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Jun 30, 2022
I'm a near blind person myself, with eyesight slightly better than that of the heroine of this manga (but really, our impairments are so different that it's pointless to compare.) I've been around a lot of other blind people with varying level of impairment when working with disability organisations and such, so my knowledge of visual impairment is pretty broad, and I'm writing this review to note that I was honestly floored with how much research the mangaka has clearly done- the accuracy of the visually impaired characters and the overall themes surrounding disability and the way Japanese society treats those who differ from the
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norm is really impressive for such a comfy read, especially considering it manages to stay so comfortable while realistically and delicately tackling topics that often lean to the heavier side.
I didn't go into it expecting much, I'll admit. You don't see a lot of manga featuring blind characters that could actually exist in real life and I picked it up for the cute style, not because I care if I'm well represented in a manga about a high school dropout trying to court himself a moeblob. But I found my expectations quickly subverted, because it nailed pretty much everything, from the accommodations a blind person might need and actual impairments themselves, to just the day-to-day of someone living with a disability, and the societal issues inherent to being disabled. I also really enjoy Yukiko as a character, independent of her disability- nobody in this manga exists solely as what holds them back, and the titular hakujou girl herself is no different. She's got a strong personality that makes her ooze with cuteness, and her fierce, often insistent independence is both very refreshing and more reflective of an actual blind person than the woobified white cane clad pitycripples you often see blind people (and disabled people in general, really,) represented as.
There are a million reviews singing the praises of the sugary sweet, light-hearted romance, so although I do love Morio and Yukiko's relationship I won't bore you to death rattling off specifics of my adoration. All the aspects of this manga that don't have to do with disability are just as splendid, as a matter of fact! But I rarely write reviews in earnest, or about media that deserves an earnest review, so I feel more qualified to simply discuss the bits that I know best. And something I know very well is that I think that this is a really fantastic social commentary and an educational, thoroughly enjoyable read. I hope my specialist input is of service to anyone wondering about the accuracy of information!
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Oct 26, 2021
I came into this experience not expecting much, as I've never played the visual novel it's based upon and the reviews aren't exactly stellar. But I love bad, old, weird hentai. I adore it. I genuinely cannot name a genre of media I consistently enjoy more than absolutely dogshit hentai. You hand me some garbage that goes into fucking metaphysics in between low budget looped sex scenes and I will lap it out of your palm like a starved poodle. But Tsui no Sora is something else. It's bad, sure, but it's fucking next level bad. And for once I don't mean that as a
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compliment.
I got about seven minutes of ironic enjoyment out of it.
Seven minutes of marvelling at the visuals (which, yes, are rather reminiscent of MS Paint, Windows Movie Maker, DeviantArt Flash games and whatever else comes to your mind when you think about what a mentally-stunted 30 year old would use to make baby's first porno,) whisper-shouting "WHAT THE FUCK?" at the empty dark bedroom surrounding me in childlike glee, and Googling what metempsychosis was, wondering if it was some subset of psychosis induced exclusively by this piece of media- it certainly feels like it could be used as a schizophrenia simulator, why not? Seven minutes of skipping through sex scenes to get back to the real fuckfest, seven minutes of disjointed story, seven minutes of heaven for the only person alive who genuinely DOES watch hentai for the plot.
And after seven minutes, boy, does the novelty wear off quick.
It's mesmerising to start- you find your eyes glued to the screen. It's like a form of hypnosis that starts out fun, like a strange adventure, and as you continue on your journey hopping up over tree roots and onto mossy stones you find the forest around you grows deeper, darker, and by the time you realise how little you like this adventure and look back, the rest of the overgrown woodlands appear just as foreboding.
That is to say, it's kind of garbage, and it's not even good garbage. It's not one man's trash and another's treasure- it's just one man's trash and another's rapidly disintegrating Furby from 2008 (not even vintage) that squawks "I love you!" at you as you toss it back in the rubbish heap upon realising it has visible bed bugs.
That last part made me sad. I never had a Furby, but I feel a strong emotional connection to them.
The TLDR without any convoluted metaphors is that it was funny at first but I got bored, and if you can manage to make something this fucking ridiculous boring, your work's bad. The hentai's 4/10, the knowledge that the Pentagon banned Furbies in 1999 is 10/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Dec 15, 2020
"Tokineiro," or "A Time To Screw," looks like your run of the mill subpar 2000's era hentai; mediocre character design, mediocre characterisation, maybe it's got a few decently hot parts you can loop repeatedly and get your rocks off to if you have a thing for literal nostalgia boners. Who knows. I don't know.
Except I do know. My third eye is all the way open. My chakras are aligned as fuck. And with my eyes and several other orifices spread wide I can safely and solidly tell you there's more than meets the eye (all three of them) here.
Tokineiro, specifically the dub of Tokineiro, is
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a subversive masterpiece.
The story is rich and deeply, complexly psychological, packing plot point after plot point into its total hour of runtime. Said plot includes but is absolutely not limited to: box fucking, breakfast, three whole white haired sciencey looking fellas, homophobic slurs directed specifically towards Albert Einstein, dissociative identity disorder, flashbacks, motor oil, and so much more. It's on the level of shit like Evangelion, I'm telling you. Like, if Serial Experiments Lain mindfucks you, Tokineiro fucks, breeds, and utterly desanctifies your mind's gaping boyhole in a doubly schizophrenic fashion. Tokineiro is your daddy dom. Tokineiro is your soft, gentle lover. Tokineiro is a joint delusion we all share. Tokineiro is kafkaesque. Tokineiro is God.
I've taken the time to draw fan art for this series, being an artist of a semi-professional skill level who has decidedly better things to do (I still owe my local femboy a commission- that's not a joke.) I made my fiancé watch it, I intend to make several of my best friends watch it, I'd show it to my parents if I had any relationship with them after the last time I did peyoturacaine (peyote + datura + cocaine, for the unacquainted) and tried to get them to watch Japanese media. I've never even written any anime reviews before. But the will of God has forced my hand here. I'm so deeply invested, filled with a legitimate fucking passion for this hentai. It's captivating in the same way a car accident is.
If you're contemplating watching it, I can do nothing if not urge you. Please. It's an hour out of your time and you will guaranteed emerge from it a more enlightened individual. Do yourself a favour and watch the dub of Tokineiro.
Your life will be changed.
10 yoghurt milkshakes out of 10.
2021 edit: This hentai has since fundamentally altered my personality and enabled deep introspection in the realm of my identity, my likes, my dislikes, and who I want to be and what art I want to make. That's a lot for a show about maids getting railed, but in my defense, I have autism.
I still owe that femboy the commission, by the way. But I'm making him a hoodie that says PISS in a black metal esque font on it now. It has Felix Argyle on the back.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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