Post by jess on Jun 23, 2005 23:58:03 GMT
So, anyone else seen either of these? ;D
Loveless is turning out to be pretty amazing - it's still coming out at the moment (up to episode 10 has been aired and fansubbed, there will be 12 eps total). It's generally touted as a BL anime, but to be honest there's just as much het and shoujo-ai, so there's something for everyone. ;P
Vague summary: Main character is 12 year old Ritsuka, who has memory problems (and sees a psychiatrist) and hasn't been the same since his elder brother Seimei was murdered a couple of years before. One day he meets a mysterious young man called Soubi (who's in his 20s; at uni) who apparently was Seimei's friend.
The show revolves around the mystery surrounding Seimei's death, and also Ritsuka and Soubi's relationship. (which, thankfully, doesn't go very far...what with the ages of those involved.) But Loveless in unique in a few ways; it seems everyone is born with cat ears and tails, but lose them once they lose their virginity. Err.
As well as this, strange fights take place involving manipulating spells. Soubi reveals that he's a 'Fighter' - and a Fighter is always paired with their 'Sacrifice', the other member of the team. While the Fighter (unsurprisingly) does the actual fighting, it's the Sacrifice who ends up taking the damage. Soubi explains that he was Seimei's Fighter, and now he's come to fight for Ritsuka.
Ritsuka gets confused and things get complicated when Soubi starts declaring that he loves Ritsuka right after they meet, and they start getting attacked.
Weird to explain, but Loveless is actually really good. Very pretty animation, nice music, interesting characters. Plus, cat-people! Heh. It's quite dark and mysterious in general, but has its moments of spazzy humour.
Ritsuka, Soubi, Ritsuka & his psychologist.
Sukisyo, or its full name, "Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai!!" is based on a BL game. And it shows. ;D
So? Well... it's odd. Good, but odd. XP
Up until the last ep, storyline-wise I was pretty much just WTF all the way through. But then it mostly came together in the end, and it turned out the plot was actually pretty good - despitenot seeming like it at first. And so, plot-wise, it is very strange. The main character, Sora, seems to have lost his memories after falling out of a window, and suddenly he has a new roommate called Sunao who is apparently an old friend of his and Matsuri's. They form a 'jack-of-all-trades' service thing at their school, and people pay them to do jobs, basically. but then there's the plot which focuses on the fact that Sora and Nao seem to have alternate personalities (Yoru and Ran respectively) who come out at random points...and seem to rather like each other. But, as it always must be, it's not that simple.
Utterly and unashamedly BL, though - I'm pretty sure there wasn't a single female to be seen the entire series. (though I thought Nanami was a woman for a while >.>) Haha. And, yeah... it kind of reminded me of the 3rd volume of Legal Drug, where they go that all-boys school and EVERYBODY'S GAY. Because that certainly seems true of this; yes, even the teachers. And yet Sora still acted all shocked when he found out anyone he knew liked a guy.
There's even cross-dressing, too. 
Atmosphere-wise, it was a little weird. From the start, though there's hints of something else, more than half the series is random lighthearted comedy and chibis galore. But then at the end it just suddenly got all dark and serious. Was just... a strange change. The characters confused me for a while too. You have no idea how long it took me to realise that Minato and that-guy-Nanami-seems-to-live-with were the SAME PERSON. God. At school he has straight hair, glasses and a suit, at home he loses the glasses, has spiky hair and wears tight sleevless tops (oh yeah, Shinichirou, that's his name...). Yeesh. And Aizawa. I spent most of the series wondering if I'd missed something and if I should know who he is.
But, pretty art, cute characters, intriguing plot, loads of random comedy... I liked it. ^^
Anyone else seen them? I think Loveless would definitely be a good one to show next year. Not Sukisyo, though, as I don't think it would appeal to quite as many people.
Loveless is turning out to be pretty amazing - it's still coming out at the moment (up to episode 10 has been aired and fansubbed, there will be 12 eps total). It's generally touted as a BL anime, but to be honest there's just as much het and shoujo-ai, so there's something for everyone. ;P
Vague summary: Main character is 12 year old Ritsuka, who has memory problems (and sees a psychiatrist) and hasn't been the same since his elder brother Seimei was murdered a couple of years before. One day he meets a mysterious young man called Soubi (who's in his 20s; at uni) who apparently was Seimei's friend.
The show revolves around the mystery surrounding Seimei's death, and also Ritsuka and Soubi's relationship. (which, thankfully, doesn't go very far...what with the ages of those involved.) But Loveless in unique in a few ways; it seems everyone is born with cat ears and tails, but lose them once they lose their virginity. Err.
As well as this, strange fights take place involving manipulating spells. Soubi reveals that he's a 'Fighter' - and a Fighter is always paired with their 'Sacrifice', the other member of the team. While the Fighter (unsurprisingly) does the actual fighting, it's the Sacrifice who ends up taking the damage. Soubi explains that he was Seimei's Fighter, and now he's come to fight for Ritsuka.
Ritsuka gets confused and things get complicated when Soubi starts declaring that he loves Ritsuka right after they meet, and they start getting attacked.
Weird to explain, but Loveless is actually really good. Very pretty animation, nice music, interesting characters. Plus, cat-people! Heh. It's quite dark and mysterious in general, but has its moments of spazzy humour.
Ritsuka, Soubi, Ritsuka & his psychologist.
Sukisyo, or its full name, "Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai!!" is based on a BL game. And it shows. ;D
So? Well... it's odd. Good, but odd. XP
Up until the last ep, storyline-wise I was pretty much just WTF all the way through. But then it mostly came together in the end, and it turned out the plot was actually pretty good - despitenot seeming like it at first. And so, plot-wise, it is very strange. The main character, Sora, seems to have lost his memories after falling out of a window, and suddenly he has a new roommate called Sunao who is apparently an old friend of his and Matsuri's. They form a 'jack-of-all-trades' service thing at their school, and people pay them to do jobs, basically. but then there's the plot which focuses on the fact that Sora and Nao seem to have alternate personalities (Yoru and Ran respectively) who come out at random points...and seem to rather like each other. But, as it always must be, it's not that simple.
Utterly and unashamedly BL, though - I'm pretty sure there wasn't a single female to be seen the entire series. (though I thought Nanami was a woman for a while >.>) Haha. And, yeah... it kind of reminded me of the 3rd volume of Legal Drug, where they go that all-boys school and EVERYBODY'S GAY. Because that certainly seems true of this; yes, even the teachers. And yet Sora still acted all shocked when he found out anyone he knew liked a guy.
There's even cross-dressing, too. 
Atmosphere-wise, it was a little weird. From the start, though there's hints of something else, more than half the series is random lighthearted comedy and chibis galore. But then at the end it just suddenly got all dark and serious. Was just... a strange change. The characters confused me for a while too. You have no idea how long it took me to realise that Minato and that-guy-Nanami-seems-to-live-with were the SAME PERSON. God. At school he has straight hair, glasses and a suit, at home he loses the glasses, has spiky hair and wears tight sleevless tops (oh yeah, Shinichirou, that's his name...). Yeesh. And Aizawa. I spent most of the series wondering if I'd missed something and if I should know who he is.
But, pretty art, cute characters, intriguing plot, loads of random comedy... I liked it. ^^
Anyone else seen them? I think Loveless would definitely be a good one to show next year. Not Sukisyo, though, as I don't think it would appeal to quite as many people.
lots of fun. Although Yoru's different-colour eyes were REALLY wierd at times...
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