Quote:Okay, well, thanks to the kindness of Tsubomi, I have received and watched a copy of the first episode of LFPR. Unfortunately, it was in Japanese with no subtitles, so I no doubt missed a lot of subtleties.
We expect a full report on what you think of this anime, Bob! [grin]
My impressions? Hm. It's very clearly following the typical Sailor Moon/Magical Girl model -- ordinary girl thrust into extraordinary circumstances, although the genesis of her power seems a lot more immediate than Sailor Moon's. There are definite parody elements -- the main character screws up in her job (at what appears to be a low-key adult lounge kind of job, possibly one of the "lingerie shop" variety I've seen in some Southern US states), and her boss apparently threatens to fire her -- ending up his lecture with a very familiar set of gestures and dialogue -- or at least familiar if you've watched Sailor Moon in the original Japanese. The requisite talking cat goes around with a condom on the end of its tail, and steals the girl's panties to determine if she's Papillon Rose or not. Stuff like that. I'm sure there's a lot more comedy there, but I just didn't have enough Japanese or familiarity with the right shows to get it.
The main character (Tsubomi/Papillon Rose) is built along the lines of a combination of Steel Angel Kurumi and Usagi Tsukino, although she seems to be a bit more solidly grounded that that might imply. She adapts rather quickly to the idea of being a combination adult performer/magical girl, handling her transformation ("Rose Orgasm Power Erection!"), her magical weapon (the Pinky Vibrator) and her devastating attack ("Rose Pinkish Viagra") with something approaching, if not aplomb, at least equanimity.
The cast of supporting characters is relatively small at the moment, and since two seem to have died in the first episode, getting smaller by the minute. There is a Tuxedo Mask clone, a Queen Beryl clone (as I've noted before), various servitors, and an apparently infinite supply of identical cannon-fodder drones for the bad guys to throw at the heroes.
It hovers somewhere between soft-core and hard-core in terms of its explicitness -- we get lots of pretty girls in skimpy outfits, a lot of gratuitous breast-bouncing, several full-frontal shots of Tsubomi, and at least two acts of sex -- one between Tsubomi and someone who's obviously the Tuxboy clone, and what appears to be a second one between said clone and, of all things, the cat! Still, it's surprisingly coy -- ecchi, mostly, rather than explicitly hentai. That just means it's a hard "R" rather than "NC-17", though.
Beyond that, I can't really say much more. If I spoke Japanese, I could at least comment on performances and dialogue, but unfortunately...
Hope that satisfies!
-- Bob
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And all the girlies say I'm pretty dry for a wet guy...