Short Synopsis: And the foursome is complete when Teddy gets introduced at the end of the episode. Emily, meanwhile, gets herself in quite a number of fights.
Good: Characters that are far, far away from stereotypes.
Bad: Some annoying moments.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10
One thing I like about Kaze no Shoujo is that Emily really is a unique character. She’s especially different from all shoujo heroines, in the fact that she just keeps involving herself in fights. She’s new at her school, she tries to make friends, but she just can’t keep quiet when the different students try to pull jokes on her. This started the previous episode with Ilse, and this episode shows that first impressions aren’t always right. It’s surprisingly realistic, as I can imagine that especially children have problems with judging people and are often naive.
Ilse turns out to be a very similar girl to Emily, in the fact that she just likes to get into fights, but while Emily doesn’t forget or forgive people, she just doesn’t care that much, and actually acts nice just half an hour later. Obviously, the two of them become friends quickly. ^^;
I suspect that the next episode will be the introduction of Teddy, so that the fifth episode can really set this anime off, and introduce the different stories and backgrounds of the four children. I’ll be waiting for that, as they’re definitely interesting. The past few episodes have already showed that the tension in this anime can become pretty dense, especially in the fight between Emily and Ilse, and when Emily found out that her classmates have been deceiving her. There is no way for the later episodes to just stop getting interesting. :)]]>
Kaze no Shoujo Emily – 03
From the first two episodes, I thought the anime would differ a lot from the book, but after watching this ep I think otherwise. The key events are present, if slightly changed.
I loved Ilse. She rocks. I’m a bit worried about Emily though. She was a bit OOC at some parts of the ep imo. But it’s okay. I can’t wait to see Teddy!
I can’t wait
I couldn’t resist making an icon of the screencap of Ilse in the upper-right-hand corner:
Ilse Burnley Does Not Approve
I haven’t seen this anime yet, but I want to. The Emily trilogy is my favorite of all the L.M. Montgomery books, and Ilse Burnley is my most favorite literary character ever, so much so that if I ever have a kid and it’s a girl, I’m seriously considering naming her Ilse.
Oops… sorry, I forgot to close my tag, and I can’t find a way to delete/edit my post…
this episode was a low point for me out of the first four i’ve watched so far. i loved the first two episodes, especially the first one – the slightly menacing atmosphere in that was just perfect, and the locked room in the second episode brought that out for me again.
this one made me raise my eyebrows because … well, girls at the turn of the century don’t fistfight. they play nasty tricks and call names, but they just don’t punch and kick.
ilse is a great character and i like how they’ve drawn her. emily looks waaay too young for an eleven year old, and too “pretty” for someone who is rather unconventional (and not at all like how she’s described in the books, with black hair and violet eyes!), but i guess that’s the only way the anime will sell. teddy is also supposed to have black hair. he looks like a girl here.
still, it is a charming adaptation!
I want Emily to forgive people!
(Emily apologizes for everything she does.)
I don’t think she looks young for an eleven year old.