Uta Kata 2: The OVA!!!

OMG THE OVA CAME OUT!! \o/

Ok first off, the OVA certainly retained the enchantedness that it had before, the elusive "what's going on here" for the first part, then the realization of a rather simple concept at the end. While it's not exactly an extremely deep-plotted OVA (come on, only 30 minute sequel of a show that already ended, you can't put much more into it than that), I must say that it still has that empathetic nature.
Mostly I think what the story is trying to emphasize is that the mirror images, Manatsu and Kai, are gone from their lives, like friends seperated by travels or even death. Nevertheless, what's most important is the memories left with these people that they once knew, and because of that they will "never be seperated". The concept of them being the same may have to do something with the memories being retained in Ichika's memories, therefore being a part of her forever. The mirrors disappearing show that this cannot be held in another inanimate object: they exist only within the mind of Ichika, and she forever will retain those memories.
Lying seems to still be an issue here; while the original series emphasizes how lying can hurt people, this one seems to show the opposite: some lies can be okay. This is probably disappointing in a way, but still what can you put into just a 30 minute sequel without a second season?
What was MOST impacting was finally getting to know the meaning of the title "Uta Kata". Like a said before, uta kata meant "a piece of poetry" in Chinese, but when put together, they can actually mean "bubble". This is important, it expresses the fragility of time, time with friends, and events altogether. Everything seems to move rather slow while the event is going on (IE a bubble just steadily floating in the air), but they can disappear in an instant (pop!) and then all that is left is the memory, the rememberance of the beautiful structure of the bubble. Pretty deep, and pretty damn elusive considering they went through the whole series with me stumped on what the hell the title meant.

^-^ Uta Kata will rock, no matter what anyone says! Though, no one watch the OVA, it has some pretty explicit scenes even compared to the original series. :P Still Ecchi, but eeeh.... >.>