Review of Brave Witches: Petersburg Grand Strategy

It's not often that a special manages to be more enjoyable and outright better than the show itself, but in my eyes, this special episode of Brave Witches is an exception. After loving both seasons of Strike Witches, I found Brave Witches to be pretty disappointing. It wasn't terrible or anything, but the zany shenanigans that used to take place in Strike Witches were conspicuously absent, replaced instead with straightforward Neuroi fights that weren't that interesting most of the time. The special gives us a very cute and funny story centering around Eila and Sanya, two fan favorite characters from the original series. It was ajoy to see them get some screen time and interact with the Brave Witches. Seeing Eila get jealous of all the attention Sanya was getting from the other witches was adorable and amusing (seriously, I really love those two). The special episode also gives us the fanservice that was practically nonexistent in the main Brave Witches series. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to the viewer's tastes, but this show doesn't feel the same when it doesn't have lewdness and other forms of weirdness in it.

Beyond that, there isn't much else to say. The art and sound are fine, nothing special, but still good. There isn't too much 3D or CGI or whatever in this episode (only briefly at one point) compared to the main show. Even if it was just for one special episode, it was nice to see Brave Witches put in the heart and soul of what made its parent series so good (even if it had to borrow characters from said parent series to do so).

Enjoyment - 7.5/10 (great)
Overall - 7/10 (very good)