Akira Hiramoto

The first two books in this series had outrageous, over-the-top storytelling and a certain perverse pornographic appeal that kept me reading despite the general offensiveness, but the energy in this volume goes limp as the series settles in for the long haul -- there are 11 more omnibus volumes in this series -- and begins what will probably be a drawn-out, seesawing battle of capers and schemes between the prisoners and jailers.

I think I'm going to grant myself a furlough from this series.… (meer)

This is a twisted series about a small group of female students at a private high school holding a small group of their male classmates prisoner for crimes of perversion, all with the okay of the school administration. I read the first volume a couple years ago and found it a guilty pleasure despite its skeevy fan service, as the boys made an escape plan under the scrutiny of their sadistic guards.

There is still some excitement as the plan is executed this volume, but as before, there is an extreme amount of transgressive material: up-skirt shots, homophobia, bullying, and more. I now lean more heavily toward feeling guilt than pleasure, but I still want to check out at least one more volume.… (meer)