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Oh Kira, Kira, Kira...what an infamous entry to the Higurashi series it is...and not for the reasons you think Higurashi is infamous for...

If my profile didn't make it clear, the Higurashi series is one of my fav anime series of all time. I love its characters, story, the psychological horror aspect to it, etc. I'm sure that the VN and mangas will most likely be better. When this anime first came out, I was willing to give it a change. Even though the franchise is recognizable for its scares, blood and gore, it wasn't really the core of Higurashi in my book. It was the ... characters and the close friendship that they grew to have with each other. It also had plenty of light-hearted moments too so a fun little OVA can't hurt, right?....RIGHT?

The 1st episode is AWFUL. It is nothing but shameless fanservice. It relegates all the guys into mindless perverts and treats the girls like sex objects. The fact that characters like Satoko and Rika (11-12 YEAR OLDS, MIND YOU) are involved in fanservice is REALLY gross. Though, all the girls (besides Miyo and Chie) are under 18, so it's still really uncomfortable for me. Even if you SOMEHOW choose to ignore that, it's still very unfunny and dumb in a bad way. Don't watch it please.

The 2nd episode is stupidly fun for me. It's a very silly, over the top parody of magical girl shows and it focuses on Rika and Satoko being magical girls, with Hanyuu fulfilling the small companion role. I do like magical girl shows so this one was enjoyable for me.

The 3rd episode is pretty boring since I did NOT care for the love square plot and the Keimion tease. (Though, that's probably just me being biased since I prefer KeiRena...). Also, I didn't like Shion being involved since she already loves someone else (to the point of finding differences between Keiichi and Satoshi) and that was a core aspect of her character.

Episode 4 is a really cute plot about Hanyuu and a younger Rika. It's a good way to end the show and is the main episode that salvages this show. This is what I wanted more out of from Kira, but sadly, it's only in this (though 3 may count, to be fair...)

For the art, I like it. It's not the best that Higurashi has offered in my eyes, but it's pretty colorful, rather detailed, and shiny, which goes well with a show like this.

As for sound, I like the cheerful opening and ending songs, but I do prefer the other openings and endings. The cast and sound department do a good job as usual, but nothing too special.

I can't really say I recommend this show since it is VERY cringy in some areas, but passable in others. If you DO want to watch it though, I recommend watching 2 and 4, and if you're a sucker for romance, harems, and/or Keimion, MAYBE 3. If you plan on watching the 1st episode for whatever reason...don't say I didn't warn you.

Final Rating: 5-5.5

I can sum this anime up with the 8 deadly words: I don't care what happens to these people.

Oh boy, this OVA. Let me tell you, I am not going to be pleasant towards it. I'm honestly glad this only had 3 episodes. Have you ever wanted to see an anime about the 90s console war between Nintendo and Sega, even though we should be way past that now? I kinda hope you aren't, because this will be just a waste of your time.

Story: I'll admit, despite it being ahead of its time, I was a bit intrigued by the premise, especially since I love ... video games and I have fondness towards Nintendo and Sega, especially Nintendo. However, that intrigue was lost when it became obvious what it really was. This anime, for some reason, chooses to be really biased towards Sega while painting Nintendo as the villains. We get most of the screen time with Segua characters, while there isn't nearly enough screen time with Ninteldo characters. I think this would've been a bit more interesting if it ended up focusing on both sides, like there being good and bad apples on both sides and their motivations. But nope, you're not gonna get ANY of that.

Another problem is that there actually isn't that much plot, or at least not one I found interesting. The only plot I can get out of this is our main protagonist joining and winning this war against an empire. NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE. Now, this wouldn't be so bad, except it's not done well at all. Any plot that's there is cliche and predictable. to the point the show ends up becoming more of a chore to watch than it should be. If you don't know what I mean, look at any fantasy story ever and that's pretty what you'll get out of this.
RATING: 2

Art and Sound: I'm grouping up these two because I can say the same thing about both of them. The art and music aren't bad, per say, but nothing stands out at all about them. The characters just look like your typical anime characters, the environments and backgrounds are really basic fantasy, and the music is not necessarily something I want to listen to again and again.
RATING: 5

Characters: I'm sorry, was there character development in this anime? I think I forgot. These characters are about as bland as you can get. Their ONLY intrigue you'll get from them is that they're based on Nintendo and Sega characters, but even then, are you really gonna be intrigued by them in the end? This show doesn't really bother to build them up properly. Gear (Sonic), our main protagonist, is introduced as his best friend/sibling, who is a stand in for Tails, dies, is angered by this, and is driven to become stronger because of this. But since neither of them are really interesting, I just ended up not caring about them.

Opal is the "main heroine", but is really just there to be the fanservice character that most of the characters lust over and who fans can get their rocks off to and I guess she's Gear's love interest. She starts off as your typical man-hating tsundere who mellows down after Gear shows up in her life. Again, you're not given much screen time of their relationship, so why should you care? Also, gotta have her hardly wear anything and make her look like a walking sex object. Opal? MORE LIKE OPPAI AMIRITE? (Ok, that just sounded dumb...) But in all seriousness, I honestly wish anime would do this less and less, because that's something I was always annoyed by. Also, she's apparently a badass, but she mostly doesn't do anything that is badass worthy. She gets defeated by the main character in the first episode (Again, TOTALLY HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BEFORE). That's pretty much all you need to know.

There are other characters like Niel, Gear's sister who pretty much does nothing and is just there to be the cute sister character, and Teijlof, who is a....Tetris parody that's a pervert.....WHY??? Then you have Marcus (Mario), who's the tyrannic leader of Ninteldo, Zelig (Link), who is for lack of a better word, insane, and other characters who are just background characters, like...a Kirby parody who is a pink haired girl that has sizable breasts....okay, I'm done talking about the characters. Nice representation of Nintendo, anime (Not really. Then again, this kinda applies to Sega too).
RATING: 1

Enjoyment: At best, I was bored since there's mostly just talking, and at worst, I was annoyed and disgusted, especially with the fanservice and the obvious bias towards Sega. Any jokes there are, I mostly just react like "UGGHH, I get it, it's a sexual joke about Tetris." Surely, you won't get sick of that joke the 10th time we tell them. The action sucks too, especially since there's really hardly any of it. I was just waiting for it to end, and I'm really glad it did. There was hardly anything I enjoyed in this anime.
RATING: 1

Overall: This feels like a Sega fanbrat/Nintendo hater's wet dream come true. This is one of those anime that disappoints me on a personal level. It's an anime that sounds interesting, but it doesn't really seem like there was that much effort put into it. This OVA just ended up being worse than I thought it would be. You can read fanfiction of the Console War and enjoy them more than this anime. I don't recommend watching it at all.

RATING: 2/10