Dead Leaves: how to avoid overuse of the phrase drill penis in a review

THIS GUY'S PENIS IS A DRILL, FEAR HIM NERDS!!!!!

 

DRILL PENIS!!!!

    Okay, now that we have gotten that out of the way, let me begin by saying that I really, really enjoyed Dead Leaves both times I watched it. This is not going to be one for the kids, or one for people who do not enjoy the margins of animation, plot, characters, and violence. This one is for the nuts and the hardcore eccentrics, the kids who love the strange or who want to see what no one else watches. That said, there is almost certainly a higher concentration of those manners of people amongst anime fans than most other demographics, so a large number of you will probably enjoy this shenanigans. It is important to interrupt my manic rant about strange things I want you to watch, however, to note that this is not strangeness for its own sake (a la Apocalypse Zero, though both feature strange penis weapons), but strangeness as a plot device and vehicle for artistic expression. Trust me, that drill penis is an artistic drill penis, you have to see to believe.
   Dead Leaves follows the tale of two miscreant criminals, Pandy and Retro, who wake up naked together in the middle of a desert, and, after quickly landing themselves in prison, strike out on a mission of combined escape and self discovery (oh yeah, they have no memory at all. this is sounding more and more like my Saturday mornings). In
keeping with the pre-established strangeness, our heroes are exactly what their names imply...as long as you assumed from the names that one had a constant black eye and the other had a t.v. for a head. I will leave it to you to guess which is which. As our glorious lunatics go about their escape, they uncover more and more aspects of their intertwined pasts, and they talent for doling out violence leads them to accumulate an army of prisoners, turning their escape into a rebellion. If at this point you have not abandoned the review out of fear, disgust, or both, fear not! Before extolling the rest of the lovely features of this OAV, I feel it necessary to delve into the problem areas.
   Dead Leaves has what is, almost without question, the most awkward sex scene I have ever scene in anime or anywhere else. Quite possibly the least graphic moment in the whole drill penis, the two protagonists manage to have exceptionally acrobatic and absurdly loud sex through the holes in their cocoon-like restraints that are intended for waste disposal. Not disgusted yet? The waste disposal scene displays the use of these creative designs, a vacuum pump sucks the excrement out of each prisoners body so that order and bowel movement routine can be maintained (this scene also features an unfortunate pipe clogging moment). In complete fairness, this is not an unrealistic feature for a futuristic prison, so, aside from the mildly disturbing concept, it is not too much of problem for the viewer. The two main areas that will give some viewers difficulty are the violence and plot development. Dead Leaves is very, very violent. The violence is graphic. The violence is constant,

and the violence is absolutely essential to the aesthetic and narrative. If you are not looking to see cartoon mutants have their faces removed, literally hundreds of police officers gunned down and ripped limb from lib, and a baby shoot a pseudo-family member while being born, you do not want to watch this. As for plot, Dead Leaves does not suffer from the normal plot problems seen in so many underdeveloped anime. Nothing is blatantly left out or improperly explained, and there is certainly enough information to draw educated guesses on any subject that is not explained fully. Essentially, the plot will be a problem for viewers not looking to draw some of their own conclusions based on given information or viewers who just happen to be fairly unintelligent. If this is you, feel not ashamed, but also watch not the Dead Leaves.
   Back to the final super cool reason to watch the good thing Dead Leaves thing; creative genius. This OAV is an explosion of ideas that could not have been expressed in a more delightful manner. It is very clearly crafted with love, and the stunning visual style, rife with two-dimensional, comic book style shots, is paired with a gloriously absurd mixture of characters that would make any contemporary writer jealous. The concepts and characters may not appeal to everyone in terms of their nature, but they are undeniably exceptionally creative.

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