Zetsuen no Tempest

[Buffalobiian]

Alternative title:
Blast of Tempest
Blast of Tempest: The Civilization Blaster
Zetsuen no Tempest: The Civilization Blaster (Japanese)
絶園のテンペスト (Japanese)

Genres: fantasy, mystery

Plot Summary: Mahiro Fuwa, a teenager whose family was mysteriously murdered a year ago, is contacted by Hakase Kusaribe, a young woman who stands against her clan since they left her stranded on a deserted island. As the two decide to help each other, Hakase's quest to oppose her clan brings to light that the Kusaribe clan intends to awaken the "Tree of Zetsuen" whose power can bring chaos upon the entire world. -ANN



HorribleSubs - Episode 01
HS - Episodes 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13

[animus]

That shit was so confusing.

[David75]

Nice effects/style/quality.
Not interrested though. Maybe after ep 2... who knows.

[Archangel]

Episode 06:

Well things just got a whole lot more interesting.

[shinta|hikari]

Underrated and under the radar.

Anyone still watching this?

While I am confused how Mahiro can be so smart yet be such a dumbass at the same time, everything else has been fantastic.

[David75]

I'm following this.
Quite a paradox since I find it tiring/boring yet still watch this.
There's nothing really appealing to me... Maybe I'm just there for Hakaze's outfit

[NeoCybercoin]

Definitely one of the best shows ive seen.

[Idealistic]

Weird show... but I find it very interesting. I hear it's suppose to be 22 episodes?

[shinta|hikari]

This is extremely underrated. While I am not fond of the characters excluding Hakaze and Aika, I love how the plot is developing.

Samon must be the most transparent final boss ever.

[Archangel]

Fun fact, this has under 500 preorders so far.

JAPAAAAAAAN!~~

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episodes 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13



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Started watching this yesterday. There are parts to like, and parts not to like.

Like:

-flashbacks keep things interesting and keep revealing some interesting aspects about the characters
-Psychological aspects of the characters
-Two boys share the primary cast, makes for something different. Relationship between them is strong without being GAR/sexual.
-Despite above point, sexual tension/eyecandy is maintained thanks to Hakaze and Aika.
-CG-animation used results in some pretty clean visuals. It doesn't exactly blend since it's obvious from watching, but it fits the surreal setting just fine.
-Theory-bashing and deception is always nice.
-ED1 starts off pretty cute. Kirakira~chu~~
-Samon cracks me up (edit: cracks me up even more now that I confirm his voice is Kiritsugu's)

Dislike:

-some animation gets old
-story can feel slow at times
-elements of story come and go without being explained (who else in this world has magic? How did the clan use 2 generations to create a time prison?)
-(self-proclaimed) Deus Ex.
-hard to get excited watching trees fight.


I had always thought the entire time that Yoshino's current girlfriend was an Aika look-alike (could be a different person, or actually her via some strange phenomenon), which prompted his question about the possibility of reviving Aika. He could be just sending text messages to himself though.

I don't think this is a phenomenal show, but do find it interesting. They sure like to quote Hamlet a lot, but my favourite quote out of the series must undoubtedly be:

"Boobs that don't shake aren't boobs at all."

[Ryllharu]

I started watching this over the new years break.

Honestly, the only part I haven't liked was when Yamamoto went full retard by grabbing a spear and tying on a headband pretending she was Zhao Yun against Natsumura. She definitely is the idiot character of the series, but that scene just felt so out of place with what was going on. It felt less like an actual plot in the main story, and more like one of those side chapters in a manga where the main cast usually reenacts a twisted dream sequence version of Alice in Wonderland, Momotarou, or Saiyuki.

I get that melee weapons (even Mahiro's preferred random steel pipe) are better suited for the Kusaribe magic when compared to bullets, but that scene was just too much to swallow. It was simply dumb.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 14



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This show makes me want to buy one of these.

[Archangel]

I thought this would end after 12 episodes, not sure where the plot will develop from here.

New guy might be a red herring, i always figured if anyone would be the mage of exudus it would be Aika.

[Ryllharu]

i always figured if anyone would be the mage of exudus it would be Aika.

What makes you say that, other than because she's dead?

[Archangel]

What makes you say that, other than because she's dead?

Because she's always seemed like Akase's polar opposite, along with her seemingly foreshadowing stories of "The Tempest".

At one point i was sure everyone else was dancing in the palm of her hand.

[David75]

She could still be the one, only lending some powers to the loser...
It so happens he got his powers around the time Aika was "killed" it seems.

She's pretty much still the most important character of the show, although never really appearing. She could even be a hallucination created by one of the 2 trees.

[Archangel]

She could still be the one, only lending some powers to the loser...
It so happens he got his powers around the time Aika was "killed" it seems.

She's pretty much still the most important character of the show, although never really appearing. She could even be a hallucination created by one of the 2 trees.

Indeed, they're all talking how everything seems to be spinning around Yoshino when really Aiko's been the focus all along.

How's this, she's the original mage of Exodus and decided to end her own life after becoming aware of her powers.

[Buffalobiian]

What's weird about the Mage of Exodus theory is how they came about to it.

-Aika dies
-Magicsearch reveals the killer is from the Genesis Clan
-Genesis-Truth says the murderer's not there
-Oh, must be Exodus.

How did they conclude that the killer was from the Genesis Clan in the first place? That's one of the things I was annoyed about before when I mentioned "mechanics go unexplained".

Depending on the mechanism, you'd have to weigh up between whether the spell was initially wrong, or whether the Tree's guilt interpretation was wrong.

I also thought Aika was an Exodus mage for the reasons Ark mentioned.

As for the new guy, I'm sort of 50/50 on him actually having Mage-of-Exodus powers at the moment. Exodus also doesn't seemingly have to sacrifice anything to use his power.

[NeoCybercoin]

Well who says that there is only one mage of Exodus?