So I finally finished watching the last episode and it certainly continued the Otome-verse tradition (or is it a Sunrise tradition) of having plenty of unanswered questions AKA plot holes.

Wouldn’t really say it was a bad OVA - in fact I found it far more enjoyable than My-Otome Zwei, but the way they rushed through the story and the amount of “hinting” was just incredibly annoying. The characters were saying all kinds of shit which COULD mean something really cool in the HiMEverse should they be explored in the story, but instead we have to just accept them without knowing any details. Of course that might be the point - whatever was said meant ZERO. All the mentions of HiME, Harmonium, “THAT power” (yarly, Rena can haxxx the Otome system using THAT power), etc could be, and probably are, one HUEG fanservice which sounds and looks cool, but makes no sense to the viewers, or the writers. There’s also Uma’s “explanation” why Sifr should die - something about Windbloom not being kawaii with Garderobe and… Iono, it left me with a “wat?” expression on my face…

Even more annoying is the ending (paraphrasing): “OHEY THIS LED TO ANOTHER ADVENTURE, BUT LETS NOT MENTION IT HERE”. Another prequel coming? Pfft… If it’s indeed happening, they hopefully get Yuki Kajiura back - Kuniaki Haishima sucked cock on S.ifr (apart from the space battle in ep3). It sort of baffles me how he could compose Macross ZERO in the past and now this…

… not really, hehe, but it certainly feels like a rushed ending to a series (even though it’s not, since the manga continues past the next episode).

In this episode Sanpeita has had enough of M.M. avoiding his questions, so he turns to Vanilla for answers - he gets them. Basically, this is where several of the anime’s plot questions regarding Mishima and M.M. are answered in a fairly amusing manner (I somehow got Time Bokan/Yatterman flashbacks with the pig and other animals…) and with some mediocre fights in between. Next up: Kiriko vs Kemeko (fabulous Chiwa Saito adlibbing in the preview). It better be an awesome finale.

PS: Izumi sure is strong, lol.