Past Animes Review: Kuroshitsuji / 黒執事

I am bored here… (No PUN intended)

As you have noticed (or will notice) I am the type of person who hates to watch ongoing animes (So I will leave it to DarrenW and MedusaS)… It pisses me off when I have to wait for the next episode. I will feel like strangling someone especially if the anime or manga stops at a cliffhanger. Then I get bored (hence my name) and I will do random stuff or sleep. Zzz. I love to watch short animes. It gives me a sense of pride that I can finish one anime in 6 hours :D (My record)

Anyways…  Let’s start with: “Kuroshitsuji” AKA “Black Butler” 黒執事 !

This did not come out as early as Ouran. The first episode was released in October 2008 and there are 24 episodes in total. WARNING! This anime is quite gory and bloody, full of fighting scenes. If this is not your cup of tea, please refrain from watching it…

The story is set in the Victorian era London (with mansions, horse carriages and everything…) Protagonist #1 is Sebastian Michaelis, a butler who serves Protagonist #2 Lord Earl Ciel Phantomhive. Ciel is a 12 year old orphan whose parents are murdered in a fire on his 10^th birthday. He is the head of the Phantomhive family and owns a candy and toy manufacturing company, Funtom Company. He also serves the Queen as her “Guard Dog”. Sebastian is a demon who is bounded by a contract with Ciel. Ciel, in order to avenge his parents’ death, exchanged his soul for the service of Sebastian.

The sign for their bond is a star polygon which is on Sebastian’s hand and in Ciel’s eye. SPOILER: It is mentioned in episode 4 that the closer the mark is to the eye, the stronger the bond will be. However, this also makes the demon easier to track down the human to get his soul. (Actually, IDK if this is considered a spoiler. HAHAHA)

CHARACTERS (the interesting ones, since there is wayyyyy too many)

<-- Ciel. KAWAII!!! XD







--> Sebastian

 <-- Finnian, the gardener for Phantomhive family. The background was supposed to be the garden, but he put too much fertilizers. (O_o)

--> Baldroy, the cook for the Phantomhive family. He loves using explosions and the results of his cooking are 80 percent charcoal and 20 percent broken dishes. (According to the manga)

<-- Mey-Rin, maid of Phantomhive family. She is extremely clumsy and short-sighted.

The 3 servants are more of a hindrance than help for Sebastian. In the anime, they serve as a comical relieve.

--> Tanaka (ojichan in the middle) is the steward of the Phantomhive family. His notable quote: “Ho, ho, ho…”

Side note: For those who do not understand Chinese, the words in the picture means “sense of normalcy”. Please don’t ask me why there are Chinese words in a Japanese anime. IDK.

--> Ciel’s fiancée and cousin, Lady Elizabeth Ethel Cordelia Midford. She loves kawaii things. Not to be biased or anything, but I don’t like her. She broke Ciel’s ring and annoys him… (She annoys me too)

Plot: Err… Haha. It’s actually quite cliché… Victorian era, mansions, servants, maids and a bunch of ridiculous people… sounds familiar? The fresh part is the contract with the demon. Usually you see animes with exorcists trying to exterminate demons. (Hint for next review) It’s rare to see humans working with (a better word in Ciel’s case is “using”) demons.

Kawaii version of them together :D

Theme: Comedy, Tragedy, (oxymoron… I know) Mystery, Supernatural, Bloody. Lessons learnt are: what goes around comes around. There is an action-reaction thing going on. And don’t have contacts with demons!

Atmosphere: The first few episodes are more light-hearted. However, towards the end it just gets darker, more violent, and bloodier. *Evil grin*

Okay, the rating thingy (purely my views):

*[SCORE PENDING]

By the way, Kuroshitsuji 2 was out in July 2010 and completed. There are 12 episodes in total. I will not be doing a review for Kuro2 as I stopped 15 minutes into the 1^st episode. The protagonists changed, and one of them is SUPER GAY (no offence intended)!!! 


Ciel and Sebastian are featured too, but at the very end. So, for a wholesome conclusion to the anime, please watch the two animes. (I have a big mouth otaku friend… So I know the ending without actually watching it :D) BTW, the anime and characters are based on the manga but the storyline is quite different.

There are also 5 OVAs.

DUN HAV PV LINK!! T_T 

ENJOY!!! I like the animation and it’s an awesome English song: D (In my opinion) Song is I’m Alive by Becca.

Ciao.


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Past Animes Review: Ouran High School Host Club / 桜蘭高校ホスト部

Konnichiwa! (Hello)

Watashi wa (I am a) new author! :D As you can deduce from my name, I am usually very bored (ask DarrenW) HAHAHA... 

Um well, I’m doing a totally different genre from DarrenW and MedusaS. Well, variety is good, right? Ok, just a note before I start, you will never see me reviewing girls dominated animes, because I don’t watch them, HAHAHA.

Here I go! (I decided to start with a simple, non-violent anime)

Ouran High School Host Club (OHSHC) (桜蘭高校ホスト部)

The story kicks start with female protagonist Haruhi Fujioka attending school at the prestigious Ouran Academy as a scholar student. Now, the students in this school all come from wealthy families with the exception of scholars (who come from lower-income level families… Like Haruhi, who is the poorest in school.) 

She was trying to find a quiet place to study when she stumbled into the Third Music Room, a place where the Ouran Host Club uses for their club activities: gather and entertain female clients. (NOTE: NO SEXUAL THINGY, just plain talk, have tea and a bit of flirting etc. Um, there are scenes where the guy lifts the girl’s chin, and then roses appear around them… Same thing applies to the twins (BRO-LOVE.)) 

Anyways, Haruhi accidentally broke this vase that costs at least 8,000,000 yen. (O_o) So, she works as a host club member to pay off her debt (they thought she was a guy at first.) That’s how the story progresses. 6 guys were already in the club when Haruhi joined. They found out she was a girl in the end, but still allowed her to work as a host. The 6 guys are the only ones in the school that knows she is a girl.

Main Characters

<- Haruhi Fujioka, high school freshman. She is quite blunt and is the only normal person in the host club. She is indifferent and quite fearless (except for thunder.) ßSPOILER XD (the thunder part)

 

<- Tamaki Suoh, full name: René Tamaki Richard de Grantaine, the president (or rather king) of host club. He is the main comic relieve due to his naivety and outspoken personality. He is charismatic and charming, but a bit idiotic at times. He is in 2^nd year.

 <- Kyoka Ootori, 2^nd year in high school. He is the vice-president and the ‘shadow-king’ of the host club (the real controller of the host club.) He is intelligent, and calculates the financial and social benefits that result from the Host Club's adventures He is also a very pragmatic person that has a cold and uncaring exterior.

 <- Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin (can’t tell who is who, but Hikaru is older), freshman of high school and are in the same class as Haruhi. They are devious, cunning, and mischievous. They like to play pranks on others and annoy Tamaki.

<- Mitsukuni Haninozuka AKA Honey, a 3^rd year in high school. He carries around a stuffed bunny called Usa-Chan and loves to eat sweet things. He is the loli-shota type and quite childish. He is champion of judo and karate at school. (KAWAII!!! I LOVE HIM THE MOST XD Just my opinion :D)

 <- Takashi Morinozuka AKA Mori. He is in 3^rd year. He is honey’s cousin and very protective of him. He is of the strong and silent type and is the kendo champion. He only speaks when necessary.

Plot: Quite cliché, since there are a lot of stories where the female protagonist dresses up as a guy. In fact, the story doesn’t really progress much; they just have a different theme for dress-up for each episode. Only towards the end, then it gets more interesting… (I’m not telling… *ZIPS MOUTH*)

Theme: Obviously this is a romance themed anime. There is also humor and friendship in the anime. Teaches that friendship is very important so treasure it and you must chase the one you love/like before they are gone.

Atmosphere: Hmmm… The atmosphere is bright, sunny, cheerful and funny throughout the anime. There are only a few sad or dark scenes and they only serves as explanatory purposes. Well, that’s the reason I watched this anime in the first place, for LOL purposes.

The score thingy:

*[SCORE PENDING]

OHSHC aired on April 4, 2006, has 26 episodes and is completed. (One of the first animes I watched.) And there are no OVAs

So, watch this if you want to, LOL XD. This is subbed by LunarAnime. 

I love the opening: Sakura Kiss.

PS: There is a human acted drama for this anime. Well, I wouldn’t watch it if I were you, because the actors are not very persuasive and the guy acting as honey sucks. The storyline is exactly the same as the anime, even up to the lines… It just came out recently as in July 2011. So please don’t waste your time people, if you were considering. The original is better, since there are a lot of things humans can’t do in animes. :D

I nearly died trying to write this.

Hint for next review: Historical anime again?

Cheers. Till next time. :D

IAmBored

[I died while trying to edit it. (FayeA XD)]