Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. OVA

If you watched the series before the OVA, the characters are the same and just as entertaining. If you haven't watched the series this is definitely a fan service OVA than something that can be watched as an introduction to the series. Marriage is weird isn't it? You basically devote the rest of your life to one person and if it all goes okay you don't die alone. The OVA attempts to address marriage in a way we young'uns can understand. The story is nothing special. The service club is commissioned to fill the space of a magazine that will advertise the town as a hotspot forweddings and make marriage more appealing to younger people. To do this they send out a survey to their class and find that the overall idea of marriage among high school students is lacking. They attempt to gain a better understanding of marriage by asking Komachi because she takes care of Hikigaya. She issues a series of "marriage challenges" that all of the characters participate in. This includes cooking, trivia and wearing a bridal gown, all of which were fun to watch. The art and sound was standard to the series, and the dialogue made me laugh a lot even though it was pretty much the same as the series. What irked me was the sexist portrayal of marriage. The writers seemed to paint a picture of marriage as something where the majority of the work is done by women for the men and none of that should be questioned. The trivia section made this extremely evident because the questions posed were how to be the perfect housewife. While everyone (including Hikigaya) gave varied and valid answers, all of them were shot down and replaced with Komachi's ideal answer. What I got from it is that there is a specific way wives are supposed to treat their husbands and their family. In this way the writers have restricted what marriage really is and replaced it with a sexist ideal. Maybe I shouldn't take it so seriously, but in a series with strong female characters I expected more than this. Watch it because it's entertaining. However, be wary and treat your SO equally.

If you are a fan of Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru season 1, then watch this OVA for some light fanservice. It is non-canon and features many popular characters from the series. The point of this OVA was likely a response to fan mail post season 1. It also serves as a teaser for season two without spoiling any story points as its non-canon. Story - The service club must help Shizuka Hiratsuka with a wedding magazine request. This allows you to see all your favorite female characters and side characters dress up. The story doesn't matter since its non-canon but itdoes setup a harem-esque ending. For fans of this anime, most people should welcome this OVA as a way to satiate their appetites. Yet I was hoping that there would be more in this OVA than a throwaway episode. Characters - All the characters act just like they do in season 1. Part of the charm in this anime is that some characters are less superficial and more developed compared to other anime. Expect all the hijinks you would in this light fanservice OVA. Unlike the anime series, you will not find the philosophical monologues from the MC. The bottom line is that if you are a fan, you should watch this. The reason why I rated it average is because many other anime have done a lot more with OVAs than what we get here. The possibilities are endless. We could have seen more of other characters that get less screen time. The other factors are that it was used to promote/hype the second season. So I also see it was a marketing gimmick as well as a way to respond to fans of the show. Brain Base had an excellent opportunity to do more here but instead what we get is almost a throwaway OVA in retrospect.

so this might be a short review but no idea but honestly ill get into it Story: you wont find a story with this just a special OVA with all the characters writing stuff for a marriage thing and also doing stuff like that nothing really going on here Art: art was the same as the main anime so yeah nothing bad Sound: its the same OP and ED so nothing knew but nothing bad about it either Character: honestly i will not say anything about this most of the main and side characters you've are in this OVA and are the same so yeah Enjoyment: like what someonein the popular review said i honestly enjoyed this more than the anime (in terms of comedy) because this pulled it off better and the main anime didn't but otherwise yeah Overall: ill say this you dont have to watch this because this doesnt follow the legit anime just a side off episode but this was better than the actual anime to me atleast

This OVA wasn't necessarily a waste of time, it just didn't live up to expectations when compared to season one or two, which I watched both of prior. There isn't much going for it story wise, and when it ended, I found myself saying "that's all?" There's hardly any build up of anything, and there certainly feels to be no resolution. The fact that this fairly mediocre OVA was (as far as I am aware) supposed to be a teaser for the second season, which was the complete opposite of boring, was a little weird to me. Overall, it was an okay watch, but don't expectmuch.

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