Candy☆Boy: Side Story For Archive

This brief OVA breaks the traditional shoujo-ai mold of tragedy. Instead it is all about fluff, happiness and two people realizing that they are meant to be together. Basically it's a perfect short romance! This is a good introduction to yuri series. It’s not explicit at all and it's very sweet. Normally with incest especially, a topic popularly portrayed in anime, relationships often seem unnatural and forced, but here the interactions are smooth and natural. The sisters banter back and forth like really siblings but there is always that hint of underlying affection in their words and actions that clues you into their real feelingsfor each other. For the short ten minute run time much is accomplished: the sisters stop being affectionate for a brief time, are conflicted over their feelings and then resolve their problems. It even adds in some comic relief which is quite well done with a stalker underclassmen. Speaking of characters this is one of the ONA’s highlights. Their design is well done and the characters are very expressive. Even though there is little dialogue, it is always easy to get a sense of the characters varying feelings from their expressions. Similarly, the acting is more expressive and is very entertaining. The actors convey a wide variety of different emotions and the sound effects are stand outs. The ending song is a bit dated, but the lyrics help frame the sisters feelings for each other and serve as a nice coda. The art is very natural looking, the colors are muted but the backgrounds are bright and cheery mimicking how the characters feel. It is almost photo-realistic. Due to the low budget, the camera angles are slightly unconventional. Sometimes there will be a few interspersed shots of perspiration or a glass of water which adds to the tone of the scene. Yes, it's nothing memorable but it doesn't try to be. It's about cute fluff and sisters growing together. It’s short, it’s pretty and it’s adorable. Why wouldn't you watch it?

where to start well the story contains yuri twincest which threw me a little bit off i mean i was expecting the yuri but not the twincest but i sat through till the bitter end and im happy i did. to me this ONA is very good for starter yuri watchers as myself because unless your already into it you dont want to start watching yuri series off on something your not used to like girls madly making out with each other and taking off each others clothes... thats what i was a bit afraid of but instead this ONA slightly touched on the subject ofgirl love and how love is love no matter the gender and that really touched my soul because there are alot of homophobics in this world and i never understood why so i checked out this show of mere curiousity and i say that was 10min well spent BTW FOR ALL THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING THERE WAS NO STORY LINE HOW MUCH OF A STORY DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO SQUEEZE IN 10MIN!!! overall 10/10 watch it i promise it will leave a tender sweet feeling in your heart

Informative Review. This is basically the start-up to what Candy Boy is all about, the direct prequel to the main series. It follows MCs Kanade and Yukino in their time at their new dorm, only for there to be a little turmoil between the sisters in a misunderstanding on love, involving a character who does appear frequently in the series, named Sakuya. It can be a little odd to see a series behave such a way without a lot to work with, due to lack of character depth, however, Candy Boy is a simple series that in actuality doesn't need much to make it enjoyable, thatis part of what specifically makes Episode 0 fine for the most part even if it does feel forced. The art is high quality for its time, I'd say it looks very good, especially with background aesthetics and character design. OST through the episode isn't particularly memorable here, in honesty. Though "Candy☆Boy by MEILIN" is amazing. I watched this in release order, so I ended up watching this first when I first came into the series. I'd advise going into the EX01 first if you want a smoother ride, though, there is nothing wrong with taking this first other than awkward transitions. Take your pick.

In doing some old reviews for anime I watched way back I noticed some specials I never checked off my list. I decided it'd be a good time to clean house and watch them all since they were all pretty short. Turns out upon watching this that I actually had already seen it when I first watched Candy Boy, but now I know that for sure which feels good. My completionist mentality wouldn't let me sleep at night if I left some anime unwatched forever. I'll watch all 2000 on my plan to watch... someday. Aaaanyway this special is basically to set up the characters and centralconflict of the main series. There are these two sisters, they're gay for eachother... or maybe not it's left just vague enough that they don't get in trouble with censorship. And then a third girl gets into the mix to make in a nice love triangle. But then the twist is that the third girl likes the other sister than the one she was thought to like. If it was played for laughs it'd be a decent comedic premise, but this seems to want to be a serious drama... which is boring. 5/10

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