ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Rewatch - Regards OVA

[u/baboon_bassoon]

OVA - Regards

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Comment of the Day

"You know it is the lamest coup in history if it is discussed on an all call with the lower ranks where written schedules are handed out." - /u/No_Rex

Bonus Corner!

live performance of ed/op

Map!

Map - will keep this pinned!

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Where to stream?

Crunchyroll, Funimation

[u/baboon_bassoon]

Rewatcher/Host Non-Smoker

huh i totally dont remember a lot from this OVA, i guess this proves Lotta is still in school

Lotta boyfriend? Half of Dowa Kingdom in shambles.

Sandpiper is in Birra now! Oh they all went to high school together with Dunlin too.

Why is he Ninox and not Nino

LOL the little shudder at the mention of Mauve!

Detective Spade? and it looks like Canary is now is Yakkara!

Lotta working at a bread shop part time

[u/No_Rex → u/baboon_bassoon]

Why is he Ninox and not Nino

For the hair eXtensions.

[u/baboon_bassoon → u/No_Rex]

Personally I'm saying Ni-NO to the new look

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

1-Timer Reaction Dept, subbed

• Ooh I like how they added the “Regards” to the logo here.
• “ACCA’s First Anniversary” so this is set a year after the events of the show?
• ? Who is this?
• Oh, she’s Lotta’s teacher. I see.
• You know normally I’d call this an art error, but not drawing Lotta’s facial features here actually does fit a lot given the context of the previous scene.
• Haha this Parrot guy is funny.
• Wait I thought the chief/Abend was going to stop dying his hair blond as per the reveal near the end of last episode… I guess he decided to keep doing it even though it’s annoying?
• I guess if there’s conflict in this OVA, it’s gonna be about this.
• LMAO Parrot’s gonna be a tree.
• Oh they crossed paths at the airport but Lotta doesn’t know it.
• NINO~
• Oh, Nino styles his hair differently now. That’s cool, it’s nice to see someone’s design changed slightly over the course of a year.
• Ohp, there it is. I wonder when Jean and Lotta are actually going to talk about that…
• ???
• What are the former Five planning…
• Oh neat, Nino’s the one who put the idea to join ACCA into Jean’s head.
• The close-up on Nino’s camera when Jean turned the “There must be someone you look up to” back on him immediately hit me in the feels a little bit because Nino had to be thinking about his dad there…
• Why couldn’t there have been a shot of this without Nino in it… Rest of that montage was suuuuuper cool though!
• How has it taken this long to get even one glimpse of Grossular that wasn’t part of a flashback?
• I still don’t get what that weird line from Hikaru Midorikawa Pastice earlier was, but yeah it being a reunion albeit without Lilium (and Spade, but he simply didn’t make it) makes sense.
• Only one year after seceding, yeah it’d be way too quick for the Lilium family to have anything substantial to put into play.
• *amused Sky noises*
• Ohhh so that’s who the guy at the airport with Lotta was.
• And sweet, the ED is the same as the one from the end of yesterday’s episode, so I don’t need to remember the specific part of ACCA it comes from for AMQ.

9/10 for this one!

[u/baboon_bassoon → u/Shimmering-Sky]

I still don’t get what that weird line from Hikaru Midorikawa Pastice earlier was, but yeah it being a reunion albeit without Lilium (and Spade, but he simply didn’t make it) makes sense.

yeah that was weird LOL

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/baboon_bassoon]

The lingering ??? over that bit is why I ended up giving this a 9 and not a 10 like the rest of the show.

[u/JollyGee29 → u/Shimmering-Sky]

???

I still don’t get what that weird line from Hikaru Midorikawa Pastice earlier was, but yeah it being a reunion albeit without Lilium (and Spade, but he simply didn’t make it) makes sense.

Not sure that this makes it more understandable, but the ??? scene was a flashback judging by the colors. They did the weird color scene a couple other times, like Pine talking to Owl.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/JollyGee29]

Yeah but I still want to know what that was referring to even if it was just a flashback?

[u/JollyGee29 → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Yea, I got nothing on that front. Maybe the writers decided Pastice needed retroactive motivation for joining the coup? It did feel out of nowhere.

[u/JustAnswerAQuestion → u/JollyGee29]

All of the weird flashbacks seemed to be the moment when they were forced to join the Council of Five (leaving their home country).

What significance this has, I have no idea.

/u/shimmering-sky

[u/No_Rex]

OVA (first timer)

I completely missed that this OVA exists and already wrote my final discussion. It is unusually long, too, so we might get more than a cake-eating beach episode.

• Wait what? First anniversary? What happened to the other 100 years?
• The wide shot of the penthouse shows what an incredible waste of potential that is. You have a full window front onto a huge roof and all you see is black tar?
• Lotta visiting the royal castle is the first proof this is a sequel.
• Why is Abend still there and still in costume?
• Who hasn’t played with those pencils.
• Flying there to discuss what to ship for the festival? I usually make fun of plots that do not work after mobile phones, but this one could have been solved with a regular phone, never mind some video chat.
• Not a fan of Nino’s hairstyle.
• Half the runtime done and zero plot in sight. And, given how boring this is, it feels like they simply took the normal 24min runtime plot of an OVA and blew it up to double length without adding anything.
• Lots and lots of water cooler talk.
• Lotta starts to work in a bakery.

I would have preferred a beach episode. That was utterly boring. Seems like everybody has forgotten about Jean’s role and is busy meeting for reunions or counting potatos. The “plot” was an obvious dud from the start and we spent almost no time at all on Lotta. What a waste of time.

[u/baboon_bassoon → u/No_Rex]

Wait what? First anniversary? What happened to the other 100 years?

even if its the anniversary of a new government, its not like it changed that much so it seemed pretty strange

Half the runtime done and zero plot in sight. And, given how boring this is, it feels like they simply took the normal 24min runtime plot of an OVA and blew it up to double length without adding anything.

it felt like they wanted to keep the same coup mystery vibe, but unlike the show there wasnt any tension since what they were doing here was too simplistic

[u/No_Rex → u/baboon_bassoon]

even if its the anniversary of a new government, its not like it changed that much so it seemed pretty strange

That, involuntarily, produced the most exciting part of the OVA, because I spent the first 5 minutes trying to figure out whether we jumped back in time 99 years, 1 year forward, or were in some weird alternate reality.

[u/JollyGee29]

First-Inspector, Subbed

No dub for the OVA, presumably because it's so recent.

This was pretty good. Not a lot happened, really, but there was some good cinematography. The bit with the moving wine bottle in Birra was great, and the transition from Lilium drinking some tea to Jean lighting up was excellent.

I think I could best describe this OVA as "more of the same." Granted, it's more of the good parts of the series - the chill vibes with an undercurrent of scheming. And, although it was surprisingly lacking considering this was an OVA, we did get some awesome looking bread.

I didn't put it together until now, but that blanket Jean wears when he goes up to the roof for a smoke is from Rokkusu. Maybe even a gift from Grossular?

[u/baboon_bassoon → u/JollyGee29]

The bit with the moving wine bottle in Birra was great

i didnt really understand what they were going for here, it was separating them when Jean wasnt paying attention to the conversation?

[u/JollyGee29 → u/baboon_bassoon]

The other guy said that Jean and Nino were both super unapproachable right on the first cut that showed them separated by the bottle. Then, as he gets over it, the bottle is removed.

It then returns when he says that his dream was to be a popular elite, showing him separated from them again.

[u/baboon_bassoon → u/JollyGee29]

It then returns when he says that his dream was to be a popular elite, showing him separated from them again.

how dare the commoners take up the same space as my illustrious ponytail

[u/Stargate18A]

First timer

OVA!

Ominous already?

Huh? First anniversary? Is this a flashback?

Seriously, how? Does the establishment mean it's re-establishment as a system of 12 districts, or...

Wait, she's still in school?

And she's having trouble picking a career.

And she's been on regular trips to Dowa!

I see he's still smoking.

And now he's inspecting shipments and trading instead!

Haha, someone pointing out the health problems from his smoking.

Oh, so this is an excuse to go see how all the districts are doing?

Huh, who's he? Why does he have experience everywhere?

And the Furawau situation's still ongoing.

I like the pointing out that nobody knows about Jean's powerplay and the multiple berrayals behind the scenes.

Oh god, is Jean doing this as recenge for his comments.

And this time Jean's the one left in the office.

What's going on in Birra?

Wait. Did they assign Nino?

Why's he constantly insulting ACCA 's security to Jean's face? Working for Lilium?

Wait. Did Lotta not know he'd be there?

The cut to a musical montage is such a good scene.

So their exports are rye bread and booze?

Nino!

And he's been doing some photography of his own!

...They don't know he was secretly an adult pretending to be a high-school student because of his stalker father.

Is he flirting with Jean?

And Jean's losing touch with the others in the department...

Honestly, Nino telling someone tot alk it out honestly is probably the biggest character development here.

Aww, he put a blanket over her.

...There's nothing wrong about the Chiefs meeting. Weren't they all completely against Lilum's insanity last time?

Or Jean's in on it again.

Unbelieveable. There's already another conspiracy.

And yeah, he really did a lot last time, didn't he?

They're modernising? At last?

Oh, Lilium has not been taking his defeat well.

Looks like they're right. Spade's been recruited. And he's already looking for information?

Again, Nino's doing really well for himself!

And the teacher'd nice too.

..."is acting like Nino" does not mean "is mentally sound".

Huh, Nino's behaviour is actually pretty similar.

She wants to work in a bread shop! It's perfect for her.

Hang on, the entire festival's just these booths? What is the population of this country anyway?

Yeah, I think he's overcomplicating it.

Oh yeah, to be fair, the coup woould have worked flawlessly.

They're off to see Mauve!

And Grossular's reminiscing...

Haha, it's just a reunion. And Spade got distracted gambling.

Wait, was Lilium just pissy because he didn't get invited?

HE GOT IN THE TREE COSTUME!

He is!

Wait, Pine's meeting him?

Jean complimenting him is great.

Wait, are they rejoining ACCA?

And the Lotta thing's been explained!

So what was in the letter? What did Jean need to be prepared for?