“Mato and Yomi's friendship crumbles as Yomi vanishes, linked to Black★Rock Shooter's battle with Dead Master.”
Black★Rock Shooter (OVA)
ブラック★ロックシューター
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Synopsis
Mato and Yomi's friendship crumbles as Yomi vanishes, linked to Black★Rock Shooter's battle with Dead Master.
On her first day of junior high school, Mato Kuroi meets Yomi Takanashi. Though Yomi is initially taken aback by Mato's straightforward personality, the pair quickly becomes friends and begin to spend time together daily. As a sign of their friendship, Mato gives Yomi a cell phone charm—a blue star, identical to her own. However, when the two enter their second year, their relationship starts to change. Placed in a different class, Mato begins to spend more time with Yuu Koutari instead, a girl she met through the basketball team. In fact, the former best friends drift apart so much so that Mato cannot find Yomi anywhere, as if she had disappeared entirely. Elsewhere, Black★Rock Shooter is on a quest to vanquish the Dead Master. These two, while opposed, bear a connection not unlike Mato and Yomi. As their stories begin to cross, it seems Yomi's disappearance may have to do with the blue star-shaped charm and the legendary gunslinger herself.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 80 sampled reviews
What 80 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.10 · split reception
5.1 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.2
↑ 1.79
Running avg · Jul 2010 → Dec 2024
- 10 “This is just pure AWESOME, It mad me cry at times but seriously its pure gold. I don't think there is an anime that can bring me to dislike it. Its just amazing. At first I thought it was Miku...”
- 9 “Ok, overall i loved this! The massage of friendship always a good thing. Plus, and when you fell the betrayal of your close friend it herts and i would have done the same. It takes a while to tell...”
- 7 “I really wanted to rate this anime higher. I enjoyed it while it lasted, but it was a little short. I felt that the plot could've been expanded a lot more as the sort of tense bit towards the end...”
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- Format 1 × 52′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 52m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2010 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-4871 catalog
Produced by
- Rakuonsha Producer
- Good Smile Company Producer