91 Days: Toki no Asase/Subete no Kinou/Ashita, Mata Ashita

I'm glad that this is not a sequel. The ending of the main series was already great the way it is.

I'll keep this review short to avoid any spoilers.

91 Days Special is mostly focused on the Vanetti family and how they rose into power, while the later part of the episode is focused on the interaction between Angelo Lagusa and Nero Vanetti. All these information contributes to the overall story of 91 Days; givings us an idea behind the characters' motivations.

So, should you watch this episode?

I'd definitely recommend watching it since it add details to the overall story. But of course, you can still ... enjoy the main series even without watching this so the decision is up to you.

This is gonna be my first Anime review since i joined this site. And what a great way to start off by reviewing a special from 91 days, an anime that was my 2nd most favorite Anime of 2016 after Mob Psycho 100. I was so happy when i got the news that 91 Days was making a special and looked forward to it. And after seeing it, I was genuinely pleased.

The episode consists of 3 separate plot points. It more serves as a prequel of flashbacks with the first part (Shoal of Time) being at the time when the Vanetti kids were still ... young, the second part (All our Yesterdays) which marks the introduction of Vincent Vanetti and his entry into the family, and the third part (Tomorrow, and Tomorrow) which catches up to the recent day right after the events of Episode 4 "Losing to Win, and What Comes After" with Angelo and Nero on the way back to Lawless.

Overall, the story is pretty good for this prequel episode. Although i enjoyed all 3 plot segments, the second segment where we first see Vincent Vanetti meet with Ganzo, Testa Lagusa, Orco and have an interesting game of cards together to pass time, really caught my interest a bit more. We finally get to see the more calculating side of Testa Lagusa, a character which had less backstory and screen time in the actual show. We also get to see a young ambitious Vincent Vanetti who joins the family and would later go on to be the established don of the Vanetti family in the main series.

*My ONLY complaint is the sequence of the segments. I feel it would've been so much more better had the first and second segments swapped places. The second segment should have been first in the episode since it was how it all began for the Vanetti family. It predates the first segment by a couple of years. Come to think of it, it's probably the very first event in the timeline of the entire show

If you are wondering whether this episode is important, then wonder no more: it does not contribute to the main plot in a major way...... but rather only in small doses. However, apart from some minor cameos, there are no teasers nor foreshadowing whatsoever. If you have seen 91 Days, then I do recommend you watch this just for the sake of a minor backstory in the form of a prequel flashback.

Would I recommend to watch it ? Definitely. That is, if you're a fan of the show. Will you have fun while watching it ? It depends on your expectations, but I'll say that it's worth spending your time.

Story: 8
Art: 7
Sound: 7
Characters: 9
Enjoyment: 9
Overall: 9

I reviewed 91 days here. https://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=272640

I'm not very big on OVAs considering how much there it is on my plan to watch list.

The only reason I watched this OVA is that of 91 Days and how awesome the show is. And not surprisingly this is a peek into the life of the Dons and how it all began. I think this OVA ties everything together with the main series.

I like how none of them knew how things will change in the future. Testa Lagusa has no idea Vincent Vanetti will kill him and his entire family except Avilio. Ganzo will betray Vanetti and ... Orco will be a big food reviewer before Vinod Dua, Instagram and Zomato made the food reviewers mainstream; he is still craving for Lasagna.

I like how no one has anything and they are climbing their way up the <i>mafia ladder</i> and how each of their relationships is with one another. In the parent story, 91 Days, while stuck on bed waiting to die Vincent Vanetti tells Nero how much he regrets killing Testa. I think this special gives closure to what we never knew about. The pasts, what brought them together, the regret and the struggle.


I'll recommend everyone to watch this OVA after they're done with the parent story.

UGH again, this anime leaves more to be desired and had the opportunity to expand and didnt!!!

i just recently watched 91 days and in my review of the anime i noted that the plot was good but it could have been GREAT if they cut the number of characters in order to have more time developing other interesting sub plots and characters with potential.

THEY COULD HAVE DONE THIS HERE!!

i wish they expanded on the relationship between Ronaldo and Fio or the relationship between Angelo's father and Vanetti/the uncle. those sub plots would have added a lot of depth to the characters and a ... good amount of complexity to the plot and this was there chance to show some more and didnt :/

that aside, there really isnt much to this anime because three small shorts that involve the beginnings of the Vanetti family as well as one short in the present. it doesnt add anything new and it doesnt do anything spectacular.

91 Days Special, a lot of people see it as the eligible 13th episode of the parent series, and I see why. This one was probably one of the best specials a series can have, it gave a lot of information that we were lacking and enforced a lot of plot points, and also, made it a lot harder on us to accept the story's closure.

- Story (8.0/10):
This special gave us more than we could have ever asked for, and no, it was not a definitive conclusion of the story, more like a backing up.
It tells the story of the formation of the Vanetti family, ... the meet up of Genzo, Vince, and Raise, some background about Nero and his siblings as kids, their , and everything, while also keeping an eye on some unincluded scenes from the current story's timeline, providing more bromance between Nero and Angelo. It was all beautiful and heartwarming.

- Art (8.8/10):
I have to say that this special was somehow better than the parent series in term of animation, I don't know but it felt much more shape and with more quality, the colors where more vibrant as most of the events happened in areas clouded with vegetation in a countryside setting.

- Sound (7.2/10):
Too bad there wasn't a DUB version for this one, it would have been far better had it have one. The SUB isn't the worse but the DUB suited this better in my opinion. I'm glad the opening and ending theme songs were kept as amazing as they were.

- Character (8.0/10):
This special focused more on the elderly, we had more background about Raise, Genzo, and Vincent, Orco as well, we got to see what kind of men they were, what their relationships were, it made more sense of what they did later on, and even more devastating.

- Enjoyment (8.6/10):
I didn't think I would enjoy 91 Days Special to this degree, this was a damn fine special episode than rose up and gave more meaning to the main franchise.

- Overall (8.1/10):
I would really recommend this pick, mainly of its focus on the characters, giving them extra development and dissecting them for the better. Please only watch this after you finish the parent series for what it holds of potential spoilers.

(Quick Review)

When you see this on the anime of 91 days page saying it is a sequel it isn't really, it just a special that feature three stories in an episode. The first story was the story of the Vanneti family when they were all young and how their mother dies, the second one was Vincent Venetti joining the family through the use of the playing a card game (I don't remember the name of the game though) and showing how intelligent he is. Then the last one was Angelo and Nero where Angelo was helping Nero since he was sick.

This special was more of ... a flashback than the sequel which I didn't mind since I did like the anime's ending so I kinda didn't want to know what had happened after but the special was not bad.

Story 7/10
Art 8/10
Sound 8/10
Character 8/10
Enjoyment 7/10
Overall 7/10

This anime really had a chance to redeem itself and chose not to. The biggest problem in 91 days is a complete lack of character depth and development, so a special should be used to give these characters more traits and more likeable. But the special did nothing. Seeing some of the characters as kids isn’t gonna help the watcher understand who they are now, at least not with how poorly done this was.

The special is so forgettable and just lifeless. Don’t waste your time if you are feeling like 91 days left you incomplete.

If you loved 91 days and just want more ... character content, sure, have fun and watch it. You won’t really see anything that changes your perspective on what you saw in the original episodes. But I guess if you love the characters this would provide you more content.