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* IntimatePsychotherapy: [[spoiler:Tender comfort-sex for Jonathan after he is raped, and it helps Leonard get over his [[MyGreatestFailure "I couldn't save my little brother"]] angst owing to Jonathan's convenient resemblance.]] Surprisingly, it's not as forced as other examples...

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* IntimatePsychotherapy: [[spoiler:Tender [[spoiler: Jonathan and Leonard engage in this on their last night together before Leonard [[ReassignedToAntarctica is shipped to the front lines for his attack on Continental]]. Tender comfort-sex for Jonathan after he is raped, and it helps Leonard get over his [[MyGreatestFailure "I couldn't save my little brother"]] angst owing to Jonathan's convenient resemblance.]] Surprisingly, it's not as forced as other examples...
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* PyrrhicVictory: The OVA ends on this note. [[spoiler:Jonathan leads Earth’s forces to their very first victory against the Apocalypse, but he is forced to kill Leonard, the man he loves, to accomplish this.]]

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* SexualKarma: Jonathan and Leonard are two soldiers with honor and integrity who want to defeat the Apocalypse to save Earth. Captain Continental is a sadist and a rapist who abuses his military authority for his depravity. When Jonathan and Leonard have sex it is tender and passionate lovemaking, while Contintenal [[spoiler: [[GroinAttack ends up castrated by Leonard]]]] for his actions.



* SexualKarma: Jonathan and Leonard are two soldiers with honor and integrity who want to defeat the Apocalypse to save Earth. Captain Continental is a sadist and a rapist who abuses his military authority for his depravity. When Jonathan and Leonard have sex it is tender and passionate lovemaking, while Contintenal [[spoiler: [[GroinAttack ends up castrated by Leonard]]]] for his actions.
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* SexualKarma: Jonathan and Leonard are two soldiers with honor and integrity who want to defeat the Apocalypse to save Earth. Captain Continental is a sadist and a rapist who abuses his military authority for his depravity. When Jonathan and Leonard have sex it is tender and passionate lovemaking, while Contintenal [[spoiler: [[GroinAttack ends up castrated by Leonard]]]] for his actions.
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''Legend of the Blue Wolves'' (''Aoki Ōkami-tachi no Densetsu''), is a 1996 erotic {{bara|Genre}} {{hentai}} {{OVA}} produced by Phoenix Entertainment (who also worked on ''Urotsukidouji'' and ''Manga/GiantRobo''). Critical Mass Video released it under the title ''Hot Space Cowboys'' in 2013 ([[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-07-11/critical-mass-video-announces-the-nov-5-2013-dvd-release-of-hot-space-cowboys yes, seriously]]).

[[TheFuture In the 22nd century]] Earth’s space exploration has expanded to the far reaches of the Solar System. Upon exploring Pluto however, mankind comes in contact with a hostile species of aliens known as the Apocalypse. With the ability of capturing humans [[HumanResources and forcibly assimilating them into their own bodies]], the Apocalypse proves to be the greatest threat Earth has ever seen. But as humans are on the losing side of the war, Earth’s forces are desperate to fight and survive by any means.

Jonathan Tyberius is a soldier of Earth’s forces who volunteers to go to the front lines and face off against the Apocalypse in battle. But Jonathan didn’t volunteer just to fight; he is looking for Leonard Schteinberg, a close comrade and his former lover who went MIA. But the road that led Jonathan to this moment was anything but conventional or easy. Overcoming horrific conditions in a hellish boot camp, Jonathan is determined to find his love in the midst of a horrendous space war.

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''Legend of the Blue Wolves'' (''Aoki Ōkami-tachi no Densetsu''), is a 1996 erotic {{bara|Genre}} {{hentai}} {{OVA}} [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] produced by Phoenix Entertainment (who also worked on ''Urotsukidouji'' and ''Manga/GiantRobo''). Critical Mass Video released it under the title ''Hot Space Cowboys'' in 2013 ([[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-07-11/critical-mass-video-announces-the-nov-5-2013-dvd-release-of-hot-space-cowboys yes, seriously]]).

[[TheFuture In the 22nd century]] Earth’s century]], Earth's space exploration has expanded to the far reaches of the Solar System. Upon exploring Pluto Pluto, however, mankind comes in contact with a hostile species of aliens known as the Apocalypse. With the ability of capturing humans [[HumanResources and forcibly assimilating them into their own bodies]], the Apocalypse proves to be the greatest threat Earth has ever seen. But as humans are on the losing side of the war, Earth’s Earth's forces are desperate to fight and survive by any means.

Jonathan Tyberius is a soldier of Earth’s Earth's forces who volunteers to go to the front lines and face off against the Apocalypse in battle. But Jonathan didn’t didn't volunteer just to fight; he is looking for Leonard Schteinberg, a close comrade and his former lover who went MIA. But the road that led Jonathan to this moment was anything but conventional or easy. Overcoming horrific conditions in a hellish boot camp, Jonathan is determined to find his love in the midst of a horrendous space war.

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* SoftSpokenSadist: Subverted with Continental. He is soft-spoken until his men refuse to have sex with him, where he becomes aggressive and starts shouting at them.



* SoftSpokenSadist: Subverted with Continental. He is soft-spoken until his men refuse to have sex with him, where he becomes aggressive and starts shouting at them.

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* NonindicativeName: The story has nothing to do with legends or blue wolves.
** Well, an alternate title for this OVA was "Legend of the Four Horsemen", which is ironic considering the alien race they're fighting is called Apocalypse.
** The 2013 English release carrying the title of "Hot Space Cowboys" implies something along the lines of PornWithoutPlot, which the OVA is far from.



* PornWithPlot: There's quite a bit of detail in the character interaction. It's more of a gay romance anime than true porn, due to this, due to there being an actual plot [[spoiler:and it's probably hard to enjoy the 'good' sex scenes right after seeing Continental get castrated]].

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* PornWithPlot: There's quite a bit of detail in the character interaction. There are multiple explicit sex scenes, but also significant characterization, setting, and plot. It's more of a gay romance anime than true porn, due to this, due to there being an actual plot [[spoiler:and it's probably hard to enjoy the 'good' sex scenes right after seeing Continental get castrated]].pornography.


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** The story has nothing to do with legends or blue wolves.
** Well, an alternate title for this OVA was "Legend of the Four Horsemen", which is ironic considering the alien race they're fighting is called Apocalypse.
** The 2013 English release carrying the title of "Hot Space Cowboys" implies something along the lines of PornWithoutPlot, which the OVA is far from.
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* CombatCompliment: The first time Jonathan meets Leonard, he receives a punch in the face by the latter for his reckless behavior. But Jonathan holds no hard feelings over it and compliments Leonard’s punch when they are formally introduced.
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%%* * TallDarkAndHandsome: Jonathan.Jonathan is a very attractive man with black hair and dark blue eyes, and he is the leading man of the anime. A minor subversion to the trope is that he is not cold and distant, but instead extroverted and approachable.

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* WhipOfDominance: Captain Continental is a vile DepravedHomosexual and UnsexySadist who often carries a whip with him, and often uses them on his subordinates when they so much as anger him or refuse to sexually submit to him. And he obviously takes sadistic pleasure in the act, to the point he gets so turned on his floggings often end with sexual assault.
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[[TheStinger Though a sequel was teased in an end-credits sequence]], the OVA series was cancelled and only one episode was ever produced and released.
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Jonathan Tyberius is a soldier of Earth’s forces who volunteers to go to the front lines and face off against the Apocalypse in battle. But Jonathan doesn’t seek battle; he is looking for Leonard Schteinberg, a close comrade and his former lover who went MIA in battle. But the road that led Jonathan to this moment was anything but conventional or easy. Overcoming horrific conditions in a hellish boot camp, Jonathan is determined to find his love in the midst of a horrendous space war.

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Jonathan Tyberius is a soldier of Earth’s forces who volunteers to go to the front lines and face off against the Apocalypse in battle. But Jonathan doesn’t seek battle; didn’t volunteer just to fight; he is looking for Leonard Schteinberg, a close comrade and his former lover who went MIA in battle.MIA. But the road that led Jonathan to this moment was anything but conventional or easy. Overcoming horrific conditions in a hellish boot camp, Jonathan is determined to find his love in the midst of a horrendous space war.
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Jonathan Tyberius is a soldier of Earth’s forces who volunteers to go to the frontlines and face off against the Apocalypse in battle. But Jonathan doesn’t seek battle; he is looking for Leonard Schteinberg, a close comrade and his former lover who went MIA in battle. But the road that led Jonathan to this moment was anything but conventional or easy. Overcoming horrific conditions in a hellish boot camp, Jonathan is determined to find his love in the midst of a horrendous space war.

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Jonathan Tyberius is a soldier of Earth’s forces who volunteers to go to the frontlines front lines and face off against the Apocalypse in battle. But Jonathan doesn’t seek battle; he is looking for Leonard Schteinberg, a close comrade and his former lover who went MIA in battle. But the road that led Jonathan to this moment was anything but conventional or easy. Overcoming horrific conditions in a hellish boot camp, Jonathan is determined to find his love in the midst of a horrendous space war.
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[[TheFuture In the 22nd century]] Earth’s space exploration has expanded to the far reaches of the Solar System. Upon exploring Pluto however, mankind comes in contact with a hostile species of aliens known as the Apocalypse. With the ability of capturing humans [[HumanResources and forcibly assimilating them into their own bodies]], the Apocalypse proves to be the greatest threat Earth has ever seen. But humans are on the losing side of the war, Earth’s forces are desperate to fight and survive by any means.

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[[TheFuture In the 22nd century]] Earth’s space exploration has expanded to the far reaches of the Solar System. Upon exploring Pluto however, mankind comes in contact with a hostile species of aliens known as the Apocalypse. With the ability of capturing humans [[HumanResources and forcibly assimilating them into their own bodies]], the Apocalypse proves to be the greatest threat Earth has ever seen. But as humans are on the losing side of the war, Earth’s forces are desperate to fight and survive by any means.
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[[TheFuture In the 22nd century]] Earth’s space exploration has expanded to the far reaches of the Solar System. Upon exploring Pluto however, mankind comes in contact with a hostile species of aliens known as the Apocalypse. With the ability of capturing humans [[HumanResources and forcibly assimilating them into their own bodies]], the Apocalypse proves to be the greatest threat Earth has ever seen. But humans are on the losing side of the war, Earth’s forces are desperate to fight and survive by any means.

Jonathan Tyberius is a soldier of Earth’s forces who volunteers to go to the frontlines and face off against the Apocalypse in battle. But Jonathan doesn’t seek battle; he is looking for Leonard Schteinberg, a close comrade and his former lover who went MIA in battle. But the road that led Jonathan to this moment was anything but conventional or easy. Overcoming horrific conditions in a hellish boot camp, Jonathan is determined to find his love in the midst of a horrendous space war.
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Summary (from Anime News Network): In 2199 A.D. overpopulation forced the human race to adapt to living on other planets. For almost 100 years the human race has thrived and lived happily in their new home. However everything ended the day humans took over Pluto; a new race was discovered known as the apocalypse, a creature that uses the human brain as its source of knowledge, and energy for their own mechanical bodies. Now the humans must fight in order to survive. As a last resort, the humans send off trained soldiers in order to reestablish Pluto and get rid of this new threat to mankind.

At the base, lieutenant Jonathan Tyberius and Leonard Schteinberg fall in love after many tragic events, however, the two new lovers are forced to go separate ways because of the dreadful war...
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* MercyKill: When Leonard gives pointers to Jonathan on combat against the Apocalypse, he teaches him to specifically target the chest of the Apocalypse and kill the human absorbed by the alien’s body. He emphasizes that this is the only way to save the poor soul from their fate. [[spoiler:In the end, Jonathan tragically has to perform a MercyKill on Leonard when the same fate befalls him.]]
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* ThePromise: Invoked by Leonard. [[spoiler:During their last night of passion, Leonard asks Jonathan that if they should meet again on the battlefield and Leonard is no longer himself, that he wants Jonathan to be the one to kill him.]] Jonathan accepts the promise [[spoiler:and keeps the promise the next time they meet]].
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* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: The villains of this anime are the Apocalypse aliens humanity is fighting against. But Continental is so vile in his depravity that Jonathan considers him ''worse'' than the aliens, as the Apocalypse “doesn’t rob them of their dignity”.

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* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Averted. More so as Jonathan accidentally discovers Leonard's sexuality, but the latter tells him he never forces a partner and won't do the same to him. [[spoiler: Quite unfortunately, Jonathan is raped by the Continental not long after this exchange.]]

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* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Averted. More so as Not vocalized but implied.[[spoiler: Continental participates in foreplay when he is raping Jonathan, but despite bodily responses it is abundantly clear that Jonathan is not consenting to it.]]
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Jonathan accidentally discovers Leonard's sexuality, but the latter tells him sexuality. Leonard makes a point to explicitly tell Jonathan he would never forces force himself on a partner partner, and won't do the same to him. [[spoiler: Quite unfortunately, Jonathan is raped by the Continental not long after this exchange.]]

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The entry originally listed was largely subverted with the conversation that Leonard and Jonathan have before they have sex.


* IncestSubtext: Leonard getting infatuated, then having sex with a guy '' that looks identical to his (Leonard's) brother''.

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* IncestSubtext: Averted somewhat. Leonard getting infatuated, then having sex with a guy '' that looks identical is initially drawn to Jonathan because of his physical resemblance to his (Leonard's) brother''.younger brother. Jonathan himself touches upon this [[spoiler:during their final conversation together]] but Leonard reassures Jonathan that he doesn’t see his brother in him but only sees Jonathan as himself.


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* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: The villains of this anime are the Apocalypse aliens humanity is fighting against. But Continental is so vile in his depravity that Jonathan considers him ''worse'' than the aliens, as the Apocalypse “doesn’t rob them of their dignity”.

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* IncestSubtext: Leonard getting infatuated, then having sex with a guy '' that looks identical to his (Leonard's) brother''.



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** Leonard is a gorgeous DarkSkinnedBlond and seeing him naked is a treat for the eyes... [[spoiler:except for the ending, where he's nude but is now under a FateWorseThanDeath.]]

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** Leonard is a gorgeous DarkSkinnedBlond and seeing him naked is a treat for the eyes... [[spoiler:except for the ending, where he's nude but is now under a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
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Summary (from Anime News Network): In 2199 A.D. overpopulation has forced the human race to adapt to living on other planets. For almost 100 years the human race has thrived and lived happily in their new home. However everything ended the day humans took over Pluto; a new race was discovered known as the apocalypse, a creature that uses the human brain as its source of knowledge, and energy for their own mechanical bodies. Now the humans must fight in order to survive. As a last resort the humans send off trained soldiers in order to reestablish Pluto and get rid of this new threat to mankind.

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Summary (from Anime News Network): In 2199 A.D. overpopulation has forced the human race to adapt to living on other planets. For almost 100 years the human race has thrived and lived happily in their new home. However everything ended the day humans took over Pluto; a new race was discovered known as the apocalypse, a creature that uses the human brain as its source of knowledge, and energy for their own mechanical bodies. Now the humans must fight in order to survive. As a last resort resort, the humans send off trained soldiers in order to reestablish Pluto and get rid of this new threat to mankind.



* NonindicativeName: The story has nothing to do with legends, or blue wolves.

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* NonindicativeName: The story has nothing to do with legends, legends or blue wolves.



* RapeAsDrama: Two rape scenes in the anime [[spoiler:one where the Continental graphically rapes a random subordinate--maybe to cue the audience of what kind of a person he is. Then through some nefarious scheming he violently rapes Jonathan. Of course, karma get him appropriately with a GroinAttack]].

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* RapeAsDrama: Two rape scenes in the anime [[spoiler:one where the Continental graphically rapes a random subordinate--maybe to cue the audience of what kind of a person he is. Then through some nefarious scheming scheming, he violently rapes Jonathan. Of course, karma get gets him appropriately with a GroinAttack]].



* SoftSpokenSadist: Subverted with Continental. He is soft spoken until his men refuse to have sex with him, where he becomes aggressive and starts shouting at them.

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* SoftSpokenSadist: Subverted with Continental. He is soft spoken soft-spoken until his men refuse to have sex with him, where he becomes aggressive and starts shouting at them.



* {{Uke}}: Jonathan, though more willful and oustpoken than the standard. And not really a {{Keet}}, either.

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* {{Uke}}: Jonathan, though more willful and oustpoken outspoken than the standard. And not really a {{Keet}}, either.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[spoiler:Leonard and Jonathan.]]
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** To be fair, these characters do almost avert the "seme/uke" dynamic entirely -- their interactions are much more realistic to how a gay couple might interact in real life, at least compared to most {{yaoi|Genre}} works.
*** Please don't assume how a "gay couple might interact in real life", not all of us have the same dynamic.
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''Legend of the Blue Wolves'' (''Aoki Ōkami-tachi no Densetsu''), is a 1996 erotic {{bara|Genre}}{{hentai|Genre}} {{OVA}} produced by Phoenix Entertainment (who also worked on ''Urotsukidouji'' and ''Manga/GiantRobo''). Critical Mass Video released it under the title ''Hot Space Cowboys'' in 2013 ([[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-07-11/critical-mass-video-announces-the-nov-5-2013-dvd-release-of-hot-space-cowboys yes, seriously]]).

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''Legend of the Blue Wolves'' (''Aoki Ōkami-tachi no Densetsu''), is a 1996 erotic {{bara|Genre}}{{hentai|Genre}} {{bara|Genre}} {{hentai}} {{OVA}} produced by Phoenix Entertainment (who also worked on ''Urotsukidouji'' and ''Manga/GiantRobo''). Critical Mass Video released it under the title ''Hot Space Cowboys'' in 2013 ([[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-07-11/critical-mass-video-announces-the-nov-5-2013-dvd-release-of-hot-space-cowboys yes, seriously]]).
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''Legend of the Blue Wolves'' (''Aoki Ōkami-tachi no Densetsu''), is a 1996 erotic BoysLove[=/=]{{bara|Genre}} {{OVA}} produced by Phoenix Entertainment (who also worked on ''Urotsukidouji'' and ''Manga/GiantRobo''). Critical Mass Video released it under the title ''Hot Space Cowboys'' in 2013 ([[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-07-11/critical-mass-video-announces-the-nov-5-2013-dvd-release-of-hot-space-cowboys yes, seriously]]).

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''Legend of the Blue Wolves'' (''Aoki Ōkami-tachi no Densetsu''), is a 1996 erotic BoysLove[=/=]{{bara|Genre}} {{bara|Genre}}{{hentai|Genre}} {{OVA}} produced by Phoenix Entertainment (who also worked on ''Urotsukidouji'' and ''Manga/GiantRobo''). Critical Mass Video released it under the title ''Hot Space Cowboys'' in 2013 ([[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-07-11/critical-mass-video-announces-the-nov-5-2013-dvd-release-of-hot-space-cowboys yes, seriously]]).
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** Jonathan [[spoiler:being forcibly thrown under said shower spray and then being brutally tortured and raped]].

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** Jonathan [[spoiler:being forcibly thrown under said a shower spray and then being brutally tortured and raped]].

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