Gosenzo Sane
Masquerade
御先祖賛江
Masquerade is the story surrounding the Hiraga bloodline in which Gen is a part of. Recently orphaned, he moves in to his grandmother's house and unwittingly triggers the Hiraga clan's curse in which nearly every member leads a tragically short life. In his grandmother's house, Gen begins to unravel vaguely remembered memories from a dream he's always had. With the help of an American graduate student, they try to uncover the secret of the Hiraga bloodline, the whispered legend of immortality that is locked in his genes, and a way to keep Gen from sharing the same fate that every one of his ancestors before him has suffered. (Source: ANN)
Synopsis
Masquerade is the story surrounding the Hiraga bloodline in which Gen is a part of. Recently orphaned, he moves in to his grandmother's house and unwittingly triggers the Hiraga clan's curse in which nearly every member leads a tragically short life. In his grandmother's house, Gen begins to unravel vaguely remembered memories from a dream he's always had. With the help of an American graduate student, they try to uncover the secret of the Hiraga bloodline, the whispered legend of immortality that is locked in his genes, and a way to keep Gen from sharing the same fate that every one of his ancestors before him has suffered. (Source: ANN)
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Reviews(4)
Ghost-Hardware
June 29, 2021
A hentai with an actual plot? And it’s… pretty good too? Say it ain’t so. The story follows Gen, who moves to his families’ mansion after his mother dies. Here, he’s introduced to his wheelchair bound grandmother and her mysterious silver haired maid. His family line holds a dark secret, which is slowly revealed to us during the course of the show. The mystery of his past and the inhabitants of his new house was actually pretty interesting, and the melancholy atmosphere was a large factor. The pacing was good too, not too fast or slow. Sadly, I thought the actual mystery did start to fizzleout towards episode 3. In terms of presentation, the animation was nothing special but the art was appealing and above average when you compare it with Hentai from the same time period (1998). The music was good and FAR better than your average hentai. There was an issue with the sound mixing in episodes 2 and 3, the music was so loud I could barely hear the voice acting in some scenes. I watched with the original Japanese audio, so I could of course still read the subtitles but a bit strange that this was overlooked. There wasn’t that many H scenes either. In terms of tastefulness, it was a mixed bag. Obviously, there were scenes that were included just for titillation, I mean part of the plot is that Gen’s ‘curse’ forces him to inseminate as many women as possible. That being said, quite a few scenes were actually tasteful and in general what was there was generally short. An effort was made to tie the sex scenes into the story. Hell, often it just faded to black without showing anything at all. There’s actually an upload on Youtube of the full four episodes with all of the H scenes removed. You know what's surprising? This was directed by the same person who directed Welcome to the N.H.K.! It was odd watching a Hentai show that had an actual story, characters that had something resembling a personality and an atmosphere that wasn’t overly happy. Nothing about the show was ‘great’ but this is easily the best Hentai I’ve seen as an overall package, and it works as a show in its own right.
