rukongai_ronin★★★☆☆EP 1Watching Will move so fast the mages couldnt even see him hit that beast really sold me on his skills. The animation looked so smooth during the whole thing
Creatures called Geists, malevolent entities that corrupt and consume people from the inside out, are winning a slow war against humanity. Shion is a warrior who hunts them down, and she's good at it. When she crosses paths with Hiroki, a young man who's been infected but hasn't turned, she does something unusual: she lets him live. His resistance to the corruption is rare enough that she'd rather fight alongside him than eliminate him. That uneasy alliance is where the story starts, and the two of them pushing into increasingly dangerous territory is what drives it forward. The dark fantasy setting has some genuine weight to it, the Geist threat feels oppressive, the power system where characters channel mystical energies has actual rules behind it, and the animation holds up well in the combat sequences. The soundtrack leans into the grim atmosphere without overdoing it. This is a four-episode OVA from 2008, adapted from a Lilith Mist visual novel, so it's short and doesn't overstay its welcome. Being a hentai title, it obviously carries explicit content alongside the action, so go in knowing what you're signing up for. If you've watched something like Bible Black or La Blue Girl and appreciated when that genre actually bothers building atmosphere around its story, this sits in similar territory. It's not reinventing anything, but the dark fantasy framing gives it more texture than most entries in the space.
rukongai_ronin★★★☆☆EP 1Watching Will move so fast the mages couldnt even see him hit that beast really sold me on his skills. The animation looked so smooth during the whole thing
haruka_tenoh★★★★☆EP 1Sion is such a jerk for picking on someone just because they cant use magic, but it was hilarious seeing him get saved by the guy he was bullying earlier.
kokiri★★★☆☆EP 1That ending song Frozen is so good and matches the vibe of Will trying to reach Elfaria at the top of the tower perfectly
hoho_hurricane★★★★☆EP 1That moment where Will just absolutely wrecked that monster in the dungeon while everyone else was busy being terrified was exactly what I needed
zenitsu_zap★★★★☆EP 1Will pulling that sword out in a world where everyone only cares about wands was such a cool moment and he really showed those snobs what for
subaru_sufferer★★★★☆EP 1I definitely didn't think it would go that far in the first episode, especially with how the Geist attacked her while she was still wearing the bodysuit and seeing her stomach swell up like that was hard to watch, then she goes and kills that other girl just for losing her purity and it sets such a dark tone for her
ikkaku_iron★★★☆☆EP 1The rules for these dolls are insane, and it makes you realize how little their lives matter if Sion is willing to kill them the moment they lose their status
sailor_chibi_moon_396★★★☆☆EP 1The bodysuit failed her so fast and the way the Geist took advantage of her being dizzy felt really mean spirited and grim
jeremiah_gottwald_175★★★☆☆EP 1These dolls are treated like literal trash and the fact that Sion has to kill her own kind for being defiled is just depressing to watch
ubagabi_usurper_93★☆☆☆☆EP 1Watching the Geist ejaculate at her and her stomach swells up is going to stay with me for a while and not in a good way
chika_fujiwara_162★★★★☆EP 1Losing virginity seems like a death sentence for these dolls and it makes what happened to Shion in the woods feel even more desperate
moe_justice★★★★☆EP 1Finding out Shion gets dizzy after being shot by the Geist made the whole scene feel way more predatory and dark than expected
yanari_yurei★★★★☆EP 1Having Shion execute that other doll for losing her purity is so cold and it really shows how messed up this world is for these artificial girls
wiseman_381★★★☆☆EP 1I expected something dark but witnessing Shion suffer that humiliation from the Geist while her body changed so fast really caught me off guard
luka_lyrical★★★★☆EP 1My stomach actually turned when I saw that Geist do that to Shion and seeing her belly swell like that was way too much for a first episode
betobeto_san★★★★☆EP 1that scene where the magic trap finally snapped on the first angel was brutal and the animation held up better than most stuff from that era
jonathan_joestar_196★★☆☆☆EP 1The animation for the magic traps was pretty clunky, and the way the angels were treated by the demons felt way too mean even for a dark fantasy
unohanas_unbeaten★★★☆☆EP 1the 2008 art style makes the magic sequences look kind of weird and the way the angels were defeated so quickly felt like it was missing some character development
reiner_ronin★★★☆☆EP 1All the magic circles and supernatural effects during the hunt look really sharp for a 2008 release. Shion is a cool lead character so far
happy_mask_salesman_270★★★☆☆EP 1i really liked the character designs but it got pretty intense when things started going south for them and the supernatural vibe felt super oppressive