Days (TV) OVA

Days' exclusive DVD OVA is probably the best 40~ minutes made for the whole series, and ironically, it's because it's barely centered around football and it instead works more like two comedy slice of life episodes.

What we get in this OAD is basically just the Seiseki's Football Club members messing around and having fun. The first episode has them hitting up on girls in the beach and then playing beach soccer. The second focuses entirely on a game of cards in which we get to know a little bit more about some of the characters' personalities and a tiny bit of background (although certainly nothing ... important).

The only football we get to see in this OAD is during the beach soccer match, which is rather short and while it has the typical exaggerated stuff Days is notorious for, it makes for some decent entertainment since it's not to be taken seriously. Most of the first episode is pretty much a lot of fan service for most characters, as we see them topless, showing off their muscles, as we also get a bunch of background or minor female characters in bikinis. The second episode is much calmer, in it, we get to know some minor information about the characters, such as their love stories, what they like in life, or some childhood memories.

This OAD isn't important to the lore of Days nor showcases anything important, but it's nonetheless fun to watch and switches up the anime's formula by focusing almost entirely on the characters interacting with each other and having fun, instead of training and playing football. Quite frankly, Days could have worked amazingly as a regular slice of life anime with its characters, as they make for a lot of amusement in the way they all relate with each other, but since that wasn't the case, at least we've got this OVA.