From Gainax (EVANGELION), with production by Toshimichi Otsuki (EVANGELION, SLAYERS, NADESICO), chief direction & story by Hideaki Anno (EVANGELION) & character design by Tadashi Hiramatsu (EVANGELION) comes a high-tension story of the heartrending rivalries of a first love.

Summer might be ending, but things between Arima & Yukino are just heating up! While Arima's prolonged summer absence gives Yukino some time to think about their relationship, she's still left in doubt. Does she really love him? Meanwhile, Arima's thinking about taking the relationship to the next level. But will Yukino feel the same way?

Then it's time for the Culture Fest! It sounds rather boring to Yukino until she discovers it's a competition with class notes up for grabs. Now Yukino is determined to win, but can she stand up against Class F's secret weapon? And there's a new mystery man in school with some diabolical plans in store for Tsubaki! Who is he & what does he want with Tsubaki?

Special thanks to Right Stuf International for sending a copy for a review for this site. Here is another part of this wonderful series of school life. This time, another character adds into the picture, Tonami. This is the first time that I have seen an Anime series that actually go all the way for a love story, you know, crossing "that line" in a relationship. It's pretty sweet. Also, it feature a part about bullying. How sad that kids goes through that. However, these episodes are a little different, now there are actually "live" shots, mixed in manga-style artwork, "chibi" cuteness, "cat-eye" attack! Oh, you still get a moment of laughing fun!

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.

The quality remains the same as the first one, very clear & smooth, no problem at all. 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 are only recaps for the first two episodes. 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.

I find the dubbing really well done. However, I didn't like the voice for Tonami. It's the same who did Tsubasa's father. It should too similar & might confuse the viewers. Also, it's missing the background music for "preview" of the English class. 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. The dubbing is really great, very clear & no problem at all. They really pick the cast very well. It suit the personality of each character in the story. 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. 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.

The menu remains the same as the other 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.

There isn't much extras. You get more characters' bios, translation notes & production notes. Voice Actor Interviews seem pretty cool, except that it's only in Japanese version cast. This time it's for the voices of Yukino & Arima. 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. On the cover is Tsubaki & Tonami together. 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. There isn't any insert yet again. In the back, some more screenshots of Tsubaki & Tonami. 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.

I can't wait to see the end of the series. What's going to happen now?