Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito

This OVA for the Ancient magus bride is a three episode story about an event from Chise's childhood. The story is told by Chise to Elias and Ruth when she receives a book. Even though the story is about her childhood and chronologically before most of the events from the first season, it makes more sense to watch this after the first season so you have knowledge of the relevant characters and have more context.

The story Chise tells is interesting and surrounded with an air of mystery like in the main anime. It also gives you a better view on how Chise's life was ... before she met Elias which makes it worth watching even though it doesn't directly contribute to the plot of the main anime.

The most important character by far is Chise herself and there's barely any moments when she isn't on screen. The main supporting character is interesting. The other characters are all relatively simple but are also all reasonable and not annoying.

The voice actors are the same as in the main anime and the voice acting is good. The animation is good too but is made even better by the great music which really makes the anime feel like another universe and makes this anime way more of a special experience to watch.

Overall this OVA is definitely worth watching since it reveals more about Chise's past and the story it tells is interesting. The voice acting animation and music are all good and shouldn't be a problem for most people.

A beautiful story and my favorite entry in the franchise to date. Chise’s character, in particular, was one I got to enjoy - someone finding a glimmer of light in the darkest of times. Like in the first season, she spends much of this mired in depression, but you're given a lot of reasons why she feels that way, and particularly as she's a child facing all this down, you cannot help but feel for her from the outset. It makes me appreciate her character quite a bit more, which is how prequels should work. The animation was among the best I’ve seen for the ... series, smaller in scale but made all the more affecting for the space it occupied. I wouldn’t say that her costar entirely worked for me, though. His story was pretty basic, his background not well explained enough to attach us to him or his aims, and the central conceit (the magical library) still only lightly explained and mainly via exposition. His actions did make sense, though.

Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito


I can't say for sure whether this Ova will play after the anime or in between. In any case, they do not contribute to the main plot.

However, these 3 Ova episodes surpass the anime in quality, both in terms of presentation, narration, and animation.

The story mostly tells events from Chise's past and one of her greatest experiences at the time, which wasn't that bad at all, I found this relatively interesting. The atmosphere was also right here.

In contrast to the anime series, it was again made clear how great the danger is of seeing the shadows of the magic world ... and how fatal it could be for people to have eye contact with them. Unfortunately, it has been neglected too much in the series, almost forgetting the topic.

To be honest, I find the Ova quite recommendable in contrast to the series, unfortunately, one lacks the context for it. So, unfortunately, you have to see the anime to understand everything.


[Enjoyment 6]