Mei Tachibana has spent her 16 years without making either boyfriend or friends. One day, she injures a popular boy in school, Yamato Kurosawa, because of a misunderstanding but for some reason it seems that he takes a liking to her and one-sidedly claims that they’re friends. Furthermore, he not only protects Mei from a stalker, he does it with a kiss…?!!
Genre(s) Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life, Smut
Suki-tte Ii na yo
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The fifth disc of XXXHOLiC shows, all at once, what makes this anime so great and yet so disappointing. On the one hand, the idiosyncratic characters and tone of the series allow it to approach a variety of genres: human drama, fantastic folk tale, even light spots of comedy. On the other hand, that kind of variety—along with the lack of a continuous plot—makes it difficult to find a cohesive center. Of course, some of the blame can also be placed on the source material; the manga doesn't hit any major developments until the chapters that would eventually be adapted into xxxHOLiC: Kei. What these episodes do offer, however, is a stylish and distinctive world, filled with stories about the mysterious ways of spirits—and the even more mysterious ways of humans.
No episode explores the mysterious ways of humans better than the first one in this set: the appropriately titled "Self-Mutilation," about a girl who repeatedly sabotages her own life in order to avoid success and happiness. If that doesn't sound like anything from the manga, you'd be absolutely right; this episode is actually an adaptation of NISIOSIN's "OuterHOLiC" spinoff short story. Because of that, perhaps, it is also more cerebral than the typical XXXHOLiC outing—the grand climax is an intense philosophical discussion between Watanuki and Yûko, which, although it worked decently in prose, actually comes out in animation as deadly boring. Fortunately that's offset by the visual delights of the Monster Procession episode, where Watanuki and his rival Dômeki travel through a folklore-inspired otherworld. Although scant on story and character depth, the art and design alone are enough to impress—as well the the always-comical interaction between the two boys.
Big Windup! Season 2 Ookiku Furikabutte ~Natsu no Taikai Hen~
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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