I was mildly surprised to find that this episode actually didn't focus on Zakuro... Continue Reading
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...One of the things, which made an appearance in the first episode but hasn't since, is the debate of the usage of 'youkai' versus 'youjin'. While neither translate exactly well into English, whereas the former translates loosely as...
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The laughter continues in this episode but we get a brief hint of seriousness as we learn a bit more about Zakuro’s background and the birth of half-spirits. Half spirits are born by human girls who are “spirited away”. Basically called away by a spirit and they return pregnant. Typically these girls are looked down [...]
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  doing a quick blog on ep. 2 & 3 episode 2: The girls and the guys are sent out on a mission to a train station in a westernization part of town. there is a spirit where a hotel is being...
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Minnie: What is this?! This vlog is actually out early?! OF COURSE! I loved this episode soo much. I was watching it and couldn’t hold my fangirling in any longer so I vlogged it right on the spot For all of you who haven’t given Otome Youkai Zakuro a chance yet, I suggest [...]
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Just a quick reminder before I dive into this post, the key reason why I’m watching this anime is because it has some of my favourite seiyuu!! Mai Nakahara ~ she played Nagisa in Strawberry Panic!! She plays Zakuro here – the main character (long hair with bows) Aki Toyosaki ~ it’s Yui from K-ON! [...]
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The 3rd episode of Otome Youkai Zakuro turns out to be the best episode so far. The artwork continues to be excellent, the interim monsters are entertaining, and the pieces of the larger plot seem to be coming into view. Scenes from a peaceful little village, eh? Actually women and children have been disappearing lately, [...]
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Episode 03 – Tragic Past　- かこ、哀々と (Kako, Aiai to) To me, while this show might be JC Staff’s replacement for the recently finished Kaichou wa Maid Sama series, Otome Youkai Zakuro already looks like it will turn out much better. The main difference between Kaichou wa Maid Sama and Otome Youkai Zakuro is that, unlike [...]
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We start this week off only to find Susukihotaru, Riken, Ganryu, Hozuki and Bonbori away on missions... Continue Reading
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Minnie: I am pleasantly surprised by Episode 2 of this cute, little shoujo I picked up along the way. So far, it hasn’t shown any promise of new, enlightened material to add to the shoujo franchise, but it hasn’t shown anything that will deter me from watching it either. I enjoy watching Otome Youkai Zakuro [...]
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Of the three anime featured in my seasonal preview from J.C. Staff, Otome Youkai Zakuro was the one I was least looking forward too. The setting sounded interesting but I had little information to guess at the quality. No anime blog that I read seemed familiar with the underlying source material for this beyond a [...]
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Otome Youkai Zakuro was the biggest surprise of this season thus far for me. When I first read the synopsis and saw the promotional art depicting fox-eared girls working together with human soldiers, I instantly dismissed the series as being something I wouldn’t want to watch. However, I couldn’t be more wrong. Its strength lies [...]
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  So! I decided to do a shared review of these two, because they were another two additional series on my list. The last one is Kuragehime, but that still didn’t come out, so that might get a whole post  (Which I wanted to avoid, but meh…). Otome Youkai Zakuro: Episode 01 This was yet [...]
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Episode 02 – Crimson Brilliance – あか、煌々と (Aka, kōkō to) This episode was rather entertaining, with a lot of cute moments between Zakuro, Kei, and the rest of the main cast. What I’m finding very interesting about this show so far, though, would be the inherent conflicts/discrimination between humans and youkai. Because the creators chose [...]
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Every time they close up on Zakuro’s face, I can’t help but be reminded of Reimu from the Touhou games. I half expect Marisa to drop in and ‘da ze~’ the heck outta everything da ze! Then they zoom back out showing her foxy ears and Reimu is gone and Zakuro returns begging for wax [...]
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This odd mix of Japanese folklore, alternate historical fiction, and shoujo romance caught my eye almost immediately during the Fall season previews.  I can enjoy something from just about any genre, provided it's well-written and has interesting characters, but I'm especially fond of unique sociological settings.  However, I was curbing my enthusiasm to the best [...]
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We start this week off with Zakuro having a strange dream involving herself and Susukihotaru as children... Continue Reading
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    Episode 1 of Otome Youkai Zakuro began and ended with fights against large monsters. Episode 2 starts in an even more suspenseful way. There’s some more light development of the relationships, and we get another confrontation with a large monster (and a lesson about tolerance thrown in for good measure). Was the dream [...]
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