Him kicking ass is nice and all, but this total pissed off personality 360 that he took is kinda lame I must say even though apparently that's how he was before he came to Japan.
Him kicking ass is nice and all, but this total pissed off personality 360 that he took is kinda lame I must say even though apparently that's how he was before he came to Japan.
Kazuma's badassness has gone beyond epic now. At first I thought he'd be possessed or something and not in his right mind, but nope he seemed like he was completely lucid and just didn't give a fuck what got in between him and his goal. When he grabbed the second guy's head and you see just the shadow that sent chills down my spine. And then when he just destroyed that random monk with the MacDonald girl I couldn't keep from laughing my ass off, what the hell was she thinking trying to use paper on him...PAPER! Is she retarded or something?
The only downside to this situation is the idea that Ayano will somehow make him turn back. Maybe they won't go cliché and he'll stay like this until the job is done then revert back like nothing happened, but I see very little chance for that.
That's pretty much assured, I believe. In the end, it's not like Kazuma would like to be like this. He became a mad mage in the first place because the Chinese girl died. While it's not absolutely established why he reverted back to the "nice guy" (relatively speaking) when he returned to Japan, it's most likely partly out of his free will. Now the mockery of Tsuo Rin, Lapis, made him turn back to madness. It makes sense another girl that means much to him would in turn get him back to the light from the darkness. It's all about girls to him.Originally Posted by Yukimura
In the beginning it looked like Kazuma's motives had been about power or lack of. However, those China flashback changed the situation. He had no particular power in those shots that have been shown of him with Tsuo Rin over there. It's reasonable to believe he only sought it after Tsuo Rin was killed.
Edit: Episode 21 - AniYoshi
Last edited by Kraco; Wed, 09-05-2007 at 03:16 AM.
Now I remember who Kazuma reminded me of. For those of you who've played Shadow Hearts: Covenant, the protagonist Yuri seems to feel a lot like Kazuma.
wouldn't it be cool if he had been under a spell somehow that made him all nice and happy... and that this got nullified, and he'll end up being the series' villain?
He's a much too strong willed person to be under such spells. He might not be entirely stabile like these past couple of episodes have demonstrated, but he's no small time crook that would be susceptible to mind-tricks.
True, unless that mind trick is something incredibly powerful that no will can resist it in the first place.
I actually think its a good idea. Some person actually casted such a spell on Kazuma, but he willingly asked for it, since he cant take how much killing he has done and he thinks he has managed to get revenge for his love (you have to admit, even cold-blooded characters tend to feel guilt, especially since Kazuma is not originally that way). Now, the spell has worn off since he realizes that his vengeance is still unfulfilled, and he goes back to his anti-hero state. Then its up to Ayano to not "bring him back", but transform him authentically this time around.
Peace.
Episode 22 - Shinsen
Episode 23 - Shinsen
Double release eh
All though episode 23 I felt like things were going to fall apart when Ayano confronted Kazuma and brought him down, but then they pulled it all together and made the confrontation actually work out extremely well. Kazuma retains his badassness and Ayano gets to think she's better than him for about 5 seconds.
And that's the most important thing there is!
I also thought they pulled this part off pretty well. Ayano was priceless. And Kazuma's ready to rock it. I have good hopes for this episode, and I'll check it out after work.
A pretty good ending. The greater story really didn't end up being that remarkable, in fact it was quite light and flimsy, even with the whole history and dead ex-girlfriend element. They were, after all, only details while the main plot should have been Burnhart and his plots. Even with the uber demon prince summoning (what was the point of that anyway?) the main plot remained next to nonexistent. So, in retrospect it's now safe to say this show was all about Kazuma kicking ass and nothing else. And in that it certainly succeeded.
The main story ending left the gate wide open for a sequal. I wouldn't mind seeing one.
Kicking is fortunately not the only thing Kazuma can do to an ass...
Last edited by Kraco; Mon, 09-24-2007 at 11:13 AM.
I have to say I'm really disappointed they never introduced Suijutshi's (?) into the mix.
But yeah, I wouldn't mind a second season, and it leaves a lot of room for one. And that asspat was a good one.
@Kraco: The best part of that scene, he really doesn't even push her hard, she actually jumps into the water for him because he's just that awesome.
Anyway, plot? what plot? I was a litle miffed about the complete lack of closure with the Burnheart (I usually watch the Shinsen releases so seeing the names translated different was a bit weird) situation and Kazuma's past, but I guess the comment he made about accepting his past and focusing on the present was supposed to imply he just doesn't care anymore. That's the Kazuma we know and love, just dropping random things on a whim because they bore him. Second Season would be welcome, but even without one it was a fun show to watch.
I don't understand the ending. I expected more than that...
hmmm episodes 15-21 are broken for some reason... i downloaded them twice from aniyoshi but they still "lag"
and shinsen-sub stopped uploading them..
can anyone help me?
Hmm... I didn't notice any lag. Are you sure you had enough free CPU time when trying to play them?
yes every anime-episode and every game went fine excpet 15-21....
however i just found every episode from shinsen sub but for some reason there is no episode 15 8[
at the moment i try to download it again but from a different tracker.... maybe that works.
edit: nope aniyoshi ones are brokenif i watch the timer from my vlc player it goes like
00:02/24:44 -> 00:04/24:44 -> 00:03/24:44 -> 00:06/24:44 its annoying
but well if someone googles long enough he can find everything!... just found episode 15 xD
Last edited by KrayZ33; Fri, 09-28-2007 at 12:34 PM.
Did you try the aniyoshi releases in other media players besides VLC?
Use something other then VLC Media player. VLC is a great concept, but its very... picky about how the video file is put together when it reads it (by put together I mean the container format)
Media Player Classic and FFDShow are my personal favorite to use.. but mostly because I am just used to using them.
If I were you I would download the Combined Community Codec Pack from here http://www.cccp-project.net/
It includes Media Player Classic and everything else you need to watch stuff on your computer.
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