Oh, it’s that scene from episode 1. Impressions: Now we’re getting somewhere, although admittedly, it wasn’t that thrilling to see the opening segment of the show once again, plus the overwrought reveal that Nemuru is the scythe girl not three minutes after they showed her dressing up as it. GASP! DRAMATIC MUSIC! Isuzu’s argument that it was [...]
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I’m still considering dropping this series, due to the annoying characters and mildly ridiculous plot that I seem to have no patience for. Don’t be surprised if this is my last post about the series; if I watch episode 6 and can’t even bring myself to blog about it, that’ll be that. But holy crap, I [...]
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I don't know what it is about this anime but I can not take it seriously for the life of me. It tries to be serious too which makes it even harder. I think it's mainly because the characters are not likable at all for me. Maybe it's the sexual desire that this disease or [...] Related posts:Ookami Kakushi, Dance In The Vampire Bund, & Omamori Himari – 02 & 03 First Impressions of Winter Anime Batch 2 Dance In The Vampire Bund 04-05
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The show is finally starting to pick up the pace, as of episodes 4 and 5. What’s taking it so long? Ookami Kakushi, the third work by Ryukishi07 to be adapted into an anime after Higurashi and Umineko, seems in some ways like the offspring of those two earlier works. It has the same 1983 rural [...]
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What begins as a creeping sense of malevolence with Ookami Kakushi (lit. Wolfed Away) develops into mute indifference as the threat of a mysterious scythe-wielding lunatic ebbs into frisky sexual encounters. The series starts with the faint hope of a slow burning mystery, that is resolutely extinguished however by sedentary pacing and [...]
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On one hand, I'd be willing to say that a lot of the mystery is beginning to unfold. On the other hand, this is a Ryukishi joint, so there's no reason to believe that the mystery's solvable at face value.
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The Face of Love So it seems these wolf tendencies, or whatever it is, arises when the infected person is in heat, and it looks like it doesn’t matter what the gender their interest is. Issei was both attracted to a guy and a girl…maybe. >_> And I guess their time is during the Hassaku Harvest. [...]
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The previous episode of Ookami Kakushi finally looked set to really get the ball rolling in terms of the mysterious goings-on in this series, with Hiro ending up as a witness to some of the insanity and bloodshed which seems to be running unbidden through his new hometown.Of course, come the next morning there's no trace of what Hiro witnesses the night before, while his friend Kana tells him
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Hiroshi asks questions about urban legends and Issei finally loses control. Impressions: Well at least the hassaku and wolf carving now makes sense. It’s a symbol placed at the house of those who have ‘fallen’. If they have hassaku to use for this purpose then they might be better used in helping keep the people under control. [...]
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Hiroshi goes for a walk with Mana and after stumbles onto a violent scene. Impressions: Wow things have really gotten messy now. I suppose you can say not much has changed since we’ve seen people be killed off almost every episode. Still this was the first time Hiroshi saw it and it will have a huge impact [...]
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The characters in this series piss me off like none other. Hiro’s spineless, Isuzu’s obnoxious, and holy crap is Isuzu’s older brother an uber- creeper. Like, if he were my neighbor, I’d buy at least twenty shotguns to keep in various places around the house. And the yaoi factor is kinda ridiculous; what’s the demographic [...]
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  About damned time. Impressions: I understand finally. The moon’s not tinged red, it’s actually a giant orange floating in the sky. All the werevampires in the city worship the great lunar orange god and must eat stupid little boys in order to appease its citric bloodlust. All hail the orange god. Bringer of vitamin C. [...]
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We’re treated to a kiss at the first scene. Another first for a Ryukishio7 anime adaptation. Wow, for a second I thought it was endgame, and the preview gives no hint, either. Looks like the harassment was held off until next week wherein Issei’s really gonna chase Hiroshi down. So…yeah, it was scene after scene just to [...]
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I think anyone who dropped Ookami Kakushi because it had a few seconds of yaoi in the last episode will come to regret it. Obviously, it was just a plot device and this show has designs well beyond that.
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Ookami Kakushi is definetely getting more interesting as weeks go by. This week’s episode was quite an eye-opener for Hiroshi, who witness, for the first time, what the girl with the scythe does to those who, I guess, go against some unwritten laws of the town. In this case, the victim was a girl who [...]
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Episode four of Ookami Kakushi begins with what is a pretty typical scene of discussion between a dating couple (well, typical for anime anyway) - But, this series being what it is, there's more to this simple scene than meets the eye, as befitting an episode subtitled "foreboding".To be honest, foreboding pretty much sums up Ookami Kakushi in its entirety thus far, and that doesn't change
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I pretty much like this show so far, but I’m worried. I just discovered that Amazon.co.jp only lists six DVDs, which total at around 47 minutes each, or twelve episodes combined. The pacing of this episode also very much hinted at that there are only going to be 12 episodes. I’m very, very worried right [...]
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  Okay, now I’m really tired of her voice. Impressions: It’s vaguely unsettling to hear Yuko Goto twice in a row. I’ve never held a particularly high opinion of her abilities to begin with, and using the exact same voice here for Kaori as she’s using for Hiro certainly isn’t changing that. Anyway, not a whole ton happens this [...]
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Ookami Kakushi Episode 2 nothing happened... like nothing. Well some stuff happened at the VERY end for like 2 minutes but it was more like a teaser trailer. I wish they'd get on with it because I'm starting to get super annoyed with the characters. There isn't one I like and I hope they all [...] Related posts:Chu-Bra & Sora no Woto – 02 Ladies versus Butlers! – 01 – PreRelease Chu-Bra – 01
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Miken: I’m still not so certain about this series. A good portion of the dialogue comes off as very forced, but there’s just enough intrigue to keep me hooked. Now I just hope there’s more of the weird group of girls running around the old town with scythes and less school-life scenarios. And then there’s [...]
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