... Or quite possibly, the worst, well, anything I have ever seen. And let me tell you, I have seen some terrible things.
It's actually quite difficult to put into words just how mind-bogglingly atrocious this series is, and yet I suppose I'll have to try. God give me strength.
To begin, absolutely nothing makes sense. One may find a inconsistencies in even the best fiction, but in DNA^2, the very premise is a glaring plot hole: Supposedly, the leading lady Karin travels nary a century back in time to stop Junta, a boy with a genetic mutation, from overpopulating the world. The writers argue that since Junta fathered 100 children, and his children fathered 100 children, and so on, the world would boast an extra million or so people (I'm using my math here; the show only claimed an extra 12,000. Did I mention this makes no sense?). Considering how much the world population has grown in the last 10 years, this is kind of a drop in a bucket. Not to mention, there are a huge number of factors which would make this estimate a wild overreach (for example, how many of those children would have been aborted, how many of the women he impregnated would have had children anyway, etc.).
I suppose one could make the case that the population explosion was only limited to Japan, so it would still be a problem. But that brings me to another plot hole: even if Karin was sent back on time to control the future's population and wipe out the excess people, she's ... umm ... still wiping out excess people. Which is a) horrible, and b) guaranteed to catastrophically alter the future in ways no one could expect.
Beyond the main storyline, not a minute passed where someone didn't behave nonsensically or spout the most inappropriate dialogue.
Now, I know what you're all thinking: whatever, it's mindless fun, so turn off your brain and just enjoy the ride. Unfortunately, DNA^2 is not only mindless, but clichéd and predictable. I can't recall a single character who had a shred of personality beyond their own personal gimmick, save for maybe Ami or Tomoko, who doesn't have much going for them, either. Most of the humor is based on bodily fluids, and though it's intended to offset a constant stream of fan service, the two sort of cancel each other out in an odd way; the fan service ceases to be sexy when all you can focus on is Junta's mouth bulging with vomit, and the gross-out humor just becomes sad considering its context.
Any other humor is either cheesy or just plain bizarre. And let me make this clear: When it's done well, I like cheesy and I love bizarre. But DNA^2 was not so much well done as it was like watching a socially inept 11-year-old try to tell a joke.
Admittedly, it does get better toward the end, and the OVA is sometimes even good enough to be mediocre (though it is a little more serious, but maybe that's why?). Unfortunately, the final scenes of both plummet the series right back down into the abysmal.
Unless you intend to watch this with a group strictly for lampooning or riffing, I would strongly suggest you stay away.
It's actually quite difficult to put into words just how mind-bogglingly atrocious this series is, and yet I suppose I'll have to try. God give me strength.
To begin, absolutely nothing makes sense. One may find a inconsistencies in even the best fiction, but in DNA^2, the very premise is a glaring plot hole: Supposedly, the leading lady Karin travels nary a century back in time to stop Junta, a boy with a genetic mutation, from overpopulating the world. The writers argue that since Junta fathered 100 children, and his children fathered 100 children, and so on, the world would boast an extra million or so people (I'm using my math here; the show only claimed an extra 12,000. Did I mention this makes no sense?). Considering how much the world population has grown in the last 10 years, this is kind of a drop in a bucket. Not to mention, there are a huge number of factors which would make this estimate a wild overreach (for example, how many of those children would have been aborted, how many of the women he impregnated would have had children anyway, etc.).
I suppose one could make the case that the population explosion was only limited to Japan, so it would still be a problem. But that brings me to another plot hole: even if Karin was sent back on time to control the future's population and wipe out the excess people, she's ... umm ... still wiping out excess people. Which is a) horrible, and b) guaranteed to catastrophically alter the future in ways no one could expect.
Beyond the main storyline, not a minute passed where someone didn't behave nonsensically or spout the most inappropriate dialogue.
Now, I know what you're all thinking: whatever, it's mindless fun, so turn off your brain and just enjoy the ride. Unfortunately, DNA^2 is not only mindless, but clichéd and predictable. I can't recall a single character who had a shred of personality beyond their own personal gimmick, save for maybe Ami or Tomoko, who doesn't have much going for them, either. Most of the humor is based on bodily fluids, and though it's intended to offset a constant stream of fan service, the two sort of cancel each other out in an odd way; the fan service ceases to be sexy when all you can focus on is Junta's mouth bulging with vomit, and the gross-out humor just becomes sad considering its context.
Any other humor is either cheesy or just plain bizarre. And let me make this clear: When it's done well, I like cheesy and I love bizarre. But DNA^2 was not so much well done as it was like watching a socially inept 11-year-old try to tell a joke.
Admittedly, it does get better toward the end, and the OVA is sometimes even good enough to be mediocre (though it is a little more serious, but maybe that's why?). Unfortunately, the final scenes of both plummet the series right back down into the abysmal.
Unless you intend to watch this with a group strictly for lampooning or riffing, I would strongly suggest you stay away.
