Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
July 25, 2010
Status:
Still Airing
Summary:
Mato Kuroi just got into junior high school, and on the first day, someone catches her eye; her classmate Yomi Takanashi. The two meet.
The innocent and naive Mato. The mature Yomi. Seemingly opposites, but the time they spend together only strengthens a growing friendship.
But as they go into their second year at the school, they get placed in separate classes, and they begin to grow apart.
But somewhere simultaneously...
In another world, a young girl, blue fire residing in her eyes, Black Rock Shooter faces another young girl; this one holding a jet-black scythe, Dead Master, and a battle to the death begins to unfold.
Written by sleepyrounin on September 27, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 4
pros
+ "friendship" theme and emotions are well established
+ good, although short fighting scenes
+ amazing animation and art style
cons
- had little to do with the actual black rock shooter
- cannot be viewed without having read the manga
- incomplete, thus can be confusing
conclusion: recommended for those who've had exposure to the series before. without that, however, this ova will probably be unexplainable and uneventful as it's incomplete. how can you fit one story into 50 minutes? it's impossible; and there doesn't seem to be a second episode coming. this ova mainly introduces mato, gives her a believable background, and follows her in daily situations with her close friends. emotions and the friendship theme are well-established, and the art and animation are simply stunning, but it's merely loosely based on the actual black rock shooter, and the preview promised something very different from this. can be very enjoyable if you know and like the franchise behind it (three mangas, an 8-ep anime, and at least two games by now.... and i really don't remember which was first), but this ova pretty much cannot stand alone.
