Shinryaku!! Ika Musume

A great last few episodes for Splatoon girl. This has been a very consistent series in terms of it's comedic quality. It's very status quo based, once the characters and their quirks have been established they just run with it, kind of doing a lot of the same jokes over and over. I could see how someone looking for a little more plot out of their anime might complain at the general lack of one, but that's not really what this show brings to the table.

I liked the late inclusion of the female cop character, wish we could have seen more of her but it's ... been 8 years and I doubt we'll see any more Ika Musume anime any time soon. It doesn't feel like much of a send-off for a series, as it feels like it could have just been any other episode of the show. I think series with proper endings tend to stick better in my mind and leave more of a lasting impression, this just felt like more forgettable filler content. Overall it was still decent, so 7/10

Series of OVAs for the shinryaku ika musume series that were bundled with some volumes of the manga. So let's get into it,

But first, this is a purely comedic series and even in the main series on in these OVAs there is minimal plot and some elements like the dumb-sounding language and behaviour of the MIT scientists or how ika musume looks etc are not meant to be criticized, and if you do you're just making a fool of yourself since you are missing out on the fun and trying to find shounen/adventure or drama and other more serious anime genres kind of flaws on ... a comedic and lighthearted anime about a squid girl living her life and never really invading earth.

So, on to the story, as usual it is the invader and master wannabe irrestibly cute squid girl and her friends. Like I said there are no real advancements or anything like that, just more comedic goodness and perhaps action. 8/10

This being the latest addition to the shinryaku ika musume series, being aired in 2012, the quality is for sure quite a bit better and the anime looked stunning already but now the quality is actually great. 9/10

All the OVAs have an opening and an ending. That opening is "Let's☆Shinryaku Time!" And I would easily say this is the worst piece of music in the series. It is not that bad but worse than the rest, to me just because of the music and lyrics, they just felt inferior and the melody was almost a clone of the first season's opening. 7.5/10, the ending is almost always "Puzzle" with "Miser's Dream" taking its spot on the 3rd and last episode. I would give puzzle an 8.5 and Miser's dream a 7.5, the voice acting is pretty much the same as the series and all the characters sound phenomenal, the voices do match them and they sound good so why not an 8/10 due to having the 2 worst songs of the series.


The characters are all really funny and each contradicts one another making some really comedic scenes happen. We got some energetic ones, the shy but at times violent, the pushy pervert/lover etc. Would say 8/10

Many series nowadays want to cover a huge variety of genres but do none correctly, shinryaku ika musume as a whole takes comedy and shoots over my expectations, really funny and cute like it was supposed to be. As a series it was really fun to watch and these OVAs are no exception, they are funny, cute and the scenarios are also fun. We got the one a policewoman comes over to the shop, or ika musume wanting an inflatable pool etc. In short, if you have watched all the entries from the series, you should totally watch the OVAs, sure there is no real advancements or plot but the same is for the series is it not? Just a guaranteed fun time for anybody. Totally recommend it. 8/10