Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Specials

For a show that I wanted to be good so bad but turned out to be disappointed to an immeasurable extent, I never wanted anything to do with it. However, a recap dropped, and as the completionist I am, I had to watch it. Great, now I can rest in peace without having to worry about this horrifying show, but oh no no, they just had to announce a second season. End me. A two-episode special bundle was released that priors the second season, which turned out to be just sneaked up recap episodes in both freaking damn episodes. Both do nothing but repeat the samething that the recap OVA did, I still do not know the purpose behind this. To keep it short, if you are fed up with this franchise, just be at ease, there is nothing you're missing if you decided to not invest in this 16 long useless animation, just go enjoy the free time you have until the second season drops if that interests you.

These are just two little specials surrounding our girls here and their experiences. These are more as to serve as an insight to the girls while also developing them more as to prepare them for next season. One episode focuses on a specific character and gives insight into them, while the other episode gives an overall introduction as to how these characters have arrived where they are and what future plans they plan to take. Overall, these OVAs are really nothing much but dumb fun. If your expecting more than this, you're bound to be disappointed. These episodes are really just a break from your usuals,and that's all they are. Can't wait for the second season to begin airing. However, let's not be too hopeful about it.

Mostly both OVAs are Recaps, the first one into Yue's perspective. The second one recaps how each girl first meet Hajime. Now that's the new adition to the show: How Kaori saw Hajime for the first time. The others' first meet are shown as flashbaks of the first season. Ah, everything set on a "Onsen" (bath time) on the OVAs. If you enjoyed the first season, I think it's worth to watch in order to understand Kaori better. It fills a hole on the background of the character that I think should have been introduced on the first season, actually. About the animation, it's exactly the same used on thefirst season, nothing worth to be highlighted on this review.