I have to wonder what the point was in even making the show yaoi. Im all for stories and popular culture that embraces alternative lifestyles, but too often yaoi anime becomes an exercise in pandering to its yearning fanbase rather than provoking any thought. Fake, the first legally released BL title in the States, was funny, mostly realistic and featured likable characters. Loveless, for all its creepy shota undertones, had some interesting insight into the mind of a boy recovering from physical abuse. However, one of the best yaoi anime has never been released stateside. What makes it unique is the way in which these themes play out. This computer is named Jupiter, and in addition to creating a caste system denoted by hair color (the darker your hair, the lower your class), it also controls the natural population by birthing very few women. The blondes are genetically bred to be bigger and smarter -- the aristocracy that works with Jupiter to run the government and the inner workings of society. The dark haired, long considered underclass mongrels, have risen up and formed their own city of Ceres. Theyve also started reproducing on their own, though theres barely any women to aid in the process. Iason saves him from a mob (who caught him trying to steal a car), and having no money, Riki insists on paying him back with his body. Riki is marked with a gold ring attached to his you-know-what. Two years go by, and Riki is now twenty years old -- far too old to be a pet. Its not a happy situation for anybody; Riki doesnt particularly appreciate being a slave (and is growing more and more resentful and hateful towards his master) and Iason is taking a beating in the Tanagura social scene. Not only does he have an old mongrel as a pet, but hes rumored to actually have sex with it Iason feels a definite attachment to the wild and angry Riki, and hoping to calm him down, allows him a year of freedom. Riki returns to his old gang, the street toughs known as Bison, and to his old friend and lover, Guy.
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