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Rating: 8/10

Overall Series Rating: 7.5/10

Impressions:

Overll, the entire OAV series doesn’t impress me that much. This probably due to the poor plot linking between the four episodes, with episode 2 and 3 being rather wasteful, in my opinion. The story isn’t very strong, though I do see some elements of the Mai Otome manga in it. The animation and action are pretty high though, and this last episode by itself is quite enjoyable to watch. I think for me, I enjoyed seeing the reunion of Arika and Nina the most—sequels are always great to see old characters come together again. I guess that effect is what the animators tried to build on in episodes 2 and 3, though it ends up making the plot rather weak.

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Popularity: 18% [?]

Rating: 8/10 (It’s all Senna)

Impressions:

So after half a year, the DVD version of Memories of Nobody finally came out, followed by a speedy sub from Dattebayo. Of course, I downloaded it straight away and watched it the next day (since the absurd number of peers dwarfed the seeding ability of the few seeders, couple with my crap Australian internet, made the download extremely slow). I wasn’t planning on blogging it (well, certainly not screen capping it properly, since doing that for a movie is just stupid and time wasting), but I did decide to write a quick impression after a request from a commenter. I don’t have that much to say though, as being a side-plot movie, I’m not as ‘in touch’ with it as the series.

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Popularity: 35% [?]

Rating: 9.3/10

Impressions:

As a standalone, this episode is pretty good, with the standard OAV-level of animation and the amount of action (plus Nao gets a lot of attention!) However, being a whole quarter of Mai Otome Zwei, the fact that it didn’t really develop the story much is a real shame, like last episode. It’s like a really good story starts unfolding, but comes to an untimely end halfway through. Because of this, I am very confused about everything that’s happened so far, and I can’t make sense of how a lot of things tie together. Not to mention it’s been quite a while since the first episode was released. The spa scene didn’t really help to advance the story either.

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Popularity: 19% [?]

Japanese Title: 時を�?��?�る少女
Medium: Movie
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Slice of Life
Duration: 100 min
Producers: Kadokawa Shoten, Madhouse Studios
Official Site: http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/tokikake/

Rating: 10/10

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Popularity: 20% [?]

Rating: 9.3/10

Impressions:

Being a big fan of Mai Hime and Mai Otome, and a bigger fan of the Mai Otome manga, I, like many others I presume, have been eagerly anticipating the second episode in the Zwei OAV series. Overall, this second episode is actually a bit of a disappointment. Although not lacking in action and quality, it suffers from slow plot progression, especially as it is a four episode OAV. It seems like the final battle will probably begin next episode and end in the last episode. I was really hoping for more plot twists and extra development, with little subplots involving the various characters, but of course, what was I thinking? This isn’t a full fledged TV sequel…just a four episode OAV.

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Popularity: 22% [?]

Rating: 7.5/10

Impressions:

Well, the first thing I should say is that that ‘virtual’ sex scene was quite unexpected. Perhaps it was used to emphasise a point, but I really see no point of it being in there anyway. This entire episode bored me severely somehow. I’m glad this will only be 4 episodes long, as it should be pretyt straight to the point. As of now, it still doesn’t seem like much has happened. I guess the show should end when vengeance is exacted. The little girl will probably get involved as well, with a whole bunch of other stuff yadda yadda yaddah~ Oh and another thing, for an OAV, the quality is pretty crap, especialy the CG, which is absolute shit! (I think I may have said otherwise in my first post, but oh well!)

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Popularity: 18% [?]

Rating: 10/10

Impressions:

This is one of those shows that makes me want to screen shot each and every scene of the movie. The quality is so fucking good I died multiple times by looking at the backgrounds. And since the whole show is comprised of 99% backgrounds, you can estimate the number of times my heart failed. This show definitely does not disappoint, with quality that makes Kanon look like Yoakena in comparison, and a familiar yet fantastic story about distance, which is both super sweet and oh so sad. Unfortunately, the actual movie, with all three parts, won’t air in cinemas until next month, so I guess we will have to wait for a DVD to see the rest.

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Popularity: 21% [?]

Rating: 8.8/10 (because Jun is love!)

Impressions:

JUN TURNS INTO A REAL GIRL! Darkshaunz will flip when he hears about this, though I think he already has…But if you’re after some Jun fanservice, you will be severely disappointed. There is like…none. Almost. I’m not sure about the difference Jun being a girl makes, other than the development of breasts and perhaps the less shame guys will feel for fapping to her. But like I said the OAV has almost no fanservice, so don’t get your hopes up. However, the episode is of course entirely about Jun, so that should be enough to make a lot of fanboys happy!

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Popularity: 23% [?]