Marimite 3rd Season OVA, vol 3 Quick Review
Today, the OVA has been released, as always, I would like to make a quick review after a quick viewing. Overall, it is far from disappointing. the storyline follows faithfully from the novel mainline. The focus of the story is actually not about the mysterious girl alone but also about the Hanadera sport festival and of course, the relationship between Sachiko and Yumi
Spoiler for detailed review:
After I watched this episode, I feel that reading the novel earlier may affect your judgment greatly. The story starts with Kanako is already assumed familiar to the viewers. After the sei-sama appearance to satisfy sei fans, the conflict between Kanako and Yumi is lurking ahead. My point is that, the story is too rushed.
While in the novel, many pages are required to build up the tension between Yumi and Kanako, It will only take a few minutes for the anime episode to reach the peak at the rose garden. As for me, I do not feel the same tense feeling when Sachiko is confronting Kanako. While I understand the time restriction faced by the animators, I believe Marimite fans are happier if they can split this story into two episodes.
I will skip the Hanadera storyline comments, since it is a short story although a quite heartwarming one. My overall impression is that marimite fans will surely enjoy the episode throughly especially for those who haven not read the novel. But my feeling is that the story is a little bit too rushed and lose the emotional momentum.
I am pleasantly surprised at the new ending art. It is basically, different. I kinda like it to see the marimite characters are drawn by different artists. Shimako looks quite like her onee-sama, Sei.
