Why is it that this guy thinks he can sleep with women, forget them, and get away with it? I actually don’t care if he’s young and discovering his sexual identity. He reminds me of those rakehells you read in romance novels who think that they can help solve women’s problems by taking away young girls’ “cherries” and then leave to continue pursuing the girl of their dreams. It’s almost beyond forgiveable.

I get vindicated at the end of End of Summer 1, but End of Summer 2 just got my battle instincts going up. I don’t even know what prompted me to include End of Summer 2 in my library borrower’s card because I certainly didn’t like the volume that came before it. I thought I wouldn’t be able to hate Wataru more, but seeing the the sequel certainly proved me wrong. If I could only meet him in person, I would probably skewer his balls and fry them with tofu sauce. As it is, I already had difficulty keeping myself from throwing the remote control at my TV screen. Here’s some sample scenarios: Girl gets jilted by boyfriend (Wataru’s equally spineless best friend) because she doesn’t want to have sex. Ex-boyfriend’s best friend then tells the girl that if she loves the man, she should just give him what he wants. When girl tries but fails at giving up her virginity, she gets called selfish. And dear heaven! Girl decides to lose her virginity — once and for all — to her ex’s best friend, of all people! It’s just one of those irksome moments. There are many other scenes that had my hair standing on end and made me lose my appetite for dinner. Truly, a tentacle flick would have been preferable. At least the beasts there do not bother to hide what monsters they are.

Actually, End of Summer is like a cross between a serious movie and a perverted flick. It’s perverted in the sense that everything seems surreal, everything becomes a reason for having sex. It’s also a serious movie because it deals with emotional entanglements, especially those experienced by adolescents. Infatuation, love, and betrayal are only a few of the elements that make up this quite complex package. I wouldn’t know who to recommend it to, though, because hentai fans might not be pleased with the lack of sexual details and feminists like me tend to bitch at seeing opportunists like Wataru take advantage of a woman’s vulnerability. I wouldn’t recommend it to guys pretending to be sensitive either, because they can definitely relate and might think that this kind of behavior is all right. It could’ve been a nice film, but it’s just not for everybody.

Individual Rating: Art/Animation: 9 Story/Plot: 3 Characters: 1 Sounds: 7 Ecchi Level: 5

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