titov02081999★★★☆☆EP 3Cool Devices
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Synopsis
The retro 90s aesthetic might suggest otherwise, but Cool Devices is an 11-episode anthology OVA that goes places most anime won't touch, and it doesn't apologize for any of it. Each episode is its own self-contained story with different characters, different setups, and different uncomfortable territory. The first episode follows Ai, a curious girl who stumbles into an underground S&M club and gets pulled into a world she didn't expect to want. The second puts you in a secluded mansion with a reclusive brother who watches secret parties through surveillance cameras while wrestling with desires he probably shouldn't have. From there, the series keeps shifting: new faces, new situations, always circling back to manipulation, desire, and the psychological weight of both. It's an adult anthology, which means the stories are actually trying to be stories, not just setup for the explicit content. The production quality holds up better than a lot of its era, and the variety in tone and premise keeps things from feeling repetitive. If you've watched something like Kite or Mezzo Forte and wanted more narrative ambiguity around mature content, this scratches a similar itch. It's closer in spirit to La Blue Girl's unapologetic approach, but with more psychological grounding. Not something to throw on casually, this is deliberate viewing for people who know what they're getting into.
Episode Guide
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Characters
Ai Yuuki
Ai Yuuki, initially intrigued by exhibitionists, gets drawn into the BDSM underworld and becomes a submissive display girl.
Yuzuki Ryouka
Maya Mizutani
Sands Tara
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titov02081999★★★☆☆EP 3
tsukuyomi_thief★★★☆☆EP 1it feels like a dark fairy tale gone wrong and the sound of the fruit pulsing was really creepy
thegingerweeb420★★☆☆☆EP 1my brain is still trying to process the ending because that girl went through way too much for a piece of fruit
anos_voldigoad_156★★★☆☆EP 1that transformation sequence looks incredible for something this old and it makes you miss the high budget ovas from that era
tracey_sketchit_337★★★☆☆EP 1you really dont see hand drawn quality like this anymore even if the plot with the glowing fruit is totally bizarre and uncomfortable
gendo_ikari_182★★★☆☆EP 1I think the way the 90s animation looks is so much better than modern stuff and that weird fruit scene was actually pretty unsettling to watch
guimamada★★★★☆EP 1I am still trying to process that scene where Ai completely gives in to the degradation because it starts out so small with just a bit of curiosity in the park but then it turns into this massive psychological spiral and you can really see the 90s era edge in every single frame of the character designs and the dark shadows
darunia_267★★☆☆☆EP 1the total lack of censorship is the only reason people still talk about this and the coercion themes feel way more suffocating than expected
saix★★☆☆☆EP 1I felt a bit bored by the constant sex scenes after a while and the shock value definitely wore off before the episode even ended
saphir★★★★☆EP 1Ai following that couple into their world of perversion was such a dark turn, and the visual grit of the 90s animation really makes the bondage feel heavy.
nameless_neet★★☆☆☆EP 1a normal schoolgirl diving into that level of degradation so willingly after just one encounter felt really extreme and messed up
zanjutsu_zealot_474★★★☆☆EP 1this is basically a historical artifact for how depraved animation could get and the transition from curiosity to full on masochism is very extreme
kido_knight★★★★☆EP 1My skin was crawling during that final basement scene, but the way they animated the leather and the ropes actually looked way better than I expected for a nineties OVA.
kosenjo_no_obake★★★☆☆EP 1that moment when ai first spots the couple in the park is so eerie and it really sets the tone for the rest of this dark story
sasuke_shadow_62★★☆☆☆EP 1the level of graphic detail in the bdsm segments makes most modern shows look tame and it is definitely not for everyone
nukekubi_nemesis_63★★★☆☆EP 1the speed at which ai loses her innocence was actually pretty uncomfortable and it makes the rest of the episode feel very heavy
chopper_champion_38★★★★☆EP 1This first episode really lives up to the reputation for being nasty because the bondage scenes with Ai are surprisingly graphic for something this old. It's weird how they hide the guys but show everything else in so much detail though. Seeing Ai transition from that curious girl following a random couple to a full-on queen was a pretty intense journey to sit through.
inu_no_taisho★★★★☆EP 1That ending where Ai just accepts her new life as a queen really worked for me
itachi_illusion★★★★☆EP 1The animation for this first tape looks way better than what people said about the later episodes and the details on the gear were intense
iida_ingenium★★★☆☆EP 1I found the glowing parts really distracting and it kept pulling me out of the scene