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Alright, review number three. Not much of an acoomplishment but it's a start. You know, It feels more like i'm talking to myslef here than actually helping people decide whether to watch this or not... No way you're the best. Thanks you're too kind.

Anyway onto the review, as a side note the way i reviewed Codegeass was a bit of borefest to write and most likely to read, so i'll be going back to the first way (The way I did Sexyrei er i mean Sekirei, if anyone cares.)

Story: I'd say it was pretty good. Not heavy like other animes that really get you thinking/ ... depressed, but not so light that you have no interest in it at all. The story was fun, being action oriented, comedic at times and romantic. It was a nice story that when you were done with it you were satisfied.

Art: Pretty smooth, style wise it was cool and the battles were nice and smooth. I'm not much of an art critique so i like every little style of art in anime.

Sound: The music was great, making suspenseful scenes just that and action scenes ...action...-y. Also I really liked the voice acting in this. ( Kill me or whatever but I usually always watch anime in english.) While somecharacters had the best voices ever, others took some time to get used to. But that's not to say it sucked...just was unique at irst, though i feel in the long run it really worked.

Character: This show just had a lot of character. The interaction between ren and coud? (I guess that's how you spell it?) were always nice and cute. The interactions between Cisqua and her co. between coud was also fun. On top of that were some very fitting voices as I previously mentioned, especially for coud (Sounds alot like the english voice actor for Zack fair...instantly made it a hundred times better...eventhough it already was good.)

Overall: Again I skipped Enjoyment (Why do we even have that lever...er I guess it would be section in this case...) [Kudos if you get the reference] Anyway overall I really enjoyed this anime, It wasn't change your life crazy or...crazy crazy. I definitely recommend this to anyone who likes romance, action, comedy, animes. Also it has a similarity to soul eater, as in certain people change into weapons to fight with a human. So if you watched soul eater and like that you might like Elemental Gelade also, though keep in mind there are differences.

Well...short sweet to the point...more or less. Hope you enjoyed and hope that this helped. Stay tuned for my next review! (Hey, they have to helpful to at least somebody...right....RIGHT!?)

Until next time,
Eriad_Eternas

Well, tried my hand at reviewing and it was quite fun, seemingly some found it to be likewise in reading it so I figured i'd periodically write one for all the anime i've already watched until i catch up to stuff i'm currently watching.

Sounds good i hope...if anyone cares...likewise i'm going to try a different approach, you know to find the review style that suits me best...the other method felt so....by the book...secondly i'm going to a bit more serious this go round, serious anime calls for a serious review just the same as a comedic anime calls for a comedic tone of review. Thirdly ... I'll just review the whole series as a whole, Season 1 and 2, i think it's easier for me and you, to get the whole picture. Enough ground rules onto the review!

Code geass was one of those...life changing animes for me. Not that it taught me a life lesson like clannad ( We'll get to that later on) it just opened my eyes to what anime could be. Anime doesn't always have a righteous hero who will protect the innocent, i guess it's not just in anime, sometimes stories in general don't always have this.

Lelouch, the main character, was a serious mold breaker for me, perhaps because i had never seen a hero do stuff like that ever (I haven't seen death note but i know that there are similarities.) But it wasn't like i was relieved to have something fresh. I was almost horrified but also entranced by the end of episode one (Season 1). Here was the start of a seemingly normal school anime in my eyes and by the end i saw a sight that almost sickened me. The main "hero" smiling as he killed a whole troop.

But I also was in awe, somehow i was drawn in and that spell never left me till the end of season 1. The show had an awesome insight to the reality of war, the reality of what it means to become more than you are, to rise up from the ashes of defeat, to inspire a nation and to destroy one.

The show was probably my first intro to "real" anime. It showed real problems like corrupt governments and the power of ambition. It showed how one man became more than just one man, becoming a symbol for change.

Through the course of the series however, i found myself hating him sometimes, namely in R2. He became this power hungry villian without a care for anybody but his goals. To some he was always like that, but to me i saw his character change in R2 and i didn't like it. But the fact that I was so bothered by this can attest to the power the story, the characters and whatnot had overall.

By the ending couple of episodes i now looked upon a man who i felt like i grew up with and now stood before me, completely changed. Instantly I found that I was back to the horrified yet awed outlook i had for this character/story that had started so long ago. Though this time it was different.

Then the ending rolled around and...it hit and stuck with me like no other anime ever did before watching this. Without spoiling, (This is incredibly hard to write and not spoil...course if you haven't seen this yet you are missing out on anime gold!) I couldn't of thought of a better ending. Basically after i got through the ending, I found myself utterly amazed and shellshocked at the same time.

Overall this anime changed my thoughts on anime and what it means to be a good one. you don't have to be as serious as this one to be good to me, but rather it's ability to not only draw me into the story but to also have someone like me care so much about these characters and their choices/ actions, good or bad.

So I say to anyone reading still, watch this anime! If you're not sure yet after this, watch the first episode. I believe you'll know whether or not you like it by the end of just the first, I know I did. Course if you have already watched this anime and are reading just because or you hate it and want someone else's opinion on it, I say watch it again. When I first finished I hated it, but eventually I watched it again, a little older and I could appreciate what was going on and understand why things were done/ said. It's one of those animes that can truly be what you want it to be, a tragedy or a inspiring tale of what someone would do for the greater good; and the main character can be a villian or a hero, a harbinger of death or a savior of the world...

-Eriad Eternas-

Alright! Finally found out how to review. Good, Good. Sorry, you're not reading this to find that out, right? You came here to hear my thoughts on this so i'll stop rambling and get to it then, okay? (Sorry about that, just trying to be fresh, and easy to read, for lack of a better word.)

Ahem, Sekirei...where to start. Well i'll just follow the layput already established, that seems to work.

Story: I quite liked it, It has a (mostly) unique idea behind it that was really fun to be along on the ride. I mean come on who doesn't like the idea of having powers. ... Course on another note, the idea's sorta like a mature almost sexual version of pokemon...PLease don't take this the wrong way! Anyway the story was good enough to entertain me all throughout without making me "stress" over it like code geass or something would.

Art: He he...The art... it's very...open about stuff...like females shirts. of course there's also the obligatory well endowed female cast. By the end you'll have your fill of naked women and big tatas whether you want it or not. I strongly feel that this didn't take away from the show at all...it just made me hope to god that my parents didn't walk in the room and get the wrong idea. ( No seriously mom, it's not what it looks like!) Anyway i wouldn't let that ruin this show, if it does for you. while there are scenes that have this in almost every episode, it isn't the whole episode maybe a scene of two? Anyway, actual animation ( Artstyle) was very clean ( Boobs really move like that?... No...) and crisp the whole way through.

Sound: The music was very nice, some good songs in there. None felt like they were overused and everyone of them really helped with the mood for scenes. The voice acting ( I watched in english...and some japanese, when megavideo decided to give out on me. stupid 70 minute timer thing...) was alot better in english than japanese for me. Not because it's my native tongue ( Though it is...) but i felt like the characters were more...lively, as hard as that may be for some to believe. Course it's my opinion, you do what you want!

Character:All the main characters were very solid and easy to get along with. It felt like i was there goofing off with them or in the action fighting alongside them. All of them were likeable which is nice in a harem like anime, cause in some ways that makes it easier to watch. Never fun to have the one character you hate keep popping in and ruin the fun. This really didn't have one of those which made it that much better.

Enjoyment: Not much to say, It was very enjoyable. My thoughts on the previous four categories can attest to my saying that I throughly enjoyed watching this.

Overall: Alright I won't be as bland as I was on the last one (My english teacher always said my fourth paragraph was the weakest...). Overall I really enjoyed this anime. Some might say the length was a downer for it or the...ecchi aspects to it made it weird. But I, someone who never watches ecchi or the like found this to be a lovely anime. The length was fine with me...after all the second season is out ( Though i'm waiting for the english dub...I quite liked all of the voice actors in this one, so i'm gonna support my team.) I'd definetely recommend this to anyone looking for a good action, ecchi, or romantic comedy. Course if you're looking for all of those in one package then here you go! ( Gift wrapped with my seal of approval and all!)

Well that's my two sense, hopefully i didn't ramble too much and my lame jokes at least caused a smirk. Thanks for reading and I hope this helped!

-Eriad Eternas-