Premise
Here's a vanilla hentai I saw recently, and I must say, in spite of the many I've seen, this one has been able to surprise me. There are both positive and negative reasons for this, which I'll get into a little later.
Firstly, let's discuss the story of
Reunion.
MyAnimeList has a synopsis provided for this, but strangely, it's not all that relevant. Really, the only relevancy is that there is a male protagonist named Yuji whom becomes romantically and sexually involved with woman and then another. Neither of these women appear in the hentai.
I believe these two characters are from the visual novel of the same name. The story involving them was not included for whatever reason.
Instead, the anime treats us to two later characters for the eroge: "rookie teacher" Kirisaki Rei and Toono Mao, the sister's protagonist. If no one saw this coming, the protagonist has sexual relationships with these characters, as well. Rei predominates in the first episode, and Mao does so in the second.
Rei and Yuji's relationship is of the student-teacher archetype. There's nothing inherently unique about that. What is unique is that
Reunion shows the audience the criticism such a relationship could garner. Even if the reasoning for this criticism does not completely hold with real-world logic, it is rather sound for a hentai.
Mao is one of the critics of their relationship, but part of her analysis is based on emotion (read as "irrational"). By this, I mean she is a brocon. Mao has no issues with giving an unfavorable view of their partnership only to vie over Rei for her brother's attention mere hours later.
The
imouto is quite important to the plot's conclusion. Indeed, I was a little stunned by her role. I'll just leave that as a nice surprise for anyone whom chooses to watch.
Thoughts
Intriguingly, our male protagonist does not speak at all, making this the first non-POV hentai I've seen where this happens. This, I believe is not the most effective decision that the creators should have done, and this is coming from a person whom dislikes arrogant male protagonists. It just makes one wonder how Rei and Mao knew exactly what Yuji wanted in each scenario. That could lead easily into rape. But for entertainment purposes, this would not bother me because I love femdom and reverse rape.
Speaking of which, while rape is not in this series, it has
gyaku netorare.
Gyaku netorare, also known as reverse
netorare, is a genre where a character is stolen from his or her lover by a female character. Hentai containing this genre generally have lighter moods than normal
netorare. Good endings are common, as well.
PoRO is the producer for this series. Anyone familiar with the likes of
Oni Chichi and
Fubuki! Triangle: Miharu After knows what to expect when it comes to animation, backgrounds, music, sound effects, and, of course, character design.
There are a few instances where I thought the art was a little awkward, but the execution was very good overall. Additionally, the execution of the promising story and the characters' decision-making left something to be desired. I give this a 7 out of 10 because overall, this hentai is good.
Reunion is one I'll keep in rotation.
Have some GIFs, and relax~