Have you ever purposely watched a bad anime just so you could make fun of how bad it was? Well its easy to do that for anime that have disproportioned character designs among other things. When I first found out about a certain OVA series the first thing I noticed was not that it was a yaoi anime but how ugly the character designs are. The next thing I noticed was the amount of negative reviews there were for said OVA series despite the fact that Ive never considered myself a fujoshi Ive only seen two yaoi anime and both were actually shounenai I knew at this moment I had to watch it. After watching both episodes there is only one thing I can say for sure. The best thing about Houkago no Shokuinshitsu or After School in the Teachers Lounge was the commentary I made as I watched it everything else is absolute garbage. Houkago no Shokuinshitsu follows the relationship between Mitsuro Kawase and Toshiaki Kazama two school teachers. Kazama is constantly making advances on Mitsuro even going as far as asking him out on his birthday. Mitsuro does say yes but he wasnt serious however as time goes on it seems as though Mitsuro is starting to fall in love with Kazama yet I dont even know because the two of them dont even seem to have a lot of chemistry. Add in a brother who gives off serious incestuous vibes a bh and Kazama almost doing a certain something that starts with an r to a random guy as a joke I dont even care if thats a spoiler to be honest and what does it equal? The perfect anime to make fun of In a way I feel bad for doing so because there are probably a lot of people who worked hard on this anime as well as a manga artist who thought this kind of scenario was a good idea for a yaoi manga. However that doesnt excuse the many problems there are and those problems of course begin with the artwork. I can give the animation a slight pass as this anime was made in the 90s and based off of the few 90s anime Ive seen I can conclude that no 90s anime has the best animation. The glaring issue with the art is how disgusting the character designs are from the antsized heads to the Daddy Long Legs. I guess I can excuse the huge hands as Im aware that theyre typical of yaoi anime/manga but they dont justify the rest of the anatomy of each character. The character designs dont hold a candle to the characters themselves however. Kazama disproportionate body aside is definitely the creepiest character in the anime always insisting that he follows Mitsuro EVERYWHERE he isnt even faithful to him as he does perverted things to two other people in JUST THE FIRST EPISODE. As for Mitsuro himself I dont understand what it is that made Kazama fall for him heck even when asked he says himself that he cant explain hes way too bland for words and he doesnt even have good chemistry with Kazama The rest of the characters are either really irritating like Miho the bh I mentioned earlier who wants to marry Kazama or completely forgettable like the students at the school Mitsuro and Kazama teach at. Speaking of which does the fact that theyre both teachers have little to no relevance to the plot or is the awfulness of the characters just that distracting? Im not even sure. Now lets talk about the smaller issues of this OVA even if those issues arent even that small. The character development or lack thereof hurts the overall runofthemill story making it increasingly difficult to sympathize with any of the characters. Despite the fact that I have watched very few yaoi anime up until now I can tell when its executed in a realistic way and especially pointing out the fact that Kazama literally has no reason to fall in love with Mitsuro I can say that its not. The voice actors even the relatively wellknown Hikaru Midorikawa arent much help either as their portrayals of the characters make them sound utterly emotionless. Even the ending theme Out of a Delusion by Mitsuru Satou which I found to be the smallest issue with this anime is a song that I found myself not caring for I guess it had potential as a song but for some reason I did not like the vocals. What is there to like about Houkago no Shokuinshitsu then? Well if youre in the mood to either laugh your butt off or let out your inner sarcasm for an hour this is your perfect target. Even if youre the most hardcore fujoshi or fudanshi out there you wont be able to enjoy this anime if you take everything seriously.