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Aug 4, 2024
I've seen a lot of people getting quite mad about the protagonist, Arajin, and that means this story efficiently depicted a character in its rawest form and managed so well at it that in the end it was Arajin that made me pick this anime.
I wasn't too sure if starting this series or not, but the first episode piqued my interest especially the unexpected actions of the protagonist that perfectly go against the delinquent-themed world around him.
Arajin wants a peaceful school life and he wants, above all a girlfriend: his ideal of a "perfect" girl is portrayed in the figure of the sweet and cute
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Mahoro (I'm pointing this out because there were other mob girls in the series, but his eyes immediately go to Mahoro because she's the only "normal" one). That said, everything clearly doesn't work out as he intended and the comedy effect comes exactly from his crushed expectations of his love life: as you can see whenever he gets invited by the group to do "debauchery stuff" or when they all go to a "date group" and by the fact that Mahoro clearly doesn't like him back; she only manipulates him for her interests.
Now then let's going to the main subject: Arajin used to be childhood friends with Masakara. They trained together to become honki people, but it is immediately shown that Arajin has very mixed feelings about that past, because Masaka reminds him of the fact that he fleed away instead of fighting for his friend - and that is not what an honki person does. Therefore he decided to abandon his way of life and push away his friend - which was a constant reminder of the fact he acted like a coward.
It is interesting how Arajin has never meant to fight against others - when the older kids pick on them Arajin immediately tells Masakara to just let it go - while Masakara, following his ideal of "being a honki person who never gives up", picks up the fight.
Now this is very relevant because remember that Arajin during the entire story will act very coldly with Masakara, he doesn't want to re-tie their friendship, he doesn't want to join the delinquents nor become one, and obviously he doesn't want to be a honki person anymore. Moreover, the thing that really ticks him off is how Masakara thinks of him: as someone who's truly strong. Which he is not, and that annoys him verily. Masakara has a distorted image of Arajin and despite his friends try to let him know that his childhood friend is not who he think he is, Masakara still glosses it over saying he is a "nice person".
And there's a very important scene, I think the one people hated the most, but for me it was the peak moment of Arajin's remorseful past: when he tells Mahoro to run away.
You see in that particular scene where he chooses "hoes before bros" as many have put it, it's the one when in reality Arajin sees himself in Mahoro - that is why he recalls the moment he betrayed Matakara and NOT the moment where Mahoro met him or was sweet to him or any relevant moment between the two. Mahoro's response is what drives Arajin, because that was what HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO AT THAT TIME as well. He should have stood up for his friend.
Now, again the second part of the story is quite the logical development of the relationship between Arajin and Masakara. Particularly loved how Masakara, despite getting so strong, was actually a very fragile person and the moment he loses his main support he completely loses it, so it gets pretty easy to get him in a 'bad streak'. Not gonna spoil here, but I really enjoyed the second part as well. I think the ending was perfectly matched to the overall story development.
This series was thoroughly enjoyable, the animation was pretty neat, sometimes a bit lack-y, but pretty solid for the most part. The characters were all quite good, they received the reasonable screentime required and filled the role quite well. Senya was a perfect companion to Araji: being someone that actually loved to fight as opposed to him.. Arajin was a spectacular main character: after his failed first attempt with being a honki he still kept that 'action-oriented' side of him, especially with Mahoro. This is also why Senya says that last line to him - from the start he was actually someone prone to action (just not really cut out for fighting).
Maybe the only downside is actually the two entities that could have gotten a bit more of dept, but I think it works okay in the end as well. The ending for me tied their story nicely so I have no complaints. Should mention how the overall world is also sparked with reference to arabic nights, much like the two entities as well, and that really gave a nice touch to the setting.
This story was meant as a silly, comedic delinquent-themed one and for me it filled the objective greatly. I did laugh a lot. The comedic tempo was perfect as well as the characters that contributed to it. Arajin above all.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 20, 2023
I'm a long-time fan of Dragon Ball, as in it was very likely one of the very first anime I saw in my life and I fell so hard for it that I still remember how much I cried when they broadcasted the ending of Dragon Ball Z (we're talking about the fourth/fifth re-run on tv here obviously, but still I was a toddler). However as many things pass by, I fell out of it and went ahead, but I still check on it when the times call. I personally wanted to catch up with Dragon Ball Super, but sadly the animation was so bad
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that could in no way hook me - though I truly liked where it was going.
I must mention anyway that I personally always favoured the first series of Dragon Ball for it had a much lighter vibe and it was still in that humour-based essence, on the same type of Dr. Slump as anyone can tell, also the adventure element was a huge point.
Why I'm mentioning this?
Because I think this movie managed, somehow, to let me relive that very essence.
The choice of placing this story in a capsule machine of reference to past events and characters to the amazing comic tempo that truly felt comfortable for the type of humour that DB (and in general anything that came out in the 80s) possessed and relayed on. Well, I think this movie is just plain amazing.
I really loved the characters, both professor and evil red ribbons ones- The idea behind this story was simple, and certainly nothing original, but the structure of the whole plot was flawless. I think that just the presence of Gamma #1 and Gamma #2 alone could seriously hold up this entire movie- the concept behind, classic superheroes with pistols and all, was just so old-style Toriyama. They also cater to those who grew up with 70s and 80s anime since the design and the clothes were a huge callout to those types of heroes (those pistols were truly beautiful I cried when they used them.)
This movie also managed to rekindle my very rocky relationship with Gohan, I was never fond of him being a very timid and shy kid who was spoiled by Chichi, but well his is just a personal grunge. That said, I just loved how Piccolo had such great screen time and also a very big role, same goes for Gohan. This movie managed to capture how the relationship between these characters evolved and personally, Pam's small parts were just as beautiful. Short and essential.
I was seriously surprised at how much this movie could gather everything and anything that was Dragon Ball and tie it all in a cute and stylish ribbon.
The flow of the story was perfect: the direction was plain amazing and the impact of the scenes was outstanding no matter the shot. Many lamented the CGI composition, and I myself initially was a bit hesitant about it, but I believe that it truly helped out in rendering the animation much easier to follow and much more impactful, as I mentioned. Moreover, the CGI is much more similar to a 3D model being cell-shaded than an all-out animation, which worked greatly. I also should add that being that animation is at an all-time low for all the reasons you surely know, the 3D option was the safest route to get a much more consistent animation. I personally believe it worked greatly and it resulted in much more effective and impactful battle scenes (it's been ages honestly since I last saw such clean battle scenes, lately animation relays greatly on "particle battles" - sorry I don't really really remember the term lol - which are great on their own, but Dragon Ball, as an old dog, is much more effective with this type of battle animation.)
(Also, strangely enough, only Trunks and Goten seemed really out of place rendered in 3D, I still cannot understand how, but anyway)
Therefore, considering everything that I aforementioned I give this movie a solid 10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Oct 6, 2023
I guess it was just time before I dropped a review for Birdmen. I wanted however to reread it all before doing so, for various reasons.
This is gonna get quite lengthy because i believe that summarizing this work will only result in doing more harm than good. That is mainly motivated by the fact that Birdmen is not a run-of-the-mill story.
It takes time to grasp the sense of it all and it takes time for the plot itself to kick in. You need necessarily to hold on until the true meaning behind this work truly starts shining.
First of all, I should mention that the first
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half of the story is in no way, less or irrelevant compared to later, I actually believe that it adds a lot of in-depth to all the main characters and it's a stepping stone of sorts for what will eventually become.
We start with this quite supernatural outcome that would usually lead to well, common supernatural events, but in truth, well let's just say that is the foundation of a greater, more hopeful objective.
This is gonna be filled to the brim with spoilers, I won't go easy on it. This could be kind of useful for those who ended up having more questions than answers at the end of the story, however.*
*Please, take into account that the ending is clearly rushed, I believe, despite not it being explicitly stated, that this story was cut short by the magazine. There are lots of elements that point to it, but overall, the conclusion is still quite enjoyable – the main objective was resolved – but I do not know if the author was supposed to go further with that or not. We will never know.
I think it's important to start from the main protagonist: Karasuma Eishi. He is a middle school boy, living a truly uninterested life, or better yet he believes there's no meaning to it all. He finds everything repulsing, he doesn't like how people just carelessly go forth with their pathetic lives and just don't care at all about, well anything.
We get a good glimpse at Eishi from the start and we understand that he is actually just very bitter- the thing is that, despite not being stated explicitly until much later, Karasuma is quite intelligent for his age: he understands that adults are the one that hold true power at the moment- he knows that kids are supposed to act accordingly to decisions that are just being passed by and he actually takes advantage of it. This is shown very well when he deals with his bullies in the past.
Please keep this in mind. Burn into your skull because this is the start of all, this is the main subject (not all but the majority): the adults make decisions, and the kids have to follow and will then, eventually, take over that role.
I'm gonna skip a few events because I think it's all pretty relevant, but it would just become a thesis if I don’t.
He and his friends turned birdmen form the Bird Club and thus come a few issues: what are they? What is going on? Why? (This is Karasuma's main logical process). He talks with Sagisawa and they decide that the best option is, as minors and as birdmen, to seek someone who has some response. But not just anyone it has to be someone who specializes in what they’re looking for: a biology or genetics scientist. That is because Karasuma himself came to the resolution that birdmen may be "connected" and that they could perceive each other through those wings that were passed down by blood. And most importantly they need someone to collaborate with that can support them: an adult.
Here come Tastume Naoyuki.
Take note, kindly, of the magistral introduction the author does. Not just the amazing kidnapping scene, which is the first glimpse, but the wonderful university lesson he holds just before meeting them in plain clothes. That is the very first time that the concept of evolution is thoroughly elaborated in the story. That is the moment where everything is slowly foreshadowed. I was so strikingly fascinated that in that very moment, I realized just how truly outstanding this work was gonna be.
(Also wished I could partake because the moment they started suggesting ways that humans could evolve was GENIAL)
Tastume Naoyuki is also the first adult that is shown in the series and that helps them out. He’s a support that was needed. The first ally. So, they started truly looking into those “wings” and realised just what that entails.
Let be said that at this point Karasuma, who originally wanted to have nothing to do with this “illogical outcome” decides to take things to hands: he basically thinks “At this point, being a minority and all let’s just work with this quietly while looking for a solution”.
Sadly, all his wishes crumble: Kamoda is shot. Their life is in danger; Karasuma awakens-
There’s no going back now.
Karasuma starts changing for good, he starts losing that thread that bound him to humanity- And here, well up to that point more correctly, Karasuma was changing. He had totally changed his view on so many things; on so many illogical behaviours. Having friends to share fun moments was a pretty big turning point for this bitter and lonely middle schooler and it peaks in the moment he awakens. He’s now linked so much more deeply with the others, but he feels untied to humanity – that is what Takayama represents in his eyes in that moment, but I will talk later about him – he needs an analysis of his own. However, all comes to some kind of conclusion when he speaks with Umino. During their chat he realizes that it’s only, well let’s say willpower that will make them “evolve” as they want. Shortly, they can take their next step on the own volition.
And here comes the best, saddest part: Arthur C. Phoenix.
He is the first one to speak up for their species: he’s the first one to try something big. The first martyr.
(I think it’s important to note as well that the first original seraphim were killed by Eden because deemed evolutionally, well let’s say they were too far off – they were perilous to humans. Eden had a project in mind: he wanted seraphim to be the next evolutionary step but with humanity in mind. Eva was the only one who retained the human language and thus the only one who was spared. She realized that humans were still something that had power and so realistically it’s better to have allies than enemies.)
The gears turn: It’s time to gather.
They team up with Fox: again, as you can see the discourse shifts on what seraphim can actually accomplish and what EIII are scheming: they want to destroy this old, corrupted world. Karasuma’s flashback is a reminder of what he thought of it, but seeing what he’s seeing and mulled over it in the end they decide to bring everyone into this new world of seraphim.
Karasuma opts for collaboration with humanity-
Now they need to gather new birdmen to bring this new world to life: they reunite with Takayama and others and Takayama introduces the Seven of the Beginning.
Now things get pretty hectic from there on, essentially the seven have to gather to decide the destiny of the species, but truthfully Karasuma mentions repeatedly that he wants all seraphim to partake to this.
Each of the seven has a role, and all of them has a vision of which kind of future they seek for.
But none of them for a moment tries to prevail (beautiful how seraphim are, right?) they all give their prompt and Karasuma realizes that it’s not gonna be that easy: he starts feeling a burden, a big one at that. (here’s when Malaika comes- she’s the reliever. You don’t have to do everything alone: we are one.)
So flashforward and everyone gathered finally: Eva is reunited: they now must decide what to do.
The famous virus with the seraph gene is now mixed in all human systems so most of those who are still undergoing growth can turn into seraphim.
The birdmen decide to let all the kids to pick whatever they want. They warn adults to let those kids pick and to not meddle with the decision. And one day maybe even adults will be able to turn.
I think you’re all getting the metaphor here: the birdmen are all kids, it’s a world made of kids – that is because kids are still developing, not just genetically, but also culturally so to speak, they are not yet englobed by this world’s rules, the moment you turn a full-fledged adult you’re giving in. This is the desperation of people who decided to give up on change. Adults represent that.
But kids, kids can still hope and try for something new.
Y’know what birdmen are? A utopia. Can you imagine a world where there are no wars, no poverty, no social class, no conflicts, no xenophobia? No. that is because y’all lost hope. But kids can see the change, kids can be the change (they can also be taught the change, that’s for sure. That was Leo’s job: he taught Robin and the others how to stand for themselves.)
This is what a birdman is.
(Could it also be a metaphor for socialism seeing as they are all one? Maybe, but the basics of both lay on the fact that people work better when they work together. Individualism kills all pretexts to unity- We are a species: we should all be working to thrive.)
Humans also have it, what birdmen have. But they only show it when crisis arises. Instead, Birdmen always work together.
I’d really love to talk about Takayama, there’s so much to be said about him. Though I think that that maybe there was still something that the author had to say, but was probably rushed and had to, again, cut short. However, this has gotten very wordy, and I believe the main point was conveyed. Therefore, Takayama will be up to interpretation in the end.
I believe however that Takayama was the lost puzzle, that one thing that went too far- so far nor humans nor birdmen can reach. Maybe he was actually heading for a real utopia. Because as far as it can be said: society is still something we humans made up ourselves, therefore it’s something that we can put our hands on and try to change for the better (everyday that happens, never forget it).
An ideal world where everyone can be happy, that is what Takayama said. And I find it so sweet that it was Karasuma that witnessed this because he could finally shout what he always wanted to say:
“I don’t want to lose my friend”.
Karasuma was the down-to-earth one, he analyzed things logically and came up with logical responses, but Takayama, oh Jesus, Takayama made no sense! He was totally out of his league. He soon realized that Takayama was too far off this world and tried to stop him once- and that’s when he realized that he was doing just what adults did: “He acts strange let’s have him behave as normal people should.”
Karasuma and Takayama are truly the blessing of this work and I don’t think I have enough space to speak of them.
Therefore, despite everything, and despite whatever incomplete parts there may be. I think this work is truly what I’ve always been looking for. It shaped my view and it put new essence to it.
I also wish to see such a world, one day.
Eventually, I truly recommend it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Apr 21, 2020
Aishite Knight is what you'd call a "relic", so to speak. I used to watch the anime back when I was little, but I am probably one of the last generations who had this kind of privilege, but it never really interested me in a way in which I could have actually picked up the original manga and read it all.
However, for a weird turn of events, that happened.
And I found out that Aishite knight is actually a very enjoyable shoujo.
A very fresh one, at that.
The story is quite simple, but it literally draws you in- I could keep reading it without missing a
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beat and enjoying it to the point I would actually start rooting for certain characters. There's nothing relatively new, well in a way there is, but only if contextualized. What I mean to say is that it was an original piece back in the 80's: it was one of the first shoujos which would actually portray the everyday life of a common university girl having a love story with a hot and alternative rock singer. However taken as it is, nowadays, it just looks like your delusional fantasy of fan wishing for his favourite band member to hopelessly for in love with her.
Hence there's nothing relatively considerable from this aspect of the genre. Despite that, I must say that as a standalone work it has a lot of interesting aspects of the 80's life one can totally appreciate. The boys are all very and utterly open-minded towards, well, various interests. Starting from an alternative music genre to alternative orientations.
Since the romantic development is very quick, the story can be described with a reductive series of events that stand against or support said romantic plot. That said, I believe the strong point of this manga was actually the rapid resolution of those same problems. They didn't even stretch far enough to be considered dull and repetitive, so in the end they would be more similar to quarrels than ordeals.
The characters are maybe the most enjoyable part. They're not particularly exceptional, but they grew to you. Satoshi was actually the most undeveloped out of all of them, poor thing. Though the true stars of this manga are Sheila and Ryoutaro. I believe they made up for the entire manga and I mean it. The latter, specifically was a true "foil" for Go. The chemistry between him and Yakko was practically explosive. I found myself rooting for him more than once. (Also a special mention to Sheila and their approach to half the male cast-)
As I said, the characters are very peculiar in their own way. Even Yakko, typical indecisive main heroine had still in her a tough attitude at times. (Though believe me when I say that I, for one, would have lost my mind for Ryutaro, so I cannot blame her).
That said I may now move to the next point: the art. You will hear only praise from me. The art was the epitome of traditional manga style ever, truly unripe, but that's a given seeing as the artist was still young. Though some panels left me speechless- She captured the essence of her time in few lines. The characters sparkled and the backgrounds were absent or just sketched, but you could totally feel them as if you were there.
As a shoujo manga it was seriously so well done I found myself in awe after reading it.
I recommend it to those who want some vintage readings or just want to have an easy and nice read of a very classic love story.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Aug 14, 2019
I recently decided to watch this anime again. It struck me when I first watched it, mostly for its particular pace and the fact it's not about players playing baseball. Indeed, this anime revolves around kids and how baseball affects them or, more accurately, their feelings in regards to it.
Battery is a series of novels written around 90's and 00' by Atsuko Asano. Therefore the anime is just "advertising" to promote the novels. I think it's important to point this out because the anime has been clearly cut. Not only in the second half we just see unresolved drama. We don't get to see a
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nicely paced character development because it's clear the anime couldn't portray it.
Indeed it's only 11 episodes- they had really close to none screentime to display everything that needed to make this anime stand out.
However, I believe this story has great potential and I was willing to read the novels (though I didn't find a proper translation so I gave up).
First of all I think that you can't talk about the story if you don't mention the characters first. As I said this story is about the characters, not baseball in itself. Therefore I think if you're looking for a classical spokon you have to look elsewhere.
It may contain minor spoilers, however, if you're unsure about this anime, please consider reading it.
The main characters are Harada and Nagakura, pitcher and catcher: the battery. The title is not a misleading, actually, it says everything that needs to be said. Cause this battery is what really is about. Harada is cheeky, defiant, but most of all is self-confident and he knows that his throws are something else. Therefore, whatever he does and how he does it it's meaningless cause anyone will want him to do pitching in a game. They will need him.
Then he meets Gou. You may think Gou is his opposite, being calm, straightforward and mostly very caring of others, but you're mistaken. They are not opposites, their personalities are, but they have the same "fierce".
That's why the click together almost immediately. Gou wants to catch Harada's ball and Harada, well he needed someone to catch his throws.
Obviously, Harada is not just an asshole. He actually favorites Gou because he is earnest. Gou is indeed earnest about anything and Harada is clearly drawn by it. He wants to pitch to him. I'm actually pretty sure that the novel devels in this aspect even better than the anime, cause as I said it's been cut.
Indeed this "partnership" crumbles at some point. We see that Harada's throws get so powerful (because Gou is there to catch them, indeed they are foil of each other. They drew out their hidden potential like no other) that Gou can't catch them anymore. Harada, in the end, holds back on his throws, making Gou feel like a burden. For various and not clearly portrayed reasons, I suppose. Maybe he was afraid Gou couldn't catch his pitches anymore and tried to hold himself back. That's where everything starts to cloud, cause from that point onwards the anime has to pick up the pace and cut down on a lot.
When we see the battery again, it's changed. Harada's pitches are wild and Gou has to do all the work to catch them.
The battery has changed and so are their feelings.
I'm quite sad I never got how they developed and tried to mend, cause the anime just shows us some snippets and we can kind of guess what happened, but we can't have an overall picture.
That said I want to move on another "partnership", this time a childhood friend type of relationship. Mizugaki and Kadowaki, the shortstop and the batter.
This relationship may be the most twisted one for it's so peculiar I enjoyed any single moment between them.
Those two make an appearance way later, so they have much less screentime. Mizugaki is a blabber, sly and most of all a "mastermind", he moves the strings of the field. He is more of a captain than Kadowaki, who is so fixated, bull-headed and talented he can't even notice when his own players are hurt.
Kadowaki's a star of the junior high baseball, he has a sports scholarship and he's bored cause no one can beat him, but uddenly he finds himself cornered by none other than Harada's skillful pitching. He becomes obsessed: he wants to bat that pitch no matter what. He even goes to the extent to call a game without his coach's consent.
Mizugaki jumps on the wagon and helps him out as he wants to "see the princess that made the great Kadowaki fall in love". When he does though, he sees much more than a princess who pitches flawlessly. He sees a dysfunctional battery. that's when the gears start to turn. From then on both "duos" enter their developing point; which coincides with the great lack of actual "story" in the anime.
Mizugaki messes with the battery, he pokes at Nagakura's flaws and explicitly tells him that he's bringing Harada's down with his poor catching. Indeed, it seems Mizugaki wants to help them out improving on their partnership - in an unconventional kind of way - so they can face off his childhood friend at their utmost potential. However, we find out that Mizugaki is quite resentful towards Kadowaki.
It's clear Mizugaki may actually be really jealous of Kadowaki, but it's not very clear the reason why. I'm keen on thinking he's very envious of his talent, however that may not be the only reason. Their relationship cracks at some point - as Kadowaki gets further and further drawn by Harada - and Mizugaki shows his true "sentiments". Kadowaki is pretty much clueless about it all, we can see he has no idea of why that's happening. He's an oblivious guy, that may also be another motive in regards of Mizugaki's behavior.
It may seem quite the unnecessary angst, but it shows a kind of friendship that went on almost because it had to. Mizugaki had to put up with Kadowaki. That's indeed an interesting turn of events cause the fact he still decided to stand beside him proves Mizugaki may actually have a "greater reason" for it.
At least this is my personal view on them, since, as I said, the anime shows close to nothing in the last part.
The other characters are kind of marginal and this is the only letdown I can mention- They could have put them into an actual role in order to give them a "position" in the story as well. Only a few fulfill this role, but they don't get to develop much as I wished.
The most memorable ones are Harada's little brother Seiha, the grandad Ihoka, Kaionji and the Coach Makoto.
This is why I suggest all of you to give this anime a chance, and if you can, please read the novel. If you want to read/watch a fresh story about coming-to-terms kids revolving around a notorious sport, well I think you got the right one.
The premises are quite similar to Ookiku Furikabutte. Though Oofuri has a better planned out character insight and is much more technical, showing baseball has an actual "mind game".
Thank you for your time to read this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 22, 2016
First of all, I want to make clear I decided to watch, under previous advice, DTB Gaiden before the second season, therefore I will only focus my attention on these 4 OVAS without bringing up their connection with Ryuusei no Gemini.
Darker Than Black Gaiden resumes exactly after the ending of the first season, with Hei and Yin running away from Japan while being tailed down by what remains of the Syndicate. The animation was, as always, quite good, the fighting scenes were sometimes a bit messy, but still enjoyable. I noticed a very poor characterization for both foes and allies of the main characters. They
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would have usually, at the very least, hinted what kind of power or remuneration they went through, but this time they overlooked it altogether.
Moreover I couldn't quite understand why would they try to deepen the bond between Hei and Yin, just as I reproved in the first season wherein their relationship was already vague (and detached if I may say so) and absolutely job-related only. Suddenly, while approaching the end, it developed in a romantic subplot totally uncalled for, but still quite enjoyable. Well, that is, if it remained as that. What actually puts me off of those 4 OVAs is this quite well-played display of a clearly romantic development of two characters which until now, never showed any kind of romantic feelings, aside of Yin that we discover arbors feelings for Hei although not very clearly specified.
I understand that it is a necessary trope to develop the main plot that will then resume in the second season, but they overly-exaggerated it. As I said Hei changed completely after their gateaway, this is understandable since they were chased off, but he gave off a completely different feeling in comparison with the first season and in the end he became way too desperate because of Yin's disappreance - resulting in an alchool's habit, and to quote Mao's punchline "This is not how a contractor would act". Still we know that Hei isn't a full-fledged contractor, but he still can rationally come to a logical solution like one and, as I see it, they abused this human trait of his.
In the end, I feel like they rushed quite a bit the plot and actually tried to gather pieces and elements left unresolved of the story and make a good collage out of it for the sake of keeping the series up.
However I think they only dragged it on unnecessarily. They could have actually used these OVAs to explain and clarify what the main story either overlooked or just put aside for running time's sake.
Thank you for your time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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