Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

This OVA had made my cry. I started crying when the opening theme started and that made me cry throughout the ova. Even the ending theme song had made me cry a lot. This was a sad ova and to make even more sense, I had cried a lot and I will miss these boys. This is the first ova that made me cry. I really have strong feelings for this anime. Ever since March 2015, I had fallen in love with this anime and I really loved it so much it hit me right in the heart. I'm such a huge fan of animes ... with hotter guys and that made me so happy that I love boueibu so much that I have sronger feelings for it.

While listed as an OVA, it might be more accurate to describe LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! as an event anime, something we rarely see exported out of Japan. Originally screened at select theatres in August 2017, this just barely feature length final episode feels made for being watched in a room full of fellow LOVErs who know the songs, can quote the catch phrases & are probably just a wee bit drunk.

But chances are you're not in a packed Japanese theatre, but sat at home, alone; hoping for one final adventure with the Battle Lovers. Does LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! provide this? Yes, but YMMV (oh & ... it's definitely not the place to start for newcomers).

Because to reach the feature length needed to get theatrical screenings, it's fair to say they cheated a bit. Opening with the Battle Lovers playing hack sack & then chatting in the Kurotama bathhouse, it looks as though their final episode will be spent mostly soaking in the tub while shooting the breeze.

Which would be fine, if what they talked about weren't the events of the previous two seasons. As the cast slowly gather at the bath, they reminisce about how they first met, then proceed to sing all (& I mean all) of their character songs one after the other. It is, as En glibly remarks, “that kind of episode,” consisting almost entirely of recycled footage & generally feeling like a glorified recap episode. Some of the new banter is fun, but unless you really like looped animations or were hoping for a karaoke session, it's bit of a tough watch.

But just as frustration might be about to boil over, the real episode begins. It's Springtime for Hit...I mean Binan High School, & that means it's graduation day for everyone in the Earth Defence Club but Yumoto. Naturally, things don't go smoothly, as Zundar & Dadacha create one last monster, which the VEPPers, Conquest Club & Earth Defence Club must team up to defeat – though not in the usual way. Then it's on to the goodbyes, as the graduation ceremony finishes & Wombat returns to his home planet – not dying on the way.

It's not the best episode of the series, but as a final goodbye to our favourite magical boys it's about as good as one could have expected, the only disappointments coming from PonyCam (who want you to know it's their 50th anniversary) not stumping up for a lavish production & the aforementioned slow, sing-along start.

But maybe you do know the songs. Or maybe you have a group of LOVErs who can gather with optional but recommended alcohol to see the boys off with a sing song. If that's the case, you will have a very good time with LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! If you're just looking for one final episode, you'll find it; but you might have to skip the first 30 minutes to get there.

Love Making!

I'm sorry I enjoyed the first 2 seasons but this was a clip show for the majority of it (They practically break the 4th wall to tell you such). It felt as if I was just watching an ad for the character soundtrack. I felt there were a few areas that still were left open which is never good for anything that has a "graduation" in it as a graduation is supposed to leave a note of finality leading to new beginnings. Also knowing the next season doesn't have the same protagonists doesn't offer much hope on that front. I was so angry by ... the obvious clip recap in the beginning and very obvious animation loops that after the 30 min recap clip show was done and we finally get to something I found it rushed. after all there was only 26 mins left. Like I said I did enjoy the humor in the first 2 seasons, and I would recommend those. But this I would only recommend to those who are looking to see AMV's made by the series. Oh and maybe if you want to see a non zombie look to Mr. Tawarayama. He does have such rosy cheeks!