Given how I’ve been grabbing and then watching the raw of the latest episode of Index, I can safely say that this is the series that most excites me this season. The big drawback, however, is that my Japanese language ability is very limited and I often don’t get the best out of the anime. The process for Index Ep 4 went something like:
Monthly Archive for October, 2008
Does J.C. Staff commit sins of anime-original injustice? Myssa Rei contented that ‘J.C. Staff seems to stumble when they have to make things on the fly’. Haesslich pointed to ‘levels of failure‘ in ZnT 2 & 3 as well as parts of Shana 2; J.C. Staff original = t3h suck?
I’m not really able to comment meaningfully on the above hypothesis with reference to ToraDora! or Shana2 because I haven’t seen the manga or light novels respectively and I didn’t even watch ZnT 2 or 3. But two thoughts do come to mind.
I’ve heard that there have been possible sightings of yuri in Mouryou no Hako - looking forward to it if there is.
Thus far the third episode of Kannagi (thanks for the heads up, totali!) had some faux yuri fan service to tease us loser fanboys and provide inspiration for lots of doujinshi. It wasn’t really ‘yuri’ but I lapped it all up anyway - thus, ’satisfising’ - being satisfied with an outcome that is sub-optimal.
Baka-Raptor’s reckoning that Kei was 20 times better than xxxHOLiC’s first season is somewhat hyperbolic but I do agree with the core of his argument. Watanuki is, or rather - becomes, less whiny and shows tremendous growth as a lead. But also because, as he changes, so do the people around him and their interactions.
The character of Kunogi Himawari stands out in this respect. I had thought that Itou Shizuka had been rather wasted in playing this supporting role since she had so little screentime. I had only read the manga up to Vol.9 so I was surprised and delighted by her arc across Ep 11 and 12 of Kei.
I was motivated to pick up ToraDora! after reading about totali’s happiness with the first episode but Kabitzin’s warning about ‘Taiga and her horrible inu comments in the Kugimiya Rie tsundere voice’ stopped me in my tracks. It didn’t help that Mr Love Power himself developed concerns about the quality of manga adaptation. Overall the consensus on the internets is that the show could be good if Taiga doesn’t get too abusive/annoying. If things continue as they did at the end of Ep 2, this could be a very fun and enjoyable series indeed. More power to Ryuuji!
And I just kept thinking that Taiga is Minami Chiaki post-surgical removal of her ahoge. And what we learned when the PPD! gang tampered with Himeko’s should have been warning enough!