Just watched the last two episodes, and they were a big step above the previous ones. Really enjoyed them.Originally Posted by Kraco
The living together in the same house worked quite well for me and now these new developments from the past.
We'll see if what they're saying is BS or not.
Also the most important aspect that I just learned is that Benio's VA is the same one as Gon Freecs! What the fuck?!?!
Did that kill your boner or enhance it?
Peace.
I'm still in the confused stage...
But she's good looking, so... not much confusion I guess.
Episode 09 - HS
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I couldn't with any honesty call this original and indeed it would have surprised nobody Benio's brother was a big villain. However, I think this was executed nicely. I'm also a big fan of plots where a prideful character blames another for something, yet the truth turns out to be quite different from the assumption, and the prideful one has to apologise. Of course my enjoyment also requires the wrongly accused one isn't a total bitch about it. Needless to say, I really enjoyed how this brought Rokuro and Benio a lot closer together. This episode would have been perfect if Benio's bro had accidentally killed the obnoxious critter following Benio, but I guess that would have been too much to ask for. Actually that would have made the bro a hero, not a villain, so maybe it would have been purely impossible.
That master/teacher, whatever he was, Mayura's old man, is a totally useless scumbag, though. Not that I'd hate him as a character as it's far more interesting there are all sorts of exorcists, not only goody two-shoes. But I don't see how he could teach anything to anybody, except perhaps hatred and bitterness.
Episode 10 - HS
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That was an amusing episode. Full of cliches but still funny. Nothing much more to say about it, really. Although it's bullshit Rokuro seems to be weaker now than before his fight with Benio's traitor brother. I hope this at least means that his hands got much stronger and he simply needs to learn to control it.
The fluctuating power level thing seems to be an issue with the shounen genre in general. Very few can keep things consistent. One that comes to mind is HxH.
Peace.
Episode 11 - HS
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While it was amusing to watch those two grow as a couple and listening to Mitejima's awesome dialect, I'm still happy this is over. It didn't feel like it was moving the story forward at all. I won't look back at these eps as worthless, but honestly I reckon what was achieved here could have also been achieved in the middle of scenes that would have progressed the greater plot, including fleshing out characters.
It seems like Benio already considers herself Rokuro's girlfriend since she can't accept any competition, not even in the form of mags. In that case Rokuro should start to reap the benefits as well, not only suffer the disadvantages of losing his bachelor life.
Episode 12 - HS
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I wonder if Benio's brother became the way he did because he realised exorcists are no good in their current form. If this 10 seconds Kamui has been killing so many exorcists he has already lost count, it means he has also killed the more powerful ones, maybe including former members of the Twelve Guardians. There's no way the brass would just sit on their hands when the soldiers are getting killed, after all. I reckon the Twelve Guardians members we have seen so far would be equally hard-pressed to win.
Other than that, I don't know if such a scatterbrained person could exist that he would allow the food to burn so badly while in the very process of mixing it. If that's his level of control and concentration, no wonder Benio's bro was laughing at him. Even horses would laugh at him.
Episode 20 - HS
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I feel like this has only been getting better. It's probably not coincidental that the romance has also developed nicely. It really does wonders to a shounen show when it's not a harem with a denser than osmium male lead. Not only have the main characters developed as personalities, the powering up has also been reasonable, mostly. Main villains, so far, haven't been uninteresting either. The decent action aside, the relationship of the main characters is the thing that keeps the show going for me. The gradual change in their dispositions has been a treat to watch. Their occasional cooperation in battle is also better than in most fighting series I've seen.
Quite funnily the ending of this ep could have worked in a final episode, if not for the preview.
Are they grown up now?
Peace.
No, but if I understood the preview correctly, they will skip to the high school age from the current middle school age.
Oh, finally.
I guess the show is planning on covering all the released manga chapters.
Peace.
how many episodes will this show have?
A good question. The manga seems to have 9 volumes out in Japan, scanlated 33 chapters, although I have no idea how many chapters there are per volume. The anime has covered about half of those scanlated chapters (which makes me think we must have watched a bunch of fillers as well, but I'm not sure since I haven't read the manga). I suppose this could still continue, these days I wouldn't count on it. It's more a rule than an exception that anime never covers the whole story, only a beginning of it, fully on purpose.
Episode 21 - HS
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So, yeah, we did get a time jump. Rokuro still looks like a brat, but Benio looks a bit more lovely. Too bad the romance hasn't apparently moved a single inch forward. I don't know how a dude could live, alone, in the same house with a girl he likes and respects, training and fighting side by side continuously, yet not have made a single move during all that time. He must have the Rito disease. A tragic case.
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