Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades

All Hail The Supreme One, Ains-sama!!

Let's begin, shall we? Overlord, the parent story, follows an otaku gamer who creates the most well-known guild in a game. The game gets shut down and he's stuck inside and teleported to another world as an undead king. As undead have no emotions, his emotions have been erased.

Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades follows a story of Ains using an item to temporarily get his emotions back, and these OVA follow his story until the effects wear off. As well as Ains, the OVA also follow the battle maids.

What follows is complete comedy and goofiness, completely different from the dark undertone ... of the parent story. The characters are disfigured and chibi, so it's just meant to be a quick cute, and funny story.

If you enjoyed Overlord and wish to see a funny side story then I highly recommend this.

It's wierd how I end up enjoy this more than Overlord mainstream 😂.

Though I am never able to finish chibi side comedies even though they are enjoyable cz so less stream time and the eps end even before they start. But this is actually one of the best chibi side comedy arcs that have finished and enjoyed.

If you love Overlord, then this is a must must watch.
And the character are sooo cute and the normal anime art they show for characters in between 🤤😍.

So in short it may be hard to watch but it's enjoyable no doubt and also adds some extra lil side ... information as character introduction (though not important)

Pure Pure Pleiades is a series of shorts taking place in the same universe as the "Overlord" series. It features the main character 'Ains Ool Gown' and Albedo interacting with the Sento Maids, the titular Pleiades.

Now, going into this you must understand that this is not part of the main story, they are simple omakes that serve to provide some comedic value while simultaneously developing some of the characters that are not featured in the main series.... and that is where its value truly shines.

The Pleiades are meant to be major characters in the story but were not given much to do. There are 6 ... Pleiades and we barely get to know one in the main show; thus it is very good to endear the rest to the audience, giving us a good idea of what kind of characters they are (Ex: Lupusregina Beta is a genki girl, Shizu Delta is (seemingly) a Kuudere, Solution Epsilon is a sexy/flirty assassin type, etc.).

The situational comedy is incredibly silly but that is the idea; the art style is chibi and semi-deformed so if you are not into comedy or hyper-kawaii scenarios, this is not for you.

Special mention has to be made for the seiyuus performance; every episode opens with the voice actor for Ains delivering a quick explanation with a manic delivery, couple this with the performances of Albedo (Top guardian) and the rest in these strange situations and you have a great vocal cast clearly giving their A game, elevating pretty mediocre material up to quite good.



I know I haven't talked about the story, that's because there is no story. It's just an excuse to deliver comedy and character development, which is fine by me.


If you enjoy Overlord and have even a passing interest in comedy, this is highly recommended.
Score is low because it has two major qualifiers; be a fan of Overlord and also enjoy comedy/chibi/complete madness.