Joshiraku OVA

Kind of wish I'd watched this before the final episode, since that's a much more effective capstone for the series, but given that this is just an extra episode bundled with the fifth volume of the manga, I can't hold that against it. This very much has the same things going for it as the rest of the series: solid comedy, a lot of references to various publishers, and some great meta moments involving character effects. It's not doing anything to stand out from the rest of its series, but it doesn't have to, so I'm happy to send it off with this episode.

I don't really have anything big to say about this OVA. Like other manga pack-in episodes, its really just like an extra episode of the original series. In terms of quality its pretty much on-par with the original, although it does surpass it in a few areas. I personally found this one a bit funnier than some of the original episodes, but that could just be me. It still has the cultural references that the original had, but I think this episode had less than the ones in the original season (unless there are like 50 I just couldn't tell were referencing anything). Overall, if ... you watched and liked the original, I see no reason for you to not watch the OVA, its just a bit of extra Joshiraku.