Similar plots have been done before, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to see it play out, with all of the colorful car chases and gunfights, the larger-than-life antihero protagonists, and wacky twists and turns. The villains are a bit “too” evil, though, which kind of tempers my enjoyment of the OVA and gives me tonal whiplash. The main villain, in particular, can be hard to watch; she is manipulative, and gaslights and abuses the young girl working with her.
There is also a fair amount of unnecessary fanservice that has nothing to do with the plot, and it seems kind of forced in there. And we also get a scene where the young girl working with the main villain offers to “help” a man they kidnapped use the bathroom, which is disturbing.
Since this is just a one-shot OVA, the characters’ backgrounds and motivations are barely explained, and I’m left with more questions than answers. For instance, why is Bean so strong that bullets bounce off of him? Why are he and Rally partners, and why exactly do they do what they do? Are they criminals? They live in a big city with such a distinctive car, so why do the police have trouble finding them? How do the villains’ disguises work so well? Why does Bean stuff a bunch of nuts into his mouth before he goes on a vehicular rampage? Things like that.
Overall, although the villains’ actions, meaningless fanservice and lack of background hamper this OVA, it’s a fun “America-in-an-alternate-universe”-style action romp that is worth a watch.
