From studio Gainax (Evangelion), which production by Toshimichi Otsuki (Slayers, Nadesico) & chief direction & story by Hideaki Anno (Evangelion) comes a high-tension story of the heartbreaking rivalries of a first love.

Happiness could be a fleeting thing our two new high school sweethearts Yukino & Arima. With their hearts flying high, the couple has been spending alot of time together. Finally, the public masks of perfection that they've both maintained for so long are beginning to fall, but so are their grade.

When the latest round of scores is posted, Yukino is mortified to discover that she's slipped all the way to 13th! She's not only one angry, so are her teachers. When Yukino are Arima are dragged before their guidance counselor to explain their poor grades, the administration is determined that the pair stop seeing each other. Could this mean the end of their newfound love forver?

Special thanks to Right Stuf International for sending a copy for a review for this site. After watching the first volume, I got to see it more, because I love this seires! Fianlly, you get to see Yukino & Arima turning true to themselves. You actually can understand what is they must be going through. In one form or another, we all go through the same stage of life. We can related to them. Being in love sure has it upside & downside. This series has it uniqueness by mixing of "chibi" cuteness, the "cat-eye" look & manga-style artwork throughout the series. Plus, in this volume, you get to meet more characters with even stranger personality & jealousy is thrown in! You will still get the first person narration from the characters. You will get a good laugh out of this, with the sweetness feeling from your heart. One more thing, you will get to see Yukino's dark side. It's so evil. I won't tell you more, you have to see it yourself.

Since this series was made by the team of "Evangelion", can you spot the "Evangelion" theme? The ending credit remains the same, the camera move in an actual Japanese school & other Japanese landmarks. After that, a "Preview" of what to come on the next episode, done by 2 of the original cast of the series in real-life. Though, since this is a pre-release, I hope they fix the sudden cut out of the English version preview.

The quality remains the same as the first one, very clear & smooth, no problem at all. The episodes are still on different tracks, so there will be a little loading time when you move on to the next episode. Right Stuf International did a really good job. They kept most of the feature that was on the first volume. You can use your DVD player "Angle" option. You can switch between the original Japanese text during the introduction & the title screens. Plus, this option can let you switch between different version of the "Preview" on the next episode, which is done by the real-life voice actress, between the Japanese cast & the English cast. Though, there is one thing I wonder, there is no recap video for Episode 07, like the others do, just some scroll text. By the way, you can skip all those warnings & logos when you first load the DVD by just pressing the "Menu" button on your remote control.

The dubbing is really great. Oh, the voice for Tsubasa is dead on for her part. It's about 85% of the original Japanese.

Well, English track isn't the default on this DVD. You still have to switch it if you want to watch it in English. Very clear & no problem at all. It's about 85% of the original Japanese.

The Japanese track is the default track. It's great that both Japanese track & English track are at the same volume, so I don't have to adjust the volume of the TV while changing the tracks.

It still have the same format as the first one. There are 6 tracks for subtitling, which the first 3 in English, the last 3 are in Spanish. First subtitling track only subtitle the Japanese talking, the second one is only for translating Japanese text that is shown during the episode, & the third one is both talking & translating. The last 3 tracks are the Spanish, the same function as the first 3. The subtitle are white, clean & easy to read, except in some parts when the background is really bright.

I wonder why they use the same menu as the first one. The clips are only in the first volume. The menu is really simple. It's just a picture of the main characters in the background with a sweet piano music. On the bottom, there are 4 buttons, "Play All", "Scene Selection", "Extras" & "Language Setting". The Scene selection is pretty well organize. They are separated by episode, then by section per episode, intro, recap, part one, part two, mid-episode, ending & preview of the next episode. However, the thing I hate it still there, if you select in the "Scene Selection", once you're finish with the episode you're in, it doesn't go on to the next episode, but back to the "Scene Selection" menu.

There isn't much extras, translation notes & production notes. Voice Actor Interviews seem pretty cool, except that it's only for Japanese version cast. I wonder why they didn't do an interview of the English cast. It would be cool to have both.

The package is pretty simple. Yukino' sisters & Asuba on the cover this time & the back with screenshots. Again, it comes with a clear DVD case, I wonder why they didn't print anything behind so you can actually see what is written on the back when you open the case. The DVD disc cover itself is the same as the cover.

Watching it on the PC is the same as watching it on the TV. Very clean, no problem at all, very little pixel (little squares popping in & out), both normal mode & full screen mode. The sound is just great. The episodes are on different tracks on the DVD, so it have a small pause when it move to the next episode. 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.

If you got the first one, it is better to get the rest. I find this really cute & I enjoy is very much. Again, I do recommended it to watch it with your girlfriend or boyfriend. I bet they want to see the rest of the series. It's a real love story.