Legend of the Blue Wolves
Reviewer: Whitney [email]Overall Rating: C+
Media Reviewed: Digital
Creator: Yasunori Urata, Yasuhito Yamaki
U.S. Licensed: Yes
Released by: Media Blasters
Run time: 45 minutes
BL Content: Very hard (non-consent, sexual situations, uncensored)
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
Legend of the Blue Wolves is a sci-fi hard yaoi OAV. Emphasis on hard. It takes place in 2199 A.D. where mankind has overpopulated the Earth and has expanded throughout the solar system. The main planet where the action of the anime takes place is Pluto. Obviously, LBW was made before we found out the saddening truth about Pluto being just a rock, but I digress. On Pluto, man has made a substantial living environment. Unfortunately, they picked the wrong planet to populate because it was not long after that they are attacked by an alien race, called the Apocalypse, that use the human brain to power their weapons (mechas suitable for outer space combat) and for their own energy. So a war between the Apocalypse and the human race has broken out.
Enter Jonathan Tyberius (awesome name by the way), a tall-dark-and-handsome rookie soldier, who joined the military because of his moral upbringing. He is set to room with Leonard Schteinberg, a blonde-haired, blue eyed man; he is the seme to Jonathan's uke. The two did not actually meet on the greatest of terms. But before we meet the male lead characters, we meet their morbidly obese captain who likes to take sexual advantage of his subordinates. After the opening credits we see the captain engaging in sex with one of his henchmen. The deed done, the captain skims through files of new recruits and lustfully eyes Jonathan's, his goal from then on is to bed Jonathan whether he likes is or not.
LBW is the hardest yaoi I have ever watched. This is the first yaoi I've seen where you actually see penises. Perfectly detailed penises. Not only that, but you get to see attempted penetration, masturbation and oral sex all up close and personal. The hotness of the explicit rape and sex scenes are what saved LBW from getting a lower grade.
There was apparently supposed to be a blossoming love between Jonathan and Leonard, but that part of the story falls flat. It's more like Leonard avenges Jonathan's rape and Jonathan rewards him by letting Leonard have his way with him before he got sent out to the front lines of the war as a punishment. But yaoi is yaoi for a reason. I can commend them for giving a bit of background on our two lovers/heroes, though it was brief and did not further the so-called plot at all. But like I said, yaoi is yaoi for a reason. If you like a lot of man-sex with very little plot, you should check this out. I warn you: If you're still uncomfortable with looking at male genitalia, real or otherwise, I suggest you skip this one.