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1	* AdaptationDisplacement: Few people know that the OVA is based off [[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo a fighting game series]], because it's the only part of the ''Variable Geo'' franchise [[NoExportForYou to ever leave Japan.]]
2	* AntiClimaxBoss: Yuka and Satomi never get the chance to actually fight [[spoiler:[[BigBad Miranda]]]]. Instead, once Satomi is freed from her control, [[spoiler:Miranda]]'s [[SoulJar spirit remains trapped within the cyber drive]]; leaving her utterly defenseless. So [[OneHitKill when they destroy it]], she goes along with it.
3	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: So uh, what did the old man and mute girl getting that mystical looking stone near the end of the final OVA episode have to do with anything again?
4	* BrokenBase: There are fans who question why they included the "losing conditions" from the original [[HGame H-Games]] in a story based off the [[SelfCensoredRelease more mainstream]] reboots. Others wonder why they just didn't go the [[{{Hentai}} other direction]] entirely.
5	* HarsherInHindsight:
6	** In the OVA, Yuka nearly concedes defeat to Jun, but wouldn't have suffered [[RapeAsDrama the penalty]][[note]]In the H-games, the loser of each match is publicly raped by members of the audience, or the tournament committee[[/note]] since the OVA is based off the ''Advanced V.G.'' [[SparedByTheAdaptation reboot.]] That was changed years later, due to two new pieces of official art set during the original H-game continuity. The first one shows Yuka with her shirt torn, from being KO'd by Jun. The second one shows [[spoiler:Yuka staring down her [[RapeDiscretionShot soon to be]] rapist]].
7	** The decision to include the losing conditions from the H-games made some fans wonder why KSS bothered to censor it. Then along came ''[[PornWithoutPlot V.G.: NEO]]'', an AU series which also enforced the losing conditions - ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor without]]'' [[FanDisservice censorship.]] It was poorly received, causing many to dismiss it as non-canon.
8	* LesYay: Both the original Japanese and english dubs contain [[AccidentalInnuendo dialogue]] that, when taken out of context, can make it seem as if Yuka and Satomi are dating, rather than friends.
9	** OVA 2 begins with Yuka finding the farewell letter Satomi left for her. When she tells Jun about it (sub version), Jun asks if it means they've broken up. To which Yuka dejectedly replies, "yes".
10	** In the final episode of the dub version, Kaori speaks of Satomi as though she were Yuka's girlfriend [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcqoX3klUs (from 22:25-22:54).]]
11	--->'''Yuka:''' ''[at Kaori]'' Let me go! I've got to help Satomi!\
12	'''Kaori:''' ''[urgently]'' Listen to me! [[CallBack Think back to your match with Jun Kubota:]] you and Satomi share an incredibly strong emotional bond. Her voice broke through and saved you, when you were about to fall. Now, you can return that strength.\
13	'''Yuka:''' ''[voice breaking]'' How can I help Satomi when she's not even herself?\
14	'''Kaori:''' [[ThePowerOfLove With love!]] [[HomoeroticSubtext Use the feelings you have towards Satomi]], [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight to break through into her true spirit!]]
15	** In OVA episode 1, Reimi congratulates Kaori for winning her first bout, but says she's far more interested in seeing her ''lose'' so she can see Kaori's [[NerdsAreSexy "beautiful body again"]]. It immediately cuts to an ImagineSpot of Reimi watching as Kaori ''and her unnamed opponent'' are both forced to strip naked in her rose garden and masturbate in front of her. Kaori blushes indignantly and replies that she doesn't intend to lose.
16	* {{Narm}}: Erina's rant in the english dub; particularly when Yuka [[WarriorTherapist tries to reach out to her with her heart]] and she rejects it.
17	-->'''Erina:''' ''[[[LargeHam dramatically]]]'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis NO! TRUST!]] RAAAAAGGEEE!!
18	** There's also Chiho's reaction when she enters the roof of the Jihana research facility:
19	--->'''Chiho:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQBu1v0l3PA A ROSE GARDEN!?]] ''[[{{Sting}} [cue music sting]]]''
20	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
21	** The OVA establishes [[CulturedBadass Reimi]] [[LadyOfWar as the woman to beat]], with Yuka as the [[SpiritedCompetitor up and coming challenger]], and [[{{foreshadowing}} hints at]] their inevitable showdown when [[SlowMotionPassBy they pass each other, on the highway...]] And that's all we get, because Reimi gets eliminated from the competition before the finals, [[spoiler:thanks to her mother's meddling]].
22	** The final match itself is a case of this, as [[LeftHanging we never see the outcome]].
23	* TheWoobie:
24	** Satomi was already the primary example in the game series[[note]]covered by the PerpetualPoverty and PromotionToParent entries in her character section[[/note]], but the OVA heaps additional suffering on her between [[AlwaysSecondBest repeat losses to Yuka]] and by having her be [[UnwittingPawn manipulated]] by The Jahana Group. But when she makes it to the finals, FridgeHorror kicks in.
25	** Erina seems happy-go-lucky, on the surface, but the glimpses we're allowed to see of her childhood shows she was bullied, which started her on the path to juvenile delinquency. It was believed that she grew out of it, but her match with Yuka revealed those feelings of anger and resentment were still there.
26	** The truth concerning [[spoiler:Reimi]]'s childhood is covered by the AbusiveParents entry on the character sheet, in her example section. Suffice to say, her upbringing has hardened her into both a StoicWoobie and an IronLady.
27	** There's also the girl Kaori fought in her first match. We never learn her name, but one has to wonder what circumstances drove her to try to fight an opponent she clearly had no chance of defeating. Not only was she publicly humiliated by being taken out by Kaori's opening attack, [[TryingNotToCry the look in her eye]] when she realized she had to pay the penalty for losing at level-1, further elicits audience sympathy.

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