This five part OVA series is centred on high school girl Aya Iseshima comes across two people fighting; a young shrine maiden and a stewardess. It looks as though the former is going to get seriously injured so Aya intercedes on her behalf and beats the stewardess. The shrine maiden introduces herself as Miko and explains that she in a fighting tournament where the victor wins the 'Platonic Heart'; a gem that will grant any wish to the winner. Miko tells Aya that her wish is to have friends; Aya tells her that she will be her friend. Soon afterwards Aya gets a text message telling her that she is now in the competition as Miko has pulled out. When Aya goes to visit Miko her home has been ransacked and nobody in the area appears to know her
it would appear that anybody who loses or pulls out of the competition is disappeared! If Aya is to see her new friend again she will have to fight a number of adversaries and win the competition.
Anybody who was watched series like 'Ikki Tousen' will know what to expect up to a point. Girls fight and their clothes fall off in this series even a blow to the head seems to cause a girl's shirt and bra to disintegrate; which clearly makes no sense. The central story is okay but the characters are a mixed bunch; Aya is a fairly likable protagonist, some of those she is forced to fight are sympathetic, some are more obviously bad and some are just annoying. There is quite a twist at the end but rather than being a welcome surprise it is just mean spirited and rather far-fetched in a way that makes many of the more likable characters turn out to be the real villains. Overall I'd say this wasn't as bad as I feared it might be probably because I'd heard it was pretty terrible. I'd only recommend to fans of the genre, or those with a morbid curiosity, but caution that it lacks the sense that it knows it is a bit ridiculous which gave the superior 'Ikki Tousen' its twisted charm.
Anybody who was watched series like 'Ikki Tousen' will know what to expect up to a point. Girls fight and their clothes fall off in this series even a blow to the head seems to cause a girl's shirt and bra to disintegrate; which clearly makes no sense. The central story is okay but the characters are a mixed bunch; Aya is a fairly likable protagonist, some of those she is forced to fight are sympathetic, some are more obviously bad and some are just annoying. There is quite a twist at the end but rather than being a welcome surprise it is just mean spirited and rather far-fetched in a way that makes many of the more likable characters turn out to be the real villains. Overall I'd say this wasn't as bad as I feared it might be probably because I'd heard it was pretty terrible. I'd only recommend to fans of the genre, or those with a morbid curiosity, but caution that it lacks the sense that it knows it is a bit ridiculous which gave the superior 'Ikki Tousen' its twisted charm.