whee~

Jyu-oh-sei
2:49 PM February 25, 2008

I missed the last three episodes on TV, so I had to go download it. :p I had it all saved up in my computer for when I had free time, and today's the day! I FINALLY FINISHED THE SERIES! XD

And OH MY GOD! It was... it was... unpredictable, adrenaline-rushing, scream-and-panic worthy, gasp-requiring, heart-attack-triggering, and all that you could possibly want from an anime that offers sci-fi action and suspense! And let's not forget to mention that the art was mostly good too. Mostly, because the noses were weird sometimes (a left over from the Escaflowne days?) Hehe.. I'm not really into sci-fi, but this one was good. :D

Well actually, the series didn't start that way, (exciting and all, I mean) but as it reached the climax things really started to pick up since this series is composed of a measly 11 episodes. So don't expect to panic yet when you start watching. Or maybe it was the fact that I stopped just prior to the climax and the eagerness just built up, or something. ^^In any case, to be safe, don't get your hopes up too much if you decide to start watching, so you can't blame me for the disappointment. :p

But i have to admit that I felt the storyline sort of peaked at episode 10, only to go a little downhill after that. But I guess that's what happens when the climax offers energy much different from the "falling action" (can't remember the right term) and conclusion, the denouement basically. And admittedly, the ending wasn't that great but I didn't think it was so bad. But then again, I've been hearing about the show's bad ending for some time now, that I think I expected worse, and therefore what was there didn't seem so bad. ^^;

But anyway, this story was SOO unpredictable. Not one of our previous guesses even came close to the truth. And so it earned so many OMGs from me, and an occasional shriek and a million gasps. (Can you imagine?) A lot of events were just so shocking, like in episode 11 where Thor was holding onto Third's hand. Watch it and you'll see. Sure there were some loose ends, but what can you expect with an 11 episode show?

Oh, and the background music was really well suited for the series. I think I almost got goosebumps in episode 11. XD

Bottom line, I liked it. :D Sure, I may be overexcited and overreacting since this is the only anime I've watched in a REALLY REALLY long time, save for the three episodes of Higurashi somethingsomething that the trio watched several weeks ago. (I think that aside from Jyu-oh-sei and the three episodes of Higurashi, the last anime I watched would probably beRomeoXJuliet. :p) I can't even really remember. And aside from that, it's one of the only series that I've finished watching recently, together with Gossip Girl and TARA. And you can see how I've been ranting. That's deprivation for you I guess. XD

come fly ~ gen