Shikabane Hime: Kuro

A direct continuation of Shikabane Hime: Aka, taking place six months after Tagami Keisei's death at the hands of the Shichisei (Seven Stars), a group of elite Shikabane who act on more than just regrets. As per Keisei's dying wish, Kagami Ouri formed a temporary contract with Makina to save her from degenerating into a Shikabane. Since then, Ouri's been training to become a proper monk so that he can remain contracted to Makina and help her fight against the Shichisei -- the ones who originally killed Makina, the entire Hoshimura family, and now Keisei. However, the traitorous monk Shishidou Akasha has sided with the Shichisei in an attempt to destroy all Shikabane Hime and the entire monk organization that uses them -- Kougon Sect.

Hoshimura, Makina Main

Akiyama, Nana Japanese

Kagami, Ouri Main

Hasome, Tatsuya Japanese

Hokuto Supporting

Fujimura, Chika Japanese

Tagami, Keisei Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji Japanese

Hazama Supporting

Ookawa, Tooru Japanese

Touka, Akira Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Kuroneko Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Yamagami, Itsuki Supporting

Nakamura, Chise Japanese

Backbone, Flesh Supporting

Endou, Aya Japanese

Sougi, Takamasa Supporting

Kawashima, Tokuyoshi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Yamaga, Hiroyuki Producer

Kurashige, Nobuyuki Producer

Murata, Masahiko Director

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Jan 13, 2018

BabyGirl06301

Recommended

I think my favorite thing about this season is seeing how everybody dealt with the aftermath of season one, which, of course, determines the plot direction of season two.

I absolutely adored the direction that Makina and Ouri's characters took, both together and separately. They sort of broke together and fixed themselves together. It was very beautiful to watch unfold, and I'm glad that the ending of the first season didn't adversely affect the second. I was worried that the series would be lacking from that point on, but it was much the opposite.

I do wish we'd gotten to see our lead characters fighting the ... good fight more, but I appreciate that the story wasn't beaten to death.

All in all, this series concluded beautifully, and I'm so glad I was a part of it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 25, 2020

kawaii123456

Mixed Feelings

"You're my enemy that's why you can't win"
---Hokuto


Yeah if that makes any sense to you, maybe this series is for you. To me it was nonsensical Asian philosophy that really wasn't of much interest a plot that went from no place to nowhere, and characters that I really didn't like, whose motivations were insane and self contradictory.

The story is just damn annoying. You don't start getting any of the real plot revealed until about the 3rd episode. You got that. You needed 15 episodes to actually get going with the anime!!! man that's a slow burn

What's worse the second season pretty much ... destroys all the premises the first season set up about shikabane work, about how everything works. It's more or less "Everything you know is wrong". What's worse when it tells you how things are now working, it's pulling yet another "Everything you know is wrong".

I will say this I never rooted for the "Bad guys" they way I did for the Seven Stars.

The characters are simply awful.

Ouri: The guy who voices him in the English dub, sounds clinically depressed and given the way he is written this is a pretty good interpretation. He is completely useless for 90 percent of the show and when he does show any assertiveness he is still useless.

Makina: Man permanent clueless b***h mode Just useless and in her own way .

The other Shikabane Hime: All damn well awful. They go from killing their friends for no damn reason, to being powered by the power of friendship. At least Fresh and the little girl get some comedy off between them. Trouble it's drowned in garbage that makes your skin crawl. They are all so badly done they don't rate being treated as individual characters.

Shisoudo: The real hero of the series. When his motivations are laid bare not only do you want to see him win, you want to help him.

Presentation: The music, animation, voice acting are all pretty good. The fan service is cranked up a bit in the second season and to be honest I don't mind that one bit at all.

TL DR: If you want to watch it, see if you can find the soundtrack music play it in the background while you watch the animation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Dec 9, 2012

mrsLEE

Not Recommended

Too be honest, I was expecting so much from this season as the previous season was not really interesting but I guess, I was expecting too much and I ended up disappointed!

I strongly believed that the story was made so out of proportion. Too much tragedy and too much drama which was not justify until it finishes. Most of the time I was irritated by lots of things like the story, characters, dialogues, and most importantly the ending which is very important whether a story is good or bad. Every scene had too much tragedy and drama almost like Elfren Lied. It was no longer ... healthy for the subconscious mind. Most of the characters did stupid things almost all time that’s why they always end up killed or beaten up. To add it up, they would always say such too cheesy or too mushy lines. It looked like they were trying so hard to be cool or heroic which didn’t work for them. And as if it wasn’t enough! The ending wasn’t justifiable at all. It doesn’t give you a closure at all. The villains revealed something and it turned out he was really the victim. That was too much of a CLICHÉ. Just because it turned out that the villains were just mere victims, that didn’t justify their actions. It even ended with the lead female and main antagonist just clashing their fists while the female lead says over dramatic lines.

I only finished this for the sole reason of finishing something that I started but not that I was anticipating the ending at all.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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