This Ugly Yet Beautiful World

The series centres on a deeply pessimistic slacker named Takeru, who has given up on ever finding the perfect girl or any kind of meaning in his life. But Takeru’s world soon brightens up on both fronts when he saves the life of a mysterious, amnesiac girl and discovers that he has the ability to transform into a powerful superhero. Alternating between intense action sequences and racy sexual comedy, the stunningly animated series is presented here in its entirety.

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High school student Takeru Takemoto works part time as a (motor)bike courier. During one of his deliveries, he saw a mysterious light passing him and fell into a forest. What he had found was a beautiful girl coming out from a glowing cocoon, calling herself “Hikari.” While Takeru was quite embarrassed because of Hikari‘s nudity, a strange monster suddenly showed up and immediately attacked the two. Both Takeru and Hikari demonstrated the power of their other selves before Takeru had a clue of what’s going on.

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One day a light descends from the sky and splits into the ideal girls of Takeru and Ryou. That is where this gentle and vaguely romantic story about our ugly and beautiful world begins. Soon enough the story plummets into the secrets of global extinction and the meaning of life. Everything in this world that is beautiful has something ugly in it, and that ugliness is part of the secret of its beauty. Even for romance this is true…