While it’s not uncommon for TV anime to release a straight-to-video bonus episode or two, few has done it so tightly knit with the TV airing as Manabi Straight.
Having seen it almost half a year later, it also reminded me how much I miss this motley crew.
And Momo.
And UFOTable’s weird quirks.
Talking with a few people about this OAV reminds me how the saccharine-laced ending may be too much for some, and the bittersweetness does not hit the spot of ultimate satisfaction.
Still, bitterness and hardship are flavors of life that we all taste as we grow older. It brings character to a story, and gives the characters traction with the viewers’ minds.
For a bonus episode, this is heavy stuff. I guess that’s how Manabi Straight find its audience.
Celebrating the end of summer…a couple weeks late. Noticed the full moon?
October 18th, 2007 at 11:04 am
I love you, Mikan. :3
October 18th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Does this mean no more Manabi Straight ever again?
October 18th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Until we really really massugu go.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
I’d love to see OVAs on Mikan’s adventures in America and a full-length epilogue. I want to know what they’re all up to!
October 18th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
YAYNESS! MANABI STRAIGHT RETURNS!!! I finished this series about 2 months ago, so it probably won’t feel like a big reunion to me (well, thats if someone subs this soon!), but of course, I don’t mind at all! I’m just glad I get to see the whole gang again (especially Mikan…MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!…thats not considered loli is it? I mean, they are adults at the end of the series…well, probably not in this OVA…err…*runs away*)