Anime as a medium is known to cover a vast array of topics and concepts. Every niche group can find their own genre to meet their specific needs, no matter how obscure it may be: •You like giant robots? There's mecha. •You like lots of girls on your dick? There's harem. •You like Nakama power? There's shounen. •You like being mindfucked? There's Satoshi Kon. But where's the genre for catholic priests who need a quick fap before bedtime? Those who need to choke the bishop to some tender, underdeveloped ass? Well, I have news for you! No longer may the pedo priest suffer in silence. No longer may they settlefor lolitas. For almost like divine providence, they've been blessed with this modern masterpiece, Boku no Pico!
Story: Little Boys/10
Pedophilia. Yup... you're on a government watch list now.
Art: Vanilla Ice-cream/10
It's hard to judge the art since I had to look away at 99% of it, but from what I accidentally watched, the catholic priests will be pleased. Also, if you're a masochist, this is an ideal form of self-torture.
Sound: Moaning/10
I could never unhear the moans of a little boy being pleasured, God help me! These moans of ecstasy will forever haunt me! WHATS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? The only thing that drowns out these sounds now is that of cop sirens as they pull up to arrest me.
Character: Molester/10
For some reason, I feel like Jared from Subway has Pico saved on his desktop. After all, he does like to "eat fresh."
Enjoyment: Psychiatric Help/10
WTF Japan, this is going too far. I could never see vanilla ice-cream the same way again. It's like a fever dream that creeps up on you from the mere mention of children.
Overall: My Eyes/10
If you want to be scarred for life, and I mean scarred like walking in on your parents having sex, then, by all means, go for it. This is the "2 Girls 1 Cup" challenge of the anime community.
Now, all joking aside if someone were to actually assess Boku no Pico, it's a tale of forbidden love, where the love interests in question are not accepted by societal norms nor its governing bodies. It follows an older individual taking advantage of a pre-adolescent boy, effectively grooming him under the falsehood of a mutual pact. The reason for the "forbidden love" angle is pretty self-evident given that a child's underdeveloped prefrontal cortex means they're incapable of giving proper consent, as they are still relying on a part of their brain that processes emotion and impulse, rather than rational/practical longterm decision-making.
What makes this stand out from other homoerotic content is that it doesn't try to demystify the predator-prey relationship or ignore scenarios that could give rise to it by placing it in the backdrop of a high-concept genre setting. Instead, it just presents it as a matter-of-fact occurrence, going through the bartering process of winning over the child with purchases, getting them in a relatively secluded location, and eventually coaxing them when they're ill-prepared to properly process the advancements being made.
Needless to say, this is not made for everyone. Even for the small targeted demographic it's going after, there would still be dissenters. It doesn't offer room for misinterpretation. It's exactly as advertised and shouldn't be taken as lightly as its internet-famed challenge has made it out to be.
Make no bones about it, Boku no Pico is 100% deviant territory.
Mixed Feelings
On the surface of things, Boku No Pico is nothing more than a very well animated shota with lots of sex scenes. But it's what lies beneath, what goes unsaid that makes this a somewhat disturbing OVA, more so than the following two episodes that also feature Pico. There is no romanticism in this OVA, which is odd, considering the content. Mokkun, a somewhat bland character, sees Pico and ends up having sex with the underaged boy. He brings Pico around slowly, taking him out for ice cream, giving him blowjobs in the car, then finally bringing him around to his apartment. What creeps me outis the realism involved here...they don't fall in love. There are no roses. Instead there's a guy who seems to have little or no social life or girlfriend obsessing over a pretty boy. To the point where he dresses the boy up as a girl and even compares him to one. Pico likes the attention and (after the initial shock) the sex. It brings to mind stories of teachers having sex with their young children that you see in the news from time to time. I watch this anime and think...this could happen, no, this has happened to people. Not all cases of pedophiles are brutal rapes. Mokkun is neither presented as a bad guy or a good guy. He is not madly in love with Pico nor does he treat him badly, nor is it clear if he is manipulating the boy or simply lonely and desperate.
Pico too is a mystery. He is staying with his grandfather, for the summer if I remember correctly. The man seems old and disinterested in Pico and more than happy to let a completely strange man take his grandson out for long periods of time. If we consider the ending, which takes place at night on the beach...where is the grandfather!?
Of course, I'm not trying to say this is anything but shota porn, no. Merely that it stands out to me because of its stark realism. Compared to other yaoi, and even to its own sequels (Pico to Chico and Pico x Coco) Boku no Pico stands out awkwardly. It's clear Pico loves Mokkun much more than Mokkun loves him and the ending scene where Pico turns his innocent blue eyes towards the audience (facing Mokkun) and says 'I love you' always haunted me.
There are no roses and flowers in this OVA, no love, no happy ending. Just a brief glimpse into the life of a man and his lover, who happens to be a boy. The series takes its time showing scenery and building up to the sex scenes, all the while playing the disturbing call of cicadas. Had there been better character development, more story and more purpose, this could have been quite the interesting anime.
Overall, enjoyable as shota, but with the slightest sense of something not right going on underneath the surface. I can't even go so far as to say it glorifies pedophilia or rape...just presents it. Boku no Pico is an anime that does not judge, merely shows.
Not Recommended
Oh god here goes, I seriously hope no one I know in real life finds out I saw this show, let alone reviewed it. Boku no Pico is the "Two girls one cup" of anime. It's gained some viral popularity mainly through its pure shock value for those not expecting it. It's also occasionally described as "the worst anime of all time" by fairly popular reviewers such as Arkada and HoldenReviews however they provided little information as to what it is actually about. As such I watched it with no context as to its actual content, just to see what everyone was on about.To make this crystal clear to those who are not aware this is Shoutacon Hentai, meaning it is animated homosexual pedophilic pornography (for art purposes only according to the show :P). Around 60% of the run-time of the episode is purely sex scenes.
The relationship between the two characters is creepily believable and realistic. The older man seems lonely and in denial about his bisexuality, even going so far as to dress Pico up as a girl, he never acknowledges he feels any romantic attraction to him or that the relationship exists for anything other than his own sexual satisfaction. Pico on the other hand is clearly infatuated with him.
But perhaps the most disturbing thing about this show is the same reason I can't give it a 1 even though I have no interest in yaoi. This isn't some shitty dojinshi, the animation is of the same standard you'd expect from an average anime of its time. It's even complete with an opening and soundtrack. So this cannot have been cheap to produce and judging by the fact that multiple sequels were made it may also have been a financial success. What I'm getting at is that a lot of people were actually willing to PAY for this.
The show really isn't all that bad at achieving it's intended purpose but there are really only a couple of reasons to watch this, if you are genuinely entertained by shoutacon hentai. To troll your friends, or just to know what the hell everyone is going on about when they talk about this show.
