Title: 十兵衛ちゃん２〜シベリア柳生の逆襲〜 (Jyubei-chan 2~The Counterattack of Siberia Yagyu) DVD Box 1
Original Creator: 大地丙太郎 (Akitarou Daichi)
Volume: 1/2
Catalog No.: KIBA-91014~5
Release Date: 5/8/04
Rating: 4/4

After seeing the preview disc, I was pretty excited about the rest of the series. However, I have to say that I was just a wee-little disappointed in episode 2-6, but not by that much (not enough to drop it a rating). While it was cute the first time, the constant jumping around between serious and non-serious scenes started getting to me. The way he phased out Shiro and Hajime also disturbed me a bit. With those two out of the picture as serious characters, there's no counterbalance to the two strong female leads.

The video comes in an anamorphic letterbox setup and as with all R2s, the video quality is superb. The audio is standard Dolby compressed stereo.

This limited edition box set comes with two discs and liner notes. The liner notes have summaries of the 6 episodes, an interview with the voice actresses of the two main characters, Felicia and Jiyu. It also includes a production log, Yui Horie's experiences in learning swordsmanship, and a few comics. The DVD comes with 6 episodes and a 20+ minute segment where Yui Horie takes on the Jubei challenge of learning Yagyu Jubei's school of swordsmanship.

Three hundred years ago, Yagyu's Jubei's daughter, Felicia got encased in ice. When she finally thawed, she found out that her father had left an eyepatch and she believes she's the rightful owner and so she starts her hunt for Jiyu. Meanwhile, Jiyu is trying to get her life back to normal after last season. She befriends the new transfer student, Felicia without any suspicions. However, she is challenged by several new foes, one of whom is Felicia and the other descendants of another school that had fought against Jubei. She doesn't have the eyepatch anymore but that's quickly solved by a pint-sized Koinosuke, his son Ayunosuke who always happens to be there when she needs to transform. Despite Felicia actually being her enemy, she protects her at all costs. At the end of the last episode, Felicia finally reveals herself.

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