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Feature Presentation:
Special thanks to Geneon Entertainment for sending a copy for a review for this site. We're back for more laughing fun with the sexy DearS. Heck, even the title of each episodes give you a good giggle, too. After Takeya got a little incident with his little sister, things are sort of getting back to normal. Ren is still doing her best to ber a good "slave" to her "master", but however, Miu is feeling down because Ren isn't doing what a DearS suppose to do. To take that at hand, she challenge Ren to another duel, catching some balls. However, she ends up to face her past of her previous master. Later on, Neneko needs models for her costumes that she made & it's up for Ren & Miu using Takeya's place. Things get a little out of hand with Takeya & Neneko got into an arguement & both DearS can sense Neneko's feelings. Last, to Miu's surprise, she won a ticket to the hot spring & invited Ren, Takeya & Neneko to join her. Things went a little crazy after all & Ren made a little mistake on live TV. It's all naughty little feelings one again, not to mention Ren learning about porn!
Video:
Geneon Entertainment did a very great job. I found no problem, the image are clear & the color looks perfect. It's a really colorful. There is some watermarks done for the introduction & ending credits (they are translated in English). Each episodes are separated into 5 parts: the introduction, part A, part B, the preview & the ending for the next episode! Since all the episodes are on one single track on the DVD, there is no loading time or changing tracks when you move on to the next episode. I do note that you can skip the warnings & logos in the beginning using the "Menu" button on your remote.
Dubbing: English:
The English dubbing is well done. It's about 85% of the original Japanese.
Audio 01: English 2.0:
No problem found.
Audio 02: Japanese 2.0:
No problem found.
Subtitle:
Geneon Entertainment have selected a great font, very easy to read. They use light blue introduction theme & ending theme. The rest is yellow for the dialogue. One track is for the sign subtitling & the other one is for the Japanese dialogue. I might note that every odd numbered episodes, the intro & ending subtitles are in English, while the even numbered episodes are in Japanese on this volume.
Menu Option:
The menu is the same design as the previous, now with Ren & Miu in a little naughty pose. There is the "Play All", the selection for each episode & "Screen Access". However, the "Set Up" & "Extras" are together. Selecting any of the options, you will have a little animation of bubbles. I'm not sure where the background music is playing on the menu is from, I guess it's from the series. Note that there is no background music in the other menu section.
DVD Extras:
There isn't much of an extra this time, just a small art gallery.
Packaging:
I find the packaging very colorful once again On the cover, you see Miu & the hot overdrive teacher in leather. In the back, you see Takeya's Neneko along with a screenshot from each episode. The insert is bascially the same image as the cover, along with the list of the next volumes coming out. Inside the insert is a mini-poster with the full image of Neneko. On the DVD disc itself, it's the same as the cover once again. Since the DVD case is a clear one, you get to see the reversable cover, with Ren & Miu.
PC Viewing:
Watching it on the PC is the same as watching it on the TV. Very clean, no problem at all, very little pixel. The sound is just great. The only thing annoying is the menu option. You have to click on the blood splat to make the selection, instead of the word, for example, "Play". The episodes are place on one single track as you play the episodes, so loading time is really small. You can fast forward to the first episode to the last episode with one move on your mouse! Like on your regular DVD player, you can skip the warnings & logos when you load the disc, just use the "menu" option to go to the menu screen.
Overall DVD Rating:
As the series progress, to get to know the chracters quite well & the reason why DearS are. Once you reach this volume, I'm sure it's gonna be great to see what next. Now things are a bit out of control, but all well ends well. Remember, beauty comes from the heart.
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