Ranked #3218

School Days ~Magical Heart Kokoro-chan~

Err... I'm not quite too sure what to make of this show. Sometimes I feel like I should rate it higher, sometimes I feel like I should rate it lower. I rarely give out ratings lower than a 6 and never lower than a 5, but it seems I've broken this pattern today and for some interesting reasons to boot.

I can't really say much about the story as it's your typical magical girl/super sentai story where protagonists team up to defeat some super villain who, in this case, threatens to turn the whole town into perverted zombies. Though this show is meant to be a parody, I must unfortunately judge its not-meant-to-be-judged story anyways. In short, fairly unoriginal, yet entertaining, but that comes later in the review.

The art style is fairly standard and doesn't really stand out too much. You think Avex could have done a better job since this is an OVA and only a single episode, but they unfortunately turn up quite short. Now, that's not to say the animation is horrid, which it isn't and some of the funny character designs do catch the attention, but what I'm looking for is something revolutionary, of which this most certainly isn't.

Sound? There was music in this show? BGM did nothing to stand out for me and left no lasting impressions or make me want to download an OST or any of the sort. Voice acting is also quite standard. Really now, you'd think that with all the stuff this show is lacking, they'd somehow make up for it in at least one aspect. Unfortunately, this isn't one.

As if things couldn't get any worse... we come to the train wreck known as the characters. There is almost absolutely no character development and if you haven't watched the actual series or played the visual novels, you are left with no idea what is going on, as no introductions are carried out. The characters in the main series weren't very distinctive (or likeable) in the first place, which hurts this category even more. In other words, there was virtually nothing going for this series. I'm trying to think of at least one good thing to say about this category, but am having a very hard time (normally I can think of something for just about any anime). Nothing comes up at the moment, so you'll have to bear with my bashing.

And now we get to the part where you as the reader wonder what kind of drug I was taking/smoking/inhaling/snorting to make me want to give this section a 9 when I just went through talking about how terrible this OVA is. Never before when I watched an anime have I ever had as many blank expressions or boughts of laughter in the same episode. This OVA was a rollercoaster of crap and confusion that never stopped rolling and gave me a reason to be amused at all the stuff that didn't make any sense or didn't seem right. For that, I must give this show credit. Don't get me wrong, I'm not praising the satire of this show; The execution couldn't have been worse. My laughter stems more from my view of this show as a complete joke. Long story short, so terrible that it was hilarious.

I don't know whether you will find this review helpful or not, due to much of what I have said disowning this OVA, but honestly, if you are bored or looking for something completely messed up and random to watch/mock/pity then you could consider this show. If you are looking for something serious, I would highly suggest you check out the main series instead and steer clear of this OVA. read more

The School Days series is one of my favourite and most hated anime all at once. Such a shocking tale of lies and deceit that could be easily turned into a day time soap opera.

Magical Heart Kokoro-chan was nothing like this. While using the same characters as School days, this OVA is nothing like its parent show. It is infact the story of a team of superheroes sent to fight against an evil super villain hell bent on turning the entire population of the town in to perverted lecherous zombies.

This is one anime that is so bad is is actually good.. If you have watched the original School Days then it is worth watching this as you will be already familiar with the characters and their traits which is what makes this anime worth it. read more