Wow, I’m really impressed with this anime, and I haven’t even read the manga for it yet. This totally owns Naruto in the ninja catagory, and the art is way better too. One would think it was a shoujo series because of its art, but it is actually a shounen series. Not that I know anyone who watches it that is male though…
After all the drama and shit, we get a non-zomgmybrainisbeingfried episode. Actually, it was kind of boring, after the past few episodes of mind fuck.
This episode definately had a LOT of ‘WTF’ moments. More below. (with spoilers, of course)
Yes, I have started to pick up Gurren Lagann after I stopped at Episode 6 (blasted school aways gets in the way). Since this is going to be spoiler filled, I’ll do that thing that anime blogs like to do.
SPOILER BELOW:
Yes, I’m getting lazy, so I’m skipping the summaries from now on.
Scenes worth noticing:
Rukia and the juice box
Poor Rukia, can’t even figure out how to use a juice box. I guess they don’t have that there in Soul Society. It took her quite some time just to find the straw (which is conveniently glued on the box, Rukia-san!). The part where Mizuiro tells Ichigo that he’s only interested in older women is quite funny too, considering the fact that Rukia is WAY older than all of them. Of course, Ichigo’s classmates don’t know that. Too bad for Rukia; before she can ask Asano about the juice box, she is interrupted. Continue reading
The episode starts off with a short recap of the last few minutes of the episode 2. Ichigo wonders why Orihime’s brother would want to attack him, but even Rukia is not sure. Judging from the hollow last time, she comes to a conclusion that a more powerful hollow wants to devour his spirit energy, and controls many hollows under him. Ichigo doesn’t want to kill Orihime’s brother, but Rukia tells him that ‘that girl’ (Orihime) is in danger. Continue reading
Nobody knows who I really am
I never felt this empty before
And if I ever need someone to come along,
Who’s gonna comfort me, and keep me strong? Continue reading
Ichigo gets woken up in a most unusual manner (man, I’d hate it if my dad tried to kill me so early in the morning) and he instantly asks about the wounds that Karin and Yuzu received the night before. Apparently none of them can remember the incident with the hollow, and Ichigo’s dad tells him that a truck crashed into their house last night (as they look at the damage done by the hollow). Ichigo is thoroughly confused at how his family completely forgot the incident the night before, and replaced it with a car crash.
At school, a girl called Orihime has brought a very weird lunch (I wonder how she’ll eat it…), as she walks with another girl, Tatsuki. Ichigo accidently bumps into her, knocking her over. As always, he rudely dismisses it, and gets a scolding from Tatsuki. Ichigo finally asks Orihime (her last name is revealed to be Inoue) if she’s alright, and and offers her a hand (too bad his expression is quite…mean). That scares off Orihime, and she runs off, stuttering that she’s okay. Continue reading
The series starts off with a scene in an unknown wasteland, but switches to a girl standing on a telephone pole. As if talking to herself, she says that she ‘senses’ it, and jumps off the pole and towards the city/town. Continue reading
I think I first came across this anime when I saw the schedule for Spring 2008, so I decided to look into it. I checked out some blogging site, and they said it was really good, so I went on Crunchyroll to watch the show. Yes, I was too lazy to download the episodes.
As I type right now, I am an avid Vampire Knight fan! The story is really enchanting, telling the tale of the vampires in a different light than I have seen before. The mood is dark, sad, and funny all at the same time. The comedy aspect doesn’t seem forced too, which is a hard thing to do when writing about such a dark topic.
I love the art in this anime; it’s so nicely drawn! By the way, the person above is Cross Yuuki. She’s the main character in this anime. She’s a typical shoujo heroine, but I really love the way she’s drawn. Maybe I’m just starving from lack of animes to watch, but still!
The opening sequence is stunningly beautiful and cryptic at the same time. Especially the opening theme song, “Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi” by ON/OFF. It fits the mood and theme of this anime perfectly. As I type, I have it on constant loop right now!
I got so addicted to Vampire Knight, I decided to read the manga too. Now I’m waiting for both the next episode AND chapter to come out. Man, this is so agonizing!
Overall Rating:
5/5
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