1 + 2 = Paradise

Two sisters and one loser.

 

1+2＝Paradise (1+2=パラダイス, Ichi tasu Ni wa Paradaisu) is a Japanese manga series by Sumiko Kamimura. The story has been adapted into two OVAs released by Toei Video, a subsidiary of the Toei Company.

Because of the sexual content the series was one of the manga placed on "Harmful manga" lists by local and national governmental agencies. The negative publicity resulted in Kodansha discontinuing the series. 

Today's post is a review of the Original Video Animation adaptation made in 1990. As above mentioned there were only 2 episodes produced for the home video format. The first one, "Around here, there, pudding, pudding" (あっちもこっちもプリンプリン) premiered on February 23 1990, and the second one, "Clash! Momoiro Sisters against lascivious queen bee" (対決！桃色姉妹 Ｖ.Ｓ．好色女王蜂) premiered on April 21, 1990.  Despite the sex loaded content of the both the Manga and the animation, believe it or not, this story was written by Junko Uemura, a woman! The manga was published from 1988 to 1990 until it was canceled.

 

The Nakamura sisters.

 

Why can't he have both?

 

So, what is 1+2 about?

Yuusuke Yamamoto has a crippling phobia of women. Unfortunately, Yuusuke's father is a gynecologist and needs him to overcome his fear so he can inherit the family business (yes, that's right). To accomplish this, Yuusuke's father offers sanctuary to sisters Rika and Yuka Nakamura in their home while the girls are studying at the nearby college.

In a terrible twist of fate, when Yuusuke realizes that their guest room is too small for two people, he is forced to choose which of the sisters is allowed to stay. Desperate to win his favor, the brazen Yuka and the more reserved Rika are willing to do whatever it takes to impress and eventually sway Yuusuke—even if it means making things physical and personal.

 

The manga version...

...of two sisters.

Reviewing an Ecchi or a Hentai movie has got to be one of the most difficult things to do. Basically, you don't have a lot of content. However, this is what I can say about 1+2= Paradise.

First of all, our lead character, Yuusuke Yamamoto, is a teenage boy who suffered severe trauma when he was a kid. His then neighbors, who were also kids back then, tried to cut his penis off. So, in order to protect himself from any unwanted encounter, he shuts himself off to any matter related to approaching women, dating and eventually having sex. What makes the matter crazier than it already is, is the fact his father is a gynecologist, who instead of educating his son through science, decides to bring a couple of under-aged twins into the house, to  help Yuusuke overcome his fears. In exchange, these girls can have a place to stay in order to go to school. Crazy, right? 

Sometimes I think the most sci-fi stuff you can watch in the Animé genre, is either ecchi or hentai. The situations are so unrealistic, that I'm sure we'd have way more chances of developing superpowers than actually sleeping with twins.

No man would be scared in this situation, let's face it.

What would you do with this horny bombshell?

Now, who on her right mind, would trade sex for a place to stay? I mean, seriously. The Nakamura twins could find a job, get a scholarship, go to a boarding school or whatever, but no, they prefer to try to fuck a shy guy by any means necessary. 

Now, these twin sisters may share bootylicious bodies, but their personalities are different. Yuka is brazen. She wants to stay in the house even though that means fighting against her own sister. On the other hand, Rika is the more reserved one. However, that doesn't mean she's not willing to go to bed with Yuusuke first.

Taking baths is important.

Looking like this is nearly impossible in real life.

Sadly, the Manga was canceled around the same time these two episodes were produced direct to video, meaning we didn't get to see a conclusion on how these twins would help a traumatized teen overcome his problems. 

1+2=Paradise features everything in a typical ecchi and haremy type of anime. From its characters backstory relations to one another, to the current dense typed response the main protagonist expresses, it has everything that you've already seen in a typical ecchi-genre'd anime.

Its story is easy and simple, nothing to extraordinary or makes it standout too much, but it does explain the situations the characters found themselves easily. Animation is good enough for the type of production, but it suits its time's general animations fairly well. The characters are all your typical characters you find in most ecchi, from the clumsy one, to the over attached one, to the dense one and what not, all fairly well expressed to no sudden questionable character changes so character development is on its minimal. 

 

Yes, you're eyes do not deceive you.

Boobs, big bouncing boobs.

Overall this anime can be enjoyable if you find ecchi typed anime's your thing, you can give this a shot why not, but to the general audience it can be a tad too much cliche' or "what in the world is going on?" moments will be said often. 

 

 

There are no trailers or teaser videos available about this long forgotten VHS gem from 1990, so enjoy  some pictures from both the manga and the OVA:

 

A massage would be nice.

a boy and his girls.

This girl needs a home.

...And so does her twin.

Volume 1 manga cover.