Nurarihyon no Mago – 11

So with this episode, apparently the real story of Nurarihyon no Mago should have started. And really, I’m impressed so far. Not with the potential, but the idea of the author to start things off with Nurarihyon and Yura, as they immediately get attacked by whatever evil youkai that have moved into town.

I liked the chemistry between them, and the creators made good use of the tension and the fact that Yura was actually really liking the one she wanted to kill in the first place. I really wonder what that attack would have looked like with Yura out of the picture, which would have allowed Nurarihyon to show some of his powers: I’m very interested to whether this guy still has his bite, or whether he has just turned into a regular old guy. I never really understood how youkai age, to be honest: they seem to be able to live forever, or at least for many centuries, and yet some of them age while others don’t. When a youkai is in an old man form, does that also mean that he’s weaker than his younger version?

I liked Yura a lot, especially now that this episode finally gave her the chance to actually summon her full force. Her weakness is still pretty big, though: she only has to hope that she can buy enough time to actually summon all of them. Especially since she works alone, she is very easy to surprise and take out at this rate, though I guess it’s worth the effort considering the great stuff she can pull off when she actually does manage to summon all of her Shikigamis.

The rest of this episode was quite light-hearted, but all of it was pretty enjoyable. The youkai together remain cute, and even Rikuou’s classmates are nice enough to watch when they don’t belong to the main focus of the episode.
Rating: * (Good)