Overall, I only give it a average "great" rating.
It could have been better. The artwork and overall plotline was very good. The characters were intriguing, BUT, they didn't emphasize enough on the characters. By characters, I mean the three accomplices that Jigoku Shoujo had: if they had episodes on their history, origins, or whatever, that would be awesome. But instead, they had a lot of fillers with sending people to hell, which, while cool at first, began getting quite redundant and a poor excuse for a filler. The overall plotline was good and something to think about, although there was a sense of "its not done yet" left at the end, possibly making the watcher want more. And I hate that feeling.
Speaking of more, someone mentioned there's a 2nd season of the series. *sigh* Well, at least they might focus on the accomplices this time.
The symbolism in the episodes seems interesting. There's the cherry, the spider (I always thought it represented the grandma), the doll (which is the old man) and its string (the scarf), and other things, I think, I forgot.
25.7.06
10.7.06
Anime Stuff- Jigoku Shoujo
Lately, my RO has been rather laggy so I've been reluctant to play it, even though I should because I'm wasting my monthly payment... Well, Anyway, I've been watching anime, Namely Jigoku Shoujo and Da Capo Second Seasons. Both anime are pretty contrasting.
Both anime have their interesting points, but since I'm watchinkg Jigoku Shoujo right now, I think I'll start with that one. First and foremost, the depth of this anime is very intriguing. It would best be said to be a gothic/horror mahou shoujo series, though that in a way sounds weird. It's not any monster coming to earth and destroying the planet, but instead a girl going around taking vengence requests sending people to hell... obviously, the originality of this concept is spectacular, but it can get old fast if that's what the entire series is about. Luckily, the series is putting in a more overarching story as you get along, though the concept is still there in nearly every episode. I'm a little bit impatient, so to speak, to see what exactly is going to happen, but its all right; the stories are decently good, even if the main concept is the same in each episode. And the slow progression of the series is enough to make me want to watch the entire series to its end... even though I'd want to go through it slowly and fully understand the deepness of the story.
Along with the lines of depth, I noticed that the symbolic meanings in the story are powerful. Its not noticable at first, well, not to me, but slowly it becomes more clear. Obviously when you get the middle of the story, then the series practically blurts some of the symbols to those who haven't got it yet... But there still seems to be some symbols left which I haven't figured out yet... disappointing hum.
I surely hope Jigoku Shoujo will have a nice ending. It would truly disappoint me if the ending doesn't turn out that great.
I'll probably type up more stuff while I"m in China :p
Both anime have their interesting points, but since I'm watchinkg Jigoku Shoujo right now, I think I'll start with that one. First and foremost, the depth of this anime is very intriguing. It would best be said to be a gothic/horror mahou shoujo series, though that in a way sounds weird. It's not any monster coming to earth and destroying the planet, but instead a girl going around taking vengence requests sending people to hell... obviously, the originality of this concept is spectacular, but it can get old fast if that's what the entire series is about. Luckily, the series is putting in a more overarching story as you get along, though the concept is still there in nearly every episode. I'm a little bit impatient, so to speak, to see what exactly is going to happen, but its all right; the stories are decently good, even if the main concept is the same in each episode. And the slow progression of the series is enough to make me want to watch the entire series to its end... even though I'd want to go through it slowly and fully understand the deepness of the story.
Along with the lines of depth, I noticed that the symbolic meanings in the story are powerful. Its not noticable at first, well, not to me, but slowly it becomes more clear. Obviously when you get the middle of the story, then the series practically blurts some of the symbols to those who haven't got it yet... But there still seems to be some symbols left which I haven't figured out yet... disappointing hum.
I surely hope Jigoku Shoujo will have a nice ending. It would truly disappoint me if the ending doesn't turn out that great.
I'll probably type up more stuff while I"m in China :p
6.7.06
Short summary of AX2006
Alright, I could BS a really cool and lengthy article on AX, but I'll just bullet some important points and that'll be all. :p
- Not as good as last year, but still kind of fun.
- Only plan that went right was that my plans would go wrong... and they did. :/ But its all right, in the end still had fun and the events were cool.
-Yocuza + CooRie Concert: Introduced Da Capo to a Da Capo-clueless AX audience. Also for no apparent reason, since neither the anime nor the game is coming to America anytime soon. So why they placed so much emphasis on Da Capo is still a mystery. But Da Capo is cool, so everything is all right. The concert was good, but it is still trivial compared to the KOTOKO concert last year. Nothing in AX can probably beat the KOTOKO concert in 2005. Except maybe another KOTOKO concert.
-Doujin Game Tournament: My partner for the tournament got us to 3rd place in EFZ, I mostly did nothing but lose to the other team. :p
-Stuff I got: Elfen Lied Anime Volume 4 (complete ripoff, I probably could have gotten it cheaper at Fry's), Fruits Basket 8-12 Manga (for my sister), "Hane" CD by KOTOKO, Ragnarok Battle Offline Vol. 3 (also a ripoff, only one stage and it costed 12 dollars!), Ichigo Marshmellow Vol. 1 (I won it :O!!!), this random "dating sim" thought not really dating game I got for attending a panel
-Cosplayers: First day I found like, 4 RO cosplayers. Second day I found like, 3. Third day, there was this HUGE gathering of RO cosplayers and I was like /omg /omg /omg at the number of RO cosplayers... O.O in other news, I thought there were a lot more loligothika cosplayers this year, but my friend says its probably just because I notice them now in the crowd and that last year I didn't know enough about loligothika to notice that they were all around me... So maybe that's the case. Too much /c/ for me...
That's all I can think of for today. COME TO AX 2007!!!!
- Not as good as last year, but still kind of fun.
- Only plan that went right was that my plans would go wrong... and they did. :/ But its all right, in the end still had fun and the events were cool.
-Yocuza + CooRie Concert: Introduced Da Capo to a Da Capo-clueless AX audience. Also for no apparent reason, since neither the anime nor the game is coming to America anytime soon. So why they placed so much emphasis on Da Capo is still a mystery. But Da Capo is cool, so everything is all right. The concert was good, but it is still trivial compared to the KOTOKO concert last year. Nothing in AX can probably beat the KOTOKO concert in 2005. Except maybe another KOTOKO concert.
-Doujin Game Tournament: My partner for the tournament got us to 3rd place in EFZ, I mostly did nothing but lose to the other team. :p
-Stuff I got: Elfen Lied Anime Volume 4 (complete ripoff, I probably could have gotten it cheaper at Fry's), Fruits Basket 8-12 Manga (for my sister), "Hane" CD by KOTOKO, Ragnarok Battle Offline Vol. 3 (also a ripoff, only one stage and it costed 12 dollars!), Ichigo Marshmellow Vol. 1 (I won it :O!!!), this random "dating sim" thought not really dating game I got for attending a panel
-Cosplayers: First day I found like, 4 RO cosplayers. Second day I found like, 3. Third day, there was this HUGE gathering of RO cosplayers and I was like /omg /omg /omg at the number of RO cosplayers... O.O in other news, I thought there were a lot more loligothika cosplayers this year, but my friend says its probably just because I notice them now in the crowd and that last year I didn't know enough about loligothika to notice that they were all around me... So maybe that's the case. Too much /c/ for me...
That's all I can think of for today. COME TO AX 2007!!!!
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