Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo: Oretachi no Game Set

Tuturu! This is my first review so bear with me.

First, for the story, this OVA gave us a great episode to show what happened between Joro and Hose. Their rivalry is really fun to watch, and I'm glad one of them made it till the end. Oga's past also taught us that your best friend will be there to protect you, no matter what will happen to them.

For the art and sound, Eh tbh the art looks a bit different from the previous episodes but still enjoyable, same goes for the sound, nothing much to worry about.

For the character, nothing much to say, only Joro ... who turns the tables here, makes me like his character even more. And I gotta admit, Sasanqua caught me off guard, she's too damn cute without me realizing it. I mean, she's one of Tsundere who never punch the MC or irritated for no reason, no wonder why she's the best girl here.

I enjoy watching this anime. Our boi The Bench made an appearance in this episode XD I really love this show! Usually, I can't enjoy watching harem anime because surely one of the characters will be left behind, but this one, I love it. If you haven't watched the show, then give it a try. Believe me, it's worth watching.

Well, it’s very similar in quality to the first season of the show.

To those that loved the first season, it is a cause for celebration. To those that hated it, it is a cause for removing it from their plan to watch lists. For those like me who had mixed opinions on the first season, you are likely to find another mixed bag in this concluding OVA.

Going into this season, the stakes for the final battle between the MC and the conventional harem MC were well-known if you watched the last episode of the previous season. The method was a little convoluted, but ... the result would be that the winner gets the main heroine. But apparently, the anime didn’t think the rules to this challenge were convoluted enough, because they add 6 more rules on top of that just to decide who gets the main girl.

Yeah, it’s ridiculous. Yeah it doesn’t make any logical sense. But it’s a harem “parody” anime, so it’s ok, right?

Well, you would actually be right, because the end product turns out to be ok.

Just ok.

The main problem that I have with this series is that it thinks it is so much smarter than it is. I would consider this to be surface-level intelligent anime series. It does some things that makes you think “Huh, that’s smart that it is subverting some of the tropes of harem anime. I wonder how it will go from here.” Only to never think past that initial subversion and proceeding to fall right back into being what it just subverted.

This critcism continues in this new OVA as well. The whole competition is devised so the two rival MCs can cunning to win the main heroine. It gets so caught up trying to set up these intense mind games (like it’s Deathnote or something like it) that it forgets what the entire purpose of the competition is. Why does it matter who can get the most hair pins from girls? What does that have to do with the main heroine?

I know this may be coming across as nitpicking, but if you are trying to be a “smart” harem anime, then you have to have a smart plot. You can’t have all of the praise for subverting the genre and be able to use the conventions of that genre to wave away your flaws.

Anyways, regarding the characters, I think they handled Sun-chan’s backstory pretty well. You could get a sense of where he is coming from and it make it easier to see him as a character instead of a plot device. The catcher was very poorly handled. His reasonings for disliking Sun-chan were not realistic and his sudden change of heart came out of left field (pun somewhat intended).

I also did not like how they handled the rival MC in this OVA. They just made him the generic evil villain to make it easy to root against him. No real effort put in to it and it actually ruined the uniqueness of having the rival being a perfect, generic harem protagonist. Finally, regarding the actual MC, I thought he stayed pretty true to character in this OVA and I thought his actions toward the end were on point and well done.

As far as everything else, both the art was standard and the music was standard.

All in all, though I criticized it for most of the review, I thought it was a pretty average anime that stayed close to the previous season. So if you enjoyed the previous installment, take it with a grain of salt.

It is closer to a 4 than a 6.

I am writing this review mainly to give a different perspective as it has almost all positive reviews. Obvious spoilers ahead as I will compare the two rival characters Joro and Hose.

Our protagonist Joro is still in the midst of his challenge with Hose the proclaimed "main character" to compare Joro's role as an "extra" in the life of the perfect Hose. Joro attempts to collect more barrettes than Hose through a series of surprise appearances. The basic plot of the OVA tries to portray is who will win, what will happen once they win, and how will the story end. The plot does these ... but in my opinion, does not quite hit the mark.

To begin the victor is chosen but Hose's two fangirls flip their personalities quickly after a previous scene from season one is brought back up in which they decide that his happiness with a girl who doesn't like him is not as important as making their feelings known. (as I'm writing this I will add my bias that I just don't like that hose thinks he will end up with sumireko when she has changed her entire look to hide from him and avoid him. the romance, in general, is a bit weak due to the plethora of unrequited confessions and the changing idolized partners in love) anyways stuff happens and Hose eventually shows a bad side and it is so comically evil and has these giant motivations with his evil plan to win over Sumireko don't make sense unfortunately. getting rid of the man she loves doesn't create an opportunity for a man she hates to steal her heart. it is illogical.

Now to add onto the plot and the characters, the girls are there to make Joro choose. we all know they love him and they end up being limited to their simple emotions of love and become one-dimensional copies of one another to add conflict to the choice. The original group doesn't really interact with him and a lot of screentime is spent on the baseball game which was unnecessary.

The first few episodes of the first season really make you expect these hidden plot points and exciting developments but past the first arc the show only gets less exciting. The humor can be quite hilarious. The characters and their motivations don't get the time they need to develop and the uninteresting plot hinders this show from being as unique and popular as it could be. (going back to season one I mean sun trying to rape sumireko come on bro) there are just instances in this anime that are so out of place and do nothing but further complicate how a viewer can sympathize and relate to the characters when they do out of character things, that also don't get talked about after they occur. the flip-flopping personalities got old quick.

Overall this show can be enjoyed with its flaws and obviously the high rating and highly rated popular reviews show how beloved this show is and how I took issue with things that others enjoyed which is awesome and I love that people loved this OVA. I just felt I needed to express my disappointment with how the characters were handled, how the plot was disappointing, and how the anime chose to end the story and the romance. I thought the ending would be more concrete and wanted to see how it ended after watching the first season.

(sidenote this is an anime original ending. the manga has a better ending and the light novel is continuing and gets way more plot twisty and adds more girls)