May 22, 2012

Omamori Himari -- ep 2

Well, they don't waste any time. Episode 2 is a beach episode. And they give us a busty cat girl in a bikini, with tentacles:

Nothing high brow about this, nossirree...

UPDATE: No, I won't be using that one in the top rotation. Nope.

UPDATE: OK, the green-haired DFC is a water/ice spirit. In character terms, she's pretty much exactly like Korone in Daimaou, especially in being a dry tease. And as of the middle of ep 3, she's moved in. The harem is forming.

The blonde in the maid costume is named Lizlet, and she works in a maid restaurant which serves fancy tea. Just a cameo of her so far, but she's easy on the eyes.

UPDATE: Won't be using this one either, more's the pity:

UPDATE: This is like something out of Daimaou, too:

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UPDATE: I'm up to ep 6 now and there's actually a moderately good story being told here, albeit not particularly original. Unfortunately, Himari is turning into a ball of angst, and I'm no fan of that. And I've already figured out what the ending is going to be:

UPDATE: I bet the reason Kuesu is such a bitch is that she suffers from backaches all the time. Anyway, she just got stabby.

UPDATE: OK, I've got 82 candidates as of the end of ep 8 and that's enough. I'm going to stop now.

UPDATE: So I jumped ahead to the last episode, and I was right about how it ends.

The eye catch for the 12th episode is a prize:

UPDATE: Won't be using this one, either:

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 11:39 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 This was definitely a case of "the manga was better."  In order to have a short series, they moved forward two of the antagonists, and seriously nerfed them.  

The protagonist was also nerfed rather badly; not powerwise, but his viewpoint. He had a surprisingly western view about self-defense, including a "do unto others before they do unto you" attitude at times.  And his fiancee was a hell of a lot edgier - she didn't trust the DFC and used one of her own friends as bait to draw her out.

That show was one of my biggest disappointments of the season. I watched it, but it was a D+ or C- at best.

Posted by: ubu at May 22, 2012 03:57 PM (GfCSm)

2 It isn't anything special, that's for sure. But there's a lot of nice eye candy in it, so it's good for my purposes.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 22, 2012 04:29 PM (+rSRq)

3 I don't know if I am getting old or what, but almost everyone is too top-heavy in anime these days.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at May 22, 2012 04:52 PM (5OBKC)

4 Not everyone. Just the shows I tend to use for the top rotation. But yeah, there's been (ahem) inflation in that regard for a long time.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 22, 2012 05:33 PM (+rSRq)

5 Ubu, about the very end:

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 22, 2012 05:44 PM (+rSRq)

6 I watched this one for the first time quite some time ago, I was kind of surprised to see you mentioning you were watching it.

Could be worse though.  Mayoi Neko Override forgot what it was about halfway in and turned it into "What kind of hijinks can ensue with the super rich girl flaunting her wealth?"

Posted by: Mauser at May 22, 2012 10:56 PM (cZPoz)

7 Steven, it's an anime original ending so I can't shed much light on it.  FWIW, I could be convinced either way; it certainly looks like you're right, but it's lamely plausible at face value too.

So, once more, our zero hero unlocks the key to mastery of his hidden powers with his feelings.  Y'know, just once, I want to see a character logically deduce his way to godhood.  Just once. It'd be a hoot.

Posted by: ubu at May 23, 2012 03:45 PM (GfCSm)

8 Ubu, at the risk of Topic Drift, Code Geass.  The anti-example, Death Note, where in the end, all the logic in the world can't cheat death.

Both series are tremendously annoying in their attempts to outsmart everyone, where protagonists unerringly predict their opponents behavior, which never is the most likely choice.  The plots are intricate, yet Pat, and the only reason people like them are the secondary characters and their secondary characteristics.

Posted by: Mauser at May 23, 2012 11:08 PM (cZPoz)

9 Please don't do topic drift. Thread closed.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 24, 2012 05:57 AM (+rSRq)

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