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Originally Posted by Sol Falling
Good shit. The action part was a bit just action for action's sake.... Most importantly, the visual style and cadence of this series is sheer luxury. This is what I follow SHAFT for, man. An eyegasm...
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Quoted for truth. I only wish there was more emotional depth in the characters. Perhaps that will come...or I will realize it was there all the time. And maybe I will start to appreciate the humour, as others apparently do.
Meanwhile, I will enjoy this for images like Sasami's face surrounded by an incredibly fluffy duvet, with subtle coloring and shading, and her eyes suddenly tracking right to left.
I liked their surname being Tsukuyomi, not just for the mythic resonances, but also for the reference to Shinbou's
Tsukuyomi Moonphase, which was on TV in my early days on this board, in late 2004. It starred....Saitou Chiwa.