I've always loved bondage, particularly shibari. I love the visual masterpieces that Asian Ropes can create, and being rather artistic the visual is exceptionally important to me. However, this site is more than bondage alone.
AsianRopes is an archive of uncensored DVDs, and D/s often accompanies every scene, which shouldn't be particularly surprising since the nature of being bound is submissive. Apparently, this site has been around for about 11 years, so as I enter the members' area I'm not only anticipating a lot of movie titles but I'm also hoping for some excellent navigational features. Sadly, the site isn't well organized.
The members' page profiles various scenes, DVD titles and bonus sites including access to Anime Movie Pass and Asia Movie Pass. There are no photo galleries, but rather the site is simply a video download archive. I expected to be able to sort the content on the basis of pornstar, studio, hirsute or shaved models and even perhaps by an alphabetical list of titles, but, alas, there were no browsing features.
Instead of the thousands of titles we're promised, I found 128 episodes. The number hardly represents the content of a site that's been around for as long as a year let alone a decade. Basically, you click a movie cover and you're offered a choice between viewing and downloading the film. I was surprised that the films weren't divided into scene clips or offered in any other formats, but admittedly, and quite thankfully, the Windows Media quality was great.
File sizes are well over a gig and while I have a top-of-the-line broadband connection I decided to go shopping while one film downloaded. It was still downloading by the time I got back, which means those with slower connections will have to exercise a lot of patience.
Other than the film title, there's no information about the models, director, studio, length or even a description of a film. Selecting a title is sort of like just winging it and hoping for the best.
Open crab-leg and suspension bondage are some of the rope master's techniques, yet there's a high element of domination, and babes are gagged, plastic wrapped, flogged and encased in candle wax among other things. There are no English subtitles, which makes it difficult to understand any scripted material or commands. Also, the films are censored and the pussy is often pixilated, so don't expect to see any pink in the 20-minute scenes or the hour long DVDs.
Patience is definitely a virtue when you're a member of Asian Ropes. Files are massive, and this might pose a problem for anyone whose service provider has a monthly download limit.
