Kore wa Zombie desu ka? OVA

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? OVA (2011-2012)

So this set of OVA is actually marginally better than the main show but only since they have all the characters established if you watch the first season. This is effectively an extra episode for the 1st season and an episode 0 for the second.

The art style is the same as before being so close and has aged well.

The OP, ED, OST and sound generally are the same level. Wonderful when Eu speaks.

Characters develop a bit here too especially Taeko makes a big announcement in the first OVA and you get more background on Eu in ... the second. Sarasvati also makes a big announcement from the shadows.

This time we get more ecchi than before and it is a set of shorts within each episode. One thing I especially enjoyed is a continuation of the waterpark episode since that did feel slightly shorter than expected with the way it went. Eu also I do want to know her age.

9/10, much better than before and a lasting impression has been made.

(So there is a little mess up on this OVA. There is only one episode so I will be reviewing that. Episode 0 will be in Is this a Zombie? Of the Dead OVA since I see that one being part of the second season.)

There is not really any reason why this OVA actually exists. In fact, I also don’t understand why the last episode of the first season actually exists as well but that’s in itself something I shouldn’t really talk about because of spoilers. This OVA is supposed to be based between the first and second season but they really don’t talk ... about what happen in the first season, don’t hint to what’s going to happen in the second, and just seems to have its own little short story adventure.

When talking about the characters, their personalities really have not changed all that much. We still have the basic premise of the characters with the over active Haruna, the rather bland Ayumu, and the rather harsh tsundara Sera. We do end up getting a little bit of reasoning behind some things they do, like for example why Sera wants to cook, but it makes me wonder why they couldn’t of just put that into the main story line. It was actually a rather decent story that didn’t take up to much time, so why have it in an OVA where it really wouldn’t make much difference. This was something that would help define her character in the main series but they put it in with all the extra stuff.

We sadly get very little of Eucliwood, sort of pushing her to the side. I don’t know why they just through her to the side but they did. Instead, we seem to have some stories focus on the side characters that really had no real place in the main story. Characters like Taeko Hiramatsu. Don’t know her? Well she is the girl that seems to show up in the background and has twin-tails in her hair. Ya… I didn’t get who she was either till the strange short story talking about her. What does she have to do with the main story? Absolutely nothing, just a side character that likes Ayumu from a distance and never actually says she likes him.

I think the only character that they changed the personality out of the blue was one of Sera’s friends from her village. Saras(yes, I understand how close that name is to Sera’s but I did not make it) seemed to turn from rather cold and strict to a bit of a pervert when it comes to Ayumu’s ass. Just... right out of the blue, she seems to keep staring at it and says she can’t get enough of it.

Can I ask this though, was it really necessary to center in on all the perverted shots… including the ones on Ayumu’s ass? I know OVA’s are known for showing off a woman’s body and they are trying to do a parody off that showing the guy as much as the girls… but I mean really. I do like though that they do ask a burning question a lot of fan girls are probably asking. What is that you may ask? Why it seems to be what Ayumu’s preference is of course. Is it top or bottom?… ya… I didn’t really want to know that but that’s just what this OVA seems to want to show so I’m guessing the fans really wanted to know.

The artwork is just the same as season one, rather good looking for the most part although I kept feeling grossed out when they centered in on the crotch shots. Since it is an OVA, they went all out in showing what they could not show on TV without making it a hentai. I’m glad they stayed away from making it a hentai but it’s so close that I felt slightly violated. Again, I do feel I understand why they do some of the things they do, being a parody of all the other genres makes it easy for me to think that the OVA was being a parody of OVAs, but still.

The voice actors are really good as well, seeming to all of been from the first series. I like that they kept these voices since they both worked really nicely for the characters and the fact that changing them would have been probably changing the very idea of that character. Other then that, really nothing more to say on the matter. It’s good, not great, but it’s pretty good.

Overall, you can probably skip this OVA and not miss anything except the odd feeling of wanting to smash your head into a table. Ok, so it’s not all that bad, just the perverted jokes seem to be that bad. The rest just feels like a normal show that should have probably been put into the series.

Hey, remember that really strong twelfth episode of 'Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?', where the production team discovered that they were out of plot, and instead of adding an epilogue they attempted to shoehorn in a really weird, badly distracted and potentially schizophrenic 'obligatory beach episode'? Well, here's what you've been holding your breath for, folks: an 'obligatory festival episode' and 'obligatory tournament episode' rolled up into one convenient package, only it's too creepy for television. No, not 'malevolent Lovecraftian entity' creepy—it's more of a 'brazenly staring up girls' skirts under various circumstances while breathing heavily' creepy.

Whoops... I just spoiled the entire ... plot. My bad.