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Rating: 9/10

Impressions:

This always happens—I wait too long after watching something and forget everything when I finally get down to blogging it. I thought I ought to finish this up before the second season starts shortly, which I will be following subbed, not raw (I learnt my lesson already ^^;;). Anyway, I do remember a lot of action and bloodshed; the entire episode was simply mayhem…but in a very good way! The action is the main thing that makes this show great, while the plot is ok, though not intricate enough and the characters aren’t developed enough. I also like to think of this episode as the last of the season, since I have no idea what the f**k happened to episode 14.

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Popularity: 21% [?]

Rating: 9.6/10

Impressions:

Ok for those of you who still don’t know, Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho ends at episode 14. However, not too sure about this, but it seems there will be more arcs to come in the form of sequels. Surely the show can’t just end at episode 14, where still nothing is resolved (well, nothing in terms of what is introduced in the upcoming episodes). I’m somewhat glad that this show is ending soon (for the subs I mean), since then I will have one less anime I have to keep up with, which I find very hard to do. I still haven’t caught up with everything after coming back from Japan. Once I do, posts should become longer and there should be more screencaps as well.

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Popularity: 32% [?]

Rating: 9.9/10

Impressions:

So the subs have caught up a bit, which means I will probably follow them now, instead of raws. Anyway, this episode is quite an informative episode, though scattered with action as well. We now know that Hiyuu and Kozunu have a connection from their ancestors, so I guess this makes Hiyuu the main guy (probably also means he is stronger than Kyouichi as well). I was quite saddened when Sayo is revealed to be dead. I was not sure what it meant when her hand was ‘dead’ in the photo, so this revelation was pretty shocking. She was my favourite female character as well, managing to grow on me in a few episodes.

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Popularity: 30% [?]

Rating: 9.9/10

Impressions:

The quality of this episode is quite higher compared to the last few episodes. The faces are all proportionate, and the fighting scenes are nicely animated and fast paced. As always, sound accompaniment is great and greatly excites in all the right times. It seems that Aoi will remain as the focus for some time, as this episode reveals that she possesses a special demonic power called the Eye of Bosatsu. Although I’m not sure what it does, it does mean she is a threat to humans and must be killed…oh shit what? Aoi needs to be killed? Noooo! Well, this will probably be good news for Aoi-haters, though I doubt she’s really gonna die.

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Popularity: 37% [?]

Rating: 9.7/10

Impressions:

Once again, I am seriously confused about the timeline of this show, now that I’ve found I have no idea where to slot this episode chronologically. It should go after the last episode, though apparently Komaki loses her powers, and is in the process of regaining them. However, she never loses her powers in any previous episode that I remember, which brings about my confusion. If anyone who can understand Japanese better, or just more analytical and can help me out on this, it would be much appreciated. Nevertheless, 9 is a high quality and wonderful episode once again.

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Popularity: 33% [?]

Rating: 9.7/10

Impressions:

The quality is quite inconsistent this episode, though most of it is animated well (especially during the action scenes). Speaking of which, there’s quite a bit of action this time round thankfully, though still no real full on battles. Knowing these types of shows, there probably won’t be a real battle until the last few episodes, where the climax of the show is in need of some serious beefing up. Anyway, I’m not exactly sure but it seems like we are finally getting to Tatsuma’s side of the story. Quite a bit of this episode focuses on him, as well his unknown identity and background.

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Popularity: 31% [?]

Rating: 9.8/10

Impressions:

The timeline really confuses me here. I definitely need subs (I’m up to episode 4 with Shinsen), and I can’t make sense of in what order the episodes are. In the first episode, Toono describes that Tatsuma has been getting into fights alongside Kyouichi for two months, so I assume two months ago from the first episode is when episode 2 occurs. And from what I can tell, episode three occurs a while after episode 2. If episodes 3 to 7 follow one after another, then they should occur about one month after the events in episode 1 (or three months after episode 2). However, I am still very unsure about this and need to wait for the subs…

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Popularity: 32% [?]

Rating: 9.7/10

Impressions:

I get more and more excited every time I watch this show. The fact that the series is still in a semi-eposodic format, with the main plot stil seemingly untouched, tells me that this series will be at least a double season show (eg. 24 or 26 episodes). And seeing as how these action-less episodes are still impressing me, when it gets to main storyline and everything starts coming together with monstrously large battles (hopefully), I will be stoked! The first episode seems pretty far into the story, though the ambiguous guy remains the main threat in that episode and seems untouched, therefore indicating it is not too far into the plot.

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Popularity: 36% [?]