A remake was done in 2012 which does not show the ending of the 1992-1994 version and elaborates more on the events in the middle of the first OVA. Iason, the Blondie, and Riki, the Mongrel, are both muscular and imposing men, instead of the usual pairing of a well-built manly man and a boyish/girlish man pairing. Ai no Kusabi presents us with a unique setting in which there is a huge class divide among not just the main characters, but everyone, and it very much affects their relationships. In a lot of yaoi, we have a separation of societal class, such as college students and high society elites in literature or business. The Blondies live in a clean, technologically advanced environment while those with darker hair, often called Mongrels, are forced to live in slums rife with violence. Ai no Kusabi is a haunting tale of twisted love in a world where one’s status in society is based on the color of their hair.
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