The Senior Class caught my eye, not only because it's an adult-themed animated feature, but also because it's written by Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan, Peninsula, The King of Pigs).
Featuring coming-of-age themes such as adolescence, friendship, love and sex, The Senior Class isn't your regular romantic drama at all. It's a male POV narrative mainly about wish fulfillment and the dangers of it, with a very fragile friendship triangle at the center.
Overall, The Senior Class offers up quite a bleak story that has some devastating points to make. But I was thoroughly mesmerised by the beautiful animation.
Try to avoid the trailer, as it gives too much away.
The Senior Class
2016 [KOREAN]
Animation / Drama
Plot summary
By agreeing to keep his crush's secret, a college student becomes her friend. But things soon fall apart when she gets swept up in scandalous rumors.
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July 11, 2021 at 02:24 PM
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Animated movies usually are being confused with children movies. This is anything but that. But it does sympathize with teens and their issues. Not just them, but they do take the main focus here.
That and sexual awakening - to a degree. There is nudity drawn out (no pun intended) - I would not call it something that will get too many people excited (there is a subgenre for that in the Anime section, if you are looking for that kind of ... pleasure! No pun intended) ... this is more drama and human interaction ... sometimes bodily of course but also verbal and what we are able to do with words and actions to others.