[Midonin]

Spoiler for OniAi 04 - Plush and Soft:

The first sketch with Haruomi was a bit of a slow starter - she's probably the most level-headed of the housemates, though that doesn't mean much when Kawaguchi is at the helm. The situations are stock, but the dialogue-heavy nature of the show actually makes them feel slightly different. And this show can go to some pretty dirty places on the power of that imagination alone. The second sketch stands out in particular, with Ana suggesting things with stuffed animals, a fetish that I don't think has ever been bought up in anime before. The stuff with the bananas probably has. Minori Chihara does a good job of giving Ana a hint of mischief, but also making one believe she might really be thinking these things.

But the third sketch... oh, now we're talking about the good stuff. The lily motif speaks for itself, really. Thanks to soap, objects and camera angles, nothing was actually shown, and the scene felt clean rather than dirty, but it still had a bit of grime underneath the surface. Given the... shape of the body soap/lotion bottles, I thought they were going to be used in a rather different way than they ended up actually being used for. Entirely my fault, that one.

I've mentioned before that I like how the episodes are being titled, but I also like what the next episode previews are doing. Voice clips played back to back to create something naughty, and completely without context. A mix tape rather than a montage. It's glorious.