(L) Kaze no Stigma

[iwubanime]

I personally loved the first episode, I don't know what everyone's gripe is about.

The guy seems pretty cool and he seems to be fairly sarcastic too. The girl has a really red hot temper but she still remains fairly cute.

The action was enough so that it wasn't overbearing but enough to get me through the dialogue.

The plot was a little mysterious. Overall my kind of episode

[ZODDGUTS]

I'm liking Kazuma but Ayano on the other hand is not likeable at all. I'm just not liking her attitude. Also thought the music used during the episode sucked big time. Overall the first episode was semi-good. More of Kazuma and less of Ayano please!

[Susanou]

Downloading the sub as we speak, can't wait to see it

As far as I know, Kazuma gets used by the wind spirit(s) to cause a war with the fire spirit(s).

Spoiler:

Remember the description at RandomC which says "...becomes suspect of murder"? Well, that was when he killed those 5 people in that episode. But I think that wasn't Kazuma but the wind spirit who took control over his body the first time (hence the not-shown face and the dark aura around Kazuma's attack) and the fact that claw caused the collapse of the structure which killed the other 2 grunts and Kazuma saying that was breaking their contract.

Guess we'll have to wait some more to see what episode 2 will bring us..

[Saber Cherry]

Anyone else think Ren is a reverse trap? Until I heard 'him' called 'my son', I was still unsure... but hey, with a father so intent on gaining clan power, dressing up a daughter as a son is not unthinkable.

I found ep1 to be quite good, and I'll definitely be watching this series. The voice acting and casting of the 3 main characters was very good, as well. I guess it's personal preference, but I like Kazuma's voice.

A big thanks to T2! Though hopefully, slightly better raws will find their way to the net...

[NeoSam]

Ok, I just found out the title of the Kaze no Stigma manga thats based on the light novel:

風の聖痕 -紅炎の御子-
Kaze no Stigma -Kouen no Miko-



Original Work: YAMATO Takahiro (山門敬弘)
Character Original Concept: NANTO Hanamaru (納都花丸)
Drawing: Neko Miyakai (猫都夏椅)

Serialized in the shounen magazine Dragon Age.

[Jaden]

People with magic blowing up stuff, yay! I'm going to follow this for now.

[myopius]

Awesome. From the promo image I saw, and the art I've seen, I wanted it, but didn't think it'd be present. Yet, it is: fast-paced precise elemental magical combat. Slicing through the air with flames and wind is a really cool style that totally beats the way they usually choreographed "elemental" fights (wind magic is usually: oh noes! surrounded by whirlwind! i will struggle forward difficulty!).

Spoiler for Episode 1, details:

Obviously Ayano's character has room for plenty of growth. Her personality really seems to fit 16, in fact. She's so insensitive to Ren... Doesn't really have a clue. I assume she'll come to sympathize with Kazuma's difficult life, and realize one day that they'd kick her out if she suddenly lost her power, and will reject the whole power emphasis.

And I really like Kazuma's character, not caught up in vengeance as I feared, very skilled, plays it cool even when he knows someone is trying to manipulate him. He's definitely someone whose present somber, considerate character was influenced for the better by his experience being betrayed by his family.

I'm glad they're not doing something like where it's all from Ayano's POV and we don't know what Kazuma's past is about or whether he did it or not, lol.

Edit: I figured out what I didn't like about the episode... the raw the sub came from had low-quality audio. It affected the episode for me.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by ZODDGUTS

I'm liking Kazuma but Ayano on the other hand is not likeable at all. I'm just not liking her attitude. Also thought the music used during the episode sucked big time. Overall the first episode was semi-good. More of Kazuma and less of Ayano please!

She has a right to be. Her tribe seems to value honor and prestige and she beat him up as a little girl when he was a full grown man. He has to earn her respect back. Though I'm sure will find that she's overplaying her role as required and deep down feels sorry for him.

[Archmagination2002]

I loved this first episode.. only thing I am wishing for is that I wish that the files wouldn't be in the MKV format.. I HATE THAT FORMAT!! It totally sucks and I will never understand the reason why it is used.

Anyway the Fire Clan/family doesn't come off to well in this episode. If you are not powerful in Fire magic than you are worthless.. all other types of magic are trash to them.. especially wind. Also the reaction to the murder of their family members is interesting, it implies that they died because they were weak and since they were weak they deserved what they got. I like that.

The elemental combat seems interesting so far.. especially Kazuma's. For once we actually don't have stupid, hyperactive power user(ie: Naruto, etc) for a main character. Instead we actually have a sarcastic, intelligent and skillful Wind user that actually seems to also have power to spare.

Kaze no Stigma(Stigma of the Wind) is very interesting so far. Its up there with Heroic Age as something well worth watching.

[Srin Tuar]

Originally Posted by Archmagination2002

I loved this first episode.. only thing I am wishing for is that I wish that the files wouldn't be in the MKV format.. I HATE THAT FORMAT!! It totally sucks and I will never understand the reason why it is used.

Just to even things out a bit, I wish everything was in MKV, it totally rocks, and other formats should be outlawed.

[lsjulee]

I thought I saw Naru (from GhostHunt) when Kazuma

Spoiler:

was summoning his kaze (wind) power - the sparkling dusts around him, when he was about to slay the purple monster or ghost.

Aaaaahhh yes I still hadn't get over GhostHunt and tyring to find Naru in other anime.....

I find Daisuke Ono has such deep and matured voice. If talking about of incompatibility, I would say the voice was too matured for Koizumi in Haru Suzumiya. But for Kazuma here.... still acceptable.

[justinstrife]

Originally Posted by ZODDGUTS

I'm liking Kazuma but Ayano on the other hand is not likeable at all. I'm just not liking her attitude. Also thought the music used during the episode sucked big time. Overall the first episode was semi-good. More of Kazuma and less of Ayano please!

I'm with you on this. Kazuma is bad-ass, and I wish more male leads were like him. I'm so tired of the wimpy guys in anime. Makes me sick really. I can't relate to them at all.

And yes, Ayano is very annoying. I'd be perfectly content with her just taking a backseat to the story, and him finding someone with some actual class. She's annoying, stuck up, and how should I say, soooo not deserving of a kick-ass guy like Kazuma.

He needs an Arcueid.

[evil|plushie]

Just watched episode 1. and yeah, Ayano's pretty annoying since she seems to have an idiot that appears naive AND proud. -_- Not a good combination.

[iwubanime]

Well, can you blame her? She thinks she's hot, powerful, and everyone in the clan pretty much follows her (except for maybe her dad)

In other words, Kazuma needs to bring her back to earth and show her what's what...

[ccardoso]

But is Wind > Fire?

[Shiroth]

Just from the first episode alone you can see that this show has a lot of potential to be something very epic --- i hope it doesn't stop going on that certain path. Anyway, Kazuma is one hell of a character. Not only is he voiced by my fav' VA, he has that proud kick-arse style that i just love --- helps that he has his hands in his pockets. <3

Ayano is a nice character, but at the moment she is completely in Kazuma's shadow.

[LCeh]

Speaking about Kazuma's VA, it's interesting. Initially, I thought his voice really didn't fit his look, cause he sounded way too mature. But then as more is shown about his character, he is not the type to have an immature voice. So yes, initially I was very surprised by his voice, but then I think I got used to it.

As for the story itself, I don't think we can make any accurate calls yet just from one episode, but I like the character designs. They are simple, but they know how to make them look good. Think I will be following this one as well.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by ccardoso

But is Wind > Fire?

You be the judge

God I love this game. Still my all time favourite. Too this date I don't think any game has attempted to be this epic in plot and scope (I loves me ma War Epics Uhum), except perhaps for Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, which almost catches this games glory.

[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin_Sama

You be the judge

There's that too. But generally, it all depends on the level of power applied.

[myopius]

SquirrelLuvsPnuts: You're going to find it difficult to get a DDL site for this on AnimeSuki--I know a couple but only 1 of them doesn't also have licensed subs, but that one happens to have links to low-quality raws as a side feature, so I guess no linkage... x.x

I had a question I hope someone can field. I just noticed that, in addition to T2's subs, SHS and Mendoi just put out their own individual subs as well. For those of you who've watched T2's subs as well as either of those--is the audio better?

To the people who are hung up on Ayano's character... well, IMO it's obvious she's meant to be portrayed as immature. And it's clear that someone in her position, with her personality could easily fall into the trap of that kind of immaturity. iwubanime is right on with his assessment that Kazuma will be bringing her back down to earth, and so her character will develop. Yeah, the Ayano who reaches out her hand in the ED is an Ayano who's a bit more mature, IMO....