Angel Beats! Specials

Some people claim that Angel Beats was perfection. Those people are completely wrong. THIS is perfection.

STORY- 10/10
Okay first of all, it's an OVA, so it won't have any real story. So the main question is, Did it follow the rules of the universe. Answer- yes. Yurippe would go to the ends of the earth to try to unbalance the Afterlife, and these plans are no less extravagant than the ones seen in the original series. OVA 2 did have a twist that surprised me immensely though, will say that.

ART- 9/10
So it's Angel Beats. It's got good animation, with great character models, great scenery, great ... action sequences (for the ones with them), great everything.

SOUND- 9/10
Once again, it's Angel Beats. Let's move on.

CHARACTER- 10/10
If this were the original series, I definitely wouldn't have given this a perfect score. But this is an OVA, so the question is, Did anyone go OOC. And the answer is no, everyone remained within perfectly believable behavior. So that's a 10/10 too.

ENJOYMENT- 10/10
The real decider- did I enjoy this masterpiece. Yes. So, for OVA's, my general policy is to turn of my brain, especially if it's from a funny show like Angel Beats. So did it make me laugh, did I want to see more, did I feel nostalgic about the ending. YES. So 10/10 as well.

OVERALL- 10/10
If you're looking for character development and deep, intriguing plot, you won't find it here. It's an OVA, so the real matter is whether it served its job, and it did. Perfect score (probably the only one I will ever give).

These two OVA's are part of the story and includes Yuri's attempts to have Kanade summon God. It goes back to the beginning of the series where they are still fighting Kanade. Yuri devises two plans for the SSS to act in such ridiculous manners that Kanade won't be able to handle it and therefore would need to summon God for assistance. They are both entertaining in their own right. They are both on the more comical side of the series rather than the dramatic side. The comedy itself is pretty entertaining but I personally found it a bit too chaotic and too much to ... handle. The beginning of the series was the hardest to get through for me so watching two extra episodes from the beginning wasn't that enjoyable to me. The series does well at making it a comedy-drama but I prefer the drama over the comedy of this series. If you enjoy watching these characters act ridiculous then by all means, these OVA's should be entertaining to you.

“Angel Beats”, more like how to abuse people to death 2.0, the parent series was never a pleasant memory for me, not because how amazingly sad it was (Clannad style), but how it really sucked in my eyes. I would constantly see people praising the hell out of it, and then reflect on myself, should I give it another chance? Yeah, maybe I should, maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it when I first watched it, and thus, was the reason I never enjoyed it. A big no-no is what you get sir, this couple of OVAs reminded me on why I really ... feel disgusted towards the show, why I think it should have never existed in the first place. Keep in mind that these couple of episodes are spoiler free, the first episode takes place after the second episode of the parent series, and the second one after the fourth episode of the parent series.

- Story (2/10):
You know how crappy OVAs can be, but not all of them are this bad.
As if the wackiness of the parent series wasn't enough, they for so long explaining on how they all died for the sake of some dream and all, while in the same breath exploit their ability to be resurrected just to that they can put them to rest a moment later. I hated this approach of storytelling and making up excuses for bad and contradicting fourth wall breaking jokes. The story could stand out for a decent comedy if we were to remove all of the pointless death sentences and the wanna-be-sad attempts, it feels like that teenager that's confused on what to do and just want to sort their problems out, but can never decide on the right choices.

- Art (7.5/10):
It's fine I guess, the art style, in general, feels very modern and holds up to this day, but what I really appreciate is the fuild animation on the fast-paced action moment, I really like the backgrounds, digital they may be, but they really look like a treasure mine for some Tumblr class wallpapers.

- Sound (6/10):
Enough to keep up with the direction of the animation, the voice acting isn't the best, but the opening and ending theme songs are one of the finest. The soundtrack was very hard to notice if there was one at all, but probably that was because of the distracting character cast that all jump into the screen, fighting desperately for a spotlight.

- Characters (0/10):
Absolutely ridiculous, none of them make for a memorable figure. They go a long road calling the extras NPCs while they couldn't be more of hypocrites themselves, in fact, they were the NPCs with the horrible AI from a shitty Ubisoft game. For one, the main character doesn't look like a main, not in appearance not in his acts, in fact, some side characters do make up for better mains than himself.
All of the characters are just that boring with nothing to add but a desperate comic relief source, and they call it a sad show? They are nothing but a brutal punching bag for whenever they decide to murder somebody on screen for the heck of it, and did I mention that it makes up for 90% of every episode? No? Well, get this, Manhunt would be put to shame.

- Enjoyment (2/10):
I mainly enjoyed this for being an average refreshed on the direction of the show. It's been a long time since I last watched the parent series, and this special reminded me why I avoided rewatching it. This mediocre (at the very best) overrated piece of work that some people call a masterpiece was just an excuse to continuously kill off characters for the sake of amusement, how sadistic is that? I guess if there were people fetishizing on feet and sneezing, this wouldn't sound like an act weirdness. What a time to be alive.

- Overall (3.5/10):
I still feel like I was being generous with this review in favor of this OVA, I do not enjoy a similar lazy story direction, and I'm sure there are people who strongly disagree, I'm not going to call you off because of a show you like, everyone has their taste they think very high of, if you enjoy this genre, good for you, you might have found yet another show to binge, but as for me, this entire franchise is better off disposed off. Probably the trashiest work of Jun Maeda, and he's had some top tier stories under his name.