Nazo no Kanojo X: Nazo no Natsu Matsuri

Mysterious Girlfriend X is a difficult series to fully explain. It has the mystery, the drama, the scissors, the beach tans, the dreams, the jealousy, and the drooooool. And of course, romance series now a days has most if not all of those elements in one way or another; the beach episode, the jealous…

‘Skeptical’ is the word which best sums up my feelings when I sat down in front of my laptop and prepared myself to watch the Nazo no Kanojo X OVA. I’ve had a less than savoury experience with OVAs in the past, finding they do little to add to the show, existing mainly to provide fans with the excessive fanservice…

The OVA for Mysterious Girlfriend X is here, and includes an original story not seen in the manga. However, it still includes the characters, concepts, and relationship development you'd expect from an episode of MGX. It slightly misses the high bar set by the full series though - Urabe and Tsubaki must overcome a…