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F³: Frantic, Frustrated & Female
(嘆きの健康優良児, Nageki no
Kenkō Yūryōji
?) is an H anime series that centers
on a 17 year old girl named Hiroe Ogawa who has difficulty achieving orgasm. It has been described as
"a spoof on horror hentai."
The three F's of the title stand for "Frantic, Frustrated
and Female." The Japanese title is 嘆きの健康優良児,
"Nageki no Kenkô Yûryôji", which has been translated as
"Grieving Physically-Perfect Girl" or "The Lament of
an Otherwise Healthy Girl" and was created by Wan Yan A Gu Da.
The three OVAs were
originally released by SoftCel Pictures, a division of ADV Films and later
re-released as F3: Ménage À Trois, an obvious group sex reference.
Recently, F3 had been re-licenced by Critical Mass under its
original title when ADV Films closed their hentai line.
F³ was followed by two sequels, and their translations into English
highlight some of the difficulties faced in translating adult entertainment materials between two
countries with very different laws and mores on the subject: in the first 25-minute
episode, Hiroe's attempts to achieve orgasm are assisted by her
older sister Mayaka, and include an encounter with her mother,
Yayoi. In the two sequels, translator's notes insist that Mayaka
and Yayoi are actually Hiroe's neighbor and landlady, respectively,
whom she just happens to have nicknamed "Sis" and "Mom." This is done purely
for comic effect. There is also a manga adaptation spanning 2
volumes.
Main
characters
- Mayaka 真弥華 - Hiroe's "older sister" (younger
of the neighbors). Mayaka always tries to help Hiroe with her
"problem" pulling out all the stops. During the first episode, she
used hypnosis to help
Hiroe achieve orgasm by simply touching her. That plan was later
scrubbed for Episode 2. Voice Actress: (JP) Arisa Andou/(EN) Tiffany Grant,
credited as Lucy Moralez in the original SoftCel dub/Kelly Benz in
the new Critical Mass DVD.
- Yayoi 弥生 - Hiroe and Mayaka's landlord whom
they refer to as "mother". She has a closet full of S & M gear, whips and sexual toys. The
kanji in Yayoi's name is the
same for the old archaic name of March on the Japanese
calendar. Voice Actress: (EN) Marcy Rae, credited as Verlinda Petme in the
original SoftCel dub/Hentai Mona in the new Critical Mass DVD.
- Takami 貴美 - Hiroe's misandronistic classmate from high school and an open
lesbian. Takami appeared in episode 2 putting the moves on Hiroe
underwater at the pool, then appeared at her house with two other
lesbians. Takami also had a crush on Mayaka in episode 2 and was
the first victim of rape in
episode 3 from an incubus possessing Hiroe's body. Voice Actress:
Bella Pussi in the Critical Mass DVD.
- Sumio 純雄 - Hiroe's boyfriend from high school.
Hiroe and Sumio have been going out for a long time and are
sexually active when alone. Sumio's not into sports as much as
Hiroe is, but he loves to have a good time. Hiroe felt a little
pain when had sexual intercourse with Sumio six
months ago, and vowed to finally achieve orgasm with him. Voice
Actor: Christopher Bowen in the Critical
Mass DVD.
Minor
characters
- The Fortune-teller - Appeared in Episode 1.
She was referred by Mayaka to help out Hiroe, but upon her reading,
she felt spirits possessing her driving her insane with fear and
lust. Voice Actress: (EN) Marcy Rae, credited as Verlinda Petme in the
original SoftCel dub.
- The Professor - Appeared in Episode 1. He was
a researcher at a top Japanese laboratory who was recently working
on "The Ultimate Sex Machine" and used Hiroe as a test subject. To
his dismay, Hiroe didn't climax and the laboratory was in shambles
leaving the professor severely injured in the blast.
- Takami's Friends - Appeared in Episode 2. One
was named Suzuki, the other one had no name at this point. They
ganged up on Hiroe on Takami's command, but were quickly disposed
of by Yayoi using rapid-fire anal sex with a leather suit.
- Mia Chigusa 千草魅亜 - Appeared in Episode 3. The
24-hour exorcist who is a
futanari. He/She dealt
with the incubus trapped in Hiroe's body while Yayoi electrocuted
Hiroe with a super-charged vibrator in
order to exorcise the demon. The incubus left Hiroe's body and was
sealed in a giant rubber blow-up doll.
Episodes
- Episode 1
- Hiroe becomes depressed that she cannot reach orgasm, so Mayaka
tries to help her out, but to no avail. Mayake then resorts to
hypnotism, which turns out to be a bit too successful as Hiroe
climaxes instantly whenever Mayaka touches her. However, she is
still unable to climax otherwise, so Mayaka tries some other
methods, one of then turning out to be a crazy scientist. In the
end though, only Mayaka's touch is able to make Hiroe climax.
- Episode 2
- Hiroe is seduced by Takami into helping her get together with
Mayaka, who she has a crush on. When Mayaka learns of her trick,
she challenges Takami to a sex match, the winner being whoever can
make Hiroe climax. They are stopped, however, by the landlady,
Yayoi, before she joins in on the fun.
- Episode 3
- Hiroe is possessed by an incubus who uses her body to rape the
other residents. A futanari exorcist named Mia Chigusa is called to
exorcise the incubus from Hiroe and trap it in a blow up doll.
Trivia
- Episode 1 was done with English dialogue. The remaining two
were left in subtitled format.
- The new DVD version from Critical Mass has a new cover, a new
voice cast, a cel gallery, outtakes and English translation for all
three episodes, including the Alternate English version ADV
recorded.
- The ADV voice actors for Hiroe (Amanda Winn Lee)
and Mayaka (Tiffany
Grant) went on to play two almost similar girls in Neon
Genesis Evangelion.
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