Comments on: That Fall Review: 1st episode of Rental Magica

By: haruno sakura

haruno sakura — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:05:30 +0000

rental magica are a beauty anime and i like a girl with hair blond but Naruto are a beautiful and nice and extraordinar anime made in tokyo with and rental magica.

By: Slightly Bald Wizard

Slightly Bald Wizard — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:27:36 +0000

Tyrenol blocked by anti-spam machine.

My list of to-watch this season includes Rental Magica, Suteki Tantei Labyrinth, Night Wizard, “When Kira Dies More,” and Gundam 00. And it’s hard for me to find raws of RM now.

But atleast it’s not dating-sim-based shows. Especially something like Clannad where some loser gets his butt kicked every other episode.

By: Impz

Impz — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:58:53 +0000

@Mosey: Someone agreed with me! *carrots spread*…

Ermm, never mind. I guess the thing is that it is pretty much too much of a cast, and trying to introduce too much about it. Nevertheless, it is not the most sparkling series out there, with Ghost Hound (a power graphical heavyweight), Clannad (kyoto as usual), Shana II and some others this season.

I felt that there should have been something more with the red eye. When he summoned it, it felt underwhelming. Maybe it’s just me

By: Mosey

Mosey — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:02:38 +0000

I have to admit that after watching the initial half I did find the second half VERY disappointing. I’m not sure why, but I did find the anime rather disjointed (it’s the first one I’ve seen of this ‘magicy/haremy etc’ genre) and the lead character very uncharismatic. I know the part where he reveals his red eye is supposed to show his latent powers, but for some reason I thought it was a huge let down.
The really good part? The interaction between the two girls over the lead character. I don’t think I’ll be following this show until I read more positive reviews a later date. I agree with the author: the ED is forgettable.

By: Impz

Impz — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:00:19 +0000

@Dark Koji: So I am not the only one. It is almost like she has the looks of Alicia, and the character of Akira. That is actually rather disturbing to be honest, since the image of “Ara ara” goes into my mind, and processes out as O_O

@Kyokii: Yep, I am also hoping for the same time. The issue with this episode is that it is really hard to tell which way they are going to veer toward. I generally hate plots that last for only one episode since it gets old and disjointed.

@Evil: Arr, what are the parts that you do not like about it?

By: Evil

Evil — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:50:49 +0000

I didn’t like it very much but i’ll keep on watching it a little bit more to see if it gets better.

By: Kyokii

Kyokii — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:20:06 +0000

I just watched the episode and I thought it was alright. I hope a bigger plot of some kind develops as opposed to it being a “monster of the week” type show. I’ll keep watching to find out.

By: Dark Koji

Dark Koji — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:52:01 +0000

Wee~ I also felt Adilicia looked eerily similar to Alicia. I mean, especially with the white school uniform + beret, and hair color/style… heck, even the name is almost the same.

Only the personality is a huge difference. LoL
Not that I am complaining though.

By: Impz

Impz — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:42:57 +0000

@Neko79: Hahahaha! For some reason, I am thinking how you will go all crazy since your nickname has a neko inside. The onmyouji is definitely one of the more interesting characters in the mix, but I do wonder whether the powers they will are as limited as it is. I do wish for a more mystery/confusing plot rather than the mission per episode thing.

Well, at least for one, this male lead is not that useless but more like completely oblivious to the advances of the two harem gals. He actually shows that he is generally quite weak until he removes his eye patch.

I actually did not find that part a bit lame, but I guess it is to understand why he covers his eye because his personality completely changed after that.

@Lemonsparkz: Hmm, he was asking the girl to come back because she is being swallowed by the crow creature. The crows also attempted to attack Iba and brought him to the scene where he saw the grandfather morph into something devilish to be with his grand daughter.

They returned to his room because they are initially in the room. They are somewhat transported into a different dimension for the fight.

By: lemonsparkz

lemonsparkz — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:13:25 +0000

…and also the part where he suddenly returned back to his room???? I think i need to rewatch this episode after my exams..

By: lemonsparkz

lemonsparkz — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:12:26 +0000

I couldn’t understand the part where he was calling for the girl to come back…and the part where the crow(?) flew into the eyes….>.

By: neko79

neko79 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:55:46 +0000

forgot to say this, but i find the part where he gotten his demon eye opened and the 4 of them fighting sequence, reaaaaalllly lame. Somehow i feel that the feel of the anime just got cut dead over there . Compare to the front part when they fight the doggie, i feel that perharps its better if Mr bossman just don’t fight lol..

By: neko79

neko79 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:32:57 +0000

mm
i am biased with the first few seconds and nekosan have nekos all over him and all i can say is “KAWAIII” lol..(neko shikigami hehehehe)
i agree with it being more like getbackers with magic than ghosthunt with action. Pretty much like most magical harem girls with useless male lead ( in a way) anime but less jokes on love( he is mine, no he is mine, he likes me more, no he likes more etc etc etc) For some weird reason, it sorta reminds me of air gear ( minus most of the ecchi and fanservice ) with magic ( sisters protecting brother versus employees protecting boss)
Let me once again squeaaaaals at nekosan : “kakkkkkoi”