The show was notable for it's similarity to the Sailor Moon concept in that a trio of young gals, Momoko, Hinagiku, and Yuri, donned costumes and fought evil beings intent on stamping out love and caring. Momoko would use a magic ring and become Wedding Peach, a girl in a bridal outfit, complete with a bouquet that shot powerful energy blasts, and her two friend would become Angel Lily and Angel Daisy, both in bridesmaids outfits with their own unique abilities. Apparently, they, like the Sailor Moon crew, were reborn heroines that were destines to fight battles for Aphrodite (the Goddess of Love) against her arch nemesis, Raindevila, leader of a dark dimension. Aphrodite's second in command was a longhaired blonde guy, Limone, and Raindevila's choice agent was Lord Pluie. Pluie would often send little demons like Jama-P to take over the bodies of unsuspecting citizens and turn them against the heroines, who usually felt obligated to change them back without hurting them.

In any case, the episodes took a page from the formula of the Sailor Moon series and followed a strict protocol where the girls would get into some form of domestic problem, then have to fight Pluie and company before fixing their more mundane issue at hand. That ADV rated this one as 13+ for their age classification system is telling since I'd have guessed it was directed more towards the younger crowd. In any case, if you get past the conceptual problems, the show really was kind of cute for younger girls. Here's a list of the five episodes on the DVD:

13) Challenge! The Devil's Penalty Kick Battle
Momoko's latest attempt to gain a love life is directed at her idol, Captain Yanagiba. Thanks to her father, she gets tickets to an important soccer match between two legends, something sure to gain her the favor of the young sport star. When she ends up with Yousuke instead, the two fight repeatedly as one of the female devils, Aquelda, plots to kill the professional player, Kaji, that endears the audience so much. Get who gets to stop her scheme?

14) The Stolen Ring Of Love
Aquelda steals Momoko's heirloom ring from her. The ring has much sentimental value to her as it came from her dear departed mother and proves to be the source of much power (as in the power of love). Lady Raindevila sends Aquelda back to the Earthly realm in an attempt to conquer the wedding peach crew. Yousuke figures prominently again as he and Momoko continue to fight as they become more attracted to one another. When he uncovers her secret, will it be the last thing that happens as Aquelda attacks with her ice dragon?

15) Infiltration! The Devils' Forest
Lord Pluie reports his defeat to Lady Raindevila about a powerful new love wave from the humans and ends up recruiting Nocturna, a devil with the power to control the mind of friend and foe alike. When she turns Hinagiku and Yuri against Momoko in battle, will friendship be enough to stop them from finishing her off?

16) The Devil's Pride
Lord Pluie's latest scheme is to abduct Yousuke in order to learn more about the young human's love wave power. Our trio of heroines go to the dark dimension in order to save their young friend from a fate worse than death. As they continue their search (with the help of Jama P), they are attacked by tentacles of evil plants controlled by Pluie. In the end, Momoko must make a decision to save the day for not only Yousuke and her friends, but someone else too. Will she prevail?

17) The Secret Of Saint Hanazono Campus
Raindevila commissions a new devil to attack the love angels, Sandra. He gathers a group of devils, Noise, Cloud, and Blitz; each with specific powers and motivations to combat the angels. Momoko, while under punishment in the library, finds herself under attack and the competing devils vie for the right to end the reign of the Love Angels. Even with the help of Hinagiku and Yuri, Momoko's work is cut out for her since the quartet of devils seem nearly invincible.

The good thing about these five episodes is that the formula used through the first two volumes wasn't quite as restrictive. While it was still confining, it allowed for something other than the primary focus being the gals' snagging a guy to marry and fighting evil on a secondary basis. I'm still thinking it's worth a rating of Rent It but at least the show was a bit more interesting in terms of the material. While the love interest angle was still overplayed, it was in the back seat this time and that made the show more bearable to this adult reviewer.

Picture: The picture was presented in the usual 1.33:1 ratio full frame color, the anime standard. It was super colorful but there were some print scratches and grain, making it look somewhat older than its nine years once in a while. The anime style itself used much of the static cell approach, a cost cutting method employed to limit the amount of drawing needed to complete an episode.

Sound: The audio registered as 2.0 Dolby Digital on my receiver, with a choice of the original Japanese language track (with English subtitles) or an English language dub, the usual choices, but I didn't notice any separation between the channels or very much dynamic range on either of the tracks. Some of the music and combat sequences appeared to have a bit of range but otherwise, forget it.

Extras: There weren't a lot of extras this time, with the usual clean opening, clean closing, and trailers to various shows released by ADV: Kino's Journey, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Saiyuki, Angelic Layer, Azumanga Daioh, andGravion.

Final Thoughts: If you enjoyed Volume 1 and Volume 2, you'll like this one too but the limited anime style, the weak plots and the repetitive nature of the concept barely rated a rental for most anime fans out there. If you enjoy Sailor Moon clones, you'll pick this one up with pride, even if you hide the box from friends.

For much better anime choices, look at: DVDTalk's Best Of Anime 2003