![]() ![]() ![]() The visual budget is lower and there's almost no music, but in spite of this-or, perhaps, because of the creativity forced by it-the OVAs are surprisingly artistic, and better-looking than the TV series, which hinted at some artistic skill but failed to capitalize on it. The colorful (and less filthy) secondary characters turn out to be more interesting than the two leads they get the time to do some amusingly real-seeming slice-of-life things. Of particular note is how good of a job the two episodes do at capturing the hot, lazy days of summer vacation-the pacing is languid yet not boring, and the sense of heat is almost palpable. Not literally, of course-it's still Kanokon, and still all kinds of dirty (although even the rampant fanservice and dirty jokes come across better). Through a combination of unexpectedly subtle artistry, giving more screen time to the less-crazy secondary characters, and focusing on the bits of good buried in the sleazy mediocrity of the TV series, it not only isn't awful, it's actually kind of decent. Put bluntly, the two-episode Kanokon OVA is rather shockingly not bad. ![]()
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