Hitozuma no Kuchibiru wa Kan Chuuhai no Aji ga Shite

Okay, look. Sometimes you’re just scrolling and want to watch something that requires absolutely zero brainpower. I get it. You might see the wild title for Hitozuma no Kuchibiru wa Kan Chuuhai no Aji ga Shite, and your curiosity might get the best of you. This review is for you.

First off, this is a super short anime. The episodes are only a few minutes long, making the whole series very simple and fast-paced. You can literally finish the whole thing in less time than it takes to make instant noodles. The format is pretty straightforward: it follows the same main character, but each episode introduces ... a different housewife for him to... uh... interact with.

I was honestly shocked that the episodes had actual "stories," but they do! Each one has its own little scenario, and what I really didn't expect were the parodies. The show leans into the most ridiculous ecchi tropes so hard that it loops back around to being genuinely funny sometimes. It knows it's absurd and just has fun with it.

Now, for the real reason I’m writing this. Regarding the details of those "interactions," I have no further comment, lmao. You’ll just have to use your imagination. What I will comment on is the viewing experience. This is absolutely, 100% not safe to watch in public. I cannot stress this enough. And honestly, I have to give a special warning to the girlies out there. As a woman, you better not watch this in public. LOL. The potential for someone to glance over at your screen is just way too high, and the second-hand embarrassment would be lethal. This is a strictly headphones-on, door-locked, nobody-else-home kind of show. Consider this your official warning!

Some people will say this is hentai. It's not. Per MAL, its genre is listed as erotica. And for good reason. Simply put, the series doesn't show genitalia, that's it. Yes it shows sex and has nudity in it but that's not enough to label something as hentai, otherwise shows like Labyrinth Isekai and Redo of Healer would have been given the hentai label as well. I guess you could call it softcore pornography but that only proves this show hasn't crossed the line into hardcore pornography. Hence, not hentai.

Semantics aside, what's this show about? In a nutshell this show is pretty much a ... glorified ad for a Japanese alcoholic beverage called Strong Zero. I don't drink alcohol nor will this show ever make me want to drink it but I do have to commend it for giving us a short, sexy and simple show about a lucky university student who manages to bang an assortment of gorgeous women. Having read the source material for this anime, the only thing these women have in common is that they end up consuming tons of alcohol and that they're all married.

But wait you might ask, doesn't that make this NTR? Technically it does since NTR basically boils down to adultery. Some people try to make the term more complex than it should but the gist of the term is that NTR is essentially cheating/infidelity/etc. Now, if that's not your thing you should move on and watch more wholesome anime instead of whining like one of those losers you find at the comments section over on Nhentai whenever some NTR doujin shows up. Save yourself (and us) the headache.

Personally, I've never had a problem with the concept of NTR in hentai. It's fiction anyways, nobody is actually getting cheated on and if by some chance you get angry over a bunch of drawings having fictional sex then you should probably touch grass or get some mental help. Nobody in their right mind would take such things seriously. My only problem with NTR is when they make the male lead some fat, disgusting, ugly guy or some tiny underaged boy. Just like Sony's failed multimillion dollar game Concord, no one wants to watch ugly characters especially when said characters get naked on screen.

Fortunately for you dear viewer, the male lead is neither a UB nor is he a shota. He's actually a decent looking guy, someone I can see being attractive to women. And as for the women, again having read the manga this is adapting, they're all beautiful though I'm not particularly fond of one of the women for being, let's just say, too short on something (if you know you know). But that's just me and my own personal taste.

One other thing that I actually think works to the advantage of this series is it being short (first episode is less than 5 minutes long, though I heard there's an extended version of this show out there). With how many anime are coming out every season, anime like this are nice because it won't take you that long to finish an episode and then you can get back to more standard anime. Animation wise, I can at least say it's not Queen Bee levels of animation. It's decent. The sex scene is erotic enough though a bit too short for my taste. The voice acting is also passable enough though I was hoping that the MC's aunt would sound a bit more mature. Overall, I don't really have any gripes with the show. It's a short series about a guy getting lucky and scoring with a bunch of beautiful married women while getting drunk. Perfect for people who don't have the time to add another full length anime to their belt and who wants to see some decently animated sexy scenes.

'Chuhai Lips: Canned Flavor of Married Women' is an anime that satisfies some of my carnal desires, but it is not for everybody, not even for those open-minded enough to watch ecchi/hentai.


§ Overview

This is simply about the college student, Tsuyoshi, and how he gets laid with different married ladies.


§ Notes

... 1. If you're religious, stay away from this, as these ladies commit adultery. If you're a married man, you might want to avoid this, unless cuckolding is your kink.

Personally, if a beautiful married lady in real life offers herself, I won't mind it, which is why I have no moral objection to this anime, despite technically being about activities that are against the law. If you also don't mind watching about this taboo, this would be perfect for you. This is, after all, part of men's fantasy to screw an older woman who is so hot and experienced.


2. MILF lovers would appreciate this...or perhaps not. You see, each episode has a runtime of less than 5 minutes. It's barely enough to get off, but you certainly wish there was more.

Each married lady Tsuyoshi encounters is a type of married woman, and could have been the female lead of a different series. Three regular episodes of the normal length of an anime episode, exploring each lady that's introduced, would have been better.

Alas! We are not given more. It's up to us to fill that gap as each lady seems to have an interesting backstory, which is not explored.


§ Conclusion

I'm giving this 4 out of 10 as it's not enough to pass, but it's a guilty pleasure and I enjoyed it. I rate this below passing as it chooses not to use the full potential of the introduced married ladies.


NOTA BENE: A grade of 4 out of 10 means I got some enjoyment out of this anime, but the issues are glaring, or simply I rank it higher than my 3's but below my 5's.

My enjoyment spectrum lies from 4 to 10. If I have scored an anime below 4, I actively dislike it.