There comes a time when something becomes so bad that not even the good aspects can salvage it, and this is certainly the case with Pupa. From repetitive events to scenes that almost made me vomit, Pupa does everything it can to make you hate it. If that was your intention Pupa, you certainly did a great job in doing so.

If I had to describe Pupa’s “story” (if you can even call it that) in two words, it would be “dreadful mess”. It’s basically just torture porn. Utsutsu, our main male character, tries to save his sister Yume from becoming a monster due to some virus, who then proceeds to eat him alive. After she’s done with him, he revives, because he also has some sort of virus, and the episode is over. Next episode, rinse and repeat until episode 11. Episode 12 however is completely different, but it establishes nothing remotely interesting and leads me to believe that the creators just gave up and said, “Well, if people didn’t like episodes 1-11, then why not fuck with them and produce a useless ending that has nothing to do with the rest of the show?” “Great idea man! High five”

The characters are as generic as you can get, the only thing I remember about them is that Utsutsu has a scar over his left eye. That’s it; they left no impact on me. Not even the black-haired woman (who I think I’ve seen in a hentai by the way) made me care about her, she was just kind of there.

I think the worst part about Pupa is the fact that they decided to censor out some of the bloody and violent parts, while keeping in others. For instance, in one scene a knife is censored out for some reason (don’t know why), but then like a minute later Yume is in the middle of eating her brother and that’s not censored? What is that about? You decide to censor out a knife but not a guy being EATEN ALIVE? Come on, you can do better than that.

Continuing from my last paragraph, even if the show wasn’t censored and we got to see all the blood and gore, the art and animation is so basic that it wouldn’t even look decent. You’d think that since the episodes are only 4 minutes long, they would have to spend less money per episode which would lead to better art and animation, but that’s where you would be wrong. They instead decide to save as much money as possible by making low quality frames and character models.

I can’t really enjoy something that portrays itself so badly and makes me want to stop watching it. I can’t see how anyone would enjoy this, unless you’re into torture porn or vore I guess. But even then, there are better options out there that don’t make you want to rip your hair out at how infuriating it is. Not many shows have made me angry while watching them, but Pupa became one of them, and for that I salute you; You’ve entered the pit of no return, the place where only the worst of the worst get permission to enter. You can never leave, and you will never hear from me again. Say goodbye Pupa, you will not be missed.

To summarize, Pupa is an awful mess that not only repeats itself every episode and has a horrible ending that ties nothing together, but also makes you angry at the fact that the creators actually made this irredeemable pile of junk. Don’t watch this, unless you’re a complete masochist or into torture porn and vore. You have been warned.