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This anime… Whew. You either hate it or love it. But I'll tell you right now, if you expect something akin to the manga, that's not what this is. The manga, from the little I've read, is supposed to be a love story involving a girl and two boys in an American high school. The beginning of the OVA kind of does that (keyword: kind of), but then eventually it takes a completely different turn.

It turns into a guy who became a famous actor, I guess. Now, I'm not necessarily against the idea of an anime adaption taking a different turn compared to the ... manga, but the way Cipher does it is juxtaposing prime. The storyline is awkward to say the least, a mishmash between several plotlines. It’s about high school kids, then it's about making it big in Hollywood, and then it turns into a gay love story. As you can imagine, it all mixes together as about as well as oil mixes with water.

The music is pretty catchy and features 80s' classics, albeit out of place at certain parts. However, that's where my compliments on the sound end. The voice acting is so awful it's hilarious. It's like they found random people on the street and paid them $10 to read lines. Character development? What's that?

To have that, you need to have… Character. There are a lot of things happening to the protagonist, sure, but we know next to nothing about him. He’s a teenage actor and… That’s about it. The other characters have the same level of depth, too. There is nothing that gets me invested in these characters. With all that said, would I recommend watching this anime?

Yes. Is it bad? Also, yes. But it’s an experience. Firstly, it’s an anime that’s so bad it’s funny. Secondly, it’s a good tutorial on how not to write a story for any aspiring fiction writers. Thirdly, you can enjoy it with your fellow anime-loving friends as you roast it… Preferably with a beer or two. And to be fair, it's pretty rare to find an anime where its original dub is in English which just adds to the uniqueness. And from what I can tell, the creator seemed to have a lot of fun making it. Even though this anime is far from good, it’s still a very enjoyable series.