(L) Tokyo Ravens

[kagato3]

Haveing read the first 3 light novels I would say that most of the stuff that was cut were things that over all weren't important to the plot but clearefied character motivation and explained the world a bit more in depth along with a bit more of subtle foreshadowing, but in loseing it the stroy is still understandable and complete.

[Iron Maw]

Actually the problem starts more from the later novels (vol 6 onward) rather than the earlier ones, but otherwise I agree with your assessment in general.

[MK-95-]

Originally Posted by Iron Maw

Just as I said before, the anime was a decent adaptation in my book. To 8bit's credit it seems a lot of anime only viewers enjoyed TR immensely despite some of the missing and altered content which is testament how good a job they did. I just would like the show to have been longer so that the small gaps that appeared in the plot which led to some confusion (among other stuff) as result of the compression wouldn't have happened. Still easily one of my top shows these past 2 seasons.

Agreed. I enjoyed it. It is a decent adaptation, I won't take away from that. Despite working under time constraints, the anime did a pretty amazing job & the confusions created due to cut material are nothing major. You just need to pay closer attention to the episodes & you're more or less filled in or can put two & two together without needing to reference the source.

This is really one of the better anime between last year & now, that much is certain.

[Gundamx]

Originally Posted by kagato3

Haveing read the first 3 light novels I would say that most of the stuff that was cut were things that over all weren't important to the plot but clearefied character motivation and explained the world a bit more in depth along with a bit more of subtle foreshadowing, but in loseing it the stroy is still understandable and complete.

for example kagami fight when his sword turn rampage been cut

[Iron Maw]

Well that aside, time for a little fanart dump.

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Natsume

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Kon/Hishamaru

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Warning kinda of big.

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[HayashiTakara]

I'm going to miss Kon, she's the best character in the series... I doubt Hishamaru is going to be as entertaining

[Iron Maw]

If you are talking about her personality, relax that hasn't changed too much. There is just much more to her now than just being kind of a mascot, which the anime played up a tad too much until the last arc anyway.

[fullrefund]

I was wondering about something. In World War II japan decided to simplify their magic system to fight the allies(i presume at least) but how were their enemies fighting? Did the west had their own magic users? That would seem quite possible and logical to me.

[ginger02]

I'm so sad. I came home today and realized that there wasn't a new episode to watch .__.

[magnuskn]

This is definitely one of the best animes I've watched in the last years (since Macross Frontier). I can only hope that we get a second season a few years down the line.

[Iron Maw]

Originally Posted by fullrefund

I was wondering about something. In World War II japan decided to simplify their magic system to fight the allies(i presume at least) but how were their enemies fighting? Did the west had their own magic users? That would seem quite possible and logical to me.

No reason to think they didn't.

However it's noted in the novel that Japan is only nation so far publicize and directly integrate magic into their culture. This is because of the catastrophe Yakou caused at end of the war that destabilized spirit flow/aura (the term for Leylines here) throughout Tokyo's region. The result of this is frequent occurrences of spiritual disasters (which are like natural disasters only, paranormal), thus it became necessary to increase to amount Onmyouji to deal with it. The military had then distanced itself from magic and left the mess to the Onmyo Beyau who shifted focus from it's original goals of creating Shamans for war and changed it's name to Onmyo Agency to reflect it's new responsibilites. The Agency was given the task of making countermeasures for spiritual disasters and regulating the now widely spread use of modern Onmyoudo. Several changes such development of institutions like the Onmyo Academy and simplification of Yakou's Onmyoudo were made to facilitate and support this new industry.

[Zilch_Saber]

Originally Posted by ginger02

I'm so sad. I came home today and realized that there wasn't a new episode to watch .__.

Well, you are not the only one who is suffering from that. But, let's just see and wait for the outcome. Everything is possible. You might didn't notice that a year has pass and they tried to announce a new season ^_^

[noctis_lucis]

Yes, I feel the same but when I read a little ago that they'll adapt one of my favorites LN (Durarara) after 4 years of the first season it gives hope to me to see a second season of TR in a few years

[kenshinstyle]

Is Ohtomo the reincarnation of Abe no Seimei himself? How come he is so badass? He even managed to get Doman, who is considered the rival of Abe no Seimei, to be his familiar.

Yakotora got lots of catching up to his sensei.

[Ickarium]

Of course he does - the point is the series handles adults very well in that the kids don't as a rule surpass them right away. Jin, even Kagami are more powerful than any of the kids. I'm pretty sure some of them like Natsume and Kyouko might do so in a few years to a decade or more, in Kagami's case. Jin, it depends on how sneaky they get.

Now that Harutora has Yakou's memories, probably not so much him though, as Yakou had literally decades of experience as well as great potential and strength.

Note that Jin won versus Doman not in raw power but because he /prepared/ lots of backup. Which is in and of itself badass, yes, but he doesn't have the raw power of others. In a straight fight, Doman'd win. Luckily for Jin, he never lets himself get into a straight fight. (Last time he did, he lost a leg. :P)

[kenshinstyle]

Yes, I know Jin is no match for Doman in a pure contest of power. However, a win is a win. What I like about Jin is that he is not just strong in raw power, but he got the strategic skills to plan and bluff like Kagami said.

Rather than someone like Miyachi who is very strong in raw power, I much prefer someone like Jin. I guess I'm the same as Doman.

[Ickarium]

Oh, I do too, I'm just a pedant. Comes from being an RPG geek. Plus it helps me think on details. I'm working on a set of RPG rules for Tokyo Ravens in one or two systems, so.

[kenshinstyle]

I just noticed something, does wearing the traditional clothes boost your powers or something? When Jin fought Doman, he changed for the first time into the onmyouji clothes and Miyachi did the same (though his is more like monk clothes?) when he fought Doman. Funny that both of them changed just to fight Doman. Genji wore it all the goddamn time though. Wonder if he also sleep in it.

[Ickarium]

Well, at least thematically with the mythology, if the clothes are consecrated and purified, they might do something, yeah.

[Iron Maw]

Originally Posted by kenshinstyle

Is Ohtomo the reincarnation of Abe no Seimei himself? How come he is so badass? He even managed to get Doman, who is considered the rival of Abe no Seimei, to be his familiar.

Yakotora got lots of catching up to his sensei.

Hey we are talking about a guy who fought in one of the most chaotic wars in history, recreated a magic system that is far superior to current one in use (and in a short amount of time too), is capable of not only forcing his own reincarnation, but making reviving the dead almost practical. Ohtomo while certainly strong isn't even the best of the Divine Generals. The two are totally incomparable especially comes to experience. At this point onwards it would Yakoutora teaching him.

However one thing that gives Ohtomo the edge here is him having D as a familiar which puts him top tier among Divine Generals. Who of course better than either Hishamaru or Kakugyouki.