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Kure-nai: Now Sold in Review Form!

Posted by JLeeson 14 July 2008 11 Comments

Kure-nai scores an 8 out of 10. (Spoilers located in pictures)

First off, I feel it necessary to go ahead and give a little plot summary, but I am way to lazy to even attempt and putting my words from episode 1 all together, so I figured I’d just copy and past from a comforting source:

Sixteen-year-old Kurenai Shinkurou, a specialist in settling squabbles between people, is one day approached by his employer with the daughter of a powerful plutocratic family asking him to be her bodyguard (Wikipedia).

Kure-nai was, all-in-all, a great show to watch. I probably would love to go back and rewatch this all in one day’s sitting, but I like to pile tons of “must see” animes on my agenda so I most likely won’t ever get back around to it. The show rounded out to about an 8 out of 10 in my book; and by MAL standards, that’s “Very Good.” However, if you were to look at my list, the scoring makes about as much sense as a cat chasing a dog. I tend to score shows off of the most random things, so I think I’ll go ahead and lay out my grading system for Kure-nai.

Was the Art Good?

Well, I’d say so! I’ll go ahead and compliment the greatness of Kure-nai’s art though its in depth fight scenes. The show stuck so true to physics of a fight. They didn’t make things too overly fast nor painfully and methodically slow. It kept you interested while being able to follow each swing.

I am not some artist so I won’t feign like I noticed some sort of special drawing style in this show. I’ll just say that I really didn’t feel like I was looking at the same old shit again.

Was the Story Good?

I clump a lot of stuff into story: “Have I seen something like this concept before?” and “Did the show portray itself in an acceptable way?”

Not all of us really go out and look for a show where a 16 year old boy has to protect a 7 year old girl from her incestuous family. Not all of us do, but a very twisted minority does.

The show didn’t really portray itself very well. There were too many stupid errors on Benika / Shinkurou’s side that really pulled away from they supposed profession. There were also a few quirks that just didn’t sit well with me, like the musical episode. Although the show did have extraordinary writing, I do not think it really followed its own plot that well.

Were the Characters Lovable?

I sure as hell thought so. I don’t care what you people think. I thought Murasaki was absolutely adorable. I know that she was a perfect bitch, but I just loved her cuteness. And yes, she is pretty much the only character that really mattered in this show other than boring ol’ Shinkurou.

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So that pretty much covers the show. I can’t really say that I want a second season or an OVA, but I also can’t say that I wouldn’t watch it if it came out. It’s been fun blogging Kure-nai for ya’ll and I look forward to my first post of Natsume Yuujinchou.

11 Comments »

issa-sa said:

Eh, Murasaki was totally outbitched by the rest of the cast, but give her a few more years… Assuming she manages to do something of worth to her screwy household

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# 15 July 2008 at 12:23 am

blissmo said:

8 / 10?

Nope, not going to finish this series then

# 15 July 2008 at 1:49 am

Cokematic said:

^—- what? you wont finish an 8/10? D:

I also gave it an 8/10 on MAL, but I actually really enjoyed the singing episode. It was awesome XD

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# 15 July 2008 at 11:41 am

C.I. said:

I haven’t even watched all of Kure~nai yet. -1 life point for me.

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# 15 July 2008 at 1:46 pm

JLeeson (author) said:

@Cokematic
sha! blizzy only watches shows that score a 10/10 (Naruto, Pretty Cure, Bible Black, and more).
Why would she waste her time on an 8/10? lol
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Please don’t kill me blissmo.

# 15 July 2008 at 4:53 pm

Baka-Raptor said:

The show didn’t really portray itself very well. There were too many stupid errors on Benika / Shinkurou’s side that really pulled away from they supposed profession. There were also a few quirks that just didn’t sit well with me, like the musical episode. Although the show did have extraordinary writing, I do not think it really followed its own plot that well.

The most levelheaded review of Kurenai I’ve seen.

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# 15 July 2008 at 11:55 pm

blissmo said:

Stabs JLeeson in the heart

# 15 July 2008 at 11:58 pm

JLeeson (author) said:

@baka-raptor
thanks. I loved your take on how bad Murasaki was at running away. I luled

@blissmo
::dies::

# 16 July 2008 at 11:31 am

Omisyth said:

Ha! I gave it 9. How do you like that?

# 16 July 2008 at 1:31 pm

JLeeson (author) said:

@Omisyth
… I don’t like you -_-

# 16 July 2008 at 7:23 pm

Barclay said:

nice review

mine would just be

“kurenai sucks…it couldnt keep my interest past ep 4…Murasaki is the very reason why anime fans in america get stereotyped as pedophiles…the rest of it was ok besides murasaki the cunt of all cunts…the chick in the suit that just tailed murasaki and the bodyguard kid was the coolest one just cos i never learned how shitty she prolly was”

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# 18 July 2008 at 9:47 pm