story here other than an abundance of intimate and sexual encounters between the two of them. And those erotic moments make up the main focus of the series.Here's the weird thing though: this anime is basically a hybrid between an ecchi anime and a hentai. I'm not sure exactly how this happened because it was evidentially aired on TV, but the content in it is undeniably 18+ in nature. At first you could argue it was just an abnormally lewd ecchi show, but when it started revealing close-up shots of Shizuka's pixelated vagina and showing detailed footage of Ryou fingering her and making her cum... there was just no room for argument anymore. In the final episode they even have explicit sex where both of their pixelated genitals are shown. It's undeniable at this point: this is pornography.Now I don't have a problem with hentai nor ecchi so I'd be fine with this either way (plus it's more unique like this), but this hybrid design brings with it a different set of issues instead. In short, the main problem with Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita is that you're basically forced to see it as a hentai, but in that case it's the most softcore and toned-down hentai you'll ever see. Not only do most of the "sex scenes" consist of basically nothing but fondling, fingering and close-up shots, but these episodes are only 4 minutes and 30 seconds each (discounting ED time), and only maybe half of that at best covers the actual sexual content. I don't know about you, but having merely around 2 minutes' worth of what was already some very tame lewds doesn't really result in the best fap material to me. And really what merit does a hentai have if I can't get off to it? I mean it's not like the story is anything to speak of here exactly.On the other hand if I try to force myself to think of this as an exceptionally lewd ecchi anime (like let's say Kiss x Sis), then it still fails because while the erotic content is unusually intense by ecchi standards, the show gives me absolutely no reason to care about the characters or anything else going on. This kind of absolute focus on explicit sexual content without any real attempt at characterization is a trait only found in hentai, so it's quite difficult looking at this anime as anything else. In other words regardless of whether you consider Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita to be smut or pornography, it doesn't do a particularly good job either way.That said I still kind of enjoyed watching it solely because of how weird it was. I've watched a lot of ecchi and hentai over the years, but I've never seen an anime quite like this before. I thought it was genuinely interesting seeing just where the hell the show would end up going next, which in combination with its short runtime made it a relatively easy watch despite everything. I honestly had no idea how I was supposed to rate it though but I eventually decided on a 5/10 for at least being a unique and interesting experience even though it ultimately failed at accomplishing whatever purpose it may have originally had. Think of it as an experimental anime more than anything else; though one which I somehow doubt we'll see a whole lot of similar works to in the future. Then again we've gotten one supposedly similar anime announced for the upcoming season already, so what do I know.