Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai? Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OVA

What do Shuchiin Academy's model students do outside of their student council duties? After a visit to the swimming pool, Kaguya Shinomiya and Chika Fujiwara take to the showers to wash themselves off. When Chika accidentally drops a bar of soap, the two find themselves in a rather slippery mishap.

Meanwhile, Miyuki Shirogane and Yuu Ishigami examine a discarded pornographic magazine—its content bearing an uncanny resemblance to the other student council members. Later on, an intense fried rice cook-off commences as Chika and Miko Iino seek to crown a master chef amongst the council.

These eccentric activities reveal a side of the student council that has never been seen before!

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Shinomiya, Kaguya Main

Koga, Aoi Japanese

Ishigami, Yuu Main

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Fujiwara, Chika Main

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Shirogane, Miyuki Main

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Iino, Miko Main

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Hayasaka, Ai Supporting

Hanamori, Yumiri Japanese

Shirogane, Kei Supporting

Suzushiro, Sayumi Japanese

Shirogane, Father Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Narrator Supporting

Aoyama, Yutaka Japanese

Osaragi, Kobachi Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Maeda, Toshihiro Producer

Ishikawa, Tatsuya Producer

Hayashi, Tatsurou Producer

Kikuchi, Yuuichirou Producer

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Oct 29, 2022

Virgilizartor

Recommended

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Absolutely sublime episode. I learned so much about fried rice and the various ways it can be cooked!

Story 10//10
Very interesting conflict being set in motion by a battle of ideologies. Absolutely explosive results
Character interactions 10/10
Beautiful reactions and a great deal of empathy derived from the various recipes and how they relate to the characters' personalities and backgrounds.
Cinematography 10/10
Lots of well-chosen angles and smart use of lighting made the scenes very memorable.
Art 10/10
Beautifully drawn food. Absolutely mouth watering.
... Music 10/10
Perfect use of the series' soundtrack. Sold every moment perfectly
Personal enjoyment 10/10
Made me look for a pan as soon as I finished watching. Ishigami's recipe definitely strikes my fancy.
Conclusion: Please watch it! It's the best way to use 26 minutes. Even better than sex.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 25, 2024

hesienbob69

Mixed Feelings

It was completely fine. Pratically just a normal episode of Kaguya-sama except for the fact that the first section (and kinda the second section, though, it's not as egregious) has eechi.

I don't mind fan-service, but that first segment was a little much 😭. I really, really, REALLY did not need to see Kaguya and Chika in that...position together. It wasn't really all that funny either. Like, I was laughing, but that was just due to how excessive the fan-service was. And it's kinda bad when your COMEDY anime isn't funny, but whatever, the rest of the OVA makes up for it, so it's ... fine.

The rest, as stated before, was just a normal Kaguya-sama episode. The section where Ishigama and Shirogane were reading hentai was really funny, along with the rice making one. If you liked Kaguya-sama and don't mind fan-service, then I recommend this. Otherwise, if you don't like fan-service, then it's really not required to watch it, this OVA literally doesn't add anything to the main romance or really any of the other relationships in the Student Council. It's just a fun little side-episode for the anime. If you don't watch it, your understanding of the anime won't change at all.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 28, 2024

ichin

Not Recommended

People that dislike fanservice must NOT watch it lmao.
I mean, in a way it's interesting because it's like a meta commentary by the authors, saying: we deliberately don't put fanservice in the normal story but this is to show you we're very well capable of it.
The thing is, this ain't fanservice, it's straight up hentai. Meaning not only excessive but even bad looking (the anime aesthetics and animation style are objectively not really fit for that kind of visuals in my opinion).
I was flabbergasted and I'm really thankful this is separate from the series I know and love, which does feature spicy innuendos ... but in a tasteful and funny way.
The only thing I personally enjoyed about this episode was Shirogane desperately trying to remain virtuous and not admit his lowly desires like Ishigami lol.
The second part with the "Masterchef challenge" was ok but I never really laughed, probably also bc I was still jaded about the previous part.
Altogether a small, weird treat for the fans, but not worth watching.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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	Poll: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OVA Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) removed-user - May 20, 2021	200 replies	by NerdIsGud »» Nov 11, 2024 3:03 PM
	Uncensored version released yet? Kiritokazuya1122 - Sep 16, 2021	25 replies	by aurora_yuuki »» Nov 3, 2024 10:22 AM
	Great show, but the OVA was awful JustSomeone15 - Apr 15, 2024	31 replies	by Jamk_ »» Apr 19, 2024 10:06 AM
	PG-13 Jai_akash - Oct 8, 2023	8 replies	by AnonR »» Oct 10, 2023 9:41 AM
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