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I bought this on the day of release, October 18th, and watched it at least 10x.
So this is a long one but I need to get you guys right.
Tsuma Netori Zero marks the debut of Pixiv R18 artist Takamori Ishii as an animation director, storyboarder, and character designer. His Twitter and Pixiv are as follows -
Twitter - https://x.com/ishitakaHG
Pixiv - https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/503837
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Starting in 2018, ZIZ Entertainment approached their 2013 Adult Visual Novel PC exclusive game Tsuma Netori in a very interesting way. Their previous animated entries, Ryoujoku Rinne (March 2018), Zoku Tsuma Netori (December 2018), Tsuma Netori 3 (October 2022), and Tsuma Netori Kan (November 2023), were all direct timeline sequels to the game which was a brand new concept overall at the time.
Tsuma Netori Zero, however, is a remake of the 2013 original ero game itself. How is this possible? Well, this is due to being within the existence of a Lilith Multiverse i.e. Taimanin Asagi, Tentacle and Witches, Kangoku Senkan. So in other words, Tsuma Netori Zero is set in an alternatively new timeline from the game and all of its animated successors. Note that Taimanin Asagi had a new timeline moment back in 2018 via Taimanin Asagi Zero in which a new universe was created due to certain events.
The four main characters from the 2013 original timeline's adult visual novel game are now all reimagined, coupled with brand new voice actors/actresses. This is also why, for the record, native Japanese viewers are currently highly requesting a sequel. However, seeing how this is a new timeline within the Lilith Multiverse, there's greater potential here besides animation sequels, i.e., a new game(s).
1. Takafumi Kano is the protagonist in this new Zero (or Rei) timeline, not Makoto. In the original timeline, he was older and bigger in stature, already married with a child, and the President of the company in charge of the school's dormitory and cafeteria facilities. Here, however, he's younger and smaller in stature, and at first, a single man who is the Head Chef at the private school with an aspiring career goal of owning a restaurant.
2. The main antagonist Yasuno Shiro is no longer spry looking. The Mathematics teacher has by far the most drastic new look, completely unrecognizable from the original timeline as he's now the typical "ugly fat bastard" as the kids today would say. His 'Wife Stealing' plan is also vastly different in this timeline.
3. Makoto in the original timeline was (at first) the protagonist, a Mature beauty type (meaning older) female despite having a very youthful appearance, and was already married to Takafumi and his child. In this timeline however though she's still a Physical Education teacher, she at first is single and is actually younger at 21 years of age.
4. In the original timeline, the Chairwoman of the private school Shiraishi Kanako was (at first) a protagonist who's older and in a childless and sexless marriage with an unidentified husband. In this new timeline, however, though she maintains the same occupation, she is younger, more established, and now wears glasses (the Japanese REALLY loved this new version). Yasuno's 'Wife Stealing' plan with her as the co-conspirator on getting to Makoto is also vastly different here. In the original timeline, the plan was that of division between the Kano family couple. It'd be later on during the game that Shiraishi was corrupted by Yasuno. She then joined in on Yasuno's plan by seducing and fucking Takufumi solely as a distraction to avoid suspicion all while Yasuno was going to work on Makoto. She overperforms the duty by putting it on him so hard that he later becomes impotent with Makoto. However, in this new timeline, she's already a Fallen Heroine and co-conspirator of Yasuno's, and the plan against Makoto was purely of collusion. Here she already was aware of Takafumi's eyes on her during the office meeting and later on (as we'd say in pro wrestling) buries Takafumi with no fucking all in front of Makoto as part of the "contest". (Makoto was already gone fellas as on the real BOTH, keyword, were just burying him at this point). Also in this timeline, she has no sexual interest in Takafumi and the only thing she gave up to him was that "gift".
No more timeline comparisons (I'll try). From here on out, it's all about this new Zero.
I'll explain where it actually all went wrong. In reality, Takafumi should have never trailed Makoto. Instead, he should've immediately hired a private investigator. See, in Japan, if a PI can provide clear evidence of infidelity, the husband can not only get a very easy divorce settlement, but he also can sue the person(s) involved for monetary compensation. The reason why this is because your surname can be/is of great value and a huge deal in Japan. Also another basic concept of Japan. The three faces of an individual.
1. Your public face (i.e. public/occupation).
2. Your private face (i.e. family/friends).
3. The face you don't want anyone to see. (i.e. murderous intent/sexual deviancy).
Makoto was the embodiment of the third face. The signs were definitely there. All about Yasuno all of the time. Never having a guard at all. She revealed this at the 6:51 minute mark by masking her intuition about Yasuno and being tight about Takafumi becoming unavailable. Not only lying to Takafumi about her whereabouts (again keep in mind that Netori Zero is told entirely from Takafumi's perspective) but also the fact that after she was "rescued" when asked, at the 11:30 minute mark she chose not to tell the truth about what was actually going on between her and Yasuno and lied to Takafumi about it again at the 14:14 minute mark. That right there marked her Fallen Heroine moment. However, her antagonist (or villain if you prefer) moment (you literally saw it in her face) was the Christmas Day when she went with Yasuno and Shiraishi's plan and drugged Takafumi at the exact place, the restaurant, where he first proposed to her. Extremely nasty work here fellas. Again. Context is very important here. See. In Japan, December 25th, Christmas Day, is a romantic holiday celebrated amongst couples. So that all went down on THAT day of all days.
Takafumi also revealed his third face (right in front of Makoto) which was that of the "cuckold" type when Shiraishi pulled his draws down on Yasuno's orders for everyone to see. That was the moment Makoto fell out of love with Takafumi and instantly fell fully in love with Yasuno instead (as she always admired him). See. At the start of the feature, that room was actually Takafumi's previous residence, before he moved in with Makoto. During the camera pan, you see a bunch of NTR-related material on his shelf with pictures of Makoto. The warped vision was Takafumi's internalized jealousy of Makoto always being around Yasuno and his seeing his wife being NTR'd by him. His nightmare (dream) ended up becoming his reality.
(On X/Twitter go to the handle "@SeduceCleopatra" and the thread here
(https://x.com/SeduceCleopatra/status/1852364749851259203) explains everything which she titled -Dark Female Psychology Thread- from a woman's perspective keepin it real on women.)
Makoto ended up divorcing Takafumi (just like in the original timeline). He's back at his old residence, back to zero. As you can see at the 21:30 minute mark, there's the classic Japanese Divorce Certificate along with her wedding ring on his desk next to the monitor during her narration and him watching the video as he's holding on to the "gift" from the "contest" in his hands courtesy of both Shiraishi and Makoto. Again, had in reality he got that PI, he could've at least gotten some big paper out of it yet he lost everything. His dream occupation, his wife, all of it, ended up unemployed. Japanese females, contrary to popular belief, are very prideful (why she went out of her way to bury him here in the end in the first place).
Yasuno and Shiraishi's Wife Stealing plan was a resounding success. Though Makoto's heart was with Takufumi, her body really never was. Yasuno fills up her body and now heart much to her true desire. With Takafumi, the reason why he said at the very end "I love you...Makoto" was because Yasuno inadvertently granted his NTR fetish to life.
The point of NTR is to witness Japanese females going through their deep dark desires. However in Japan, in reality, there is a silver lining. What I'm about to say is controversial. Divorced Japanese women are mostly shunned by society and that is why most of them go after foreigners, GIs (military) or younger dudes go with them (just to clap cheeks) because they're on their last leg. There are plenty of beautiful females in Japan, however, going back to Zero, Makoto being obviously aware of this, she made sure to bury him completely in her narrated letter and video. His past, present, and even his future. Again. When I first watched it the day it was released (October 18th), I could tell simply by the tone of her voice alone that the second she started running her mouth I immediately was like goddamn, yeah this is a nasty work burial.
Lastly some Easter Eggs.
- At the 2:09 minute mark, it is implied that the female student interrupting Makoto's cafeteria ordering session with Takafumi was none other than Sunohara Ikumi, the main character in the original timeline's animated sequels (she was the new sequel character after the game). The implication becomes even stronger with the same female student shown again in the photo, with her being on the far left side at the 2:44 minute mark.
- At the 15:38 minute mark, Makoto’s choice of attire for the Christmas Day date with Takafumi under her coat is revealed to be a conservative black dress. This isn't a mere coincidence. They are mostly worn at a shoshiki/葬式 or the Japanese funeral.
- From the 2:32 minute mark, the two male students on their bikes that Makoto was yelling at for speeding and the blonde-dyed male student that was running on E at the 7:54 minute mark while Makoto was cheering him on were the same guys at the 23:54 minute mark who ended up having a 6P clap-a-thon on both her and Shiraishi.
I take this as ZIZ Entertainment wanting to be a real serious contender again in the ero anime business as Lilith, the company they acquired years ago, was the gold standard back in the 2000s. ZIZ had great ambition with their ZIZ Live Action and ZIZ Anime label initiatives, but they haven't been in JAV since 2017's AVOP-357 and essentially went animation only later that year with their Original Works (original anime/no adapted material) brand beginning with Jukujo Shigan and the current five Tsuma Netori entries (including this Zero). However after the legendary Murakami Teruaki elevated Lilith with classics Taimanin Asagi and Kangoku Senkan, his departure from them, and their acquisition by ZIZ, they haven't been the same as they've had a lot to juggle. Until now. With this here, Takamori Ishii is the future of ZIZ Entertainment but it's up to them to assure that. They have plenty of titles available so they need to recruit talent like it's war going on outside and get back to releasing more than once a year if they want that runback.
The glaring problem with the Tsuma Netori series since 2018 has always been that it was never really explicit like a T-Rex (Tsuma ni Damatte / Seika Jogakuin) New Generation (Shoujo Ramune / Imouto wa Gal Kawaii), Seven (Tonari no Ie no Anette-san / Seiyoku Tsuyotsuyo) or even the new studio Torudaya (Koumi-jima Shuu 7 / Iribitari Gal). This title finally addresses that.
Ero anime desperately needed something like this. A consistent serious tone, creative, in-depth married NTR feature (I've seen several comments that Zero is reminiscent in tone of ero anime from the 2000s). I'm interested in who's AV actress body type Makoto resembles. Personally, if I were to go with a currently active AV actress, it would be Kokonoi Sunao.
The animation business, especially ero anime, is volatile nowadays and is always trying new distribution methods i.e. since 2014 selling you a potential full-length episode per half episode slices. But nothing will truly ever replace the full-length format. Zero proves this hands down due to the structure and detail of the story. You absolutely cannot tell this story in a mere 15 minutes. Even Director Takamori stated he wished he had more time.
It's a huge change in NTR ero animation (not new in live action JAV with the latest example being JUQ-938) which some in Japan disapprove of because NTR is all about the female/heroine and the full witnessing progression of her fall. However I, like most in Japan am with it cause for one, it is high time that ero anime started being more creative again and two, the ending definitely achieved its goal of Makoto's true full reveal unbeknownst to both YOU the viewer, AND Takafumi all in real time.
As far as NTR genre animation is concerned, while objectively this is the best 2D this year so far, amusingly it's very similar in shock value to 3D animation doujin creator, YeBirdie and the work Miyu BBC (as of this writing, Episode 13 and 14 are due by early December) which is only available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/Ye_Birdie/posts) and in various resolutions up to 4K. Highly recommended yet better at least have 1TB of disk space.
Overall VERY good feature. Objectively it's the best release this year with all metrics combined. Story, characters, dialogue, voiceovers, music, and pricing. The experience is like that of a mini-movie.
The only con I would give to Tsuma Netori Zero has nothing to do with the feature itself. That would go to the unofficial fansubs. While one of them was mostly accurate, the other one's (as of this writing the far more popular one) dialogue was actually censored purposely to soften the dark tone of the ending. That translator in particular is not a fan of NTR. Just some mere examples.
- At the 22:09 minute mark, Yasuno responds to Makoto's reaction to seeing his penis for the first along the lines of "I love that reaction. Good girl Makoto." This was completely absent in the popular fansub.
- Both fansubs omitted that during Makoto's letter narration at the 23:38 minute mark, she was mocking Takafumi's penis size calling it chiisai/小さい.
- In the popular fansub the male student that was running on E that I mentioned earlier at the 7:54 minute mark and who appeared again at the 24:20 minute mark, did NOT say "Sensei, I've been fapping on you a lot!" First off..." fapping"!? Give me a fucking break. The context is ruined because the dialogue between the male student and Makoto is extremely vulgar. You can clearly hear him say okasu/小さい which means to rape or violate. So the other, the less popular fansub got it exactly right. The actual dialogue that the male student was saying to Makoto was that he's always masturbating wanting to rape her. To that she replies that hearing that made her very happy to which the male student responds to her comment immediately by being unable to contain himself anymore.
Director Takamori Ishii and ZIZ did a fantastic job showcasing how Makoto ultimately ended up being not only a fallen heroine but also her turn into an antagonist (if they ever decide to follow that up with a sequel). As a Japanese reviewer pointed out, married (keyword) NTR ero animations are rare these days (obviously due to live-action JAVs). Relationships are complicated, especially these days but at the end of the day (as the point of all Japanese entertainment) the question is what is the resolve? That's why its subtitle translates to "My Mistake. Her Choice." Indeed. I definitely would either want a greatly expanded edition or a sequel myself. This is an N̶T̶R̶ adult animation masterpiece.
Life lesson. Be bout your paper first fellas.
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Spoiler Alerts. I bought this on the day of release, October 18th, and watched it at least 10x. So this is a long one but I need to get you guys right. Tsuma Netori Zero marks the debut of Pixiv R18 artist Takamori Ishii as an animation director, storyboarder, and character designer. His Twitter and Pixiv are as follows - Twitter - https://x.com/ishitakaHG Pixiv - https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/503837 ... 
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