Shuffle Memories

Shuffle Memories is a concept I have never seen before. It is a 12 episode series that is a recap of a previous 24 episode series. I'm not sure how this actually made it on the air. Maybe it had something to do with the animation budget being practically non-existent. The only new content in the series is the final episode and a new Opening and Ending for each of the five main female characters. The first episode is an introduction episode. Then each of the girls gets an episode that begins their story. Then a second episode that completes their story. The final episode is completely new content. I started watching this, but only made it through the first 4 episodes. I decided that I would rather watch the original series again rather than sit through another 6 recap episodes. However, I did watch the final episode. It was excellent. It was really funny, and it was nice to see all the characters again. (I was, however, very disappointed that Nadeshiko-sensei was left out.) The fanservice was superb. I would rather this had been an OVA with more than one episode of new content. I'd definately buy the final episode, but probably not the entire series. I really loved the original Shuffle, but I can't image the need for an 11 episode recap series. I honestly don't know how to rate a show that consists of recap episodes of another show, so I'll just rate the new content.

Final rating: 5 stars for the new content.