MAYBE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW
Bro this show seriously sucks. It is just bad. It is a good concept executed very poorly.
I was in the mood for some samurai anime I have never seen before because I have been watching kenshin. I googled up a list and this came up. The review said it was good. Man they either have bad taste or they are lying. This anime is god awful.
The fighting and the artwork are top notch. The story is bullshit though. It is about a young girl whos father is a samurai. Rival samurai from a different clan attack and kill her father. They then rape her mother and take the mother hostage. The little girl then swears revenge. Lacking the skill to kill the rival clan she convinces a highly skilled samurai to help her. This samurai happens to be immortal. Watch it yourself or google true spoilers if this sounds interesting.
Anyway I know this sounds cool but don't be fooled. I only was able to make it through the first 7 episodes before I had to throw it away. Every episode is the same shit without any story or character progression. The girl who is flash forwarded to be 16 years old and the samurai track down or bump into members of the clan and kill them. Each episode is the same thing though the girl freaks out and cries while the samurai gets his ass whipped. She keeps doing it though. Over and over with the crying. The characters are not easy to get behind on either side. For someone so highly he skilled he is constantly getting beat up. In fact a woman beats him pretty bad early in the series and he comments saying "I wish I could say I am getting serious but Ive been serious the whole time." The girl constantly feels guilty for having her parents killers/moms rapists killed and cries each time. I get it in the begining but 7 episodes in and it is still going on makes the series boring and a drag.
The story pacing is bad too. At times it is hard to understand what is going on. I feel like it is bad explaining what is happening because Idk who some of these people are. She also has a hard time finding the resolve to get her revenge and not show mercy or forgiveness to these people. On top of that while I do enjoy violent/more adult anime I feel like the violence in this is just to shock and in general really has no meaning. Some assassin guy infiltrates his way into the girl and the immortal samurais group kills a dog and tricks the girl into eating and then laughs hysterically. And I didnt understand the point of this. Thats the point where I dropped the show.
I hate all the characters. The girl who is supposed to be the good guy sucks. The bad guys arent even cool bad guys. They are pretty despicable because it goes into graphic detail about the moms gang rape. And the killing of the dog. Come on man. The samurai fight scenes are pretty decent though I will give them that.
Dont watch this shitty show. It is a waste of time.
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