Hyakujitsu no Bara

_Warning, Spoilers_ This was a very good ova with a nice set of art, music and characters. It seems to be based around the second world war and centers on the Gay relationship between a Japanese man (and Prince I believe) named Taki and a German man named Klaus. The art was good and the voice actors fit the characters perfectly. I liked how cute taki was especially in the chibi specials at the end of the episodes and Klaus was for the most part a nice guy.

But Despite the good points of the anime, I found the story lacking somewhat. As ... Most of the story centres on their relationship, It's sad that their relationship is forceful and slightly abusive towards the start. As because he was a seen as symbol of hope to the japanese soldiers and as a prince was supposed to refrain from sexual acts, Taki begins to feel guilty after his first time with Klaus. He also begins to distance himself from Klaus because of his feeling of guilt. Klaus misunderstands Taki's distance towards him, thinking.....honestly I have no idea what he was thinking, because he then Brutally rapes Taki until he passes out from pain.

Which was really sad and actually made me tear up. The story does have some good points, like the tale of how Taki and Klaus met and fell in love, the specials at the ends of the episodes and How Taki Saves Klaus from being killed For treason after the rape incident. All in all, i'd rate it 8 out of 10 and recommend this to anyone ok with yaoi romance, abuse and rape.

Read the manga...seriously. The actual story hardly comes across in this OVA but the manga is pretty deep and goes into the characters backgrounds and builds up the relationship between Taki and Klaus. The manga is IMO a work of art full of feels. Also, THAT scene in the OVA isn't half as brutal in the manga and in the manga there is explanation around why it happened. Anyway, its worth watching for the chibis at the end.

Sorry if this is a sucky review, I just wanted to put it out there that the manga is actually excellent so people don't miss out!

I'm gonna be quick, don't watch it. I'm just writing a review seeing how high people rate this.

Story :
There is a war and that's pretty much it. Some dude r*pe another and at the end they kiss. I know in 2 episodes you have to be very quick but this is just bad.

Art :
They looked bad. The argument of it being old isn't one. I think they put some effort only in the r*pe scenes.

Sound :
Generic and bland. The H-scenes weren't hot because of its context and the seiyuu sounded like they didn't care.
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Character :
Big blond german looking guy r*pes tough on the outside, fragile on the inside asian looking guy. Oh and the german guy is a softie at heart. That's all. I didn't understand these characters nor their actions. Like they kiss at the end but dude he r*ped you twice because he was angry.

Enjoyement :
It's more of a horror anime that it is Bl. It's wasn't the dumb fun of Papa to Kiss, it was only pain.

Overall :
Don't.