Euphoria

Keisuke Takatou wakes up in a featureless white room, unaware of how and when he arrived. While exploring his whereabouts, he notices six familiar girls huddled around a large monitor—his childhood friend Kanae Hokari, the class president Miyakou Ando, his English teacher Natsuki Aoi, his junior Rika Makiba, and his classmates Rinne Byakuya and Nemu Manaka.

As they attempt to make sense of their current situation, a voice suddenly declares through the monitor, "The game will now begin." The rules of the game are simple yet brutal; assigned as the "unlocker," Keisuke must select one of the girls as his "keyhole" and violate her in a specific manner. Only after he does this for five rounds will the group be promised freedom to the outside world.

Refusing to acknowledge the situation, Miyakou vehemently denies her participation. Suddenly, the entire room goes dark. When the lights come back on, Miyakou is strapped to an electric chair. "Withdrawal from the game will result in death," announces the mysterious voice as the chair electrocutes her to death.

Left with no other option, the terrified captives concede, and thus begins the sadistic game that will awaken their carnal desires through pain—and pleasure.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Manaka, Nemu Main

Aoba, Ringo Japanese

Byakuya, Rinne Main

Mizuguchi, Matsuri Japanese

Takatou, Keisuke Main

Ichiki, Mitsuhiro Japanese

Hokari, Kanae Main

Tomonaga, Maki Japanese

Aoi, Natsuki Supporting

Misonoo, Mei Japanese

Makiba, Rika Supporting

Fujimori, Yukina Japanese

Andou, Miyako Supporting

Hirayama, Yukari Japanese

Matano, Ryuuzou Director

Kunio, Ayano Director

Citizen08 Episode Director, Key Animation, Character Design, Animation Director

Mihiro Episode Director

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Apr 4, 2024

Yalaa

Recommended

One of the better hentai out there!

Euphoria is the Saw of hentai anime. You wake up, you don't know where you are or what's going on. Then you learn that you're in a game of life and death and if you want to survive, you are forced to have sex (or r*pe) and impregnate one (or all) of the females who are in the game trapped with you or else everyone dies.

It's a cool concept and feels fresh in the hentai genre which is filled with predictable plots and one dimensional characters, but that's not all it gets better with Euphoria. This anime is based ... on a videogame visual novel in which the decisions of the player lead to different paths with different outcomes and the anime tries to capture the same experience by showing different routes, or to be more specific, different girls to have sex with per episode and so it advances the story.

Whether this direction for the show was the right choice is debatable, the story is a mess because of the episodic nature and some girls get way more development than others but then again this is probably the only way for the protagonist to have his way with all of the girls while still keeping the story interesting. Euphoria tries to connect every episode by showing scenes and flashbacks which Keisuke, the protagonist, remembers and supposedly happened during the episodes but we just don't get to see them because of time constraints and a tight budget.

Honestly, I appreciate the effort that went into the story but that's because I'm familiar with visual novels and know how unadaptable they can be, even though I didn't play the game but for anybody who doesn't know these facts or doesn't care about the game they might actually hate the plot lol.

The characters are not amazing, we have four minor female students; a villain, a love interest, a loli and a tsundere. Then there's the one and only milf teacher of the show who goes along with everything without any resistance or solutions whatsoever lol. Out of these the teacher and loli don't really add much to the story, they're just there for variety of the viewer and really for Keisuke. Keisuke is your typical nice and shy Japanese guy who slowly turns into an anti-hero because of the situation he's in. The tsundere is the most interesting and contributes to the story in a nice way she also turned out to be my favorite hentai character! While the characters start off as one dimensional its gets way better during later episodes.

That's pretty much what makes Euphoria stand out because aside from the story and characters, it's your average hentai with some extreme but minor scenes of scat and gore but I think Euphoria is pretty tame in those aspects, at least the anime don't know about the game. The art direction and animations are also great with no repeated frames or inconsistencies and the voice acting is pretty good too.

I higly recommend this hentai for the plot, characters and variety of hentai scenes!

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 16, 2023

chato

Mixed Feelings

TL;DR: READ THE VN

Most people that know Euphoria is because of the animated adaptation, which compared to the average hentai is much more eye-catching because of the aesthetic choices, concept, shock value and good animation. There was a good amount of ambition and care put into this thing, and if you're into just finding a random hentai at 3am and just asking yourself "what the hell did I just watch?" after doing your business, I think this does the trick like few can. However, while it is better than the average anime adaptation and it is hotter than the original material, I do think it ... does kind of a disservice to story of the original Visual Novel, which is a shame because it is genuinely a great concept.

It's a literal rape fantasy scenario where the MC, Keisuke, is forced to commit degrading sexual acts on her classmates or else they all just die. However, as you advance in the story and you start uncovering what the hell the hell is happening, things get darker in very thought-provoking ways. It's the Metal Gear Solid 2 of eroge VNs, it's very pretentious but also incredibly bold and experimental, and to accompany that there's great character moments, specially from Nemu Manaka, which is an outstanding character with great presence to the point where she carries the whole game.

In contrast, while I think the animated version is interesting its own way, it's also the product of taking the most superficial aspects of the VN for a 20 minute OVA format. There's a lot that's lost in translation, and I think that's a shame. So, if you're really insistent on checking out Euphoria because of... culture, the VN is the one place to go. It's still fucked up, but I guarantee it'll live rent free in your head for years.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 21, 2024

SasakiTouha

Not Recommended

Well... How should i start. The anime addaptation was horrible! Watching this at first glance without knowing is a visual novel is an torture.
As further you go watching, the quality animation is getting worst, the last 3 OVA's are like, the final routes of the visual novel, but don't explain nothing, is just a hundred of informations mixed (with more things that didn't show in anime that ARE important to the plot, but just ignored because, let's be honest, they're here because of the sexual themes.) basically the only thing in that addaptation are the characters desings, that are not even original from the show!

After ... i looked up and find out it was a visual novel, and believe me, the visual novel is better. Yes, have the same scenes, is aan ero-guru novel, but not in the wall of romantizing this, is an HORROR VN, in that case, IS FOR GIVE DISCONFORT AND SCARE VIEWERS.

i recommend to you guys that are interested to watch the video made by Cheecken on Youtube called "An Honest Review of Euphoria (and why it is good) - Visual Novel Review" posted 5 years ago. He explains the story, the routes, and makes analogy for others famous works that have the same disturbing vibe that pop culture and midia likes too!

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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	Poll: Euphoria Episode 2 Discussion ( 1 2 ) Blaz - Mar 30, 2012	76 replies	by 8jkyu6yyu »» Oct 1, 8:03 AM
	Poll: Euphoria Episode 5 Discussion ( 1 2 ) Hentai - Nov 26, 2015	77 replies	by kugmogamay »» Aug 13, 3:15 PM
	Poll: Euphoria Episode 3 Discussion Hentai - Jun 27, 2014	49 replies	by sleepyplant »» Jul 5, 5:17 PM
	Poll: Euphoria Episode 4 Discussion ( 1 2 ) aos10 - Feb 2, 2015	66 replies	by Fushigiman »» Jul 4, 12:13 PM
	PLOT EXPLAINED Lexxury - Mar 26, 2023	9 replies	by Lexxury »» May 31, 3:50 AM