Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. OVA

It's been roughly a year since I finished the TV version and with the announcement of a second season I immediately craved more. And then it happened, I found out an OVA existed, which I just recently had the pleasure of watching!

The story has nothing to do with the TV version, it's just a side story. The story wasn't anything special but the comedy is what carried the OVA, It's top notch, perhaps even surpassing the TV serie's comedy. Basicly Hiratsuka-Sensei (Their teacher) has to write about marriage and asks the Volunteer Servie club after help since she's hopeless when it comes to marriage, they ... agree, naturally. So they spend an entire day in the club room coming up with and later doing those hilarious ideas. There are a lot of funny and memorable moments throughout the OVA - Such as Hachi's obsession with Totsuka Saika (The trap) or the usual genius dialogues between Hachiman and Yukino. You know, the good 'ol stuff.

there's not really much to complain about the characters, It's the usual gang - Hachi moping about how boring life is, cold-hearted Yukino with her facts, and the cute trap for the fan-service of course. So there's not really any character development present, just fan service! The art and sound? Almost identical to the TV version. they really didn't hold back on the production value considering it's only an OVA.

So If you want a relief episode that surely will bring laughter and a big smile to your face, then I can guarantee that this won't dissapoint you.

If you watched the series before the OVA, the characters are the same and just as entertaining. If you haven't watched the series this is definitely a fan service OVA than something that can be watched as an introduction to the series.

Marriage is weird isn't it? You basically devote the rest of your life to one person and if it all goes okay you don't die alone. The OVA attempts to address marriage in a way we young'uns can understand.

The story is nothing special. The service club is commissioned to fill the space of a magazine that will advertise the town as a hotspot for ... weddings and make marriage more appealing to younger people. To do this they send out a survey to their class and find that the overall idea of marriage among high school students is lacking. They attempt to gain a better understanding of marriage by asking Komachi because she takes care of Hikigaya. She issues a series of "marriage challenges" that all of the characters participate in. This includes cooking, trivia and wearing a bridal gown, all of which were fun to watch.

The art and sound was standard to the series, and the dialogue made me laugh a lot even though it was pretty much the same as the series.

What irked me was the sexist portrayal of marriage. The writers seemed to paint a picture of marriage as something where the majority of the work is done by women for the men and none of that should be questioned. The trivia section made this extremely evident because the questions posed were how to be the perfect housewife.
While everyone (including Hikigaya) gave varied and valid answers, all of them were shot down and replaced with Komachi's ideal answer. What I got from it is that there is a specific way wives are supposed to treat their husbands and their family. In this way the writers have restricted what marriage really is and replaced it with a sexist ideal.
Maybe I shouldn't take it so seriously, but in a series with strong female characters I expected more than this.

Watch it because it's entertaining. However, be wary and treat your SO equally.

If you are a fan of Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru season 1, then watch this OVA for some light fanservice. It is non-canon and features many popular characters from the series.

The point of this OVA was likely a response to fan mail post season 1. It also serves as a teaser for season two without spoiling any story points as its non-canon.

Story - The service club must help Shizuka Hiratsuka with a wedding magazine request. This allows you to see all your favorite female characters and side characters dress up. The story doesn't matter since its non-canon but it ... does setup a harem-esque ending. For fans of this anime, most people should welcome this OVA as a way to satiate their appetites. Yet I was hoping that there would be more in this OVA than a throwaway episode.

Characters - All the characters act just like they do in season 1. Part of the charm in this anime is that some characters are less superficial and more developed compared to other anime. Expect all the hijinks you would in this light fanservice OVA. Unlike the anime series, you will not find the philosophical monologues from the MC.

The bottom line is that if you are a fan, you should watch this. The reason why I rated it average is because many other anime have done a lot more with OVAs than what we get here. The possibilities are endless. We could have seen more of other characters that get less screen time. The other factors are that it was used to promote/hype the second season. So I also see it was a marketing gimmick as well as a way to respond to fans of the show. Brain Base had an excellent opportunity to do more here but instead what we get is almost a throwaway OVA in retrospect.

so this might be a short review but no idea but honestly ill get into it

Story: you wont find a story with this just a special OVA with all the characters writing stuff for a marriage thing and also doing stuff like that nothing really going on here

Art: art was the same as the main anime so yeah nothing bad

Sound: its the same OP and ED so nothing knew but nothing bad about it either

Character: honestly i will not say anything about this most of the main and side characters you've are in this OVA and are the same so yeah

Enjoyment: like what someone ... in the popular review said i honestly enjoyed this more than the anime (in terms of comedy) because this pulled it off better and the main anime didn't but otherwise yeah

Overall: ill say this you dont have to watch this because this doesnt follow the legit anime just a side off episode but this was better than the actual anime to me atleast

This OVA wasn't necessarily a waste of time, it just didn't live up to expectations when compared to season one or two, which I watched both of prior. There isn't much going for it story wise, and when it ended, I found myself saying "that's all?"

There's hardly any build up of anything, and there certainly feels to be no resolution. The fact that this fairly mediocre OVA was (as far as I am aware) supposed to be a teaser for the second season, which was the complete opposite of boring, was a little weird to me. Overall, it was an okay watch, but don't expect ... much.

So I think this was an improvement on the main show, which I don't know how much of that is really a good thing or if it's a sign of improvement for the next season. I'll just have to watch and see at some point.

It's been over half a year since I watched the first season and don't remember it too well, but what I think this did well was have a good sitcom like plot going on that brought the main cast together and express their own funny viewpoints about some main topic: marriage. Everyone has moments to bounce off each other, there's less ... whiny monologues, more Ms. Hiratsuka, it's a better time than the twisting, weird moments of the main show. But anyway, this was nice and kind of made me wish there was a second episode here that would go into what happened afterwards with what this marriage promotion would look like.

Chock "the Wedding Dress OVA" up as yet another trope I didn't think I would see more than once but has ended up being nearly ubiquitous in the genre. Honestly I hate most of these characters so much that the prospect of forcing anybody to marry any of them is sadistic and cruel in ways I didn't think possible. The younger sister and the trap are the only good ones, and probably the only reason I keep watching this show. Not that protagonist should pursue a incestuous or homosexual relationship, because either would be degenerate, but as characters they have more personality and likability than ... any of the rest of the cast combined.

While this OVA didn't do much to make me hate the protagonist any less, it didn't do anything to make me hate him more. So I guess that's a plus in the end. I give it a 6/10

IN TERMS OF OVA'S GO, as an extra side episode for an already completed season, THIS IS THE PINNACLE.


Romance/comedy shows are some of the most subjective genres, so take this as a review done by a Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy
wa Machigatteiru fanboy, but for me everything this short 23 minute OVA has incapsulates everything I love about this show (especially S1). So many callbacks of jokes from the previous season, more funny character interactions (including some more love for side
characters as well), and a plot that seamlessly fits into the show that makes this feel like an ... actual episode from the mainline series!

If you loved S1, then you will for sure love this OVA, but I think its a really good taste of what the actual show is like if you just want to dip your toes in and try it out.

In conclusion, Yukinoshita best girl xD.

Side story but with the same familiar humour as the tv series
Basically the teacher has to write about marriage and asks the club for help
Solid 8 for me , was fun and entertaining with all the familiar features from the tv series , but in a sideshow that is lose from the main storyline.
I love this life lesson/humour story but i wouldn't say it's the most amazing series i ever watched.
A fun to watch ones kind of thing but not re watchable , for me personally at least.

Story 8 Fun and entertaining with the known humour

Art is a 7 since sometimes i don't ... really like the drawings but again that's personal

Sound is a nice 9 and good choice for the voice acting

Character is a solid 8

Overall a nice OAV side story for your extra entertainment until season 2

Hacia tiempo que deje de ver la serie Oregairu y pues estuve con ganas de volverla a ver y terminarla y pues esta OVA me a parecido muy divertida, no tiene historia ya que es una OVA y es que me ha gustado bastante sinceramente os la recomiendo a todos

Para los que quieran algo mas completo tengo que decir que lo único que tendrían que mejorar es su banda sonora ya que no me gusta ese sonido metálico que tienen las voces y todos los ruidos que se presentan en la serie. En cuanto al diseño de personaje y animación tengo que decir que para ... 2020 se queda un poco anticuado aunque teniendo en cuenta que salió en 2011-2012 se entiende la falta de animación y el diseño ya que en 2011 eso era increíblemente bueno y no encontraríamos ningún problema, y los personajes no se le ha dado un papel muy importante y aunque es una OVA yo creo que hubiera estado mejor si les hubieran puesto un poco mas de importancia pero bueno es algo irrelevante al ser una OVA