This could be a turning point for Ashida-chan as an actress. The actress originally has a well-established reputation for her acting skills, but AV is a fantasy where scripts and lines are predetermined, requiring performance that follows them. Therefore, it's understandable that purely focusing on sex is difficult. Amidst this, Noa-chan, who diligently fulfills the acting demanded by the work, can be called a fine actress.
In this work, the setting involves "drugs (aphrodisiacs)," but in reality, they're probably using stable vitamins. There's also the reality that using real aphrodisiacs in proper AV is difficult, so I feel that's unavoidable. In that situation, Noa-chan skillfully handles the acting of being under the influence of aphrodisiacs, and I could watch her reluctant expressions in the early part of the work without any discomfort.
In past works, she was evaluated as "good at acting, fully immersed in her role," and for about nine months since her debut, I think that was a sufficiently high evaluation. However, in this work, from around the scene using toys in the latter half, while she thoroughly performed the job of acting, I also caught glimpses of the genuine pleasure Noa-chan feels from sex. It seems that while she was previously unable to enjoy pure sex due to focusing on the script, she has now come to be able to experience her original pleasure while keeping the script in check. Perhaps some limiter inside her has been released.
In any case, while actresses who act well are wonderful, it's also an important element that the work conveys a sense of them purely enjoying sex. I firmly believe that this work, in which Noa-chan has become able to do that, is very good and will be a turning point in her career as an actress.
However, does the manufacturer that removed this girl from exclusive (solo) status truly understand how to bring out a girl's strengths? That said, she seems to be enjoying her activities as a freelance actress, so maybe that's fine.