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Kudan no Gotoshi is the type of story that wants to instill shock and surprises on its readers, but it doesn't know what shock or surprise it wants to focus on.

During a late night drive, 7 college students end up hitting into a large cow. Upon further inspection, the cow had the face of a man, who foretold that they would all die within 7 days. With this mysterious curse, the characters are trying to find a way to prevent their deaths and to escape fate's hand.

That plot might sound slightly interesting, a bit repetitive, having been done in so many stories before. The ... difference with Kudan no Gotoshi though is that it can't stick to a plot for more then one chapter. The first book stays pretty consistent with it's story, but soon after it spreads into so many twist and turns, and they just make everything an incoherent mess. One moment the issue is all about surviving, then its about someone possibly being the cursed one, then you find out someone else is too, then you start seeing cow ghost, then other people become cursed, then there is now a country-destroying prophecy, then someone becomes psychic after sleeping with a guy, someone becomes pregnant and gives birth to a cow within 8 hours, and all of this happens within one or two books of each-other. Its just... every chapter they try something new and it doesn't add to the story at all, only takes away.

If that wasn't bad enough, just about all of the characters are very unlikable. You won't care about any of their deaths, everyone acts selfishly, and with the story jumping all over the place, it becomes hard to even remember what a character's "arc" really is. A lot of the side characters are very one-note as well; jealous childhood friend, protagonist who wants to save everyone, religious zealot, ect. You seen them in other comics, and you've seen them done better.

This was a series I seen a lot of people drop, and there is a reason for that. What starts off as a standard horror manga turned into a horrible mess of dried up ideas that fail to stick together. Instead of connecting things and keeping the plot leveled, every chapter is just a new turn with very little pay off. And with the bland characters who add nothing to the story either, Its just safe to skip this cow curse all together and to move on to another series instead.

I never saw Plastic Little until today, so I did not watch it with Nostalgia Glasses on, Nor have I ever seen the ENG version of it and its Jiggle counters. That could be why I felt like I had a hard time actually getting into it compared to a lot of viewers.

The plot i think has the biggest problem. The story follows a girl named Tita, who rescues another girl named Elysse from strange men. Elysse tells Tita that her father accidentally created a weapon and tried to shut it down, with Elysse being the only one to either reactive it or completely ... destroy it. Together they try to bring down the weapon for good. Its pretty simple, but for a 40 minuet OVA, its lacking in a lot of information. What is really given is very basic stuff. "Weapon is bad. Dad made it. We need to destroy it." Its very by the book plot. But that's when the film focuses on it.

That's because the film will spend some time character developing... in a way. A lot of scenes will be characters talking and explaining their backgrounds, but then it kinda feels rushed and lacking. There was an effort tho. Both girls got some daddy issue thrown in, so there is that. As for the other characters... Uh... I know someone likes Tita.. that's about it? The others just appear from time to time when the plot needs them, but You barely even know or care about them.

I say the best part of this is the art. Its cute. That's about it, Its very nice early 90s style that was popular for it's time. Its pretty to look at, and its just... cute. That seems so bland to say, but that's because outside of a few things like the eye styles, you could tell me this was any other 90s series and I would believe it. Nothing stood out. But it wasn't ugly or badly drawn... it was just....cute. Nothing more.

Overall, this is very skippable. There is nothing memorable about the film. I just saw it and I cant even say I remember a lot about it. I say the most memorable thing about it was the gratuitous nipple shots that were only there for fan-service. But If that's what draws you to this, there are a billion other (and better) hentai and ecchi series out there. Other then that, I can't see this really interesting anyone outside of its nostalgia look.