Short Synopsis: Recap
Overall Enjoyment Value: 7/10 (Enjoyable)
So yeah, it’s Chrismas evening, so it was something to expect. Nevertheless, for a recap it was a good one: it came at the right time and it felt like it made sense: Keisei has just kicked the bucket, so of course Ouri is going to remember the times they spent together. At the same time, he’s also being pushed to his new duty, making him recall even more important things from the past. If you want a recap, at least make it necessary, and that’s exactly what this series did. The opposite is of course having recaps for the sake of having recaps.
In any case, I’m glad that I ended up blogging this series. It may be a shounen series, but it is a very good one, centred around more than just fighting. The entire series has simply been building up to the second season, and that’s why I’m getting pretty interested in how that one’s going to turn out. Even now, Ouri still doesn’t have any 1337 powers, and the guy still needs to work hard. With such a set-up, it’s got such an advantage over 95% of all other shounen series.
Cheers. I’m glad I watched this anime as well. Hopefully Kuro will be as good if not better.
Well there is onething i can say and thats I hope Ouri kills the bitch who controlled him to kill Keisei.
Is Shikabane Hime akin to Gunslinger Girls, but with zombies and buddhists instead of cops and cyborgs?
The difference between Gunslinger Girl and Shikabane Hime is that the latter puts much more emphasis on stylish action, where Gunslinger Girl is more focused on characters interacting.
Kuro starts with two rather weak episodes (way too many “fan” services in the first, simplistic plot in the second), imho, and the drawing style looks worse, but it’s only a start, i believe it can overcome this problems and become quite nice; after all, even Aka started almost exclusively based on cliches, and got much better during the following episodes…
I just hope that mistery intrigue psychology and thriller don’t completely vanish from the plots; a “two teams fighting only” anime would be pretty boring.