Kaze no Shoujo Emily – 09

When the word “ghost” was first mentioned, I didn’t think that this anime would come up with a good and original one. After all, it’s an often-used plot device in children’s anime, and there aren’t many ways you can go. But my worries were for naught. That silhouette of Elizabeth was just pure brilliance. It’s very strange to see Elizabeth all friendly, by the way. She actually smiled, and never even got angry at Emily, something she would have done if it were the past. At the start of the episode, I believed that because of this, Emily’s development would be quite complete now, now that the main conflict between her and Elizabeth is gone. And yet, this episode was again focused on her character, when she, Ilse and Perry go and explore an abandoned summer-house right next to the main house of the New Moon, and Emily’s fear of ghosts gets introduced. Still, we got one piece of new information about Ilse: her father never talks about her mother. He actually seemed like a nice guy, though it seems that Ilse too lost one of her parents. Why would her father not talk about this? There is also this shadow of Teddy, who didn’t come to check out the summer-house. We never actually see this, but he probably got in trouble with his mother again. Kaze no Shoujo just continues to surprise me with some wonderful episodes. Even though this episode wasn’t as emotional as the previous one, it remained really heart-warming. This is one of these series that really has no boring moment, when compared to most other series, which do have their silent moments when they build up. Kaze no Shoujo, however, is just one huge chunk of atmosphere, which is really one of its major strengths.]]>