Sabage-bu! Specials

さばげぶっ！OVA SPECIAL MISSION

7.2(9,070)

MAL Score

Ranked #3531

Popularity #5544

Action
Comedy
CGDCT
School

Episodes: 6
Duration: 11 min per ep
Aired: Sep 24, 2014 to Feb 20, 2015
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Sabage-bu! Specials features a collection of brief episodes that accompany the first six volumes of the Blu-ray releases, providing fans with additional insights and humorous moments from the world of survival games. This delightful series continues to explore the light-hearted escapades of the members of the Survival Game Club as they engage in various antics and challenges that blend action with comedy.

These specials offer a charming glimpse into the club's dynamics, showcasing the unique personalities of each character while delivering playful scenarios that highlight their camaraderie. With a blend of competitive spirit and comedic flair, these episodes enhance the overall experience of Sabage-bu!, inviting viewers to enjoy even more of the club's thrilling adventures.

Otaku Consensus

Sabage-bu! Specials earns its niche approval by understanding exactly what viewers liked about the TV series: vicious comic timing, a gag-dense short format, and Momoka’s unusually petty lead energy. As Blu-ray bonus material, it works less as an essential sequel than as a sharply paced extension of Pierrot Plus’s school-club chaos. The recurring criticism is the same one attached to Sabagebu! proper: its black comedy can feel abrasive or offensive, and viewers looking for character development will find the specials unapologetically lightweight.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Sabage-bu! Specials if you want a concentrated hit of school-club absurdity without the softness that usually comes with CGDCT. These six Blu-ray shorts are built for viewers who already enjoy Sabagebu!’s nasty streak: quick escalation, mean punchlines, and a heroine whose “voice of reason” status is funnier because she is often the most selfish person in the room. It scratches a similar gag-anime itch to Nichijou or Pani Poni Dash, but with less sentimentality and a darker, more opportunistic sense of humor. The format also helps: there is no padding, no attempt to pretend this is a grand continuation, just compact extra material for fans who want the jokes faster and sharper.

Key Characters

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Momoka Sonokawa(VA: Ayaka Ohashi)
Fans and critics single out Momoka as the series’ defining weapon: a petty, sadistic protagonist whose selfish logic gives the comedy its nastiest edge.
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Miou Ootori(VA: Yumi Uchiyama)
Miou’s club-president confidence makes her a natural engine for the cast’s overblown survival-game theatrics.
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Urara Kasugano(VA: Rumi Ookubo)
Urara adds obsessive, high-strung energy to the ensemble, giving the club dynamics a sharper comic imbalance.
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Kayo Goutokuji(VA: Nao Touyama)
Kayo’s deadpan otaku and cosplay-flavored presence gives the louder personalities a useful straight-faced counterweight.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The specials were released with the first six Blu-ray volumes rather than aired as a separate TV season, which explains their compact, fan-service-for-existing-viewers structure.
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Each episode is brief, but user reception specifically praises how much joke density and variation the shorts manage to pack into the limited runtime.
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Pierrot Plus preserves the main series’ action-comedy rhythm, using survival-game impact beats as punchlines rather than trying to turn the bonus episodes into larger-scale spectacle.
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The series’ reputation rests on black comedy more than standard cute-girls-club comfort; critics repeatedly identify Momoka’s sadistic, petty behavior as the hook that separates it from safer school comedies.
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Fan discussion of Sabagebu! often highlights the narrator as a major comic asset, and the specials benefit from the same punchline-first framing that made the TV series feel sharper than its premise suggested.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Sabage-bu! Specials consists of six episodes and finished its Blu-ray release run between September 24, 2014 and February 20, 2015.
Fun fact 2: The production is credited to Pierrot Plus, the studio attached to these extras, rather than being listed as a standalone project from a different studio.
Fun fact 3: On MyAnimeList, the specials sit at a 7.24 score from 9,070 votes, with a rank of #3531 and popularity placement of #5544, suggesting a small but generally satisfied audience.
Fun fact 4: Several web reviews describe Sabagebu! as underrated specifically because it looks like an ordinary school-club comedy but leans into harsher, sometimes offensive black humor.
Fun fact 5: The main cast for the specials includes Ayaka Ohashi as Momoka, Yumi Uchiyama as Miou, Lynn as Maya, Rumi Ookubo as Urara, and Nao Touyama as Kayo.