Nabari no Ou: King of Nabari

[Killa-Eyez]

I guess they have.
Has anyone finished watching the series? If so, what's the overall rating IYO?

[Nadouku]

I finished it, and you might find the main character a bit uneasy because he's kind of emotionless. He does show them when the situation becomes critical, and when he befriends someone that seems very important to him.

Overall, the anime is decent, with a decent plot and a cast of colorful characters. The only drawback would be Thobari's sense of duty to keep secrets from Miharu. I feel that he should have at least let him know what happened in the past instead of not telling him all these years. The difference could have been staggering, but oh well...

[Pandadice]

well, I gave it a 6 on MAL :\

I started with Aone, and watched all the episodes they put out. But after it got licensed, but before they dropped it, I got impatient with waiting and got the last from.. some group I can't remember the name of.

As for the series, I absolutely loved the first episode. I think the first episode of it is like one of my all time favorite first episodes of a series. The ninjas in swat gear busting into the school and then having that fight, seemed so amazing to me. It was like what I've always wanted Naruto to be like.

unfortunately, I thought that the series started to go downhill around mid-series.. whenever that one fight at the school with the.. was it a healing jutsu? anyways, the prep school that they had a fight at. yeah, thats when I really started to lose interest.

however, at the (i think it was the.. second to last episode? that or the last). When.. not saying any names, but when two characters go at it, that like 15 second (maybe more.. I dunno, but it was short) fight scene was so awesome. I think it redeemed the series a lot. however pretty much every other fight in the thing they would just use this blurring technique to show speed (i guess?), and at first it was cool but it got so old, especially when all the fights were just two characters bashing kunais a couple times.

I would have to say that the reason I didn't really think it was great was because, after watching the first episode, I was really expecting it to be an awesome ninja action series. I was expecting awesome urban ninja fights. But the series is not focused on that at all. It's a plot-line, but the main focus of the series is on character interaction, and development. I can't really think of a simple one-word way of describing it.. but it is definitely not ninja focused.

As for complaints/drawbacks, I had a few. Thobari's whole "I'm a ninja but I'm not gonna kill anyone" mindset really brought too much of the "good guy vs bad guy" setting into which i was really expecting them to leave out after the talking in that one village at the beginning of the series. where the village head guy was like "well if they're raiding and stealing, we will too".

another was the white haired school-mate's immortality thing. when they brought that in I thought it was super dumb.

I never liked the main character from the start, and though I think Kugimiya did a fine job on the voice (I preferred it over her usual tsundere one), that's not enough to make me really like him.

so.. I guess I'd say the series was fine. Might recommend it to others, maybe. but it's definitely not anything like I was expecting, and in the end a major let down.

[Killa-Eyez]

So with expectations very low, it might be endurable? I also think I've probably seen worse anime...

Ok guys, thanks for the input. Will download.