Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! Specials

Reviewer's note: These 5 special episodes constitute my 6th entry into the Fate/Kaled spin-off works (Ilya>Specials>Sekka no Chikai>Undoukai de Dance!>2wei).


◐ Mirroring my review of the previous season's special episodes (t.ly/7AmC), the 2nd season's special episodes continue in the proud tradition of fan service. Specifically, all of them are comedic sequences either revolving around the prepubescent characters in loli- or loli/yuri- based interactions, or the adolescent characters in ecchi-based interactions (e.g. lingerie, sexually suggestive clothing, skirt flipping, pantsu). In some episodes, both types of characters get to intermingle in even more hilarious ways, sometimes even leading to harem-like situations.

◐ Furthermore, despite their lighter tone, these episodes ... positively contribute to the audience's understanding of the protagonists' desires, worries, insecurities, and self-images and how these relate to internalized societal beauty standards specifically, and internalized societal values more broadly. Overall, they are very enjoyable short episodes, though not markedly more than the 2nd season itself. Highly recommended!


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Well, since after getting into this article I realized there were absolutely no reviews I automatically thought, "Um.., maybe I should be the first one to do so", but I then remember how annoying is to have users on the Internet using the opportunities to let out general opinions regarding a product as a whole, in this case with anime/manga/light novels (and any other otaku innuendo I forgot) I've seen many users come to this articles about specials for anime thinking "Oh, since a lot people already commented on Noragami or Naruto.., maybe I should post my review for the whole franchises in this ova, ... that way in the future tons of users will pay attention to me", that's got to stop. P.S, If you're looking for an actual review on such specials, well.., it's a goddamn collection of short stories, nothing worth noticing, except for some characters getting more screen time that you'll love if are a fan of the slice of life aspect of Fate Kaleid, and I mean slice of life because there's no way you're getting any "Alter Saber" or "Kid Gilgamesh" here, although there's Bazett though.