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"Spoiler" alert including allusions to sexually graphic content

What a hugely disappointing finale to what was a very enjoyable series on a generally downward trajectory throughout the second series.

The story does little of note, spinning its wheels in a desperate attempt to build some kind of intrigue but fails to do that through janky pacing and character arcs that in no way dovetail into anything with a working structure.

The art and sound are the strongest points of "Roberta's Blood Trail" in large part because they are mostly in keeping with what came before: crisp, often dark and brooding but not overbearingly so, interspersed with colourful wide-angle ... shots that contrast the often hectic and sometimes claustrophobic darker scenes; generally well delivered.

As others have stated this OVA totally mangles numerous characters culminating in IMO the laziest of them all: *Spoiler* Revy's just a badass because she got raped; ahuh, like every half-assed "Bad-ass woman" churned out by lazy media Revy too is only motivated to do anything because a man made her do it. Give me a mater-loving break! I simply couldn't enjoy the ending beyond that and considered turning it off and not even seeing how it ends.

The first series was explosive, shocking and invigorating; the second seemed to lose its way as if it began running out of ideas and this... well I recommend straight giving this a miss honestly.

Though I went into the OVA still pretty high on the show and hoping there'd be more down the line I honestly wish I'd never watched this, I'm done with this series; i seriously hate that THIS is the ending of what started out as a show with so much promise.

While well animated with very dynamic action scenes this show makes me ask the question of why I should bother giving random action animes the time of day.

Nothing too out of the ordinary in character design though the power-loli MC is somewhat striking in design. In terms of characteristics the main cast themselves by and large come across as rather forced and shallow constituting various flavours of the "bitter because the world made me this way and that's my character" archetype but there is enough there to be carried by a decent story... only that's where it all falls down:

What really makes me genuinely angry ... about this anime is that despite some considerable effort and budget clearly having been put into the art the story is absolutely abysmal! Shallow Mad Max rip-off with some ridiculous straw man villain using cheap shock in place of genuine characterisation while the overarching plot is your run of the mill amnesia hero has to blah blah blah: appaling and flat out unimaginative tat.

Honestly it might be flashy and look high budget but save yourself and don't bother, there are much, much better options for high-impact action out there that won't leave you hating yourself for giving them the time of day or developing expectations for something enjoyable.