Shakugan no Shana III (Final)

[Kraco]

That might be the case, but I'm still hoping Yuuji hasn't been subjugated in the first place. We don't really know what the other entities inside him want. As long as we are talking about the tomogara, for example, they are villains, so logically they should be just as eager to annihilate each other as anybody other, so their real ambitions and plans could be swinging in any direction. Yuuji might have accepted a costly compromise to reach his own goals, assuming he came up with one during the void scene of the first ep.

The thirteen in a dozen plot element of Yuuji being now asleep and waking up when Shana is in danger would really create a miserable ending for this series. I'd rather see something like Yuuji sacrificing himself to put an end to Bal Masque, leaving Shana live with a conflicting memory of him.

[Archangel]

Well that was annoying to watch... not only do they refuse to put the plot in perspective we're just jumping around different events every 5 seconds leaving me unable to grasp what's really going on anywhere.

The story feels rushed, the animation looks cheap and the character's motives (whatever few we can grasp from the already mentioned back and forth) appear shallow and uninteresting. Rocky start for an already questionable series.

I'll probably keep watching it regardless, though eventually i might just decide to wait and marathon the blurays for a more complete and far less excruciating experience.

[RyougaZell]

Well that was annoying to watch... .

My thoughts since Season 2

We keep getting new characters, no explanation and a mess of a plot, if any still exists.

[Alhuin]

I'm actually hoping for a Yuji sacrifice myself. He doesn't deserve Shana. Or maybe he'll get Yoshida to sacrifice herself for them both. That would be even better. *laughs maniacally*

Maybe I'm just biased with my fanboyism, but I kinda liked the second season, and I'm still excited/intrigued about this season. I agree that too many new characters are being introduced though.

[Buffalobiian]

I might have to read some summaries of the previous two seasons to get myself up to scratch. I barely remember that old guy as the best spell caster in the whole of Guze or something.

(and as I wrote that, just remembered him as a Tomogara who cared for the balance of the world and only ate dying mysteses on the verge of disappearance. He also used up a whole lot of mana to restore the environment after some attack or rather..)

The jumpiness doesn't help, but I'm still interested. I'm in the camp that thinks Yuuji is in co-operation with the other guys in his head. Normal devils give suggestions that try to temp you, which would make Silver a very poor one for using "Think, what do you want?" the whole time.

And regarding the very last scene with Yuuji on the train, the fact that he was detected should mean he's fundamentally changed as a Guze no Tomogara now.

[Kraco]

And regarding the very last scene with Yuuji on the train, the fact that he was detected should mean he's fundamentally changed as a Guze no Tomogara now.

At least with the eternal Duracell inside him he still doesn't need to eat people.

[Buffalobiian]

SS-Eclipse - Episode 03

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One of the better recap eps I've seen that moves the story/character along while giving us a refresher. Now I won't have to watch/read Shana I/II again. It's funny how when Yuji went through all the events, the only thing from S2 was the final fight. That just shows how much stuff form S2 actually mattered.

[Alhuin]

I agree this was a wonderful recap episode. I had forgotten some of the smaller details, like how Yoshida found out about Yuji, and how Yuji was the second child. I'm also glad it made clear, through his own words, how he felt about Shana. No more beating around the bush.

One thing that bugged me though was how much time apparently passed since his disappearance. It felt like it was only a couple weeks at the most, but the way he talked sounded like it was much longer.

[Buffalobiian]

Talking about things that bug us, I'm not a fan of Shana's new flame-hand move. Aesthetically it looks very rough and doesn't add to her charm at all.

The wedding dress thing in the OP though.. mmmmm.

[Alhuin]

Speaking of the opening... I can't wait for the full song to be released. It's slowly becoming my favourite Shana OP (since I actually like all the Shana OPs... and EDs for that matter). I can't tell if the "obvious" cut-and-splice moment (where she shouts "Shara! Shara!") is supposed to be like that, or if that was, indeed, where they combined two different parts of the original song.

Watching through the OP in the third episode, by the way, I finally noticed ryo of supercell was involved.

[Buffalobiian]

It's one of the better Kawada Mami songs. I found that her songs hadn't been sounding as nice as time goes by (particularly around the Shana II and Index times).

For me though, it's the ED that really does it right now.

Still, it's pretty hard to dethrone the very first Shana OP/ED.

[animus]

I watched a total of like 2 minutes in this episode. The rest I just skipped through because it was uninmportant and recaps.

[Alhuin]

It's one of the better Kotoko songs.

Fixed for accuracy.

[Archangel]

Talking about things that bug us, I'm not a fan of Shana's new flame-hand move. Aesthetically it looks very rough and doesn't add to her charm at all.

I just don't see the point in it, why would you focus on close crushing power when you already have close slicing power at hand? Bitch needs to work on her projectiles.

The flashbacks looked pretty good, makes me look forward to rewatching the first and second series once the BDs are out.

[Buffalobiian]

Fixed for accuracy.

Ah. My mistake then, and it makes my previous post invalid.

I actually like a good majority of Kotoko songs.

[RyougaZell]

I watched a total of like 2 minutes in this episode. The rest I just skipped through because it was uninmportant and recaps.

My feelings exactly. I didn't quite remember most of the scenes we got on flashbacks... but it annoyed me that most of the episode was lost on that.

[Kraco]

My feelings exactly. I didn't quite remember most of the scenes we got on flashbacks... but it annoyed me that most of the episode was lost on that.

I wasn't bothered by the flashbacks as such because I had indeed forgotten some things, like Yuji's mom's pregnancy. The only thing that bothered me was, how by the end, it all felt like stretching to have the only really meaningful moment, Yuji and Shana meeting, to be the cliffhanger. Because I doubt anybody was waiting for anything else when it was apparent Yuji decided to pay a visit to his old home town.

I wonder if Shana's going to like Yuji's Three Kingdom's looks...

[Archangel]

Commie: Episode 4

Torrent | DDL

Still no idea of wtf is going on.

[David75]

Do they want us to think Yuji was that creation god from the very start?

[Alhuin]

SS-Eclipse - Episode 04

Wasn't up on SS' site, but was on Eclipse's... just took me awhile to decide to check it.

EDIT: Well, at least it picked up a little bit. Seems like the Silver mystery was solved, and yes, it does seem like "they" are trying to make us think that Yuji was the God of Creation all along. It would make sense why he was so unique (even with the Reiji Maigo). I'm really not liking his look though... seriously. The more I see it, the more I cringe. I think I'd have preferred him looking normal over this.

What was the ring around his neck again? I don't remember that one. And I vaguely remember the sword... don't remember how he got it or who he got it from... but I definitely remember him getting it and starting to use it (I think it was really heavy or something?).

Also, were there this many random panty-flashes in the previous two series? I mean, obvious bathroom/changing fanservice is one thing, but in the middle of fights? I'm not complaining, but still...