Nice scenery- shame about the plot. With his life under threat from his own father, Second Prince Chagum flees the palace in the company of the legendary female bodyguard Balsa, a woman who has sworn to repay those who died because of her by saving one life for each of them. Now Chagum must learn to [...]
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Synopsis: Chagum returns to the palace. A messenger arrives at the palace. Hibi Tonan, the Holy Mage, relays the report to the Emperor: the Prince has defeated the evil demon and aided in the birh of the water spirit. The Prince is journeying back to the palace. The Holy Mage tells the Emperor he will have the order of silence lifted and have the court prepare for a ceremony. The Emperor orders the Holy Mage to let it be known throughout the land that Chagum is the reincarnation of the Holy Founding Father, Torgal. [ This is only an excerpt for the post! Go the the website for the full content + pictures + links. ]
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Final Impressions - Series Review For better or for worse Seirei no Moribito will probably go down as the best show you did not see in 2007, much like another show of last year, Simoun. The latter show is an entirely different topic all together, so let us shift our focus back to the show at [...]
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Thoughts: The ending almost had me in tears, although it wasn’t expected given how the story developed towards the end. Balsa is only a commoner and Chagum is still a prince, that is an unchangeable fact. I think this episode really tie things in qutie well, fair enough that there were a lack of action, [...]
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Seirei no Moribito is an extremely well crafted anime. Each episode boasts a finely crafted script, gorgeous background art, strong characters, beautiful music, and nuanced animation. Why is it that I still don’t think it’s a truly great show? Normally with anime you have to take the view that the journey is more important than the [...]
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Synopsis: Chagum heads to Sahnan, the Place of Celebration, but the La Lunga are also on their way. Chagum, led by the egg, hurries to Sahnan, the Place of Celebration. As he continues to walk, he sees fishes swimming in the air. He realizes that he is between Nayug and Sagu. Tanda tells Balsa that the sig salua flowers are their last hope in protecting Chagum. Mon asks Tanda if the flowers would work for them too. Tanda replies that it well. If he casts some spells on it, anyone who eats one should be able to see into Nayug. The warriors request for the flowers. Zen says that they will save Chagum even if it costs them their lives. Balsa picks a flower from Tanda's bag. The warriors do too. Tanda instructs them that all they need to do is to eat the flower. Balsa tells the warriors that they should get moving, to Nayug. They eat the blossoms. [ This is only an excerpt for the post! Go the the website for the full content + pictures + links. ]
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Synopsis: Balsa, Tanda and the warriors search for Chagum; the keeper Gakai sent arrives and tells Shuga they got the Place of Celebration wrong. Seirei no Moribito is already finished so I was thinking of blogging from the raws. Though I could understand the conversations a bit, I thought it wouldn't be too detailed compared to what I have done before so I decided to wait for the subs.
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Synopsis: Chagum travels to the Place of Celebration. The snow is starting to melt and Torogai is returning to the cave. She notices that there wasn't much snow that year. She realizes that the Nyunga Ro Im has passed away.
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Synopsis: Balsa continues to narrate Jiguro's story; Chagum asks Balsa to train him. When the remaining Spears found Jiguro and Balsa, Jiguro told them to sheathe their spears and return to Kanbal but they wouldn't listen. Jiguro had no choice but to fight and kill them. One by one the assassins fell but Jiguro was wounded by one of them. Balsa would have helped but she was told by Jiguro to stay back. Eventually, Jiguro killed all the Spears.
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Synopsis: Balsa, Chagum, Tanda and Torogai head for Hunter's Cave. Torogai speaks to Shuga and the warriors. She asks Shuga if he is a star diviner. Shuga says he is. He then tells Torogai that he would have liked for them to have met earlier. Torogai realizes that it was Shuga who asked the Second Empress to write a letter to her.
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Synopsis: Balsa narrates to Chagum how Jiguro saved her life. Kanbal is a small country that lies on the other side of the Aogiri. According to Balsa, even in such a place, people constantly want to create conflict. Unlike Yogo, Kanbal has no rice fields nor fertile farmlands. The land is extremely mountainous with rocky pastures [...]
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Synopsis: Balsa and the others think of a plan to save Chagum but the Prince wants to return to court. Chagum has now calmed down and falls asleep. Balsa leaves him to rest and wonders what to do next.
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Spring 2007 came with many excellent and unique series, and Seirei no Moribito is one of them. Produced by Production IG with extremely solid production-values, this series is a true gem for those, looking for substance. Let me first start with the following statement: Seirei no Moribito does not have an overall genre. While the first [...]
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In the middle of this season, I didn’t think that the current Spring Season of 2007 could live up to the awesomeness of the previous Spring Season of 2006, but now that nearly all of the major series have finished apart from Kaze no Shoujo Emily and Dennou Coil, my mind has changed. The major [...]
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Synopsis: Balsa, Chagum, Tanda and Torogai travel to Toumi Village as the warriors and Shuga pursue them. Balsa meets up with Tanda, Chagum and Torogai at a temple. Tanda says to Balsa that he is worried that she'd be captured by someone from court. Torogai tells Balsa that she heard about what happened. They have no choice but to go directly to Toumi Village. Chagum tells Balsa that he'd like to return to the court just once and find out more about his brother but Balsa tells him she can't let him go. She will explain later. Balsa says that shaking off their pursuers comes first.
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Synopsis: The warriors discover Balsa's hideout, Shuga finds Chagum by chance. Touya is unaware that he is being followed as he goes to Balsa's hideout. He finds out that no one's home. Zen and Yun, having found the hideout, explore the surrounding area to find out what the residents of the mill look like.
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Synopsis: Shuga reveals the truth he discovered regarding Chagum and the Official Founding History. The search for the Prince resumes. Shuga travels to the valley where Chagum supposedly died in order to check for Chagum's remains, if, indeed, he died. The place is usually veiled in poisonous mist but it was cleared by the previous day's downpour. However, the mist might return soon so Shuga must hurry.
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Synopsis: Shuga finds a clue about Chagum. Sagum has come of age and he receives a sword from the Emperor as he is now permitted to wear a sword in court. Sagum seems to have gotten thinner than before.
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Synopsis: Torogai narrates what happened in the Knot. Torogai meets with one of the water people. She learns that the Nyunga Ro Im is a spirit that expels clouds into both Nayug and Sagu and creates water. She finds out that the Yogo legend of the evil water fiend's defeat, or rather the entire Official Founding History is wrong. She asks the water people what will happen to the child who carries the egg. The water people tell her that the egg is harmless but the Nyunga Ro Chaga, the Guardian of the Sacred Spirit, must face a harsh fate, a certain death for there is the La Lunga or Egg-eater who will come to devour the egg. The water people then panic and start to leave but Torogai grabs the leg of one of them. Torogai is told that in an even day in springtime, the Nyunga Ro Chaga must go to the Place of Celebration. She asks for further details but the water being flees. A huge sunfish-shark-like creature appears. The water people seems to be afraid of it. They must be its prey.
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Synopsis: An old enemy discovers Balsa. A day after the festival, a man finds out that Balsa is still alive, perhaps after seeing her fight in the rucha match. He goes to the ring and from the footprints left, confirms that was indeed Balsa who fought the previous night.
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