Uknighted Manganime Life is too short to watch bad anime

I find reviewing this show rather difficult. I really loved the show from the beginning, and stuck through till the end, however there were plenty of moments along the way where the plot seemed to lack direction. Read on for more information, and why I think that you should still watch it.

Oh Wow, Lets have some sibling rivalry coupled with a tea party, while terrorists plan to nuke earth!!!

Something happened in this episode ( i think) but dont ask me what because i think my brain went to sleep while watching it, as i have no memory of what happened.

Horrible. This is Soul Link with French aristocracy instead of military cadets and terrorists (and no fanservice).

My first look at NANA episode 1 was pretty harsh, and ever since episode 2, i’ve been waiting for a chance to write up another post taking back anything i said that was negative about this series.

It’s important to realise that the first 6 episodes of NANA are the introduction to the series. The first episode starts in present time. The next 4 episode are flashbacks which follow both Nana and Hachi, from their high school days, to the ‘present’, where they’ve just moved to Tokyo. The 6th episode is a mixture of new footage, and reused footage, and is set at the same time as the 1st episode. It’s not just a reprise though. The 6th episode follows the same events of the first, yet focuses on and brings to life different events.

I wasn’t going to bother writing a summary, but seeing as i can’t find any other blog posts about this (or even a synopsis) here goes a brief version:

Orika is a Revatail (different from humans in that they can perform ‘magic’) however she has never been able to sing/cast spells properly, and is scorned by the other Revatails. She sees a falling object in the distance, which turns out to be Lynar and his fighter air craft which crashes nearby, on the edge of a cliff. While Orika is attempting to help Lynar, the plane falls off the cliff, taking the two with them. Some time later they crash for the 2nd time, on a town. When trying to fix the aircraft, a dragon shows up and starts blasting things with its ‘pepper breath attack’ (for those of you that got that reference, here’s a cookie:) ). The two + the mechanic attempt to draw the dragon away, by taking off in the now-working Aircraft. Followed by the dragon in hot pursuit, they reach ‘the roof of the world’ (or something like that). After dodging the dragon’s flames, Lynar, aided by Orika’s magic manages to defeat the dragon. Just as they’re feeling relieved, the ship breaks and it looks like they’re going to crash again….

In this episode, nothing much really happens…

In this episode, our main character scrapes his elbow (or sumthing) and his jacket is forcibily removed by another student, who then procedes to lick his elbow…. thats just not right..

Well Zegapain has been awesome as usual, and at the end of episode 4, we found out something that totally blew me away. I’m now listing Zegapain as my personal best for this season - a statement i have so far avoided making about any of the new anime this period. If you want to find out what I think about this plot development, read on.

The story telling in Zegapain is extremely profound, on the level of the Matrix. I can not WAIT until the next episode comes out - I predict this show will have me on the edge of my seat for a good while to come.

This post is not a blog’d episode as such, I’m instead going to focus on my interpretations of Zegapain’s world, based on episode 4’s relevations.