(L) Ga-rei -Zero-

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Hmm, i don't know about this. Knowing what's going to happen, but having to experience how it happened was much more emotional then a simple surprise.

I don't know. Its a tough choice now that I think about it more. I think you get a different sense of sadness depending on whether you knew or not. But since I knew what was going to happen I was able to prepare for it. There was more of a buffer. I feel that if there wasn't that buffer, it would have hit me harder.

I think they could have made it a little more emotional towards the end too. A little glad they didn't, lol.

Spoiler for Final Few Episodes:

Yumi's pain wasn't as apparent as I thought it was going to be. I would have expected her, while under the influence of the stone, to direct her hatred to Kagura more and blame her. What she did to Nori was good though. He was a real pansy, you knew she was going to kill him anyway. That was tough too since their engagement being broken was big blow to Yomi.

I don't know...I think this is all me and I'm looking too much into, expecting and looking for something that isn't there.

Also, the impending doom feeling that you had in the first couple of episodes kind of disappeared at the end though, that was a little weird. But I guess once the death stone was gone, the dark ki didn't gather like it did before.

Gotta hand it to that white haired little bastard. He planned it all out quite well. And no one knowing about him just added to the tragedy too.

Originally Posted by straferd

You didnt find the amv really sad? asking since you just finished the series.

I'm a little afraid to watch it in all honesty. I might a little later, I'll see.

[straferd]

It is probably now or never, the longer you wait the lesser effect it will have.
crying can be good for the soul as well

well i saw it 4 times in a row and cried every time. But I know what you mean, I am affraid of watching it now.

[Ansalem]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

Going back to the anime here, I am still a little awe struck. They should have done it chronologically, started with episode 3 and placing 1 and 2 towards the end. It would have definitely been more emotional.

I completely disagree. One of the reasons this show was good was because of this method of out-of-order storytelling.

If nothing else, the pacing would have been horrible. In its current form, it begins with two episodes of action, then drops incredibly slow to character drama, slowly building the pace back up for the ending. In chronological order, it would have been too slow at the beginning.

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by straferd

It is probably now or never, the longer you wait the lesser effect it will have.
crying can be good for the soul as well

well i saw it 4 times in a row and cried every time. But I know what you mean, I am affraid of watching it now.

I'll watch it when I get home tonight. I'm at work now and the last thing I need is to get all sad and cry a little.

Originally Posted by Ansalem

I completely disagree. One of the reasons this show was good was because of this method of out-of-order storytelling.

If nothing else, the pacing would have been horrible. In its current form, it begins with two episodes of action, then drops incredibly slow to character drama, slowly building the pace back up for the ending. In chronological order, it would have been too slow at the beginning.

I don't mind a slow pace. But things definitely started with a bang.

But I'm probably just looking for a way to make it better for no good reason, so I'll withdraw what I said. Besides, it was very enjoyable, I liked it a lot, and that's what's most important.


Okay. The AMV made me tear up a little.

[straferd]

Personally I got sadder for each time I saw it..

[Knightrunner]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

I think it worked good here, but it would have been more emotional if we didn't know what was going to happen. But then again, it also gave you a unique point of view since you knew something was going to go wrong, a similar view you get when you watch a series a 2nd time.

I've been saying this a lot but I would have cried if I didn't know. I almost did when I watched it.

YUMI!!

The out of order sequene worked really well for this show because I think more people got attracted to what happened to yomi. It is a transition from a great hero turning to a great villian.

[Knightrunner]

Originally Posted by straferd

Personally I got sadder for each time I saw it..

Actually I kind of got use to it but its still sad to watch.

[straferd]

The hospital scene is so touching, isn't it?

Spoiler for Episode 9, hospital scene:

When Kagura is crying and Yomi tries to comfort her. And then when Kagura runs out and Yomi tries to scream after her, but can't :'(

[Knightrunner]

Originally Posted by straferd

The hospital scene is so touching, isn't it?

Spoiler for Episode 9, hospital scene:

When Kagura is crying and Yomi tries to comfort her. And then when Kagura runs out and Yomi tries to scream after her, but can't :'(

wow you have good taste in scenes. that was one of the best scenes i saw.

Spoiler for another touching scene:

How about the one where yomi stab the phone and it turned out to be her picture she was stabing.

[Knightrunner]

Another touching scene was

Spoiler for another touching scene:

When kagura stabbed yomi and yomi said she was sorry and was proud to be her sister

[straferd]

both scenes are in the amv. specially the "phone stabbing" brought additional tears to my eyes.

[DragoZERO]

I somehow blasted through 20 chapters of the manga today. I suggest you guys read it, its pretty good. But once you do you'll know why they chose to do a prequel story for the anime and be more glad they did.

Originally Posted by straferd

The hospital scene is so touching, isn't it?

Spoiler for Episode 9, hospital scene:

When Kagura is crying and Yomi tries to comfort her. And then when Kagura runs out and Yomi tries to scream after her, but can't :'(

I didn't get that exactly. I know why she ran out, but not sure why she did, if that makes sense. I guess she doubted her, but it didn't really show in her reaction when she was in the room. I thought it was a little weird.

Originally Posted by Knightrunner

wow you have good taste in scenes. that was one of the best scenes i saw.

Spoiler for another touching scene:

How about the one where yomi stab the phone and it turned out to be her picture she was stabing.

That one got me good. With the music and her voice too.

Originally Posted by Knightrunner

Another touching scene was

Spoiler for another touching scene:

When kagura stabbed yomi and yomi said she was sorry and was proud to be her sister

That scene I knew was coming from what happened with Mei. So it didn't hit me as hard as the rest.

I thought the scene when Nori's father visited Yomi in the hospital was very heart wrenching. It was one of the last straws too.


And Nori sure did disappoint me. And I think I would have cried if the characters did more on screen. That seems to be when I cry most of the time. Monkey see, monkey do?

[brocko]

Just recently finished the series via marathon. Saw the amv and it really got me choked up

Damn was this show so heart-wrenching. They build everything up so much and so well only to just cruelly take it all away in the end. The worse part of it all is that you know it's coming and there's nothing much you can do about it

I kept hoping all throughout that there'd be at least some sort of saviour for Yomi, but I'm glad there wasn't, it would've been too much of a cop out if there had been. This is probably just me in denial, but for me I really do want to think that the real Yomi died when she had gotten impaled right after the fight with Mei

BTW for those who've read the manga, does the butterfly boy still play a part in the manga? I'd be inclined to think so since they left him relatively unscathed in the anime unless they plan on saving him for a Ga Rei 0.5 set during the two years between zero and manga Ga Rei. If they were going to do another anime of Ga Rei i know I'd probably prefer one based on the two year gap or on the massacred section 4 as opposed to a straight manga to anime adaption.

[Nosauz]

Originally Posted by brocko

Just recently finished the series via marathon. Saw the amv and it really got me choked up

Damn was this show so heart-wrenching. They build everything up so much and so well only to just cruelly take it all away in the end. The worse part of it all is that you know it's coming and there's nothing much you can do about it

I kept hoping all throughout that there'd be at least some sort of saviour for Yomi, but I'm glad there wasn't, it would've been too much of a cop out if there had been. This is probably just me in denial, but for me I really do want to think that the real Yomi died when she had gotten impaled right after the fight with Mei

BTW for those who've read the manga, does the butterfly boy still play a part in the manga? I'd be inclined to think so since they left him relatively unscathed in the anime unless they plan on saving him for a Ga Rei 0.5 set during the two years between zero and manga Ga Rei. If they were going to do another anime of Ga Rei i know I'd probably prefer one based on the two year gap or on the massacred section 4 as opposed to a straight manga to anime adaption.

I really think that the direction was decent, but the melodrama is not as good because I had read the manga, but if you view it as a stand alone, it actually is decent, although it could have left out the cg.

[straferd]

This is one of those anime that I really would love to see a second season of, specially considering that

Spoiler for manga, yomi:

Yomi comes back in the manga

[brocko]

Originally Posted by straferd

This is one of those anime that I really would love to see a second season of, specially considering that

Spoiler for manga, yomi:

Yomi comes back in the manga

Just a small question.

Spoiler:

Do you mean normal Yomi or evil Yomi? Despite being so crucial to why i liked Ga Rei Zero so much i kinda disliked it when Yomi turned evil... =/
If she came back and was on good terms with Kagura then I probably would call for a manga to anime adaption as well

Originally Posted by Nosauz

I really think that the direction was decent, but the melodrama is not as good because I had read the manga, but if you view it as a stand alone, it actually is decent, although it could have left out the cg.

I'll agree on the CG part, it stood out like a sore thumb, but it's a relatively minor thing imo as they only used it for that fire dinosaur demon and you don't even noticed it after awhile.

[straferd]

Spoiler for manga:

She first shows up as evil Yomi. I didn't follow the story entirely since I skipped to the Yomi parts Evil Yomi gets killed (again ) and later is resurrected as good Yomi. However the organisation is after her, but she gets saved by Kagura and they run away together (YAY Yomi x Kagura ftw <3) to be continued. I hope it wasn't to much spoilers tho

[Full Metal Coast]

im looking to start Watching Ga-Rei and was just wondering how it would be rated to the awesomeness scale of 1 to 10?

[brocko]

^ It would rank pretty high up on that scale imo. As for exactly where that would probably depend as your mileage may vary.
It's well worth a watch that much is for sure

Originally Posted by straferd

Spoiler for manga:

She first shows up as evil Yomi. I didn't follow the story entirely since I skipped to the Yomi parts Evil Yomi gets killed (again ) and later is resurrected as good Yomi. However the organisation is after her, but she gets saved by Kagura and they run away together (YAY Yomi x Kagura ftw <3) to be continued. I hope it wasn't to much spoilers tho

Spoiler:

The spoilers were fine for me since i wasn't planning on reading the manga anytime soon and i wanted to know anyway. Dunno if the mods will agree or not though. Hm... maybe i should've sent a PM instead =/
If you happen to get infracted then dump it onto me instead. Let me take it lol.

[straferd]

nah, it is Spoiler wrapped, shouldn't be a problem.

@ Full Metal Coast : I gave it a 9/10. It is a 8 or a 9, but the AMV reminded me how beautiful story it actually is.