2010-10-05, 08:54 | Link #102 |
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The comedy comes from the banter between the characters rather than from any physical actions. Yakumo has a biting wit that he doesn't hesitate to use against Haruka or the cop, Gotou. Haruka doesn't say too many of her cutting thoughts out loud. (She's too well-bred for that.) But her reaction thoughts to Yakumo can be quite sarcastic. Meanwhile, Yakumo and Gotou have a running battle of wits whenever they meet. The episode gave us some pieces of the comic interplay. Sarcastic references to Yakumo as a cat. Gotou's hints about Yakumo finally almost getting a girlfriend. But there's a lot more banter that accompanies this case that was dropped due to episode time limits. In the novel and the manga, the case is still treated seriously, but there's more down time between the incidents that allows for more comic banter.
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2010-10-05, 10:08 | Link #104 |
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Well, I'm fine with series without the comedy. Though when I mean bland i mean Yakumo being that dark, cool guy with a heart of gold, and that's it about his character. As for Haruka...well... she's just that uninteresting.
That's my honest opinion, of course I'm just gonna continue watching to see what happens, maybe so the characters will grow on me. Yeah but which part of the OP though, all of them Oh well nevermind.
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2010-10-05, 11:40 | Link #105 |
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Liking Haruka's manga form a lot more then her anime form but aside from that epi 1 was good. OnoD as Yakumo is pure win, why hello there Sebastian. Love Yakumo's little quirk
I forgot how much half the characters in this remind me of Ghost Hunt characters
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2010-10-05, 13:52 | Link #106 |
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Watched the first episode. "It's not too bad" is all the praise I can muster for this show as of episode 1. To be honest, I've yet to see a detective/mystery show I've liked where the word "Shinrei aka Psychic" is associated somewhere in the title. The different eye color to signify the main character's special traits adds to the dampener. The first ten minutes were still enjoyable. Unfortunately, the exposition of the mystery took a back seat to flesh out how awesome this dude with different eye color is. I feel we could have used a bit more concentration on the mystery itself so things like the motif behind why this guy was killing these girls could have come to picture.
I also think the fans of this show who are excited to see the anime adaptation lucked out when Bee Train became the Animation Production Company. They have couple of good series under their belt, but most of their productions ranges from average to below average in terms of their ability to bring a story in the animated format. Anyway, it is still too early to make a valid impression about this show, so I'll certainly watch a few more episodes.
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I keep expecting the scary, mysterious atmosphere from GH jumping out at me during the whole first episode of STY but that never came. I don't think this or any series to come will ever compare to GH's awesomeness but Yakumo eye-candy does make up for it. Anyway, I suppose it's too soon to judge...plus, with only 13 episodes, there isn't a whole lot of room for any serious plot development - which kind of sucks since this series has great potential to be a 26-episoder.
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2010-10-05, 20:07 | Link #108 |
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Watched this because a friend of mine brought up how I always whined about not having anymore Ghost Hunt and the manga's annual release schedule. He suggested checking out this title. My initial response was "lolbeetrain", but I thought I'd give it a go if it did anything to sate my hunger for some cool supernatural anime.
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I could go on about how it is or isn't like GH, but this series should be left to stand on its own. It's proven that it can have a mix of mystery, the supernatural, and overall presentation is eye-catching. I wish I could figure out this fixation on heterochromia. I was under the impression that it was in our nature to prefer symmetry. Well, there's David Bowie. Nobody needs to really explain him. Last edited by fict_ticious; 2010-10-05 at 20:29. |
2010-10-06, 08:11 | Link #112 |
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I remember Locked Room in the manga was one of the weaker stories mystery wise since it set more on introducing Haruka and Yakumo to each other. Hoping hoping now thats aside, the mystery will get better. Looking forward to what hasnt been covered yet too
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2010-10-06, 11:01 | Link #113 |
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I don't see how comedy would fit here... I actually would prefer series being more dark. The soundtracks were a bit too happy for me, especially at the start. Though liked the one when sisters finally met again.
OP reminded me a mix of Phantom and Death Note OP but with happier melody. But over all episode was fine, I'll stick with the series. P.S. When second guy with red eyes got introduced, Code Geass popped in my head.
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2010-10-06, 11:14 | Link #114 |
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Its hard to explain since the hurmor works well in the manga but oddly was pretty much kept out of epi 1. To use what a very easy example, the humor is mostly btwn Haruka and Yakumo and its basically how Naru and Mai react to eachother. Best way I can explain it.
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2010-10-06, 14:26 | Link #115 |
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Not a bad first episode, it actually concluded a little intro story of sorts, all the other shows this season just end in a "To be Continued.."
though, there is that one last scene with the guy with two red eyes. I'm curious how deep the super-natural aspects will go for this series.
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2010-10-06, 15:59 | Link #116 |
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I have to agree with others. I really wanted to like this, but "bland" was pretty much the only word i could think to describe this after watching the first episode.
Though perhaps it had something to do with watching Star Driver right before this...
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2010-10-07, 01:51 | Link #120 |
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This is a good show would have been better if there was more supernatural to it . Overall better than I expected but still there is quite some room for improvement . The teaser of the second episode looks promising hope more occult in it than detective work .
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