Synopsis:
Four episodes comprise this collection:

• The First Night "I am Being Watched" - A young girl gets molested in a train, after which she always feels like she's being watched. Is it merely paranoia? Or is it something more?
• The Second Night "Things Detested" - An arrogant fashion designer is caught in a compromising situation when an ex-employee decides to teach her a lesson...
• The Third Night "In the Water" - Izumi Hinagata is an extremely talented swimming instructor who's admired by all. But in reality Izumi is a lesbian -- and she's very much in love with Aki, one of her adoring students.
• The Fourth Night "Box" - Aoi wakes up and finds herself trapped in a room where three men repeatedly ravage her body. She tries to remember how she ended up there, and realizes it all started when she bought a doll from a mysterious antique shop.
  
  

Review:
Inmu is a collection of independent yet related stories which reminded me of "Petshop of Horrors", although it's quite far from being anywhere as good. The same topless masked woman is in every episode, serving as the common denominator by "guiding" the girls. She tells them to look at their backs... whatever the the hell that means.

In the first episode a young girl is molested on a train. She becomes paranoid afterwards and finds her way to a mysterious house where a masked woman promises her a solution to her problem. A lengthy tentacle sex sequence ensues thereafter and that's that. In the second episode, we have some bondage, humiliation, and more tentacle sex. In the third episode we get to see some girl-to-girl action and yes, more tentacles. In the last episode, we have a certain degree of creepiness, lots of masturbation, some gang bangs, and you guessed it -- tentacles! Whoopee.

I really wanted to like Inmu. It had so much potential, and it's definitely one of the more unique hentai titles I've encountered. The problem is, all the stories are not very well thought out and executed. You are presented with intriguing situations (think Twilight Zone gone hentai), but there is no follow through and everything ends weakly... so instead of sending shivers down your spine it's more likely to have you muttering "What the f*ck was that?". It doesn't even help that Inmu tries to seem profound by dishing out lyrical quotations and having the masked woman talk in semi-riddles. The art and animation are admittedly above average, but somehow they failed to impress me. Sex is depicted in great detail, more so when tentacles are involved.

The art and animation are a mixed bag since different sets of animators worked on each episode. I didn't care much for the character designs in general. The first episode probably has the best artwork (first screenshot) , while the second episode has the worst (second screenshot). The other two are about average (thrid and fourth screenshots). The English dubbing is pretty okay. Porn star Asia Carrera doesn't do such a bad job of playing the "guide", she just tends to murmur a lot which makes it hard to comprehend what she's saying at times.

Inmu definitely had something good going. It's just too bad the concept was not pulled off properly. Still, it's worth a peek if you want something different.

Miscellanies:
Aside from the usual photo galleries there's an interview of Asia Carrera as an extra. More Inmu? There's a sequel in the form of Inmu 2.

Screenshots:

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