Review of Love Live! School Idol Project OVA
This OVA is...weird. It leaves me with a feeling I can't seem to forget about. I'm not sure exactly why this exists, maybe they wanted to include a storyline for the music video (although it doesn't fit together very well). Regardless, it's quite an odd experience. If you're a fan of Love Live I do recommend giving it a watch but just be aware that you're in for a wild ride. (Spoilers) So the plot revolves around Maki being sick and the rest of Muse going to check on her. However, Eli stops when she sees loli Maki and decides to chase her down. Eventually the girls allmeet up again and loli Maki tells muse she's always loved them even before they were school idols together (I think I get what they were trying to go for here with the symbolism and the loli Maki but it's just kind of confusing to follow and they never really explain much so you have to make your own inferences). After that she's transformed into teenage Maki and they realize they're all having a dream together (I think they should have told us this from the beginning, it would have made the plot way easier to follow). The episode ends with the music video for Music:Start.
I don't know that I would say this episode doesn't deserve to exist because the surrealism is kind of beautiful, it's a nice contrast to the typical feel of the show and I like how it does, in fact, feel like a dream. But it's hard to follow and just gets a little too weird. So at the end of the day, I feel 6/10 is an appropriate rating for it.