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fortune-maiden · 25 days ago

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Okay, now after rewatching Eps 1-2, I'm doubling down on this - Overture is not a good replacement for Eps 1-2 for a first time viewer

(I'd probably recommend it after Season 1 since it mainly deals with S1 characters and factions or after Season 2 which is when it originally came out)

(also the OVA DID cut the 'Call me Reinhard when we're alone' scene xD)

(and on another side note, I had also thought Farenheit's presence at Astarte was a DNT addition... because he gets exactly one line of dialogue in the OVA ver. In Ep 2.)

(He didn't even get a little intro card in Ep 1! xD)

Coping with being unable to watch the last stretch of LOGH until the weekend by watching the Overture movie

Let's see how many characters I can actually recognize/remember from back then! xD

#logh #my main reason for this is that Overture has a bit of a different style from the main series #there's no narrator and a lot of background info is lost as a result - also there is ZERO mention of Iserlohn which is kinda funny #but also going into Overture after Conquest and then to OVA Ep 3 will kinda mess up the way we're introduced to some characters #like Julian Jessica and Trunicht (although he cameos in Conquest)#and will cause cause the early OVA eps to retread a lot of the same ground as Overture #(and also just feels a bit disjointed on the Empire's side with regards to Reinhard's sister)#Overture also features a lot more characters than Eps 1-2 and doesn't give title cards for anyone oops. Good luck keeping track of everyone #i've seen people say DNT Ep 1 works better than OVA Ep 1 because it focuses on introducing Reinhard's crew instead of everyone #but in fairness to OVA Ep 1 - it's not really Ep 1. A lot of the heavy lifting was already done in Conquest #Overture also feels like its trying to strike a very weird balance between being more Book accurate and still being a followup to Conquest #and I think some good moments form the OVA are lost as a result - like Yang and Paeta's relationship #OVA!Paeta really feels like he'd learned his lesson after Tiamat and is more willing to hear Yang out even if he still won't listen #Overture!Paeta seems more like he'd been reset to his original state #(also is it just me or is Overture pacing slow even by Logh standards?)#(and just a personal thing but I really did not like how Overture presented Lap & Jessica's relationship)#(they act like their relationship/engagement is a betrayal to Yang. It's....weird....)#(but for the things Overture did well it did really well! It restored the novel scenes the OVA cut)#(and the scene where Reinhard learns all his top men were transferred except for Kircheis is adorable)#(the way Reinhard tugs on Kircheis's hair and grabs his sleeve during the 'call me Reinhard when we're alone' scene is also adorable!)#(Reinhard is such a KID and Horikawa's voicework is SO GOOD)#(it is also fun to see the major S1 players scheming in the background)#(and it does set up the present battle and why the situation is what it is a bit better than the OVA which shortens the relevant scenes)#(but to give one point back to the OVA Overture also cuts out all of Poplin's scenes!)#(he just gets 1 freezeframe cameo towards the end! Why xD)#(tl;dr Overture is good but OVA eps are also good)

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