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(Review contains spoilers for the main series and this sequel. TL;DR: Sappy, badly written, but hey! Middle schoolers'll eat anything up... right?)

Found this at a local library. I was with friends at the time, but two of us had read most of the series (at least, up to where it was in 2015 when I stopped caring and stopped buying the mangas... around volume 11!) under its much superior french name, Love Mission. So, when we saw that firstly, the manga was still on-going and that it even had a SEQUEL... we were hooked. We liked the original series when we were young so we ... figured, how bad could it be?

As it turns out, pretty bad was the answer.

This extra volume follows a similar concept to what the main series abides to; do this to me, do that to me, blah blah, until it sort of falls apart, which I assume is the point Toyama realized that the gimmick was getting sort of annoying (only took dozens of mostly non-consensual 'missions' to reach that point...)

At least, they gave up on the bait incest with Akira and Yukina by this point in the story. The relationships were still sappy, cheesy and seemingly written by someone whose only experience of love was through manga made for middle-schoolers... Which, fair enough, is where its main demography belongs.

I have heard, however from younger reviewers that the non-stop drama the book offers is good to them, so maybe I'm just not the right audience. Hint: I am not. Not anymore. At least, with Ema Toyama you know you're getting two things right: the end couples and the art style.

I've always liked her art style. It fits with the more childish, new to love approach of the book and makes for a good shoujo style in general. And it really does make the characters more likeable; because boy oh boy, are they NOT that likeable otherwise. As for the end couples, they are EXACTLY what you'd think would happen once all the characters were revealed, but that's GOOD. The other options (the 'winners' were Shigure/Yukina and Mami/Akira) either had the asshole win someone over (no one I've ever heard talk about the series liked Hisame, so... no thank you!) or had le ole' incest wincest pairing happening... Sorry, Shigure/Mami fans, your sacrifice let us not have to live in a timeline where Akira and Yukina end up together. Thank you.

TL;DR: If the rabbit tiddies make you iffy, just clench your teeth as you watch the three first episodes (and a little part at the end) and you should be fine. Plot armor strong. Is it perfect? No. Is it enjoyable? Heeell yeah.

Watching the first episode of the show, I was captivated. Somehow, for the first time in a WHILE, CGI wasn't pushing me away from a show. In truth, it even piqued my interest enough for me to see past the slightly lacking first three episodes.

To be honest, I was gonna stop after those first few episodes. It felt written purely to quench the ... thirst of the furry community which, to be fair, really is in need of a good anime. I can't really find an excuse or a plot reason to show rabbit tiddies on screen and so, I was ready to take a break. And so I did.

A few months later, I came back to the show thanks to the incessant Beastars spam on my twitter timeline. I ended up watching the rest of the show in a single sitting. Once you go past the initial three episodes, the story really picks up and the actions begins as you dive in the mind of Legosi, torn between his predatory (err, as in, animal...) instincts and his good heart. The end of the show does feel slightly rushed and the shounen tropes are just thrown all over the place during the final fights, but they feel animated well enough and captivating enough to be more or less justified. The plot armor is strong with this one.

The story-telling is interesting on its own, though. The story (after the 3 first episodes...) flows well enough to keep its viewers interested through its characters and their developments, but as well as the universe they are involved in. Making an opinion for yourself about the way the carnivorous animals think and live early on definitely changed how I watched the show and just made it a game of trying to guess how the characters would justify their less than legal actions, but it sure made for a good time.

Sound was good, but not GODLY. Voice acting was good overall regardless of the newer voice actors (Legosi comes to mind; fairly new actor, but a very good performance) and the OST was pretty gucci, but it's not orgasmic. It's close...ish. But not there.

Anyways. I had a good time. Group I watched it with had a good time. Hopefully, more CGI animes come that also carry the same quality in actions scenes and story-telling.

Do you like 80s magical girls? Do 11 year olds fighting a tentacle monster make you DIAMOND HARD? Oh boy, is this for you.

On a more serious note, this is an enjoyable crossover for anyone who knows of Studio Perriot's earlier works. For something coming out of the 80s, it's fairly well-made. It's a shame the main villain is A TENTACLE MONSTER, though. I don't think they knew what would become of tentacles in the anime and manga world.

It's only 30 minutes long, the music is intense when needed and I personally found it enjoyable. It was interesting to see those four characters come together ... in a crossover.

On the other hand... The fighting scenes were lackluster and it lacked of any magical girl transformation scene, other than the one Yuu (worst girl, amirite) gets. Admittedly, most people don't like transformation scenes but heck, I ain't watching no mahou shoujo anime for nothing!