Tetsuwan Birdy Decode: The Cipher

Alright, so the girl arguably largely responsible for all the deaths in the first season is now working as a cutesy maid or some shit. And nobody sees a problem with this? Having seen the second season already on writing this review I can say I'm glad she eventually went to jail but holy shit grandma I don't think that girl deserves a redemption arc.

The stuff on the farm was cute, I think this special serves mostly as a "where are they now" kind of thing. We get to see that Sayaka is trying to make a new life for herself now that her ojou ... card has been revoked. It's doesn't really hold a lot of weight as an episode on it's own because it's just the connective tissue that leads to the next season. 7/10 cows

I watched this OVA before I saw season 2 of Birdy: Decode so I was helped out as I entered into the second season. At the time I watched it though I didn't know how helpful it was actually going to be when making the transition.

The story seemed to lack any real punch, like it knew it was just supposed to bridge the first and second season and didn't have much real substance, which is fine for an OVA. A few season 2 plot points got set into motion which was nice and it did somewhat answer my question of how relevant Nakasugi ... would be in the second season, which is seemingly not very relevant at all. A couple of new characters got introduced but nothing along the lines of antagonists. I will say however that it was nice that this was an actual story-related OVA, those seem to be few and far between these days.

The animation was good as usual. Also I will say that the new opening was pretty cool and I really enjoyed the ending song sung by "Shion Arita."

Overall it was a pretty good OVA and was actually story-related yet entertaining.

Tetsuwan Birdy Decode: The Cipher


To be honest, I'm a little surprised. In the sense that the ova is actually irrelevant. Yes, it is the transition between seasons 1 and 2 and shows the aftermath and current situation of the protagonist's girlfriend from season 1.

"Possibly" this would have played a role later, but since this is irrelevant to season 2 and probably would have only been picked up again in season 3, there is no need to watch it.

It's just an everyday life episode, even if the average quality of this ova episode, exceeds the individual anime episodes.


Honestly, I would have been more ... interested in the relationship of the two characters, but this is probably or not possible.