Kannadzuki no Miko is a mecha-romance anime, with a heavy emphasis on the romance-part. It features a very passionate love relationship between two very good friends. Be sure to expect lots of yuri an shoujo-ai elements.
When Kannadzuki no Miko started, it made a very strong first impression on me. The first episode very cleverly starts with all of the clichés from a standard high-school drama, and ends the episode by offering lots of juicy twists and turns. This anime then tries to continue at the same level, though its element of surprise has subdued a bit. It tries to make up for this by being extremely dramatic, and by putting our main characters in a lot of heavily emotional situations.
And that’s where the major problem with this anime lies. There’s a line between dramatical and overdramatical, and this anime just keeps hopping over it. Some scenes are definitely worth the watch, while others just seem to try too hard. This makes 50% of this anime great to see, while it makes the other 50% laughable.
The characters are pretty interesting. They’re typical characters, developed in a non-typical way. We’ve got the shy girl who can’t do anything, the cool girl who’s incredibly rich and a fangirl-magnet, there’s also a very popular boy who’s the best at sports and has sworn to protect the person he loves, and of course the set of bad guys who come to assault our main characters isn’t missing. Still, at the end of the series, each of these characters has turned into someone unique
Yeah, that thin line between awesome yuri and laughable bad yuri is easy to cross. For me KnM stayed in the first one and most praises go to last two or three episodes, the rest is just mere introduction to those. Sure, it’s cheesy as hell, but that doesn’t change the fact that it represented emotions extremely well and depended on one factor on which is KOTOKO. Without Agony and Re-sublimity I don’t think I would have watched the whole series begin with, especially Agony was more than perfect to “I can’t reach you, but I still love you” kind of story. (No wonder I’m a diehard KOTOKO fan nowadays…)
You should try “yami to boushi to hon no tabibito”,Kannazuki has taken a lot from it and it isn’t overdramatic as KnM.Also it has one of the most satisfying anime ending ever(thought not as good as Utena’s).
It’s been such a along time since I’ve watched this series. Very nostalgic, so what with overdramatical? People enjoy it the way it is. And this anime has taken a great affect on every bodies. And I do think that classic anime, like Kanaduki are all like that, overdramatical.