Anime Like Circuit no Ookami II: Modena no Ken
A former racer who writes about cars treats women like pit stops. The show understands this guy completely and never apologizes for him. Ken Ferrari is a specific flavor of 80s sleaze that only exists in OVAs made for people who wanted their car porn with a side of actual porn, and the manga's DNA means there's a real character underneath all the ego. This is a relic from when anime could just be about a guy living badly without needing to justify or redeem him. The appeal lives or dies on whether you find a womanizing journalist's motor-fueled life story entertaining, and this one's not pretending it's anything else.
SYNOPSIS
Ken Ferrari has hung up his racing gloves to become a motor journalist, but the road still calls to him in ways that have nothing to do with horsepower. Between chasing the next story and chasing the next romantic conquest, he navigates the glamorous and cutthroat world of high-performance automobiles with the same reckless charm that made him legendary on the track. When a particularly dangerous assignment pulls him back into professional racing circles, Ken finds himself caught between his carefree lifestyle and the serious dangers that come with playing in the fast lane. The Modena supercar represents more than just another story for him: it's a test of whether he can outrun his own restless nature. Packed with sleek car culture, sharp dialogue, and plenty of romantic entanglement, this OVA captures the swagger of someone trying to prove that life after racing can be just as thrilling. Ken's world moves at full throttle, where every encounter, mechanical or romantic, threatens to spin him out of control.
