Story (60/100) With all 3 OVA's together, it equals to an overall of 60. After seeing the first OVA, titled Isle's Journal, I had hope for the next OVA. Then I heard they were tacking on another OVA, to make it three in all...
Isle's Journal- By far the most interesting OVA. Hell, even better than the original series itself. You delve into an episode that happens in between episode 3 and 4 (If I am thinking correctly) of the original series. Levi goes on an adventure. Sounds interesting, right? Well, it is. But, I could have done without Levi's squad. I mean, Aluo's damn gag reel of biting his tongue was annoying as hell. (-5 points)
OVA #2- I don't even know what this one was named, but I don't care, because this episode was REALLY unnecessary. I have 3 words: Uneventful, unnecessary, fan service. This. This was really stupid. I'm sorry, but it was. (-10 points). It focuses on Jean, who they make the MC. Sounds...cool, right? For Jean fans, at least. They all decided to have a cook off like its Hell's Kitchen, which made no sense at all, and the animators thought, “Hey, remember those supposedly funny scenes Isayama did in the manga? Let's add those in random spots so this episode makes no sense whatsoever.” (-5 points).
OVA #3- OK, this one was a bit better than the last one, but was easily crushed by Isle's Journal in the interesting factor.
“Important girl gets kidnapped by men and needs to be saved by everyone's teamwork” cliché (-5 points), “Mikasa/Annie ex machina” (-5 points), “Character stops others from killing bad guys because feelings” cliché (-5 points)
No half-aked Armin (-5 points) -Seriously, we get a Mikasa working out scene in the previous episode, but no Armin? Screw you animators. I'm tired of femservice. ME WANT MANSERVICE.
Character (55/100)
There really isn't any character. (-10 points) I mean, except Isle, who was interesting. In OVA 2, we get to see a bit of Jean's past, and suddenly, Jean is a dick to his mom! “MC is lucky enough his parents aren't dead, but still treats them like shit until the end when he realizes his mistake”. (-10 points). Why is he a dick? Did I miss something? (-5 points)
Krista is useless as usual. (-5 points)
Not enough Armin, too much Mikasa (-5 points)
In reality, the characters are still 2D cardboard. Their 3DMG is more developed than them. (-10 points)
Visuals (85/100)
Not gonna lie, Snk has some good art, but it was wasted on that second OVA. (-5 points)
Mikasa and Marco need to be signed up with a hair commercial, because those scenes were sort of awkward to watch. (-5 points)
Reused 3DMG scenes from original series. What, can't make new scenes? (-5 points)
Audio (85/100) Audio and voice acting was done very well. Don't care for the OP. I don't need Armin to narrate everything for me, too. (-5 points)
I don't remember any of the OST's except for one, which I still can't find. (-10 points)
Enjoyment and Final Scoring (71/100) 60+55+85+85+70=355/5=71
I'm not a big fan of SnK. And these OVA's didn't change my mind about it either. But, I recommend this toward any SnK fan, as you guys would love it, of course.
