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Another disk
and another speculator anime comes to an end. And while it doesn’t
exactly go out with a “bang.” The whole experience overall was
worth the effort… for the most part.
The series raps
up by delivering the last final 4 episodes. Yukino, finally
chooses to do the play that she wasn’t all for at first. It seems
Arima Kendo practising changed her mind when she stood and watched
him work so hard for the first time. Shortly after that, a rush to
get everything going for the play is set in motion. Tonami makes
way for his plans for revenge against Sakura. Things only get a bit
confusing from here when a recap episode is thrown in, followed by
an episode dedicated to
Kano.
About the only thing amusing about this episode, was the light
Shoujo-Ai elements. The directing overall for this disk was great.
It brings a whole new meaning to the word “Staying true to the
manga,” especially in the last episode. However my only beef, with
this, was the way it ended, the overall story was left with a few
unanswered questions. Mostly because the manga is still in
progress, therefore the series didn’t exactly end with full and
total closure. It would have been nice if they rapped it up in
away that would bring some closure, even if it meant veering away
from the manga a bit.
The video for
this disk is okay, this series continues to show it's age however.
The video is not 100% crisp and clear, and there’s faint
graininess that can be seen all over. Furthermore, there are some
points were some aliasing popped up, but it doesn’t last long.
Other than that, there is nothing else wrong, which is good, we
can’t have a great series like this spoiled by even more
imperfections in the video.
I enjoyed the
audio quite a bit, just a about zero problems here. Everything
plays nice and clear, for both English and Japanese audio in its
2.0 mix. I didn’t really listen to the English dub this time
around, but from the previous disks, I would imagine that it still
sounds great with the voice actors doing a great job.
As with the
pervious releases, the menus are just as great as the feature is.
Such as the greatness of the soft subs that are placed throughout
the disk translating some of the on screen texts, the option to
remove on screen text (And there’s a lot of that.) is also thrown
in. Continuing on, we get access to the other parts of the disk,
like the episode selection, which leads to the chapter stops and
whatnot. The animation in the back ground also looks great and
adds to the proof that Right Stuf had a lot of work put into this.
Plus the opening and endings have alternative angles, so you can
have the option of viewing it with the Japanese logos or the
English ones.
Nice to see
that finally some one out there is utilizing the full power of DVD
technology.
Moving onto the
extras, we have the more amusing ones seen in this series. The
extras consist of the usual Translator notes and interviews.
English VA outtakes from the episode previews… something that has
proven to waste my mind after watching it over and over. Phone
Messages from the characters answering machines, another amusing
bit. The US His and Her, trailer and the other stuff we’ve seen
already, such as Right Stuf previews and the DVD Credits.
Like all good
things, His and Her Circumstances comes to an end. However,
despite this series being as great as it is, it left me with an
empty feeling. After all that watching, nothing majorly spectator
ends the series off, it’s like watching a movie with no climax. At
times like this, I’m glad the manga series is being released here,
because this is the only place now to receive a final conclusion
to this. Oh well, it was still a wonderful experience from start
to finish. Certainly recommended to all anime fans. |
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