Okay! After a bit of waiting, the next bunch of new shows has come in. These three all have a woman with some kind of talent or special trait. Ranging from being able to see through object and being a goddess, to being having great gunning-skills.
Ray The Animation
The fights were interesting in this one, I loved the drama and the questions it induced. This looks like it could become a very good anime. It’s such a pity that I won’t be able to find out whether this is the case or not, because I’m never going to touch this series again. Our main character happens to be a surgeon. I’ll be honest. I can handle blood in anime. No problem. But when surgery is fully displayed, I just can’t take it. I’ve had surgery myself a fair number of times, and I just want to know and see as little of it as possible, in order to not get some weird ideas.
Ah My Goddess, 2nd Season
I have no idea why I decided to pick this up. I hadn’t even seen the original series, so I had no idea what went on in the previous series. Apparently, three goddesses went to live with a guy, and some kind of evil dude wreaked havoc and destroyed a good number of things. Anyway, it was a good variation to see the harem-cast consisting of just three members, instead of the usual five or even more. It’s also good that the two main characters are also meant to be together, and there is some interesting dialogue. Apart from that, however, this show’s just plain boring. Nothing really happens, and I don’t think I’ll keep watching this.
Black Lagoon
This will be something like an alternative version of the Stockholm Syndrom, as our main character pointed out. In case you never heard of it: there once was a bank-robber in Stockholm who robbed a bank and used a girl as a hostage. He got caught and the girl was free again. However, after a couple of months, she ended up marrying this particular bank-robber. It’s for a part the same thing. The girl has turned into a guy who’s just been working for a big company and has to deliver a top-secret cd-rom and the bank-robbers have been turned into modern-age-pirates. Of course, there have been a lot of extra drama and interesting characters added, and I have to say, it works pretty well. It’ll be interesting to see how both parties will develop. The only problem I have with the show is the cliffhanger. It was just so fake. I’m not going to spoil it, but you’ll know what I’m talking about once you see it. The ED was, by the way, one of the best of its kind.
