THAT Animeblog

The magic circle that would summon the Big Bad Demon Belial, who is apparently a lot more powerful than the Turtle but is defeated in a jiffy.

Since Impz appears to have been rendered sick by work life, I shall do my best to provide something in his absence. Lo and behold, a Kaze no Stigma blog, and probably the last blog post on this subject.

——————————————————————————————————————————

So, this moment have finally arrived. Kaze no Stigma, final episode, rather defies summarization. I would be honest here and say that I vastly prefer the previous episode; this episode is anticlimactic at parts, although there are still a couple of scenes that are capable of getting me all ga-ga over.

I’ll also say here that it’s an open-ended finale that just begs for a sequel. If they end it here… I’ll… I’ll think of some unfathomable vile consequences to boil, skewer, skin, and mince the producers.

(In case anyone decides to sue me for threatening bodily injuries, the above is an exaggeration. A slight exaggeration.)

Read more

If you are expected another of those stupid one-hit-and-she’s-out scenes, think again.

Just looking at the title, you can see that it’s very much focused on Ayano. And let’s just say that Ayano totally surprised me this episode. I mean, totally. Just wait until all ye Ayano-haters have a glimpse of this week’s Ayano.

In a nutshell, this week has Ayano trying to stop Kazuma by whatever means possible… in this case, an all-out brawl. Can this girl, who has always been impulsive and dependent on Kazuma, actually do the impossible and beat Kazuma? Or just simply, beat some sense into him?

Going by the traditional shounen route, Ayano would get hurt by Kazuma and then Kazuma will suddenly realize that he has hurt her and lose the will to be evil. I’ll be frank when I say that I actually sort of expected that to happen. But what actually happened is… a lot less “traditional

If nothing else, I can totally identify with the looks they have on their faces, because I kind of feel the same.

This week’s episode is focused on Ayano and her inner conflict. As many readers of this blog have already done, Ayano compares herself with Tsui Rin and comes out short. What exactly is she worth in Kazuma’s heart? What exactly can she do?

…

Why, oh why, must the producers be such chauvinistic pigs? Why must they ruin such a wonderful scene with so irritating, ill-timed and out-of-place comedy? Poor Ayano. I feel for you, dear. I really do.

Anyway. If you want to know what I’m talking about, read on.

Read more

Even though bright orange eyes aren’t normally a color I like, I can’t help but notice that it looks very becoming on Kazuma.

Because of the lack in time, I have taken a lot less screenshots than I used to. If this is sufficient, I’ll probably be going this route instead of getting so many screenshots.

So, we finally get to see Kazuma as we have never seen him before: strong, crazily angry, and completely callous. Dark Kazuma has the bright orange eyes of a demon, and winds that looked black, instead of the normal white winds. In fact, he looks a lot like the berserk, demonic wind user we saw in episode 2.

There is very little interaction between Ayano and Kazuma this week, which is somewhat a pity. However, there are some revelations as to how others see the relationship between Ayano and Kazuma. Perhaps the saying of how Ayano is Kazuma’s only hope has more than a little truth in it.

Read more

This week finally gives us Kazuma’s past, with particular emphasis on his relationship with Cui Ling / Rin’s. The Pandemonium issue also complicates itself, as some players have been upgraded into stronger fighters.

So now we have renegade (and not particularly intelligent, IMO) amateur wizards running around wrecking havoc. Kazuma, taunted by the presence of Lapis (Rin #2) which reminds him of his failure to protect Rin, turns ferocious as we have never seen before. I have a feeling that he will wreck even more havoc than those idiotic renegade amateur wizards.

Read more

Last week, Ren was kidnapped by some evil Big Boss, who is also the lord of Pandemonium. How is he faring? Is he going to show some of the fire (pun intended) and ferocity he displayed last week? Or is he going “nii-sama!

*ding-dong*

Sort of off-topic: I’ve thinking of writing Zombie Loan for the past few weeks… but somehow I just didn’t do it. ~_~ Maybe because I’m exhausted most of the week. Maybe because summarizing Zombie Loan will take more effort than I am willing to spare.

The question here is this: if I drop the screenshots and summaries altogether (or 99%), would anyone still want to read my posts? Zombie Loan readers, please feedback.

*ahem*

We bring you back now to the regular schedule.

————————————————————

Following last episode, Tokyo has been transformed into an arena of RPG/anime/manga/Jap-pop-culture, complete with its very own mahou shoujo – girl with the magical wand (in this case a magical stick) – and Dragonball-ish shounen (except not as short and old school in design).

Other points of interest would include Kazuma and Ren’s charm. The former displayed a kind of brooding-hero vibe (reminiscent of Lestat except much cooler than that pale bisexual vampire), while the latter shed a lot of his baby cuteness and went ferocious for the first time.

Read more