There are two things you should understand about the anime series Myself; Yourself. One, it only has 13 episodes and that may be for the best since two, it was made by people who are obviously not all that concerned whether the story is making you squirm or not. I’m not talking about a blood and gore action horror anime series here, Myself; Yourself is a high school slice of life series – or at least that’s what led me to watch it in the first place.
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Review: Myself; Yourself
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Apr 2010
Yuppie Anime Review: Kure-nai
09
Mar 2009
Kure-nai's Murasaki and Shinkurou
POSTED by Rica
The anime Kure-nai, written and directed by Kou Matsuo (and based on the light novels by Katayama Kentarou) starts off with an interesting incident: a “dispute mediator” named Kurenai Shinkurou is taking care of a guy who turns out to be a client’s stalker. During the confrontation, something pops out of Shinkurou’s right elbow which obviously pains him and distracts him from finishing his job.
Sixteen-year old Kurenai Shinkurou seems like a normal high school student at first, but as mentioned, he’s hired to settle disputes or squabbles. Only two people from his school – Murakami Ginko and Houzuki Yuuno – know that he’s a dispute mediator hired by Juuzawa Benika to take care of trivial job requests from clients.
The real story of the anime starts when Benika drops by Shinkurou’s apartment to offer him his next job. He’s being asked to protect a seven-year old girl named Kuhouin Murasaki, the girl that Benika and her subordinate Inuzuka Yayoi snatched from the Kuhouin compound early in the first episode. Shinkurou accepts the job, and during the short conversation between him and Benika, we see snatches of the boy’s past as well as his possible reason/s for accepting the job of protecting Murasaki from the Kuhouins and from the Inner Sanctuary. more…
Yuppie Anime Review: Toradora!
03
Mar 2009
Posted by Rio S.
Nico, an ex-colleague who shares my love for anime, recommended Toradora about a few months back. I was otherwise immersed in all things D Grayman back then and so the recommendation was buried under tons of other things. I came across Toradora (officially Toradora!) again while trolling for Japanese light novels and BAM! I’m hopelessly hooked.
Toradora is a series set in a high school and naturally, the characters are high school students. Ah, high school.
If you’re anything like me, most of your high school memories have been properly repressed in the deepest darkest pit of your mind. Come to think of it, maybe this repression is the reason behind the fact that I love high school anime: I want to replace my own memories with somebody else’s. Who wants to remember real life zits and angst brought about by hormonal imbalance anyway? Some parts were good though, maybe good enough for you to remember what you were wearing at the time. In my case, I remember the most horrible. JS Prom, anyone? Anyway, I digress. more…
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