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Nov 26, 2011 5:00 PM
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Wow, what a mess.

So I guess the only thing they could think to do with the moribund romance story from the TV series was to kill off Chirico's love interest and give him another one...as little as that may make sense.

And the rest of the five episodes was taken up by boring political discussions about this cheap Catholic Church knock-off.

Maybe there's a good reason this wasn't subbed for 15 years.
May 27, 2014 11:30 AM
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Why must you die Fyana!!!
Hate Keeps me warm
May 31, 2016 6:46 PM
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Definitely the weakest of the OVAs so far. I can't imagine what they were thinking when they decided to make a 5-episode OVA about Space Popes that incidentally happens to feature Chirico in a few scenes.

They spend more time talking about Chirico than Chirico ever appears on screen, then Fyana dies for pretty much no reason other than to awkwardly shoehorn Teitania in as the new love interest. Pretty terrible.

And where is the explanation for why they still use the same old Scope Dogs after 32 years? Like in the first episode there's just a Scope Dog conveniently sitting around for Chirico to get in. Have they been so busy trying to replace them with Nextants that there's been literally no development for ATs? So many plot holes.
Sep 6, 2019 1:25 PM
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Fyana has died, and Chirico was the last person she saw, just like how he was the first person she saw. Never before have we seen Chirico in such pain, as losing her was the worst thing that has ever happened to him. This was definitely the most emotional moment in the franchise.

Teitania, now in full control of her emotions, acknowledges that she loves Chirico, even though it looks like she may never tell him, but who knows.

Oct 10, 2022 7:21 PM
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I hate everything about this!
This managed to infuriate me to the last phrase!

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