(L) Ōkami Kakushi (Ryukishi07 + Peach-Pit)

[Key Board]

the VN had 4 endings routes: IIRC, the anime went -> Isuzu -> Nemuru -> Kaori/Mana

the anime is a mish mash of several routes, which, as you guessed is not always the best thing to do when adapting a VN

overall it's not bad, but it ended with a lack luster

the middle parts were the best

[Wrath88]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Yeah it's been a good score, and decent music placement works. Though when it comes to the best thing about this series, Onii hands down.

Me three. And while its normally rare to find good OP/ED from these 1-season animes, but I really like the ED. OP probably needs some more listening before I like it.

[Archon_Wing]

Since we're done with this thing, why not have fun watching the very cool Music videos for the OP? It's more awesome than the show itself

Spoiler for OP Music Video:

[moichispa]

Yeah mixing all the routes is not a good idea and more in a 07 work.

Te ending became something to fast and confusing. the anime left some things without answers most of them about Kaori.

Thanks for the explanation

[OkamiNoKaze]

Yeah, episode 11 was ok, I didn't expect it to end this episode, I was expecting some last minute twist that would leave a cliff hanger for a real ending next episode, like in The Ring. But it does look like the next episode is mostly an Omake episode. If this show ever gets licenced in the US, maybe they could take the "Ghost Stories" approach. and make it a comedy. Turn it into Scary Movie: The Anime

[kvi]

I will admit, I was laughing pretty hard at the parts of that episode that were random and just plain bad.

[donoghu]

Personnaly, I think the episode 11 is a really bad choice in the story.

Not that I'm for the cliff hanger that comes from 95% of animes in the episode before the last, but more if we resume this :

- (Already been said) Gun seems to paralyse super-strong "god". (Except for running in front an putting the gun to their heart, it seems... ) With the fight again the knife, if show how good those really are, but a single gun can easily kill someone who was able to jump from a chair in a flash?

- That episode really end at a bit further than the half of it... leaving the other part for unanswered and unecessary questions, lot of unecessary part and a big of those part comes from the thing "Call her Nemuru"-thing. (I know it's a custome to not name people by their first name unless they really close to you, but after what they lived, I think it's stupid ot be hesitating for the boy character especially since he got the approval from Nemuru-chan)

- " With one more episode to a finished arc, I wonder what will happen? " is one of the worst thing to be made for a anime that involve such a serious background. At least, the unanswered questions part was still a conclusion (even as bad as it was.) But that last episode will simply be a end-breaker. This anime wasn't made to be principally a comedy... or they really missed what they aimed for. (like some have told, this "could" be taken as an horror, but I think it's more like a mystery mixed with some action on a dark background... so the worse kind of scenario for comedy.)

[orion]

Originally Posted by donoghu

- That episode really end at a bit further than the half of it... leaving the other part for unanswered and unecessary questions, lot of unecessary part and a big of those part comes from the thing "Call her Nemuru"-thing. (I know it's a custome to not name people by their first name unless they really close to you, but after what they lived, I think it's stupid ot be hesitating for the boy character especially since he got the approval from Nemuru-chan)

After what Nemeru almost did to him combined with his "hentai" dream of her, I can understand him hesitating a bit. He prob wants to sleep with the girl.

It's a typical "pre-dating" scenario you see in some anime titles imo.

[Triple_R]

My take on Okami Kakushi Episode 11, and some reflections on the anime as a whole:

Spoiler for Okami Kakushi episode 11:

As others have pointed out, the inability of several exceptionally strong and fast metahumans (Nemuru and her gang) to disarm one man with a gun was pretty bad.

The ending felt pretty anti-climatic in that Sakaki had no special tricks up his sleeve this time, and it became very clear that he only lasted as long as he did due to the protagonists acting like idiots, to be blunt.


This is certainly a very pretty anime visually, and the music for it is outstanding (I particularly like the song for the OP, and Sakaki's personal villain theme background music that would sometimes play when he was on-screen). Character designs are moe without being distractingly so.

The ending is mostly happy, and I'm glad about that, at least.


However, the plot kind of fell on its face in the end. It's a shame since I adored the ending to Higurashi Kai, but this ending wasn't anywhere near that good, I felt.


I found it funny that, after acting very recklessly, if not stupidly, for most of the anime, Hiroshi ends up with a cute little harem for his troubles.

Wow, Hiroshi's "Luck" value must be through the roof!

No wonder his dad was never all that worried about him.



Nemuru was definitely the star of this anime, when all was said and done, but even she wasn't spared from some breathtakingly bad decision-making in this episode 11 finale. Still, I came to like her character a lot, and I also tended to like Isuzu.


Overall, it was a nice ride, but it certainly didn't live up to what I had hoped for it. The first few episodes made me feel that this anime might have an awesome riveting plot. In the end, though, it was a plot made mostly of cheese.

Oh well, at least I can enjoy listening to this great OP every now and then.

[keikakudoori]

What a bad way OKK ended. Awful. I knew that OKK was not going to be great after the first eps but I was hoping for something great to happen and beat the odds. Sadly, it never did. Ep 11 made everything worse with so many ridiculous events happening after another to the point it wasn't funny. In the end, useless Hiroshi was saved and the 'bad' guys were defeated. Frankly, I don't feel that bad for Sakaki but he got screwed over badly in this show, not to mention he had an awful 'death'. Also, they never cared to explain a few things.

I liked Nemuru the most (Kaname being second) but I disliked how they turned both of them into some haremette in the end for Hiroshi, all of people. Too bad nothing happened to Isuzu either. God, was she annoying. I probably would've enjoyed the show more without her and her brother. Looking forward to next ep? Can't say that I do really. The TV version was plain bad imo. This is sad since most of us know what R07 is really capable of. OKK does not display his true abilities at all.

[Forsaken_Infinity]

This show was a downhill ride throughout and it ended in a vertical plunge, literally. That's all I have to say. And yeah, rofl.

Here's to hoping for a VN translation...

[OkamiNoKaze]

Maybe they just weren't watching it, but I'm glad the game players kept quiet, unlike with the Higurashi Threads, and Fate/Stay Night, for example. Made it much more enjoyable to watch and discuss.

[matteas]

At least I've enjoyed it more than Umineko anime adaptation. The ending was quite stereotypical with a lot of stale cliches, but I can't say it wasn't enjoyable.

It would have been better with more deaths among main characters. Particularly, the ever so annoying Isuzu should never have made it through alive. She was a very sharp thorn in the beginning of this anime.

[momobunny]

Originally Posted by OkamiNoKaze

Maybe they just weren't watching it, but I'm glad the game players kept quiet, unlike with the Higurashi Threads, and Fate/Stay Night, for example. Made it much more enjoyable to watch and discuss.

Ehh, I doubt that it was as much "keeping quiet" as much as it was probably "nobody really read this because it wasn't translated and the few who did would have nobody to discuss it with if they brought the topic up in the anime thread and the other few who did are probably busy translating Umineko EP6 and dealing with their day to day lives to worry too much about how this anime is too different from the VN".

... but in the end I guess "kept quiet" makes sense and would be a lot easier to say. >w>;

I personally like reading about the differences from the original medium though. It gives me more insight to the characters' personalities, dynamics, and the elements of the story that the anime didn't explore.

[Malkuth]

Another FAIL this season, quite a recurring theme; anyway, I hope the last episode is as lame as ep.11 ... at least I hope the staff realized that their show is more of a comedy than horror/thriller/mystery or whatever they thought during early production

[Dralha]

Ep 11 felt too rushed. It could've been spread out over 2 ep's, tossing in a few tension pauses here and there.

The overall conclusion was satisfying, though.

Spoiler:

Hiro's harem is now complete.

[Zwei]

I congratulate this episode for showing me that something more horrible can exist whenever you think you just watched the most horrible thing in your life. This episode now stands as the worst episode I've ever seen since my anime days.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for last episode and final thoughts:

Well... That was a really entertaining episode.
Very... chaotic and amazing.
It was fun, really.

What happened to Nemuru.........



Overall... 8.5/10!
To be honest, the only thing keeping my opinions of this show so high is... yes, Onii... The show was pretty boring until he came along. The show's climax was the episodes focusing on him, with things slowing down to a stop after Isuzu's disappearance.
Anyways, the show suddenly became so much better after Onii appeared.
Just gotta love that guy.

The last episode (story-focused) was rather disappointing though.
Can't help it though. You surely can't expect Sakaki to be as amazing as Onii after all.

The main protagonist is pretty... wimpy. He practically does nothing useful in the entire series, it feels. The entire series was practically about protecting his chastity, really.
In a way, it was interesting like that though.

[Arashi500]

Heres hoping a Lovecraftian anime adaption is made to it's full, or nearly full, potential. Until then no horror anime will frighten me in the least I am sure. This felt more like a dark comedy to start out, and looked like something that got rejected from an adult swim show (which has to be pretty bad) towards the end.

[Daisu]

I really like the last episode, like it more then the rest of series The different outlooks about the castle was awesome lol