Warning, some spoilers ahead:
Story: yes, the first part of this episode was way too fan servicey, and quite trashy to be quite honest. But then I so what some other people were saying on here who gave it an egg, about the fact that it was a parody of shonen Fanservice scenes, or whatever. And I’m not exactly an expert in that regard, well whatever, but either way, it was just a little excessive for those types of blatant fanservice scenes, in the abstract at least. However if it was mere commentary on a trend going on in a certain artform, and for that, it’s actually not too trashy in that context.
The second part of this episode, is where I believe the real comedy kicks in. Because you have Shirogane at first act all morally righteous when he comes across a porn mag in a parking lot with Ishigami. But then, as he talks about it further with Ishigami, his curiosity takes over, and he comes up with that BS excuse that he’s just reading the story. Sure Shirogane, SURE your were. 😂
And the third part to the episode, involved no fan service at all. Just a cooking contest with fried rice as the dish. And I especially loved that old cliché line, “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. And as a man myself, let me tell you that there’s a lot of truth to that! lol And Fujisawa’s faux analyses wow taste testing the fried rice dishes, was another bit of comedy gold! so yeah, all in all, the episode got better as it went further along.
Art: I’m not sure if anyone else noticed, but I know that there was a little bit of a drop off in our quality in this episode. I mean I guess since it’s an OVA that’s not cannon, it’s not too big of a deal, but it is something that I didn’t notice. Nothing too serious, but still.
Music: The same very good, in fact outstanding music. No significant drop offs there.
Characters: other than the fact that Shirogane and Ishigami got a lot more perverted than usual during this OVA, no serious changes there. I was a bit disappointed in Iino eating most of the fried rice that Kaguya especially made for Shirogane, and for someone who describes to morally upright behavior, that certainly wasn’t a good example of that. But all in all, still quite good.
Now lastly, as promised, I will get into more of what I was talking about in the intro. To quote one of the people who gave it an eight out of 10, “i’ve noticed quite a bit of sensitivity regarding this ecchi”. It’s not just with this episode, I’ve noticed it with quite a lot of Anime as of late. And to be quite honest, it’s really starting to get tiresome. I won’t get too much into it, but I think you all understand what I’m talking about right? Even if you don’t agree, you know what I’m talking about. Anime by its very nature has quite a bit more sexuality in it, than any other western media really. So I’m a bit surprised to see said sensitivity regarding Ecchi because of that also.
Now I’ve been a fan of anime for like 21 years as of this writing, and I’ve seen it all throughout the years. If you’re new to it, then fine I understand having a really bad reaction to it. But if you’re a seasoned anime watcher, and you’re still reacting to it like it’s a big shock, then that’s what I don’t understand. But this review is already long enough as it is, so I’ll stop there. If you got this far, then I thank you for reading throughout, and I hope that you did find this review to be helpful.
