Ito wo Yoru – Episode 1 (RAW)

This is the first OVA adaptation of Takayanagi Katsuya's seminal adult manga "Ito o Yoru" (Twisting the Thread). The story, "Katatsumuri" (Snail), begins in a remote bus shelter during a downpour. A female track and field athlete, waiting alone, is joined by a male climate otaku. Soaked and isolated, their conversation unfolds with an unsettling ease. Beneath the surface, aberrant sexual proclivities simmer. The OVA delves into the raw, unexplainable desires of adolescence, portraying a "form of sex" shown through implication and silence. It's a world where the abnormal feels routine and the mundane becomes charged. Using innovative in-motion animation technology, this adaptation masterfully brings the manga's unique, delicate, and painfully realistic aesthetic to life, capturing the haunting atmosphere where two individuals, driven by distinct motives, find a twisted mutual satisfaction under the clearing sky.