Cafe Snowbelle: Anime ATM 56 Black Rock Shooter OVA

This all began with my otaku friend and I talking about Hibike Euphonium and how there aren't many GL anime out there. And then she introduced me to the BRS world. And then I watched the OVA at midnight and couldn't fall asleep.

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Oh boy. Let me just say that like a lot of OVA's out there there's not a whole lot of explanation of what the heck is going on. Like it didn't even click that the blue fiery stuff coming out of her gun were rocks until I thought about the title and was like "Oh yeah she's the only one with a gun so that means those fiery things are rocks!" *claps for self for being so slow* So there's a lot of confusion to be sure and a lot of go-betweens with the two different worlds. And there's never a clear explanation so I hope you like ambiguity because that's all you're getting if you watch this.

Something that really convinced me to watch the 8 episode anime was well 1. the promise from my friend that there would be a more fleshed out plot in the anime and 2. the animation is so beautiful. It kind of reminds me of RWBY and Madoka Magica if there was a mashup between the two. Because there's a super badass fighting girl aesthetic which reminds me of RWBY and there's a kind of psychedelic thing going on with the different girls fighting each other and a lot of colored flames and whatnot, kind of like when Madoka faced the witches in mini alternate worlds (sorry it's been a while since I've watched Madoka Magica so excuse my inaccuracies). But the fluidity of the animations I could watch all day. It's so beautiful. If you can't stand slightly creepy things then at least watch fight scene GIFs because those are so amazing.

Again there's a lot of creepiness going on. I just watched the first episode of the anime and I'm scared. Also the anime and OVA are pretty different, even Yomi's hair is different. And how Yomi and Mato become friends. And Yuu's dynamic. I think the thing that freaked me out the most was that last clip of Yuu in the OVA. I died. And also what happened to Yomi??? It ended so weirdly. That's why I gotta keep watching.

Overall I'd say if you can tolerate Madoka Magica and that eerie creepy atmosphere you can get through this OVA. Or better yet watch the anime for more GL, because to be honest it wasn't that starkly present in the OVA. It's really pretty from an artistic standpoint though so at least try it out!