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Feature Presentation:
Special thanks to Geneon Entertainment for sending a copy for a review for this site. We're back with Yuta & his new friend, Mana, as they continued their journey. There is rumors of a mermaid living in a forest. On their way, Mana got into an accident & disappeared. With Yuta worried, he went out looking for her, but not knowing the place where Mana turns out, a place where another victim of mermaid flesh. As they continued onward, Mana met a Deformed One that isn't just a monster, but actually can talk & feel emotions, searching for company to his lonely life. Here are more stories of victims of mermaid flesh. As before, mermaid flesh can give you eternal life, but it also cna act as a poison. Some turns into horrible monsters, while some bare scars that can't be remove. Strange, shocking, even scary. Immortality might be too high of a price.
Video:
Geneon Entertainment did a very great job. I found no problem, the image are clear & the color looks perfect. To top things off, the series is feature on Widescreen format. If you got a Widescreen TV, you're going to enjoy this even more. There is no watermarks done at all, so the introduction & ending are left in their original Japanese credits. There is even the original Japanese lyrics, too. 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. Each episode is split into 5 parts: introduction, part A, part B, ending & the preview! However, at the end of the DVD, there is an English credits. I do note that you can skip all those warnings & logos when you first load the DVD by just pressing the "Menu" button on your remote control.
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, easy to read, though a little small. They use green for the introduction & ending themes, white for any text subtitling & yellow for the dialogues. One track is for the sign subtitling & the other one is for the Japanese dialogue. I might note that every even numbered episodes, the intro & ending subtitles are in English, while the odd numbered episodes are in Japanese original text.
Menu Option:
The menu is also in widescreen format, but if you got just a regular full screen TV, it will display in that format with no problem. It's the same as the previous menu with Yuta & Mana together. It's like your underwater. There is the "Play All", "Screen Access", "Set Up" & "Extras". There isn't any music in the background, just sound effects of water.
DVD Extras:
There isn't much extras on it, just a production art gallery. That's about it.
Packaging:
The design remains the same, but this time, green is the main color. On the cover, you see Yuta ready for action, with Mana looking right at you. In the back, you got many screenshots from the episodes in this volume. The insert is simple, using the same picture as the cover, along with the episode list. On the DVD itself, it's the same design as the previous volume, same shadow of a mermaid swiming by but using green background.
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 (little squares popping in & out), both normal mode & full screen mode. The sound is just great. 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:
This series keep on getting better, but not in a good way. Lots of drama, sadness, victims of eating mermaid flesh. See the horrors, the good & the bad of human intensions are shown.
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