Main Synopsis: This is based off of a couple chapters from the “extremely popular” manga. Takamura Tooru is your typical student, currently his mum is in the hospital so for the time being he’s staying at a relatives place(not blood related). When he gets there he stumbles upon Manami. To his surprise Manami is now extremely attractive. Manami is a very shy girl, due to her good looks she attracts a lot of guys, to her dismay this leads to a lot of bullying from the other girls and she is defenseless. However, Manami is not your typical girl. She has a split personality who only Toru and her know about. Her split personality is named, Nami. Nami is the total opposite of Manami, she’s mature, confident, strong, and very sexual. The main conflict of this show is that Manami and Nami’s personalities are fighting to become more dominate. Nami isn’t the dominate personality, so she’s at risk of disappearing. Nami gets emotional about not being wanted by anyone but Tooru convinces her both her and Manami have good qualities. When Nami is almost having sex Manami contacts her for the first time not to go through with it. On the second time Nami explains herself to Manami explaining they both need each other. Later on Manami gets emotional about disappearing as well but Tooru also convinces her that she has her good qualities and promises Manami that he will make sure neither of them disappears but Manami just wants to be herself. Tooru tries to figure out how Nami got created so maybe Nami can leave but in reality he wants them both to stay. Manami starts to feel bad wanting to get rid of Nami and ultimately decides things should stay the way they are. In the end Manami and Nami can live in harmony in the same body.
REVIEW OF THE PLOT: I honestly really like this story, it’s simple to understand and is very well written. This show actually has some funny moments in it and had me laughing a little bit not because it was cringey but because it was actually funny. Handling split personalities can be difficult. However, with Manami & Nami there’s a perfect balance, one personality doesn’t distract from the other, I’m not begging for them to constantly switch back and forth. Both of them have likable qualities and their own strengths and weaknesses. I can’t decide which one I like more. That kind of balance is hard to achieve even in well written anime. Seeing how Nami and Manami go about their days if very entertaining, it’s a very bittersweet feeling seeing Nami combatting Manami’s bullies, and being an anime girl who actually acts like an actual mature woman who isn’t constantly embarrassed about herself. Manami is a likeable character I love the way she carries herself, I just wish she was a little more confident. As for Tooru I actually like him too. Sure he’s a pervert, but he isn’t annoying like perverts in today’s anime. He legitimately cares about both Manami and Nami and wants the best for both of them. I honestly can’t decide who would make a better couple Tooru X Nami or Tooru X Manami. Other than that, I would rather have Manami be the main character. But that’s just my preference.
REVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION
The artwork was a very pleasant surprise. Late 90’s and early 2000’s anime designs are by far the best and it definitely shows in this hentai. Whenever Manami and Nami swap personalities their appearance changes slightly to reflect on that. Nami appears much more mature and serious, and Manami appears to be a little bit more self conscious. Tooru isn’t a bad looking guy either, he’s quite average but definitely not bad.
Overall, I recommend this to people who don’t take things too seriously. I honestly wish this wasn’t a hentai it would’ve been amazing as a regular anime with at least 20 episodes. I would’ve loved to see Manami and Nami conflict with each other a little more and seeing how Tooru would react. I watched this primarily for the plot and for an OVA that only has 2 episodes it’s well worth your time. There’s so much potential for something amazing but instead it’s wasted on being a forgotten hentai.
