RED GARDEN OVA - Dead Girls
So there’s going to be an OVA in August. IN AUGUST!!!!! That seems like light years away (pulls hair in frustration) :/ Oh GONZO you horrible, horrible people. The last show of theirs I finished watching was erm…. Full Metal Panic? Tried Last Exile, got bored after 10 episodes, dropped. Same goes for everything else they’ve done recently - Gankutsuou, Black Cat, Samurai 7, NHK ni Youkoso!, Speed Grapher, Solty Rei. So to finish two in a row (Pumpkin Scissors is nearly done as well) is something like a personal accomplishment, lol. I swear I’ll get round to watching the second half of Kaleidostar someday……
So yeah, RED GARDEN. I spent the first few episodes utterly confused (plus the hideous singing drove me mad) and was ready to drop the series but somehow persevered and I’m glad I did - it’s turned out to be my favourite out of all the shows I picked up from the autumn season. I thought that it’d be some predictable ‘Girls Fight Monster Of The Week’ show but thankfully there was a more sinister, if rather odd and somewhat squeamish, plot behind the whole thing. Wasn’t impressed with the character designs, but they’re just a minor distraction and didn’t really diminish my enjoyment of the show.
The ending? I thought maybe it was a little rushed - the body/pile of sand count suddenly shot up - hardly anyone survived ^^;; None of the girls got as much screentime as I would’ve liked and of course, we didn’t get to see anymore yuri yuri scenes between Kate and Paula. Instead we get lots of blood, action and an emo-distorted Herve. The squelching sounds when he was killing Anna were gross. Ewwwww. And Lula!!!! And Lize!!!!!!! [;_;] Her sudden return to quasi-normality was senseless though. And who the hell is Emily???
Didn’t see enough of them Rozen Maidens either. Oh, and I wanted to see Rachel get a nice happy ending, she seemed to be dealt the crappiest cards out of them 4 girls - Kate has Paula, Rose has her dad, Claire has Euan and Rachel is left to drown her sorrows in bitter coffee and lemons. Oh well, I can always come up with possible scenarios in my mind - sometimes things are better left to the imagination.
That OVA blurb mentions some mysterious transfer student (Louise) and a (lol) bishonen called Edgar ^^; and how they approach the four girls. What’s their purpose/motive/blabla? plus some nonsense babble about some sacred grounds in the city called ‘Red Garden’ and the girls’ fate and whatnot. I was hoping for some ‘and-they-lived-happily-ever-after’ epilogue but oh well, it’s better than leaving us with blinding lights and pink flowers…… I wonder if the girls will regain their memories, or remain friends ?_? Or is it some alternate/parallel storyline?
Ah, RED GARDEN was such a fun ride. August can’t come soon enough….