Anime: Ai no Kusabi 1g7325

Although I got a crappy version, this anime must be recognized as a masterpiece nonetheless. People don't usually watch yaoi for the sake of meanings and values in it but you can't help but notice the society around the characters and how the characters react to its expectations. Ai no kusabi may look like a love story but it's much, much more beyond that - it's primarily a story of obsession and domination where love and sex are tools and excuses for controlling others.
You have Riki minding his own business and trying to make a living in a craphole of a society that categorises people by hair color, and Iason Mink who knows all too well he can do practically anything he wants. Riki is a nobody with a happy gang, Iason is the king of the hill answering only to some godlike hologram and his peers. Riki is frustrated in his life, while Iason is bored and curious as to where his power could lead. They both lack a decent course of life -Riki because he seems to be unable to do anything in society, and Iason because he could do anything he'd want to- and so they become those missing goals for each other which leads to destructive obsession. You can see the good point about this obsession as the pair defies the norms of the society by their outrageous affair and at the climax of their downward spiral they shock their stagnating, imprisoning society and kick its rotten butt by ignoring its values and expectations entirely. Although the whole thing looks like a Romeo & Romeo story, it has very little to do with love because Riki and Iason are driven by their own external and psychological conditions rather than sincere feelings of benevolence for each other. Ai no kusabi is therefore quite less romantic than it appears but also a lot more interesting that way, too. This anime will keep your brain cells working.

This is a superb piece of anime!

The animation was good, it could have been better in places (the clip of Jason's eyes was rather scarey) but I couldn't really see much at times as the one I dloaded was quite small in screen size.

The sound was well, I was concentrating a bit too hard on the subs to notice, but I dont it being annoying.

The storyline is awesome, though be prepared to cry your heart out. Its a really moving piece of work and the characters are well thought out (In my oppinion anyway).

Just be warned, its one of the best Yaoi anime's I've seen, but you WILL cry. If you dont you have a heart of stone ;)