PREEMPTIVE RECTAL PENETRATION!

My depravity knows no boundaries. Honestly, this was one of the shows I've looked forward to from Spring, because I was really curious on how a mainstream yaoi series would look like. Sure we've got plenty of BL type shoujo material and even implied homoeroticism in other shows are aren't even supposed to be gay, but to have an anime solely focusing on that genre is the sole reason why I tried this with a gleeful sense of perverted anticipation.

Returning from college, Misaki Takahashi finds his elder brother, Takahiro, playfully making out with an unknown stranger. They sure waste no time on this. The stranger in question turns out to be Akihiko Usami, Takahiro's close friend, who's a bit too close for comfort if you ask me. Anyway, after some circumstances or another, Usami ends up being Misaki's private tutor, and we know that in Japan, tutors go their way out to provide more than just basic education. Sure enough, after stumbling across some yaoi novels written by Usami, Misaki receives some form of SURPRISE BUTTSECKS. Misaki's quite adorable with his tsun tsun attitude as he rejects Usami's advances in the beginning, only to give in and be subdued by the latter who deftly caresses him to the point orgasm, or at least that's how it looked like, since Studio DEEN decided to literally cockblock viewers by placing a huge vision obstructing shadow in strategic places.

Nothing more perverse than consensual love making in the missionary position

ISSHONI IKUUUUUUUUU~!

The duo's relationship is put to the test after Takahiro introduces his fiance to Misaki and Usami. They are both shocked by the announcement and as it turns out, Usami isn't the only one who harbors feelings for the soon to be married token straight guy. Misaki goes into a fit of rage and runs off, with Usami "close behind" to console the latter. After some girly man tears, our resident seme goes in for the kill and plants a nice hot one on the sobbing uke. Emm, delicious male liplock bonding. Although it was meant to be a dramatic and emotional moment, I couldn't help but guffaw at how terribly lame that scene was fleshed out, ignoring the fact it's two guys kissing. Ever since then, the two become closer than ever before, with the inevitable manly loving that follows up.

Uh, that's it? The first episode seriously left me underwhelmed as I expected much more yaoi sexing than this, although from a female's perspective, this show seems passable. Really? I guess the keyword here is mainstream, as this is the kind of material for those beginners who want to delve into the genre but is unsure of where to begin. I'm no expert on the subject matter, but I've seen better. Hur hur. After watching that awesome yaoi parody episode in the second season of Genshiken, I was hoping Junjou Romantica could top or at least match that, but alas, all I got was some low budget gay anime with not enough boys love to entertain me, let alone satisfy the cravings of yaoi fangirls that will no doubt be all over this. Despite its flaws, this is a pretty decent slice of life romantic comedy that explores the forbidden relationship between tutor and student, well apart from the fact they're both male, but hey, don't let that stop you.