69: Itsuwari no Bishou
Oshimeter
Synopsis
A perfect smile is the foundation of Midori Aoi's entire identity. Perfect grades, modest personality, beloved by everyone around her, she's the girl who seems to have it all figured out. Except the smile is a mask, and she works exhaustingly hard to keep it in place. When an unexpected exam result knocks her off her pedestal, the careful image she's constructed starts to crack, and the people around her aren't exactly what they seemed either. Enter Akio, an ordinary student whose world gets upended when a girl named Rika shows up claiming she was sent to kill him. That's the kind of meet-cute that tends to complicate a school year. What unfolds is a 2-episode OVA from studio Nur that leans into psychological tension: the gap between how people present themselves and what they're actually hiding underneath. If you've seen Kite and appreciated how it blends dark atmosphere with emotionally complicated characters, there's a similar DNA here. Fans of Bible Black's layered character dynamics will also find familiar ground. The animation holds up well, particularly in scenes that need to carry emotional weight. It's a short watch, but it's more interested in the psychology of deception and trust than you might expect going in. Don't expect a slow burn romance, the premise sets up fast and doesn't waste its two episodes getting to the point.
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Characters
Yoshimura, Maho
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Seeing Midori panic when she realized her little blackmail attempt was failing made me feel for her, but she definitely bit off more than she could chew with the teacher
Midori really thought she was going to control the situation with that phone video but then Kuwabara just turned it right back on her
The whole situation with the exam scores feels so dramatic and Midori trying to keep up her perfect image was interesting but then it just turns into a standard encounter and the plot kind of disappears once the teacher gets aggressive and starts with the slapping which I was not expecting at all even though the art is decent enough for this kind of show
The animation for the teacher and Midori looks surprisingly clean even if the plot is run of the mill and we have seen it all before
My skin was crawling when he started touching her but the art style is really polished for this kind of show
I think Midori is way too overconfident for her own good and that blackmail plan went south so fast it made my head spin
The plot about the cheating fiancée felt like a weird excuse for the teacher to be a jerk but the ending was effective
Kuwabara is way more dangerous than those rumors said and watching him trap Midori in that office was super stressful
It was a very dark start for the show, but seeing Midori's fake smile completely shatter while Kuwabara took control was a strong hook
Midori is a terrible blackmailer and her plan was sloppy but the visuals for the first bud scene were high quality
The contrast between her perfect student persona and the mess she got into with Kuwabara made the whole encounter feel much heavier
That video of Maho really set a wild tone for the blackmail and I liked seeing Midori lose her cool so quickly
Midori really thought she had the upper hand with that video, but seeing the teacher just shut her down was actually very tense. It was good that it didn't drag out the negotiation part too long and got straight to her realization that she messed up. The art style for her expressions when she finally broke her fake smile was definitely the best part
I did not expect Midori to get caught that fast and it was really intense when Kuwabara turned the tables on her
The teacher is a total creep and the way he just took her phone was annoying but the animation during the actual scenes looked good
you could tell Kuwabara was not going to let that video slide and he turned things around on her so quickly when she thought she had the upper hand
I actually liked how the power dynamic shifted because Midori was way too confident in that blackmail scheme involving the fiancée. The reveal that the teacher was not just some slacker was a cool twist, and seeing her fake persona crumble while he called her bluff made the whole encounter feel a lot more intense than the usual setup
that scene where she realizes her phone video did not give her any control over Kuwabara was the best part because her whole world just fell apart
the way Midori tried to act all innocent with that perfect student mask only to try and blackmail her teacher with that video was crazy
69: Itsuwari no Bishou
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