Yes, she’s still Lena Sayers of course, and this time packing the Blue Sky Sapphire.

But she’s also Sänger Zonvolt.

And Hurricane Polymar.

And Asuka Eiji (Pilot of the SPT Layzner)

And even Kinnikuman!

And I haven’t even shown you all of the fighting that goes on in this episode.

Yes, Plot Stuff happens in the 3rd OVA of My-Otome 0 ~S.ifr~, aka the Lena Sayers Power Hour, and it’s all well and good, but the entire episode is just one continuous fight scene after another. If it’s not Lena fighting robots, it’s someone else fighting robots. If it’s not ships exploding it’s meteors getting rocked. In that regard, the episode really delivers, and just like the previous two OVAs you can really tell that a lot of care was put into it, especially in regards to lovingly rendered nipples and split kicks. Hey, that’s Otome for you. Probably the most significant thing that you find out in the third episode is that Lena is perhaps a little too powerful for her own good, and also that Shiro is further HEAVILY IMPLIED to be Lena’s future husband and father of her child. And who can blame him? If Lena Sayers is even remotely smitten with you, you GRAB THAT OPPORTUNITY AND NEVER LET GO.

Overall, it’s been a fun OVA series and everything I expected from a HiME series at this point, except the ending is incredibly open-ended… only it isn’t because I already know Lena Sayers’ ultimate fate. For some, cute girls fighting is not enough to carry a show, for others that’s all they really want or need. In the end, My-Otome 0 ~S.ifr~ is very well-executed Girls Fighting, and I mean it. You won’t see too many better sci-fi/fantasy mega fights. Take out of that what you will.

Sifr Fran, future mother of Nina Wáng, is still kidnapped. Lena, future mother of Arika Yumemiya, is iinjured in the last battle with Miyu-9, has been picked up by an unassuming researcher named Shirou. Her Otome gem has been shattered leaving her powerless, and much of the episode focuses on Lena and Shirou getting to know each other, though it all starts off with exactly the kind of misunderstanding one would expect out of the Otome series. Meanwhile, we’re treated to the appearance of a young Maria Graceburt, and the original Miyu who apparently has been around for a very long time.

Oh yeah, and Shirou is totally Not Arika’s Future Dad. You know, despite looking like her, having similar overall personalities, and becoming enamored with Lena very shortly after meeting her.

Totally.

Hot women, fun characters, good fight scenes, implied lesbianism, the second OVA prequel of My-Otome has pretty much everything the Otome series is known for, only because it focuses on Otome character designer Hisayuki Hirokazu’s beloved mascot Lena Sayers, the entire production just screams effort.

Because we know Lena’s inevitable fate, S.ifr really isn’t about watching what happens. It’s about being in the moment, and that moment consists of enjoying and savoring every moment Lena Sayers is on-screen. I won’t deny that much of the appeal of this OVA is Lena Sayers, and not in completely noble ways. She is hot, downright hot, hot in that she’s a mix of caring woman, powerful fighter, confident yet kind (see also: Vega from Dendoh), and hot because Hisayuki has put so much love and attention into the character that this could have only been the possible end result.

It is no small secret that the character designer of the HiME series, Hisayuki Hirokazu, loves loves loves the character of Lena Sayers. She is like his personal mascot, equivalent to how the creator of Shaman King feels about Kyouyama Anna.

So watching S.ifr OVA 1 and seeing just how much detail and emphasis has been put on making her as awesome as possible leads me to believe that he’s having a lot of influence on this particular series.

My-Otome 0 ~S.ifr~ is a prequel to My-Otome detailing the adventures of Lena Sayers Yumemiya, mother of Otome heroine Arika. There’s a few surprises, mainly that Lena is using an activation gem completely different from the one we’re familiar with. We also get to see the previous owner of the gem that Sara Gallagher uses in Otome proper. The animation is quite good, the character designs are strong and sexy, and it’s pretty much everything you’d expect from the HiME series at this point, only with tons of Lena love being poured in.

The other adjective I would use to describe it is “Boobariffic.” Lena has quite a pair of assistants, and it’s easy to see why Arika herself developed so much between Otome and Otome Zwei.

Genetics.