Anime Profile: Slaves To Passion

Kaoru Ayamoto is an aspiring young artist who is staying within the estate of his mentor, Juichiro Aoki. He hopes to one day become a great like artist as his mentor, yet he feels that his works lack the passion that is contained within his master's because unlike his master, Kaoru is still a virgin. And yet, although he lacks any first-hand experience, Kaoru has witnessed Juichiro and his wife, Reika, in the throws of passion... an extremely painful looking S&M passion.

But soon afterwards, Juichiro is found dead. According to Dr. Horibe, Juichiro's death was due to natural causes, but people still have their suspicions. It's no real secret that Reika married Juichiro for his money, and then there's Reika's sister who doesn't exactly have good feeling toward her sibling.

Shortly after the funeral, Kaoru happens to see Reika handing money over to Dr. Horibe, which leads him to suspect Kaoru had a hand in the death of her husband. He then realizes this is an opportunity... an opportunity to take Kaoru just like his mentor had, thus hopefully giving him what he needs to energize his work.

But the story doesn't end there. What happens when Karen finds out what's going on? And what secret does Kayuki, the resident young maid, hold? And why exactly does Dr. Horibe return?

Editor’s Note:

Karen's last name is also listed in the credits as Aoki. I'm told this is because in traditional Japanese marriages, the groom takes on the surname of the bride's family, rather than the other way around as in traditional Western/European marriage.