In today’s rant at Megatokyo, Fred mentions how some REC viewers found the final moments of the show’s first episode to be troubling. I’ve noticed the same reaction, and find it a bit perplexing.

After all, when you consider how often romance anime teases the viewer with near-sexual situations or, for that matter, pleases with graphic fanservice, why would two adults having consensual sex be shocking? Yes, I understand the complexity of the couple’s situation, and agree that Fumihiko could be charged with taking advantage of Aka in a moment of weakness, but as far as sexual encounters in anime go, the scene in question was pretty vanilla.

Honestly, compared to the original manga (NSFW!), the REC television series is about as scandalous as an NHK documentary!