Apr 6, 2018
I recently heard a friend describe this anime as conflicting with it’s internal parts, but I disagreed. I felt everything worked together well to produce a single narrative. The point of the OVA is all in the end, which I still find playing in my mind from time to time. When the magic happens, it gives a huge payoff for everyone involved, and it does so without words, which I thought was magnificent.
The entire town was consumed by the father’s greed, which caused backlash. Meanwhile, a cute loli being abused can still have beautiful thoughts, and saves everyone by becoming a magical idol. It’s as
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if the inner decay of the community all fell on top of her, and yet she still could dream. When everything she worked for fell apart at the end, she still wanted her dream to come true, and it did come true. She didn’t even want to go there to dance and show off. She accepted that she was too young. She just wanted to show off the dresses she made that no one in the world believed in but her one sister. However, when the world conspired against this simple dream, and no one else was left to fulfill it, she was forced to become that goddess of dreams and fulfilled it herself.
And it doesn’t even hand hold you to show you this. This is the best thing about the OVA, that everything is subtle and you have to pay attention to see what’s happening. After all, it’s mostly in the perspective of a little girl who doesn’t understand much of her community’s decay or anything.
When everything fell apart, Miho went back into her room and worked on the one thing that gave her solace in her life, her drawings of the dresses she wanted to see dance. The fairies felt so strongly for this cute, innocent little girl who only wanted to dream and let the world see the innocence of everything she wished for. Miho’s dream came true when she became Lala and wore the outfits she made on stage – all of them.
This final sequence is breathtaking. No one expected an actual goddess of disco to appear. The father took advantage of the women, and the women became vain and harsh for it. Everyone is too self-important to believe in childlike dreams anymore. However, Miho’s dream was so pure that it shattered the father’s intentions, melted the terrorists’ doubt, and purified the hearts of everyone watching. I was just as awestruck as everyone else. The point of the OVA is that everyone was selfish, doing what they felt was right and it caused problems. What everyone actually needed to see, was the beauty and innocence of a child’s dream. She was the only one who could dream pure enough to save her community, even if she didn’t know it was in peril. It’s reminiscent of the Zentradi being saved by Minmay in Macross.
It’s so much I love in animu all together, well compiled and well executed. I watched the OVA twice over when I first found it, and I find myself rewatching the ending from time to time.
The animation isn’t that great, but the direction makes up for it. I recommend this for those who feel the passion in the creator’s efforts, likes subtle themes over production value, and enjoys the atmosphere and character of a beautiful city, which, while it may be morally decaying on the inside, it’s in the perspective of a child who’s too innocent to see it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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