Love Stage!!: Chotto ja Nakutte

If you are planning to watch this OVA i suppose you have watched the series already. If you haven't i suggest you do it first, as you will probably won't understand what is going on.

If you haven't read the manga which this series was based of, the OVA covers chapter 16 of volume 4. It starts with Ryouma finishing recording a movie special, and being anxious to go back home and see Izumi again, after they had their first time together nights ago. But back home, for some reason, Izumi doesn't seem to be ready to see his boyfriend again --- won't spoil what follows. ...

It's a typical episode of the saga, funny, adorable with a bit of sexyness. Maybe i would have preferred if they had decided to adapt another chapter of the manga, instead of this one that doesn't really have much of a story to tell... but if you are a fan of this anime, it's awesome to be able to see this characters animated again, so don't miss the chance and go watch it!

Only watch this OVA if you have seen the anime, otherwise you won't get anything out of it.

IMO too much time was wasted on Ryouma's filming -- generally I find that OVAs that follow a single manga chapter or two are wasting too much time on irrelevant things that make sense in the progression of the manga, but make the adaptation have less impact than it could.

The twist is excellent, and really got my hopes up for a moment -- I complained about stereotypical roles in my review of the anime -- but then the creators went right back to stereotype, so this was rather ... meh for me. Maybe it's heartwarming if you love these characters, but I never invested that much into them.