Black Gate anime is another in a continuing line of Bible Black clones that could
never measure up to their original.
Like Sex Craft before it, we are again met with the distinctive character
designs that made Bible Black stand out among a bastion of similarity. While the designs may be uniquely similar to one another, they are by no means
of the same quality.
I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I really didn't find any of the
characters appealing, and they often seemed to have something akin to squished
faces and strange looking bodies.
Animation-wise, there were the same types of problems that usually occur with
hentai titles, just too many corners cut and scenes repeated. This is even less forgivable given the relative lack of sex scenes throughout. Which does translate to more of a focus on the story elements, but problems
persist there as well.
It's not the inherent quality of the story that's the problem here, it just
doesn't go anywhere. So falls another title expectantly ending with a "to be continued" that
will never be.
As is often a problem with titles that are cut short, there isn't sufficient
time to flesh out the characters, their motives or the story elements.
They do a valiant job with on setting up the background information behind the
gate and the events that transpired around it, especially for a hentai title. This, however, just ends up as a waste of time since the series never goes
anywhere with it.
I would say they would have been better off just filling the whole thing with
sex scenes, but unfortunately that's the real weak link here.
I mean, while I may constantly go on about their lack of stories, most sane
people are still watching hentai titles for just one thing: the naughty bits.
I can give credit to Black Gate: Kanin no Gakuen for trying to have a more elaborate plot, but
they still have to get the sex scenes right!
Aside from the poor character designs and animation, which definitely detract
from the scenes, they just aren't that interesting to begin with.
Between the shoddy camera angles and trite acts, there's really nothing to get
excited about. There are two loli characters of note, one which is in a yuri scene and the
other has a little fun with Narifumi.
Although, when they have sex she goes from looking as if she's half his height
to being just as tall, probably in an effort to make it seem less creepy.
That's about it for questionable content, unless you have something against
humanoid demons that get in on the fun once or twice.
Black Gate just ends up with too many things working against it to be a truly
enjoyable foray.
The plot wasn't bad; it just ends far short of where it was originally
intended, whereas the sex scenes are not good enough for it to rest its
laurels on in spite of that fact.
There's more promise with where the OVA could have gone, rather than where it
ended up.
Black Gate: Kanin no Gakuen | |
| Genre | Fantasy, Supernatural, Hentai |
|---|---|
| Episodes | 2 |
| Status | Finished Airing |
| Aired | Jul 25, 2004 to Dec 25, 2004 |
| Producers | Milky Animation Label |
| Studio | Studio Jam |
| Rating | Rx - Hentai |
| Themes | - |
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