Audience reviews
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BlackBusterMAL
English.
These seem like the 30 minutes that the movie was missing, but I understand why they divided it into this little 30-minute episode, here they show us the point of view of the protagonists when the movie was happening at the same time, it's simple and true I think I expected a lot from this episode but I was left with something more interesting, I think that as such what was shown on the screen was more like an epilogue for this couple and I felt like it was the final episode of the main series.
I think that if I will get here after watching the series and the movie you will be interested in this episode, it is entertaining but do not expect anything else because it will not give it to you, it is simple in what is shown and that is fine.
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Read at the sourceYoonzino_03
First off, let me start by saying that I enjoy Given. I like it enough to read the manga every time there's a new release. I liked the first season and the movie, but this OVA, I felt was lacking in a lot of aspects.
I knew what to expect of the story from the OVA and it is indeed a faithful adaptation of the manga.
My criticisms are mostly technical. Some scenes felt very awkward. They could've been executed better with background music where and when required. I wish they'd use proper angled shots when the characters are conversing. Even a trivial scene can feel impactful if it's properly paired with music, dialogue delivery, and cutscenes or the character's movements and expressions. Here, many significant moments, due to the lack of these factors failed to deliver the impact that th…
Read at the sourcemoonaray
I was afraid that they were not going to animate Uenoyama being jealous after the movie was released but this was more perfect than I could imagine. Doing the movie seperate showed us a clear image of the story between Akihiko-Haruki-Ugetsu and this OVA made sure we also felt how the song made UeMa feel.
I love how Mafuyu wrote it after being inspired by Ugetsu and also his OWN loss. It was just...PERFECTION.
I ALSO LOVED HOW THEY REDREW ALREADY DRAWN SCENES FROM THE MOVIE!!!
fave cute scenes:
- mafuyu kisses uenoyama first
- mafuyu in yukata fave emotional moments:
- the classroom scene
- the clock scene
- mafuyu singing yorugaakeru acapella and the scenes they show during it
fave funny moments:
- UENOYAMA GAY PANIC (YUKATA AND THE CLOCK SCENE AND BASICALLY EVERYTIME HE SEES MAFUYU)…
Read at the sourceIamavr
this ova is an adorable mixture of gay panic and raw emotion. while short, I feel it gives insight into their relationship so that we see them as what they are, teenagers with no clue what love is. the episode flashes quickly from comedy to serious moments which makes it feel as if its short stories at the end of a book but, they are directly related and do not lose track of the main goal of the episode which I believe to be developing the relationship between Mafuyu and Uenoyema in an environment that is not the fast-paced drama of the original show.
Read at the sourceoikawa_the_door
Is this groundbreaking? No. I mean it's an OVA with the missing scenes in the manga. When I first watched the movie, I was extremely disappointed to see they cut these out, but after watching the OVA, I'm glad they did. It would be really confusing to jump back and forth between characters. (although this wouldn't be a problem if they just made it into a series, which is what I think they should've done, but I digress)
Very cute, nothing too deep. I do wish they drew out some more of the more emotional scenes (i.e. the clock scene), but whatever; I have the manga so not that big of a deal.
Do you need to watch this? Probably not, but still worth your time. Plus, you HAVE to listen to the orchestra version of Fuyu no Hanashi; absolutely beautiful!!
Hopefully, this means a season 2 or se…
Read at the sourceSapphiRubyCrys
Ahh This Ova was so satisfying to watch. As someone who read the manga I highly recommend to watch this ova. The way they showed these two interacting was so cute and they looked comfortable with one another and just happy.
I kept thinking in each scene how cute Ritsuka and Mafuyu were and as someone who is on the angst stage of their relationship in the Manga, this anime showed why they fell in love with each other.
Honestly both Mafuyu and Ristuka are less sad and less conflicted in this so the Ova is a very relaxing watch after watching the Main Anime and the movie.Mafuyu truly looks happy in this Ova. It's just so refreshing to look at him smile.
Just go watch it, you will definitely have a fun time.I Find absolutely no faults in the Ova. I just wish it was longer. Those 20 mins wer…
Read at the sourceMarco34563
First of all i would like to say that im a huge given fan and this ova got me disappointed. I also need to say that I may have some mistakes since english is not my first language. First of all the ova starts showing us how uenoyama and mafuyu have been as a couple and how they are still getting used to each other, which is something good. It continues with their development.
Then we get to another issue of the ova, mafuyu's new lyrics to the song, it reuses the same process we saw when he was writing his first lyrics. Although this time things are shown rushed.
After that, comes the live presentation of the new song. Here they compete against shizu's and hiiragi's band. In the main show they were never shwon further as a band and we never got to see their potential. This was the worse…
Read at the sourceJefcat
When the Given Movie was released, I lamented that the producers made to decision to cut quite a bit from the manga to fit the movie into an hour. In doing so they made the decision to concentrate on the secondary couple which left manga protagonists Mafuyu and especially Ritsuka with very little to do. Ritsuka in particular was hardly more than a cameo. The OVA redresses that completely, concentrating on the manga chapters missing from the movie and turning them into a dense mini movie that comes in at just over 20 minutes. It’s an absolute must for Given fans. Once again, superb voice work from Shogo Yano and Yuuma Uchida. Solid if unspectacular animation but ultimately it is more of what made the series so successful, good storytelling and great characters.
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