Darker Than Black Gaiden resumes exactly after the ending of the first season, with Hei and Yin running away from Japan while being tailed down by what remains of the Syndicate. The animation was, as always, quite good, the fighting scenes were sometimes a bit messy, but still enjoyable. I noticed a very poor characterization for both foes and allies of the main characters. They would have usually, at the very least, hinted what kind of power or remuneration they went through, but this time they overlooked it altogether.
Moreover I couldn't quite understand why would they try to deepen the bond between Hei and Yin, just as I reproved in the first season wherein their relationship was already vague (and detached if I may say so) and absolutely job-related only. Suddenly, while approaching the end, it developed in a romantic subplot totally uncalled for, but still quite enjoyable. Well, that is, if it remained as that. What actually puts me off of those 4 OVAs is this quite well-played display of a clearly romantic development of two characters which until now, never showed any kind of romantic feelings, aside of Yin that we discover arbors feelings for Hei although not very clearly specified.
I understand that it is a necessary trope to develop the main plot that will then resume in the second season, but they overly-exaggerated it. As I said Hei changed completely after their gateaway, this is understandable since they were chased off, but he gave off a completely different feeling in comparison with the first season and in the end he became way too desperate because of Yin's disappreance - resulting in an alchool's habit, and to quote Mao's punchline "This is not how a contractor would act". Still we know that Hei isn't a full-fledged contractor, but he still can rationally come to a logical solution like one and, as I see it, they abused this human trait of his.
In the end, I feel like they rushed quite a bit the plot and actually tried to gather pieces and elements left unresolved of the story and make a good collage out of it for the sake of keeping the series up.
However I think they only dragged it on unnecessarily. They could have actually used these OVAs to explain and clarify what the main story either overlooked or just put aside for running time's sake.
Thank you for your time.
