ANX-023 Review
I almost never see hypnosis JAVs that have no male involvement outside of the act of hypnotism. So, when I saw this video revolving around hypnotizing two girls into playing with themselves and each other, and nothing else, I had to download it. I came away from it semi-disappointed, however. The video delivered on its promise of being purely female-oriented, but a dramatic shift in presentation left me confused, and the video quickly went downhill, ruining my excitement for what SHOULD have been my favorite parts.
So, onto the description. The first half of this video is in the sort of stage hypnosis format. You know what I mean. No plot, just the hypnotist, his subjects, and the things he makes them do. I generally enjoy this type of setup more in JAVs, since knowing the language isn’t necessary to grasp what’s happening. During this part of the video, the hypnosis seems not at all unrealistic (the second half is another story). I can’t say whether or not it’s real, but it’s believable enough. That segment lasts for a little more than an hour. Then, the show suddenly switches to a drama-style format. The shift is so drastic here, that I’m not even completely sure if it’s tied in with the first half of the video or not, beyond having the same actors in it. Even the filming style changes from a single camera, amateur video-style look, to a multi-shot television-style look. It feels like watching two similar, yet completely unrelated videos rolled into one, and I’m not a fan of that development, but more on why in just a bit.
The video stars two cute young women by the names of Kotomi Asakura and “ear hemp wading” (thanks, Google Translate!). I don’t know which is which, so I’ll have to address them as “long-haired girl” and “longer-haired girl” for this review. The only other participant is the male hypnotist, whose face is always blocked by a huge mosaic. As I said, the girls are quite cute. They have a different kind of appeal than the sexy housewife appearance the woman in the last video I reviewed had, and that’s all I really have to say about the cast.
The video wastes no time getting to the hypnosis, which isn’t surprising in this style of video. The first part is 90% inductions and deepening. The girls are sitting on a bed in bath robes, thigh-highs, and slippers (I will explain why I find this strange in just a moment), and are then given the old yen coins on strings to hold and watch as they swing back and forth. I’ve always enjoyed pendulum inductions where the subjects hold the pendulums. There’s no payoff to this part, as the girls don’t go blank or fall asleep. The hypnotist just takes back the pendulums after a couple minutes, and it becomes clear that that wasn’t the entire induction. Next, he brings in a metronome, sits it on the bed, and starts it moving. We’re then treated to the girls relaxing as it ticks back and forth. The longer-haired girl seems to relax more, as she actually slumps a bit and lets her head drop, whereas the other girl just closes her eyes and not much more. The hypnotist stops the metronome, and the girls wake up, before he starts it again. Watching the 2 girls relax again as the metronome starts ticking is a treat, and this time they actually fall back, asleep.
The hypnotist then rouses the longer-haired girl, sits her up, and has her focus on a penlight for a few seconds, before touching her forehead with it, knocking her out again. After rocking her in a circular motion for a few moments, he then stands her up. He does the same to the other girl. He next has the two massage their breasts, and the longer-haired girl seems to get particularly turned on by this, as she seems to practically orgasm from it. He wakes her up first, giving her a look at her friend, still rubbing her breasts. After waking them both up, we get a couple more shots of the hypnotist using the penlight to knock them out and give them suggestions. Then the scene ends. This is why I find their wardrobe strange, because there’s no need for it. They could’ve worn their regular clothes and it would have affected nothing. I have no idea why bathrobes and thigh-highs were chosen.
The next scene is a mixed bag, but has some of my favorite bits in it. The girls are dressed normally in this scene, which is in a different location. It’s also directly in front of a glass wall, which is a horrible place to film, because of the havoc it wreaks on the lighting. In any case, we start by having the not-as-long-haired girl watch the old yen coin pendulum for a bit to put her under. The hypnotist then gives her the suggestion to fall asleep every time her friend touches her forehead, and wake up whenever she claps her hands. This part goes on way too long for my tastes. It’s cute watching the girl play with her hypnotized friend and all, but there’s only so many times you can see this same thing before it gets old. Once that finally ends, the hypnotist gives the longer-haired girl a plastic whistle, and the time stop portion starts. The hypnotized girl freezes every time her friend blows the whistle, which, unfortunately, isn’t very different from the part that preceded it. The longer-haired girl freezes her friend, moves her around in whatever way she wants, then unfreezes her and laughs, rinse, repeat.
Then, we move onto something more interesting, which is having the girl mimic whatever her friend does, though it takes a while for it to become truly interesting. After a bit of playing around, the longer-haired girl strips to her underwear, and her friend mimics. The hypnotist then reveals that, SURPRISE, the other girl is hypnotized too, and knocks her out with a gentle forehead poke, and she falls back onto the couch, her friend still mimicking her. The clever hypnotist then has the longer-haired girl begin masturbating, which causes her mimicking friend to do the same. Watching the two masturbate is one of my favorite parts of the video. After that’s over, a suggestion is apparently given to make the two act like lesbians, and the rest of the scene revolves around the two making love to each other for a good while. There’s a point in the middle of this part where the hypnotist puts them both under again, and has the longer-haired girl stand frozen, with her tongue sticking out, before giving the other girl the go ahead to have fun with her. It looks strange at first, but gets better. The scene ends after the shorter-haired girl brings them both to orgasm, and the hypnotist wakes them up.
Following the seemingly completely out of place scene transition, everything this video seemed to be about changes. I’ve already gone on for a long time, so let me try and summarize the last half of this video. It’s a bunch of lesbian scenes broken up by a couple of scenes of the girls visiting the hypnotist, who seems to be acting as a fortune teller (or at least has a crystal ball). The first scene is of the two girls sleeping over, and the lesbian sex starts almost immediately. It’s all great to watch from a yuri fan’s perspective, but if not for the preceding scene with the hypnotist, I wouldn’t think this scene had anything to do with hypnosis. The next scene has the two at school, and the shorter-haired girl pulls out a glowing stick reminiscent of the pen light from earlier. It’s unclear from her friend’s reaction whether this has any effect on her, but she remains stationary for the rest of the scene, so maybe. Cue more lesbian sex, and we’re back to the hypnotist. The final 2 scenes lose me completely, as they involve both of the girls being made to believe that the longer-haired one has a penis. So you end up with some phantom handjobs, fellatio, and dry humping. This is NOT what I want from my girl-on-girl porn. I want lesbians who make love like lesbians, not… this. Watching one girl lick the air near the other’s crotch is not as interesting as watching her ACTUALLY LICK HER CROTCH.
And that’s all there is. Honestly, I can only recommend this because it’s one of the few hypnosis JAVs I’ve found with almost no male involvement. The second scene does some interesting things towards the end, but the stuff that precedes it is rather repetitive with little payoff, and the stuff that follows it seems less hypnosis-related and is much harder to follow. This feels like a video that had no idea what it wanted to be, though that may just be due to my inability to understand the language. Still, if you like girl-on-girl stuff, you’ll enjoy several of the scenes here, regardless of the hypnosis.