Monday, January 26, 2015

Memories Off 3.5 02 - I Set Fire to the Rain

In the concluding episode of the "On the Other Side of Memories" arc, the characters attempt to pick up the pieces, mend their relationships, and move on with their lives after the tragic events of episode 01. A love triangle powered by grief can be powerful, indeed. (And did I mention that one of the people I paid tribute to in the Saint October 25 ED dedication died in a motorcycle accident? Fffffff--) Anyway, the next episode begins a different story arc centered around employees of the Cubic Café's rival establishment.

There may be some encoding issues with this file, but I'm not sure how much of the problem is in the source or even how much of it is fixable without destructive filtering, if it's fixable at all.

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Memories Off 3.5 01 - Two-Wheeled Mayhem



At long last, I bring you the first episode of the 2004 Memories Off 3.5 OVA. This OVA consists of two separate arcs that can be watched in either order (eps 1-2 or 3-4 first), but I'm releasing them in the same chronological order that they were originally released. Thus, episode 1 is the first episode of the "On the Other Side of Memories" arc, where our male lead is actually in a somewhat mature, stable relationship. Unfortunately, a now-famous girl from his past has resurfaced, though her romantic focus appears to be elsewhere.

Subtitles for this are from the only existing English release, by Anime-Faith and Anime-Influx (with some editing, of course). I guess those groups decided to join forces rather than compete like they did for Memories Off 2nd. Encode is from the same encoder who did Memories Off 2nd for me, though they didn't have the scripts available this time around. Ah well, nothing a bit of transcription can't solve.

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