Still on the run from the Kifuuken, we join the love birds Yuka and Toshihiko aimlessly wandering down vast and empty roads when they are offered a lift by an old married couple. Their journey (squeezed inside a white van) is a chance for them to reflect on their young relationship, inspired by the beautiful and reflective scenery, and of course they can't help but stare at the old couple still head-over-heals in love with each other after decades of marriage.Later that evening, Yuka and Toshihiko take a walk down by a rocky beach b..
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At the beginning of this episode a boy student is excitedly kissing his innocent girlfriend for the first time. They hold each other in an emotional embrace, it is a pivotal moment in their lives, "Ah the day has finally come, Takako-Chan's warm, soft, slippery thing is in my mouth...". But the boy gets too excited, "What's this?" he wonders aloud, sensing something wet and sticky. He opens his eyes to realize he has accidentally bitten Takako-Chan in half. Whoops. Turns out he was a flesh eater, and along with a bucket load..
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While Toshihiko and Yuka get into bondage, Kazuma’s Shokujinki side awakens with the help of some tasty takoyaki and Ohba’s “modernising” machinations for the Kifuuken, and Umeda uses a promotion to fall in love with an image girl named Himeko with grisly consequences. Remember how Speed Grapher was hyped up as being an “adult” anime? [...]
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This episode explains the backstory behind the Kifuuken; turns out that Kazuma is half-Shokujinki after the boss dude wossname had a fling with Harumi, a Shokujinki who looked exactly like Yuka; a whole lotta drama involving minor power struggles within the Kifuuken and the use of the Kemonozume, a secret technique whereby the user replaces [...]
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Bugger, I watched this about a month ago and can’t actually remember anything much about it. I have some notes, and they run as follows: - Satoru Utsunomiya’s cuboid people! - Giant detective whu? - Shoes! Lots of shoes! - Dangerous sex! I tend to think in exclamations. I’m pretty sure I liked this episode, but it [...]
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Gah…. Yuka and Toshihiko meet an old couple. Old couples offer them a ride and hide them when police comes to look for them. [...]
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Gar…OBA!!!! *spoilers ahead* When Toshihiko wakes up, he cannot see anything. He tries to escape but the metal string is attached to his body. Yuka is with the gang of flesh eaters. The leader Gakuto [...]
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Lots of sex involved in this ep. Obviously, I cannot post those screenshots…so ^^;; forgive me Rie knows Kazuma’s secret now. She wants to protect Kazuma since Toshihiko is not there anymore. [...]
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So…who is that guy from intro? …I have no idea what that intro is for but that is just wierd. The detective (the humongous one) finally caught up. Yuka goes shopping while [...]
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I just moved into a new condo and I don’t have the internet connection right now. So I won’t be able to update as often or as fast for the next couple of days. Also, school started so some delay should be expected most of the time. I’ll try to update as soon as possible though. [...]
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well, my class starts next monday so might as well post as much as I can when I have some extra time on my hand ^^. I actually had no interest in this series until recently and watched the first episode becuase someone recommanded me. And I’m glad I didn’t miss this awesome series. Below [...]
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While Toshihiko and Yuka are totally and utterly lovesick for each other, Toshihiko’s concentration goes off his work and his father and Kazuma (whose new mecha works wonders on the Shokujinki, whose arms must be cut off before they can be killed) admonish him for this. All this comes to a head, however, when [...]
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Hige briefly looks over episode two of Kemonozume. God my backlog is huge...
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When I first heard about this, I thought it'd be some creepy thing and thought I'd stay away from it. Well. It certainly wasn't what I expected. Too bad it wasn't a drama about a woman who was born with a dino-arm and finds love in some unexpected place, that would've been my kinda [...]
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The moment I clapped eyes on its highly evocative promo art, I knew I'd love Kemonozume. It just looks so damn cool, completely in another league to the typical "doll face" anime style; here characters look and move like real people, the fluidity of movement and facial expression oddly fascinating. Forget following the narrative- simply watching Kemonozume in full flow is enough of an immersive experience, the animation is wonderful. Like Noein, where the sheer visceral speed of the moving characters somewhat deforms their cliché an..
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OP - Over Blue (Katteni Shiyagare) - jazzy! Also much screaming and abstraction. Me likey. ED - Suki (Santara) - nice enough song, pretty images, fairly unexciting but it does nicely. Toshihiko is the eldest son of a family demon-hunting business, the Kifuuken; demons walk the Earth disguised as humans, and they hunt them down with [...]
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You had me at kemono. The premise of a demon hunter falling in love with a demon appealed to me. The picture on AniDB also interested me in some strange, passionate way. Despite being about love, there's no romance. Unless spur of the moment sex is considered romantic. Speaking of sex, who showers with [...]
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The uber-high definition raw of Kemono Zume was released recently, and I had a chance to check it out. In my Summer 2006 anime preview, I figured this anime would resemble Blood+. My predictions been totally off this season… In the world of Kemono Zume, there are Shokujinki (cannibalistic were-humans), and Kifuuken, a counter-Shokujinki fighting group. [...]
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