D.Gray Man‘s pilot episode was so-so, I’m not too impressed by the drawing style. For now I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt and continue for a few more episodes and see if it improves. The first 3 episodes felt like they’re completely unrelated to each other, and there’s no explanation of how they got their powers, nor what their power really is. I like the drawing style of Tokyo Majin, but boy it was the most confusing thing I’ve ever seen. I also saw an episode of D.Gray Man (what’s up with the name?) and Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō Tō (what a mouthful!), both also about teenagers and demons. But don’t get me wrong, it’s a really good story and the drawing is beautiful, I just didn’t like the ending. I’m quite disappointed by how the anime ended, so I’m going to check out the manga, which is more highly reviewed. I guess that’s what Japanese kids want to be? The anime is very short with only 25 episodes, and oddly does not follow the storyline of the manga, which is still ongoing apparently. I found the protagonist (Okumura Rin) to share the same traits as Ichigo–disdain for rules, hot-headedness, and strong desire to protect friends. Interesting premise…it’s about a 15-year old boy (what did I tell you?) who discovered that he’s the son of Satan, and how he fought against his heritage and became an exorcist instead. Granted, I’m biased towards Kubo Tite’s style, but I didn’t expect it to be so hard to find one that’s similar.Īfter much searching, I picked Ao no Exorcist a.k.a Blue Exorcist. Some have interesting storyline, but the drawing styles were just way too cute. Much to my amusement a lot of them share a common theme–supernatural powers, 15-year old teenagers, and demons. Given my priorities when it comes to anime/manga–the drawing style–it was really difficult to find one that fits. Ever since I learned that Bleach was going into its last arc ( sob!) I started searching for a new anime to follow. For 3+ days I did nothing but sleep and watch anime. Thanks to the combo of muscle ache and the usual symptoms of a cold, I was pretty much KO’ed till yesterday.
After attending my personal training session on Saturday, it quickly went from slight fatigue to sore throat, then it’s all downhill from there. Last week both Beng and my brother caught a cold, and despite my valiant effort at staying healthy by downing 1000mg of Vitamin C every day, I caught the bug from them.