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Mezzo Forte
Mezzo Forte (メゾフォルテ, Mezo Forute) is a 2000 original video animation (OVA) directed by Yasuomi Umetsu. In the United States these OVAs were edited into an anime movie that was released on DVD in the same year. The OVA, which concerns a young woman, Mikura Suzuki, and her mercenary business, the Danger Service Agency (D.S.A.), is the spiritual sequel to Umetsu's Kite, as both feature the continuing elements of a highly trained female protagonist, dark comedic tone, extremely violent and slickly directed over-the-top action sequences, as well as the graphic sex scenes, which can be found only in the uncut version. Mezzo Forte takes place sometime after the events of Kite. Like Kite, the OVA was released both in the United States and Japan in two different versions: one with graphic sex scenes taken out, and the other with them left intact. Both versions, however, retain the more violent aspects of the movie. The United States release contains 20 minutes of extra footage not seen in the Japanese release, however, none of the pornographic content from the Japanese director's cut was included. The abridged version of Mezzo Forte, however, has no sex scenes and only contains two nude scenes (in which unobscured female breasts and labia are depicted). In addition, an international version was released in Japan on July 23, 2004. This version includes 20 minutes of extra footage, but none of the adult scenes found in the director's cut or the uncut version. PlotMomokichi Momoi, the mob boss owner of a professional baseball team known as "the Peach Twisters", has a unique way of dealing with ineffective players: killing them. His daughter, Momomi, is twice as twisted as her father. Mikura, Kenichi, and Tomohisa of the Danger Service Agency are hired by a mysterious old man to kidnap Momokichi. The DSA attempts to kidnap Momokichi during a bowling match, but the operation goes awry when Momoi and Momokichi's bodyguards intervene. Mikura seems to recognize both Momokichi and Momomi, and Momomi seems to recognize Mikura before the DSA manages to escape. However, the DSA find out to their dismay that Momokichi was killed during the kidnapping. While sleeping Mikura dreams that Kenichi confesses his feelings for her which Mikura reciprocates and the pair have oral and vaginal sex. Kenichi then ejaculates inside Mikura, despite her pleas for him not to. After they finish, Tomohisa arrives and with Kenichi's consent, rapes Mikura while Kenichi watches. Furious, Momomi orders her men and the police to begin a manhunt for the DSA. Meanwhile, the DSA bury Momokichi's body to hide it and confront the client about his true identity. The client reveals that he used to be a hitman under Momokichi's employ, but when he retired Momomi tried to have him killed. The client originally wanted to use Momokichi as insurance to escape the country, but with Momokichi dead, the only way for everybody to ensure their safety is to kill Momomi. They try to lure Momomi into the open by faking a ransom demand for Momokichi, but Momochi is determined to hunt them down anyways. She manages to capture Mikura, but Kenichi and Tomohisa manage to secretly replace her with a robot double. After Momoi has captured Mikura and gives her to a pair of criminals as punishment. The criminals proceed to rape her repeatedly as revenge until the sex turns consensual and Mikura asks for more. The DSA then stage a fake hostage trade with a robot double of Momokichi, and both sides end up double crossing each other and a gunfight ensues. The real Mikura ambushes Momomi and kills her, and the client reveals that he is in fact Hiroka, Momokichi and Momomi's head of security. Hiroko admits that he used the DSA to eliminate the Momoi family so he can seize their empire, and prepares to kill the DSA now that their usefulness has ended. However, the DSA were aware of Hiroka's duplicity from the start, and kill him by self destructing the Momokichi double. Afterwards, the DSA focus on rebuilding the damage the Momoi thugs caused to their base, with Mikura receiving a premonition about their next job and suggesting they accept it. CharactersThe series concerns three characters who comprise the Danger Service Agency (DSA)
SequelA Mezzo Forte television series called Mezzo DSA aired in 2004. The series takes place after the events of OVA. Unlike the English dub for the OVA which was recorded in Los Angeles, the English dub for Mezzo DSA was recorded in Houston. References
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