Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai? Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OVA

What the fuck?

It was actually disgusting when they compared the girls in the porn comic book to their female friends. Their FRIENDS. And it's not just them being compared, the girls are intentionally drawn to resemble them. Unfortunately this was also done in the manga chapters that this scene was adapted from, but you know what wasn't done in the manga chapters? The entire 7 minute hentai scene (yes, it's practically hentai at this point) that dragged on forever.

I knew there was going to be fanservice but what the fuck? Am I the only person who's appalled at how shameless, inappropriate and just straight up ... stupid that was? It had nothing going for it other than the brain-dead appeasement of porn/hentai fantasies. The manga never went anywhere near that far.

For the record I am a huge fan and I loved both seasons very much. I just feel like the OVAs didn't do the Kaguya I knew and loved justice. The entire wholesome, fun energy it had going was thrown out the window in favor of excessive sexualization and objectification.

What a shame.

V4Watcher here to bring you the review, as precise and concise as possible. This review is 100% SPOILER FREE!

Wherever Kaguya-sama: Love is War goes, hilarity and havoc ensure. Life is mostly mundane and humdrum; it lies within us to make the most of what we have. Love is War is not an anime about dying (in most cases by Truck-kun) and being reincarnated in a fantasy world of your dreams, or gaining some OP power to whoop that ass of the evil dude. It takes into account the very prosaic lives we live in and turns it into something truly entertaining. Love is War ... tries to convey something along the lines “You thought normal life was boring? O KAWAII KOTO”. This OVA, just like the main series, encapsulates that thought and presents it before you in the form of three episodes.

This OVA lunges fan-service, bundled with hysterics right onto you, creating the perfect recipe for uproarious humour. Boisterous events and riotous remarks are sprinkled throughout the episodes, leading to a smooth flow of story progression and comedy. The way each scene transitions into the next is well connected.
The jocular narrator with a serious voice, like always, is perfectly embroidered into the story, similar to how silk is sewn into the spine of the book, and guides us along with the characters of the story in this OVA.

It poses a real challenge to get people interested in ordinary characters, but A-1 Pictures does a brilliant job of bringing out the extraordinary in an otherwise customary school set-up and daily lives. The characters maintain their individual charm in the OVA, Shirogane-his cocky yet amusing behaviour, Kaguya-her inner devilish scheming behind that kawaii face, Chika- her unwitting and innocent view on everything, and Ishigami-his hilarious mood swings from nonchalant to hyper in a few seconds.

I’ve seen a few people say they went overboard with the fanservice and all, and even though that's kinda true (I felt a bit that way too), that’s the whole point to an OVA. It’s a place to let free what the producers intended us to see without any restrictions or main plot. It’s there as not a part of the main series, but as a few chill (but extremely hilarious) episodes for us to enjoy. If you haven’t watched it yet, my personal recommendation is; if you took a shine to Love is War S1 and S2, you’ll get a bang out of the OVA too. Provided you liked the narrating style of the series, and don't have a major problem with fanservice, I’d say go for it and watch this OVA, you won’t be disappointed.
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When it comes to Love is war, many people enjoy the rom-com between the two geniuses, their plans and failures and the comedy... that's it. The last two seasons are considered to be one of the best rom-coms out there. But in today's OVA you will witness the new side of Love is war....

What's new?

Love is war OVA is mainly made up of some unpublished stories in manga. So we can expect there will be some new content here. But Folks, you are wrong... let me tell you clearly

In the volume 1, For the first time, I got to know what's the meaning of ecchi. ... This first volume delivers a lot of Ecchi moments or else Fan service moments. It's like far more of ecchi and less than hentai. But guys... The comedy never dies in the episode. Ishigami and Our President Shirogane funny comments will bring the funny moments In the episode.

This time we got Ai Hayasaka in glasses, A superb fan service scene between Fujiwara and Kaguya.

In volume 2 it's about a Ero-book, I like the narration given by President. But still I can say that Ishigami is highlight or MVP. His comedy timing will be amazing....

And there's volume three.... kinda parody like Food wars but minimum lewdness or less. It's just a cooking competition between our people.

Finally, there's very little plot except in volume 3 but the art is good and the sound and enjoyment are the best where you'll still dream about it (if you are a fan of fujiwara or kaguya)

I think if the three volumes are the three episodes, then I completed watching the OVA, it's fun....

As you've probably noticed by now, Kaguya-sama: Love is War is not an ecchi show. It's so not an ecchi show that both seasons had a gag involving Ishigami getting beaten up for sexualizing Chika. So, what are we doing here, with voyeuristic shots of things like Chika's breasts bouncing around as she and Kaguya look for some dropped soap in the girl's locker room showers? Well, we're here because fanservice sells and fans don't care.

If you're a fan of this not-ecchi series, then presumably, you like the characters for reasons besides their masturbatory utility. You like them because they're good characters, or in other ... words, because they make convincing imitations of real people. Characterization is, after all, the process by which a person is created inside of a narrative context. They might not actually be real, but they're real inside of the fantasyland the show exists in. The 2D Realm. You might not be able to touch them, but they sure~ can~ touch~ you~, or something like that. Anyways you wouldn't want to see Chika get Robert Sylvester Kelly'd by Papa Shirogane, a gross violation of her autonomy like that would make you upset. So why wouldn't you get upset when the show's creators force you to be the one doing the violating, with intrusive camera angles that place you right up in there between Chika's thighs? There's two answers here. The first, more rebellious one, is that you would be upset, and that I'm dumb for assuming that you wouldn't. Ass out of you and me, and all that. In that case, good on you, you make a good Kaguya fan. The other answer is that you don't care about Chika, and that I'm dumb for assuming that you do. You know fully well that Chika would have no issues bringing out the fan for some higher-dimensional ghosts spying on her in the shower, but you don't care. You're fine with being that ghost. If you don't like the characters that much to begin with, then whatever, it's just some ecchi, uhh, I feel bad calling it fanservice since you're not a fan, but you get the idea. If you ARE a fan, but don't care about Chika, well then you're pretty spooky.

But here is where I have to give credit where credit is due, and let the fans that don't care off the hook just a little bit for being horny. This is a review for a 5, after all, I'm not gonna browbeat the entire time. Anime titties are pretty cool, and how often do you see them animated at such a high quality? You don't. I mean, Chika's boobs alone had more keyframes than the latest episode of The Seven Deadly Sins. This is some seriously impressive ecchi content. So impressive, that it can apparently make fans forget all the characterization that they had subscribed to going into it. As an ecchi short, this might just be a 10/10 for its ability to do that.

But ultimately, this is an addendum to a show called Kaguya-sama: Love is War, which already has established characters, themes, and metanarrative morality. This OVA ignores all of that and prostitutes its cast for a quick buck. It gets points for being visually in the upper crust of the ecchi genre, but OVAs are not standalone, and have to be coherent within the context of their series. This is not.

Today I was doing my homework, and I got an erection. The problem was, I have no desires to watch porn at this hours. Then I remembered, I have this OVA to watch, and decided that I had to give it a try after hearing the rumours about it.

This OVA of the series Kaguya-sama encapsulates everything that is right in this anime. Hard hitting sketches with self aware humour. Memorable characters that you could feel by yourself. A lesson of life that is going to get you going for your whole life.

The first sketches were the best. I could feel the Ishigame desires and lust ... going through my screen while I remember my past hentais. The humour was on point, like almost always, completely self aware about how dumb this OVA and who they are catering to. That's the good part.

The second sketch was even better, the experience of linking a doujinshi with your daily life is something that maybe most high schoolers have done in their life, if they have friends, of course. There is no comment further here, the only thing is that the punchline was really predictable, but the execution before that was magnificient. I had the urge to go to my Fakku account and read some quality mangas.

Finally the last sketch was fine, maybe an average Kaguya sketch. That doesnt really matter at this point because the first two were peak entertainment and featuring best girl Miko is always a pleasure to watch. The production point were also average or even below average Kaguya, but that doesnt matter either

In conclussion, if you like big tits, big asses and some quality art that makes your dick go crazy, watch this. If you are a pussy unable to understand the greatness or is too afraid of high schooler on high schooler lust, then dont watch it.

I don't know how to react or look back on this OVA. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OVA was a hell of dissapointing for me. Never mind me I'm actually a fan of kaguya sama: love is war series. And I was really looking forward for a season 3 and of course an OVA.


well yeah, OVA may or may not be related to actual story. It's actually made for entertainment and I clearly have no problem with that but Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OVA presents you guys or lead characters of both season , for whom we all sympathesized and ... loved are fantasizing about their own FRIENDs to unknown uncensored book ( please understand what I mean ) and they don't even feel guilt about it.


This so called fanservice episode is only trying to defame the girls shown here.

I don't know about you guys but I kinda had difficulty watching this.

What the hell did I watch?! This is my first review ever, just cause I thought I had to.
I love Kaguya-sama and am a manga reader, so I knew for a fact there would be some ecchi.

But man! The first seven minutes were straight-out hentai scenes. The manga wasn't anywhere near as bad as this. Ok... maybe not hentai level scenes, but the shower scene with Kaguya and Chika was very... weird. I wasn't sure if I should laugh out loud or frown in disgust.

Perhaps I am overreacting, but let my review be a warning to those like me who dislike ecchi in ... a sweet rom-com anime.

I'm ok if you enjoyed it, of course. It just wasn't my cup of tea, and if you don't want to watch semi-hentai Kaguya-sama, I suggest you skip the first seven minutes. Trust me.

Edit: Oh! And the rest of the episode was alright.

All jokes aside, as Love is War fan, I'm not fan of this OVA. Volume 3 (Rice bit) was hilarious and found myself laughing (like I did with S1 and S2), but volumes 1-2 are just blatant fan service. Yes, they are making fun of animes/mangas with ecchi/softcore hentai fan service, but I just couldn't find it entertaining, because I was watching this hoping for comedy. Especially when knowing ages of these characters.

Voice acting was topnotch as usual though and I liked short Hayasaka cameo we had. Also was great to hear DADDY! DADDY! DO! again. But yeah, that's about it.

EDIT: If you are ... binging this series, just avoid this OVA completely. It doesn't add anything onto the overall series and you won't miss anything.

I definitely had high expectations watching this OVA as the series was one of my favourites. this has got to be one of the worst OVAs i have ever seen the beginning was so uncomfortable to watch as they had so much fan service for a romcom anime. the worst part was the sexualization of school girls, and shirogane and ishigami comparing their female friends to porn characters. the Ova was overall terrible and super awkward, especially the scene where chika was on top of kaguya, just because she dropped a bar of soap, it somehow turned into chika moving back and forwards on kaguya. ... shirogane was so out of character in this ova too.

the cooking scene was fine but i wouldn't wipe the cringe off my face for the whole episode.

You may read other reviews for this OVA and think that people are overreacting, I mean, every anime has fan service right? Well let me start by saying the first half of this OVA is practically hentai. Not to get too specific, but you don't want to have this on at a family gathering. Then to make matters worse, the second half is utterly boring and uninteresting.

Story:
There are two stories in the episode that each take up roughly half the runtime. We begin with the plot of Ishigami and Shirogane looking at explicit magazines and imagining their female friends in lewd scenarios. A good portion ... of this plot was really uncomfortable to watch. It was actually shocking to see how far they took this premise and Shirogane really appeared to be out of character. That all being said, comedy-wise, this is the better half of the episode. Both guys have some funny jokes here and there, but you'll probably be too busy cringing at the overbearing fan service to appreciate any of it. The second half of the episode is a cooking competition which Kaguya and Shirogane take too far so that they can win each other over with their cooking skills. This plot wound up being rather boring and not very much better than the first half.
3/10

Sound:
Everything in this department is solid. There's a section in the cooking portion where Chika has this euphoric awakening- or something, and the sound-work used to convey that was great. And I'd be remiss not to mention the sounds used to convey... "breast movement" are all there and intact. I need to dock one point from the score though, as a certain part that I won't spoil used sounds that were kind of disgusting.
9/10

Animation:
Love Is War's regular animation quality is all there and looking as great as ever, and just because it made me uncomfortable doesn't mean that it wasn't well done.
9/10

Characters:
As mentioned prior, Shirogane is strangely out of character for the first plot, and doesn't really do enough in the second plot to save himself. As not the biggest Chika or Miko fan, their focus in the second half wasn't really my cup of tea. All other characters featured in the OVA act as expected, but Ishigami is really the only one to get any laughs out of me, but as previously stated, that was only during the first half.
5/10

Overall:
Unlike what many other reviews say, I don't think it's a COMPLETE waste of time to watch this OVA. It isn't good by any means and it doesn't add anything new to the story, but if you're horny, this OVA is for you! (And you can stop watching after the first half)
4/10

Absolutely sublime episode. I learned so much about fried rice and the various ways it can be cooked!

Story 10//10
Very interesting conflict being set in motion by a battle of ideologies. Absolutely explosive results
Character interactions 10/10
Beautiful reactions and a great deal of empathy derived from the various recipes and how they relate to the characters' personalities and backgrounds.
Cinematography 10/10
Lots of well-chosen angles and smart use of lighting made the scenes very memorable.
Art 10/10
Beautifully drawn food. Absolutely mouth watering.
... Music 10/10
Perfect use of the series' soundtrack. Sold every moment perfectly
Personal enjoyment 10/10
Made me look for a pan as soon as I finished watching. Ishigami's recipe definitely strikes my fancy.
Conclusion: Please watch it! It's the best way to use 26 minutes. Even better than sex.

First of all, I'd say that this is a completely biased review, so be warned.
I also will keep comparing this to the manga, be warned.
Note that these were also one of my least favorite chapters in the manga, but I still enjoyed it more than the anime.

As an ecchi/fanservice, this is good.
As your normal Love is War comedy, this is awful.
As an adaptation, this is meh.

General:

... The animation and art were as expected, no less than amazing, but I have no comments whatsoever.

The soundtrack was fitting to every scene and hearing Daddy Daddy Do and Kaze ni Fukarete felt so nostalgic, I loved it.

The voice acting is just as good as the previous two seasons, you can feel that they're giving it their all, and every line to each character was filled with life, I won't go any further because I want to keep this review short.


First Part (Darkness 1): 2/10

Disappointing. Like, excuse you, what the fuck? Where did all the comedy go? What I liked about this part in the manga was how Aka kept roasting cliche fanservice like he usually does while still attracting horny weebs. But this, this was just normal fanservice and they exaggerated everything. Completely annoying.

Second Part (Darkness 2): 6/10

Meh. Nothing much notable about it, I'd say they followed the manga properly in this one, and I don't want to rant about how much I liked the voice acting because it will take forever.

Third Part (Cooking Contest): 8/10

Yes. This. This is what I've been waiting for. It was the Love is War I was waiting for. And it was fucking beautiful. I have no comments other than the art was a bit off, but that's probably because I was watching low-quality raws, so no complaints from me.


I'd say the only good things that came from this adaptation:
1) I got to hear the lines in the voice actors/actressess' voice, I live for this.
2) Daddy Daddy Do and Kaze ni Fukarete nostalgia.
3) Hayasaka in glasses. Hell yeah.
That's about it, I guess.

[This is just my opinion btw, nothing more, nothing less.]

this review was translated by google translator so some things may have been translated literally
What the hell is that?

It was really disgusting when they compared the girls from the porn comic book to their friends. Your friends. And it's not just them being compared, girls are intentionally drawn to look like them. Unfortunately this was also done in the manga chapters from which this scene was adapted, but do you know what wasn't done in the manga chapters? The whole 7 minute hentai scene (yes, it's practically hentai at this point) dragged on forever. This OVA contained none of the charm of the original show.
I ... understand that OVAs were supposed to be different, but this was not a good difference.
The first 8 minutes are glorified with the fetishization and sexualization of the two main female characters, basically porn.
Acting completely out of character for each person.
The animation is so bad.
Em portugues:Que porra é essa?

Foi realmente nojento quando eles compararam as garotas da revista em quadrinhos pornô com suas amigas. Seus amigos. E não são apenas eles sendo comparados, as garotas são intencionalmente atraídas para se parecerem com eles. Infelizmente isso também foi feito nos capítulos de mangá dos quais essa cena foi adaptada, mas sabe o que não foi feito nos capítulos de mangá? Toda a cena hentai de 7 minutos (sim, é praticamente hentai neste ponto) que se arrastou para sempre.Este OVA não continha nada do charme do show original.
Eu entendo que os OVAs deveriam ser diferentes, mas esta não era uma boa diferença.
Os primeiros 8 minutos são glorificados com fetichização e sexualização dos dois personagens femininos principais, basicamente um pornô.
Atuação completamente fora do personagem para cada pessoa.
A animação está tão ruim

(Rewritten review, gotta keep it PG-3)
I loved it! I'm glad Fan-- ser---vi--ce is alive and strong.
The animation was BEAUTIFULLY made, such an outstanding color of art.

Kaguya & Chika were very beautiful...in so many ways. It was very wholesome.
Seeing them together made me very happy.
Every scene and frame were amazing.
The Manga scene with Miyuki Shirogane & Yuu Ishigami was also wholesome.


... The fried rice scene was great too.

Uh yeah, it's pretty much just 1 episode with 3 part shorts.
Not much to say now tsk.
Nothing I dislike about this OVA, it was perfect.

It was very fun to watch.

I wanted to give you all warning. This is FANSERVICE episode for like 50% of it. If you want normal extra episode, skip to 11:50.

I want to say it IS weird for this anime suddenly slapped you with ECCHI scene for this ova which is not the same as the series. So yes, its uncomfortably shocking when you thought this anime is just about highschooler love.

I also wanna say that this episode is only funny when the non-ecchi scene cuz cmon, character ranting about censorship is too bizzare already. After these, it all back to your lovable series so dont worry. So the ... conclusion is that the ova is only 12 minutes is you minus the ecchi scene cuz the scene has 0 relation to the series.

Kaguya-sama: Love is War is an anime and manga series I thoroughly enjoy. I watched the first season at random since it was on Netflix, and watched the second season when it was over so I could binge it, leading to me liking it so much that I read the manga. The manga quickly became one of my favorites, me even giving it a 10/10 score, so I also read all of the spinoffs like We Want to Talk About Kaguya, Doujin-ban, and Shuuchiin Gakuen Nanafushigi. So, when I heard A-1 Pictures was to adapt more of this series into an OVA, I assumed it ... would be one of these series, but instead, they decided to adapt the two Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai Darkness chapters. That, and chapter 96 of the manga which is just a fried rice contest.

Now, what is Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai Darkness? Well, they are chapters 63.5 and 83.5 of the manga which are just straight up ecchi. They were included in Volume 22 of the manga aside from their original publication, so the people who got the OVA normally will also have access to the original chapters.

A-1 Productions is back at it again with their surprisingly top-notch visual style with Kaguya-sama. The motions are fluid and full of personality, and there are animations that you wouldn’t really expect a studio like this to do. An example of this would be in the adaptation of chapter 96, where Miko Iino asks for more rice from Chika and then they have this short little scene of Chika putting more rice on her plate. It’s not a scene that’s really at all important to animate that well, but they still decided to do it. If you liked the direction and visual flair that the previous two anime seasons had, then this one will probably be no different, save for the bountiful ecchi aspects that the original didn’t really have.

If there’s anything I love Kaguya-sama for, it’s the comedy, and said comedy all comes from one aspect—the characters. I may be biased because I know what happens in the future and I’ve already read what this OVA covers, but it’s still just as good. All the main cast shine in their own way bringing good jokes to the scene mostly every time, and the comedic effect is enhanced by both the visuals and the sound. From Ishigami and Shirogane in the first two parts, and then the rest of the cast in the last part, they get their own jokes and punchlines that don’t feel out of place. I once read a comment for this series on MyAnimeList that describes this series as “low-brow, high art,” and for this OVA, I can definitely say the same. Comedy is a subjective criteria, so in my subjective opinion, I say it’s good.

I’ll keep this review short, so I’ll go through the OVA’s plot quickly. The first part of the OVA has the girls taking a shower after swimming, and Ishigami complains about fanservice in seinen manga. The second part of the OVA has Shirogane and Ishigami reading a stray doujin they found in a parking lot. And finally, the third part of the OVA is the longest, and has the gang do a fried rice contest judged by Chika and Miko Iino. These little skits fit together like a normal episode of Kaguya-sama, though it adds way more ecchi to the mix.

Overall, the Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OVA is a good time for people who’ve already seen the first and second seasons or read the manga. Even if they cram more fanservice in there, they don’t sacrifice the overall quality and quantity of the jokes they throw at you. It’s by no means the funniest Kaguya-sama episode, but they announced this OVA at the same time as a Season 3, so be prepared. As a manga reader, I can say that you’ll enjoy what’s to come in the future!

Absolutely appalling.

I have not read the source material, so this is all new to me as an anime-only fan of Kaguya.
The anime typically consists of wholesome (partial dirty thoughts from time to time, normal for a teen I guess) romance and great jokes and laughter.

This OVA contained none of the charm of the original show.
I get that OVAs are supposed to be different, but this was not a good different.
The first 8 minutes is glorified wlw fetishization and sexualizing the two main girl characters, basically a porno.
Completely out of character acting for every single person.
The animation is so bad in the second half ... of the OVA because they used up their entire budget on completely stupid boob jiggling and the hen- I mean shower scene.

I'm not just mad because I'm a girl and hate sexualization of high school girls as I am one myself, I'm mad because I feel betrayed as a huge Kaguya-Sama fan myself seeing my favorite characters being butchered onscreen before my eyes for the sake of mindless fan-service and some giggles from a male audience (which is obviously what it catered to).

The second story is just plain boring and disgusting, Shirogane and Ishigami compare their FRIENDS to characters in a fucking porn magazine they found on the street. Again, WAY out of character for both these wonderful characters.
Was not funny at all, and I question anyone who found this scene hilarious.

The third story is fine but still way boring, a simple cooking competition with predictable outcomes. Characters seemed a bit better though. I noticed a few shots of sexualizing Chika once again. Seems like they know what the internet likes I suppose, but it is still weird and out of place.
The animation was poor, as again they spent most of their focus on the shower scene.


In conclusion;

Story: 2
Art: 3
Sound: 3
Character: 1
Enjoyment: -100
Overall: 1. Pathetic, would not recommend. Disappointing.

Anyone who gives this OVA more then a 1 is completely out of their minds. It doesn't deserve anything.

Here comes the OVA, adapting 3 chapters from the Manga that were either skipped or won't fit into an overall story telling so it makes sense to put them in an OVA. It will give you a little in between while you are waiting for S3 or just some fun if S3 is out when you discover this. Storywise there is not much depth here, but it doesn't always have to be deep to be funny.

While this OVa overall keeps the great quality of the series, there is a thing I have a problem with:

They took a Chapter from the Manga MOCKING Fanservice and ... turned into a full fanservice Episode.

I don't have a porblem with Fanservice in General, but this kinda changed the whole meaning.


Other than that it was great. The last episode is a food wars parody with better animation than most food wars scenes. I loved it.


So yeah, if you like the rest of the Franchise, you will like this. Even with fanservice.


8/10

*maybe slight spoilers on how the episode is structured

Man, I really wished they never produced this OVA. The preceding two seasons of Kaguya were a 10/10 for me (I've not gotten to the third season yet), but this OVA was a disaster.
The OVA consists of two disjointed stories, both of which were awful.

The first story was excessively lewd, featuring bouncing breasts and almost-naked characters in extremely compromising positions. It's extremely hard to believe that this is the same anime as the regular Kaguya episodes - cutely romantic, with a slight hint of sexual reference. This, on the other hand, was explicitly dirty, and made for ... a tough watch. The creators attempted to use tongue-in-cheek references to hentai and other fanservice OVAs to justify the wild departure from regular Kaguya episodes (like, "oh, we're self aware that this is ridiculous and over the top"), but ultimately it's just a feeble excuse to draw Kaguya and Chika nude. I hate it.

The second story was fine. Like, meh, not exciting but whatever. It's more filler than anything and could have been left out of the anime, but at least it was more in line with the regular season episodes.

Little disclaimer first: I am a huge Kaguya-sama manga fan, so this review will be somewhat biased and based on the knowledge I have about what is included in the manga.

Personally, I didn't enjoy the first half of this OVA. I know, I know. There are going to be some that criticize my opinion because of how seriously I take it. It has nothing to do with me being a woman and everything to do with the amount of love I have for this series. I've watched ecchi before (including Highschool DxD), so it also has nothing to do with a dislike towards that ... genre.

This OVA wasn't adapted well, in my opinion. The first and second seasons of Kaguya-sama are adapted beautifully, and very faithfully to the manga. The anime becomes even more enjoyable because they can adapt funny animations and antics that you simply can't experience in the manga. The whole vibe of the show felt very similar to the manga. That does not apply in this OVA.

The first half didn't come off as very humorous. Like I said, I've read the manga, so I knew what to expect as I began watching. Aka (the Author) does fanservice very tastefully, and minimally at that. He often goes out of this way to rag on cliché stereotypes and tropes. So, any fanservice that you see in the manga, doesn't come off in an "ecchi" way. It doesn't feel gross towards the characters you have come to love. This OVA had me feeling that way. I had to take a double take when watching the soapy shower scene because it felt like a different show. There was no humor and the characters felt lacking, as if it was just shoved in there to appease a certain audience.

The second part of this episode, the fried rice competition, was classic Kaguya-sama. That part of the episode is certainly worth a watch.

If you aren't an ecchi fan and/or you happen to be a fan of the manga, this may not be an OVA you'll enjoy. If nothing else, skip half way and enjoy the rest.