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Blood+ episode 23
Apr. 3rd, 2006 03:29 amOoh, cliffhanger.
I knew what was going to happen in the last scene as soon as Riku headed toward the music on his own, but then I think we were intended to guess it. I bet ( episode 23 spoilers )
Speaking of which, I continue to enjoy nearly every scene with Kai. He's not my favorite character in that I want to write fanfic about him or anything, but from a storytelling point of view, I'm consistantly impressed with the realism of his character development. He acts exactly as you'd expect someone in his age and circumstances would react in these situations. He makes two steps forward, one step back. And it continues to be believable. Riku, on the other hand, is handling all of this stuff too well.
David's always good that way too, as a character. I totally buy into him as a career military professional who runs special ops in a secret organization. He's refreshingly professional and businesslike, for an anime character in a secret military organization.
Hagi continues to not annoy me. This is because he continues to almost not have a personality. Luckily, what bits of personality we saw in the flashbacks were promising. But at 22 episodes already, I hope next season, after Saya's memory is fully restored, he actually shows some of that personality. Because right now he's a lot like wallpaper. Not bad, but not noticable either. Feels a like a waste of a main character to me, especially considering how interesting the other Chevaliers are. Actually, now that I think about it, Hagi's at his most interesting when put in contrast to them-- I hope there's more of that in future episodes.
Speaking of future episodes... is anyone else on my flist but me and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
herongale watching this show? Why not? You guys should watch it. It's a solid, quality action series. Sure it doesn't move me to extremes of emotion like FMA, but you don't pass up a quality action anime with a well-thought-out storyline. Such things are hard to come by.
I know I don't talk about it all that much, though. I dunno why-- I guess maybe it feels like a book to me. I don't often have much to say about it because I'm waiting for the next chapter, but I expect that I'll have a lot to say at the very end. How much I like this show is really going to depend on where it goes, when all is said and done. I'm intrigued by a lot of the stuff that's happened so far, but I feel like we know way too little to just say it's a great show. It's a good show, but is it great? I don't know yet. It certainly could be. Or it could just stay at pretty good. It's all in how the plot eventually plays itself out.
I knew what was going to happen in the last scene as soon as Riku headed toward the music on his own, but then I think we were intended to guess it. I bet ( episode 23 spoilers )
Speaking of which, I continue to enjoy nearly every scene with Kai. He's not my favorite character in that I want to write fanfic about him or anything, but from a storytelling point of view, I'm consistantly impressed with the realism of his character development. He acts exactly as you'd expect someone in his age and circumstances would react in these situations. He makes two steps forward, one step back. And it continues to be believable. Riku, on the other hand, is handling all of this stuff too well.
David's always good that way too, as a character. I totally buy into him as a career military professional who runs special ops in a secret organization. He's refreshingly professional and businesslike, for an anime character in a secret military organization.
Hagi continues to not annoy me. This is because he continues to almost not have a personality. Luckily, what bits of personality we saw in the flashbacks were promising. But at 22 episodes already, I hope next season, after Saya's memory is fully restored, he actually shows some of that personality. Because right now he's a lot like wallpaper. Not bad, but not noticable either. Feels a like a waste of a main character to me, especially considering how interesting the other Chevaliers are. Actually, now that I think about it, Hagi's at his most interesting when put in contrast to them-- I hope there's more of that in future episodes.
Speaking of future episodes... is anyone else on my flist but me and
herongale watching this show? Why not? You guys should watch it. It's a solid, quality action series. Sure it doesn't move me to extremes of emotion like FMA, but you don't pass up a quality action anime with a well-thought-out storyline. Such things are hard to come by.I know I don't talk about it all that much, though. I dunno why-- I guess maybe it feels like a book to me. I don't often have much to say about it because I'm waiting for the next chapter, but I expect that I'll have a lot to say at the very end. How much I like this show is really going to depend on where it goes, when all is said and done. I'm intrigued by a lot of the stuff that's happened so far, but I feel like we know way too little to just say it's a great show. It's a good show, but is it great? I don't know yet. It certainly could be. Or it could just stay at pretty good. It's all in how the plot eventually plays itself out.
