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Wed, 09-12-2007, 09:28 AM
#101
I'm a bit disappointed to be honest that there's no real love interests going around. Sure, Tanda might have a thing for Balsa, but I don't think she reciprocates. But, I guess a show like this might be better off without them.
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Wed, 09-12-2007, 10:53 AM
#102
I usually want most of the shows I'm watching to have some romance going on, but for some reason that hasn't happened with this series. Maybe because the two main characters are a kid and a troubled woman. The Balsa and Tanda couple, while possible, would have still been somewhat off the center of the focus and so might have only been distracting.
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Wed, 09-12-2007, 11:13 AM
#103
I actually think that there is romance in this series, between Balsa and Tanda, just that it isnt explicit. I also think it is a mutual thing, but I doubt Balsa plans to give up her mission just yet.
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Wed, 09-19-2007, 10:16 PM
#104
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Thu, 09-20-2007, 04:51 AM
#105
The Jiguro fights were amazing, hopefully we'll have a shitload of action scenes in the final 4 episodes. Althought the Tanda and Balsa romance elements are subtle, there's plenty of "romance", if you consider the growing feelings between a "mother" and her "son".
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Thu, 09-20-2007, 07:52 AM
#106
It was really good to see Chagum's brave resolution on how he wanted to learn martial arts and try his best to protect the egg.
Also, the hug/embrace between Balsa and Chagum is what I wanted to see. It was really soft, but it was really sweet.
At the end when Chagum totally freaked when he was in that valley really surprised me. Here he was scooping water to wash his face, then bam all of his sudden his eyes widen and he screams. I thought that was pretty good.
Last edited by animus; Thu, 09-20-2007 at 08:06 AM.
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Thu, 09-20-2007, 08:16 AM
#107
As the animation was really good, I really liked when Jiburo killed his best friend of the Spears, and then see how as he was dying his pupils started to widen.
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Thu, 09-20-2007, 07:59 PM
#108
That has been really consistent with this show.
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Sat, 09-22-2007, 08:29 PM
#109
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Mon, 09-24-2007, 07:24 PM
#110
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Mon, 10-01-2007, 12:15 PM
#111
This anime rocks. The next episode looks to have more movie-quality animation for a nice fight scene.
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Wed, 10-03-2007, 02:48 AM
#112
Fight the Earth with the Fire in the Water. Complicated.
Episode 24 - Ani-Kraze
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Edit: This episode didn't let down one millimeter. It was also nice to see Tanda kicking some ass when nobody else could. He wasn't exactly the kind of character I expected to do that, but now in retrospect maybe he was after all. Like the old geezer shaman, he has got ideas and doesn't hesitate to follow them. Another good thing about this episode is building the special character of the hunter unit further. They are kind of like the special spearmen of Balsa's home country: soldiers but also something different.
The people vs people fights in this series have been excellent and the people vs monster was no less remarkable. Heh, you can only wish shinigami vs hollow in Bleach were anything like this...
Last edited by Kraco; Wed, 10-03-2007 at 11:10 AM.
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Wed, 10-03-2007, 10:34 PM
#113
This ep was just amazing. Tanda really let loose and saved the day. Will they find a way to save the prince or will Balsa have to find another person to save in atonement? The next ep really looks like it'll be the finale but I don't remember if this show is contracted for 25 or 26.
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Wed, 10-03-2007, 10:38 PM
#114
What an awesome episode. Best part was when the leader of the Hunters ran up the La Lunga to impale it right in the mouth 
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Thu, 10-04-2007, 08:13 AM
#115
anidb says this'll be 26 episodes. Hopefully when this series ends, they decide to animate the latter parts of the novel series.
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Sat, 10-13-2007, 02:29 AM
#116
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Sat, 10-13-2007, 09:45 AM
#117
A bloody excellent episode. The way they made the two world interlope was very well made, executed and made perfect sense as well. The monster battle, while in a sense quite sluggish compared to your average shounen action was all the more meaningful as well. You could almost believe those things worked just like evolution had programmed them to do... And thus were somewhat at loss when "fighting" against the hunters, just like some natural beasts of the real world trying to oppose armed humans. Not to mention the bird; we had already seen in some earlier episode how they would catch thrown stones from the air until they couldn't anymore even fly. Natural behavior very nicely linked to the most important moment in the plot.
A remarkable series. And I've never seen (or should I say heard) a more meaningful song in any anime. Not only was it pleasant background music but it actually helped them to solve the case by describing it. Truly, there are few details in this anime that wouldn't have been really well thought-out and executed.
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Sat, 10-13-2007, 07:19 PM
#118
I didn't really like this episode. Predictable and boring.
I can already imagine the next episode.. Balsa & crew go into the court for Chagum to see everyone again, but he decides to go back with Balsa. Then timeskip to Tanda and Balsa with a kid and Chagum 4-5 years older outside chopping wood. That will be the next episode mark my words :O
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Sun, 10-14-2007, 01:46 AM
#119
No it won't. Chagum will stay at the court. I'm not even sure Balsa and Tanda will end up together, but I hope they will. Balsa had certainly some issues at the beginning of the series, and well into it, but who knows, maybe having raised Chagum for a while taught her that instead of concentrating on the past she can look ahead.
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Sun, 10-14-2007, 10:03 AM
#120
Maybe the Queen will allow Chagum to keep Balsa as her second, or god-mother or something. I'm pretty sure she'll leave and go on another journey. Though, she really has no more reason to since Chagum would be her 8th saved person wouldn't it? I'm hoping for a heartfelt warm ending where they all end up together. Except Tanda, I don't really care about him =/
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