Summary: >

Yoshida seems like the perfect girl. She's beautiful, smart, athletic, and gets good grades in school. She looks nearly identical to a girl seen on TV which would be against school policies. That's what one sorry excuse for a man who happened to be a teacher was thinking too. He discovers the truth that she is indeed that girl, but also that she's probably the most cold heartless wench on the face of the earth. Complicating all of this, Yoshida decides to invite herself to his apartment for the night, but could she have something else up her sleeve?

But lets forget about all the first episode, because the OVA does (thank god).

Yoshida walks in on her rockstar boyfriend Hirouyuki having sex with another girl and decides to break off their relationship. As the two argue in the elevator, she notices a new girl who's just moved in. Azumi is new to town and will be attending the same school as Yoshida. That's when strange feelings start to come overcome Yoshida. She's always thinking about Azumi, her heart starts pounding whenever they talk. But she's not a lesbian or anything like that. Right? .. Right?

Yoshida's boyfriend Hirouyuki notices that shes acting like she's in love but it doesn't seem like it's with him, and when he finds out it's another girl he's outraged... at first. But then again this new girl seems a bit naive. Perhaps he can hatch a plot to work this to his advantage.

Thoughts: >

Not quite a hentai title, Strange Love is more like soft porn. It's also as bad as any softcore porn you could name, possibly worse. Well mostly. This OVA comes in two installments that are very polarizing as they are fairly different.

The first OVA is absolutely terrible. Imagine the biggest bitch ever with ridiculously huge boobs, tormenting the most pathetic excuse for a man on the face of the planet. On top of the boring uneventful story, his random fantasies are injected everywhere making it disjointed and even less enjoyable if that is even possible. The first episode is utter trash.

Now the second episode is odd. If we consider the first episode character development (Yoshida is a bitch, take my word for it and skip the first episode), then the second flips everything around. Trying to convince herself she's not a lesbian while fawning over the naive Azumi is honestly kinda cute. Or at least it would be if it weren't for the soulless relationship based around sex with her boyfriend being inserted all the time. It's an unfortunate contrast that breaks the charm from ever forming in Strange Love. Once Hirouyuki notices Azumi it could get interesting, and it wraps up with a good enough ending.

The character designs were alright with the exception of Yoshida's absolutely ridiculous boobs. Animation was... there, however that's not really the focus here. What is the focus here? Hell if I know, I guess it's to pander to perverse people who can't admit they really want to watch hentai? There is sex here, but it isn't explicit, nor are the scenes long. Yoshida's bare breasts do hang out quite often in this title, which tended to make me roll my eyes more than anything else. If they had scrapped the first OVA, toned down her boobs, and dumped the worthless sex stuff Strange Love could have been an ok title. It dug it's own grave so there isn't much to say, but it manages to not be a total disaster since it has a few moments - but certainly not enough to overcome its flaws. Best to avoid Strange Love altogether.