X and Hikaru no Go
May. 28th, 2002 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osarabaI had a long post, but just as I finished it, my browser closed and I lost all of it. Grrrrr! So this is as best a recreation I could come up with. ::sigh::
Beware of (small) SPOILERS!
I spent all of Monday watching the rest of X TV. From episode 16 through the end (episode 24). Boy, it was good. I was pleased with how long Sorata and Arashi lasted (in comparison with the movie, anyway). But then again, that's relative 'cause the movie was complete within 45 minutes. o.O* I was a little disappointed with the lack of interaction between Fuuma and Kamui, but overall it was done really well for a 24-episode anime.
I knew what the end would be before it came, though I haven't read the manga so I don't know if it stuck to the story or not. But any big reader of fantasy could have predicted the end. It was so kirei of Kamui to care enough for Fuuma, for Kotori, and for the Ten no Ryu, to give up his life in order to save them all. It's so unselfish and giving. I'm too much of a cynic to admire it in real life (not to mention, it's so completely opposite from me), but… in stories, it really is a tear-jerker.
I spent most of Sunday watching 18 episodes of Hikaru no Go. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did! Sai - for some reason - really reminds me of Count D. He's not as elegant or reserved as Count D, but I suppose, if you could imagine a really genki Count D, that would be Sai… although he does have his moments of profundity, and you can't help but love him. Hikaru is, on the other hand, a typical kid - sometimes baka, sometimes sweet.
It's on the nice side of shounen. ^
Beware of (small) SPOILERS!
I spent all of Monday watching the rest of X TV. From episode 16 through the end (episode 24). Boy, it was good. I was pleased with how long Sorata and Arashi lasted (in comparison with the movie, anyway). But then again, that's relative 'cause the movie was complete within 45 minutes. o.O* I was a little disappointed with the lack of interaction between Fuuma and Kamui, but overall it was done really well for a 24-episode anime.
I knew what the end would be before it came, though I haven't read the manga so I don't know if it stuck to the story or not. But any big reader of fantasy could have predicted the end. It was so kirei of Kamui to care enough for Fuuma, for Kotori, and for the Ten no Ryu, to give up his life in order to save them all. It's so unselfish and giving. I'm too much of a cynic to admire it in real life (not to mention, it's so completely opposite from me), but… in stories, it really is a tear-jerker.
I spent most of Sunday watching 18 episodes of Hikaru no Go. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did! Sai - for some reason - really reminds me of Count D. He's not as elegant or reserved as Count D, but I suppose, if you could imagine a really genki Count D, that would be Sai… although he does have his moments of profundity, and you can't help but love him. Hikaru is, on the other hand, a typical kid - sometimes baka, sometimes sweet.
It's on the nice side of shounen. ^
