Bleach – 61

by psgels, posted in Bleach


Yes, so what if most of the screenshots are of the 4th squad vice-chief? I like her, she has an awesome character. Apart from that, this episode has been awfully weak. We finally get to learn the reason why the big bad guy (I’m just calling him this to avoid spoilers) is doing this, but it would’ve been better if we weren’t told. So, in the end, it does revolve around Rukia. Everything that’s been happening this series was all well coordinated and directed by the big bad guy. I really liked the uber-powerful soul-slayer-story better. Furthermore, right at the moment when a character’s about to be slashed to death, who comes to save him at the last possible minute? Right. And, of all the people, why did Urahara choose Rukia? And why does the big bad guy find out about this only just a few moments after he left? And why did the almighty Ichigo even get involved in this? It seems that almost everything that’s been happening in this series was either directed by Urahara or the big bad guy, and for the things they didn’t have anything to do with, there the phenomena called "luck" was helping them to make everything go according to plan.

It also seems that the total death count has reached zero once more. Here I was with a sparkle of hope for a minute, but they were crushed as flies. Are the creators too scared to kill of their characters, or something?

Okay, enough about the bad things. Now the good things. The part in which the 4th squad vice-chief let everybody know about the plan of Aizen was perfect. Not only did it include the vice-chief, but it did also show the a lot of characters that haven’t been on the screen for a long while. This did good in making me anticipate to see more of them. This made me see that this show does have a lot of good character, which are awesome when they are not in the spotlights. The cliffhanger at the end of the episode also has potential to give a nice twist. At least, if the creators give it a chance.

The Law of Ueki – 30

by psgels, posted in Law of Ueki


Normally, I tend to dislike fighting anime. In this case, I’ll make a huge exception. This anime is so utterly creative, it scares me.

We have a very eccentric god, who organizes a tournament. 100 middle school students are given special powers, and have to battle each other. The winner gets the special talent he wants (and it can really be ANYTHING, including the power to destroy the world, which instantly takes care of the antagonists). There are just two catches: the first one is that the powers given to the persons are not ordinary powers you often see in these kinds of anime, no, the powers each are unique and beyond anything I’ve ever seen in anime (for example: the power to turn trash into trees, cotton into spikes, tomatoes into magma, beads into bombs, and those are just the least original of the bunch). The second catch is that each of the powers has a limit, or something that the power user has to do in order to use his powers. (think of: the power to turn water into fireballs if you put it in your mouth, the power to turn lightning into SUGAR when your eyes are open, the power to change your forehead into diamonds when your hands are in your pocked, and of course the power to turn towels into steel if you hold your breath).

This, of course offers for a tremendous amount of strategy in battles. The Law of Ueki executes this perfectly, and manages to put humour in it as well. I could keep on rambling about all the small things the creators thought of, but I’ll keep that for a next time.

This episode, is sort of the beginning of the second season. The break is over and the next round begins. The first half features a very humorous explanation of the next round, as well as an introduction of new characters (the ones seen above). It was nice to see some old characters returning. I was fairly surprised when I learned that after the whole explanation the creators still managed to include a fight, as well as finishing it. The fight was also one of the funniest. How many times do you see an enemy who’s main weapon is karaoke?

Noein – 06

by psgels, posted in Noein


This episode, being the first that mostly took place in La’cryma, had a lot of explanations about this certain timespace. I have to say, I like it. There’s no wonder why the big guy talked about the peacefullness of the other dimension, as La’crima is a place with nothing but suffering. The creators also did a good job at balancing the suffering, so that it doesn’t become too overly done.

I only have to say, that this dimension is based a bit too much on coincidences. It seems that everyone of Haruka’s friends is going to play some big role of some sort. Of course, this offers some great story opportunities, but still. A little more randomness could have been okay. But still, the cliffhanger at the ending of this episode really made me hungry for more.

Mushishi – 07

by psgels, posted in Mushishi

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This episode had the same concept as the other episodes of Mushishi. While not as dark as the other ones, the story did again captivate me, even though it was lighter then in most of the episodes. This episode also ended wonderfully. It was nice to see a Mushishi episode like this for once.

The episode is simply about a man trying to catch a rainbow, who appears to be a mushi. I’ve found it amazing that the creators managed to put such a concept, which is mostly used in little children’s shows, into a serious storyline which actually makes sense, and even fill a whole episode with this without becoming boring. We also get some nice life lessons on the way. As someone who has followed phylosophy lessons, I’m appreciating those little things.

Bleach – 60

by psgels, posted in Bleach


Aaaah, so this was the big thing everyone was waiting for. The big bad guy is finally revealed, and next episode we’ll learn what he’s planning. It’s interesting to see how every character will be reacting to this, but I do have some problems with this. The big bad guy just seems too ultrapowerful. It’s perfect in any way, and has found a perfect strategy. I so hope that at least a few persons will be able to make him scared, apart, of course, from Ichigo. It was also nice to see a whole episode without him. He’s by no means a bad character, but when he does get in the spotlight, especially at this point, you can take poison on that he’s going to end up fighting.

It was also nice to see that some people actually DIED this episode. Finally they are moving into the right direction a bit, although the creators have to make their deaths count for a bit, and not make it seem like they wanted to get rid of a few characters because of budgetting problems.

That said, I’m still a bit disappointed with how this turned out. The reason stated above. This episode did make me lose even more interest in the main plot, but ironically it did increase my interest for the subplots. Especially the conflict between the 1st, 8th and 13th captain (read: conflict, NOT fight).

Jigoku Shoujo – 06

by psgels, posted in Jigoku Shoujo


Holy goodness… the story in this episode is so friggin’ sad. It’s still the usual concept that we know of Jigoku Shoujo though, but this one has been executed very well. We have a girl, whose mother accidentally saw the popular-wife-of-important-person cheating on her husband. Since then, her mother has been tormented by that woman. As her mother suffers, she suffers as well. The creators really succeeding in telling us that the mother was suffering. It was so sad when looking her husband hit her because his job is in danger because of her. I give two thumbs up for this one.

It’s also nice to see that the girl and Emna actually have a conversation, apart from the usual "Here is a doll with a red string bla bla, pull the string blabla, you’ll go to hell as well etc." I also liked the new preparation scene, and I noticed that the recycled cells took shorter than before. Also the annoying grandmother was no nuisance this time.

Jigoku Shoujo – 05

by psgels, posted in Jigoku Shoujo


Okay, this is what I’ve been waiting for. Emna and the three others are finally playing an active role, other then just carrying out the revenge, and furthermore the story in this episode is awesome. We have this president of a huge succesful company, with a high school girl employed who’s supposed to be her distant family. Everyone believes that girl is aweful with computers, while the president is wonderful with them, but it’s just the opposite. The president is nowhere with computers, while the girl is a computer nerd. So far so good? Well, it also appears that the president is using the girl to hack into other companies and administration to her own advantage. The girl can’t do anything because of blackmail. We also see that the president is someone who’ll do literally everything for a succesful life, including summoning Jigoku Shoujo for her own selfish gains, and killing multiple persons.

This really turned into a great episode. They finally showed a bad guy (or girl) with multiple perspective, instead of the blocky ones they normally show. Emna finally gets to do something other then just riding in a boat or lying in the water. But I could still see the normal pacing I’m used of Jigoku Shoujo.

I’m having some speculations here. If I am right, then this anime will have a first season of slightly normal cases, and once the second season starts, then the cases will turn more extravagant by the minute. I’ll be very interested when that happens.

Jigoku Shoujo – 04

by psgels, posted in Jigoku Shoujo


The individual stories are interesting to watch, and although the first two episodes were a lot better then this one, I had an interesting time watching this.

I’m just afraid that Jigoku Shoujo was put into this for just the hell of it. Her actions are becoming a bit repetitive, which is such a pity, as she has a wonderful character. I’m really anticipating an episode that breaks this pattern. But as this show has 26 episodes, there is still lots of hope.

Jigoku Shoujo – 03

by psgels, posted in Jigoku Shoujo


Oh god, I so want the soundtrack of this. Anyway, what we have here, is a website. If you enter it at exactly 0:00 hours, it’ll appear. On that website, you can enter a person’s name, who will get sent to hell. Ideal for revenges. The only negative part is that you will also get sent to hell, after you die.

When I read this, I really liked this premisse, and so I was looking forward to seeing the anime. I wasn’t disappointed. Emma Ai, or Jigoku Shoujo (meaning Hell Girl) fits her role perfectly, and her friends also seem very interesting. Also the stories that this anime tells every episode are awesomely done.

This episode also was very interesting. Not as good as the previous ones, but still worth all the efford watching it. The scene at the funeral has also been executed awesomely. I liked the main character struggling between the truth and his team.

The only downfall to this is that the part at which Jigoku Shoujo takes her revenge becomes a bit repetitive after you seen it for a couple of times. It’s also a pity that all the bad guys so far were really bad guys, either obsessed, but they didn’t care a bit about their victims. I’d love to see an episode in which the bad guy is half good, and the good guy is half bad, or a variation of this.

Mushishi – 06

by psgels, posted in Mushishi

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Holy god. This anime really messes with the rules of common anime. Whereas there normally are a good and an evil party, or sometimes a combination of those two, but still you can bring it down to those two concepts. In Mushishi, it is very difficult to see this mark. The mushi may be causing the problems, but they are also just trying to survive. The same goes in this episode. The mushi, although considered evil in the beginning, are just misused by the humans. And although they may be causing humans to experience those things by dying every day, again and again, they do give the humans a feeling of accomplishment and happiness. Is that evil, or is it good? I also loved the way this episode ended. I’m a big fan of endings that aren’t totally happy, but still not entirely full of despair. This episode covered it perfectly. At the beginning of the episode, I did have some doubts though, but they were all washed away once the end theme started.