Sekirei..yeah the anime I liked to blog best this summer.No it wasn’t because of the delicious fanservice and uncensored episode where people were walking around naked in the bathroom WITHOUT THE STEAM.Sekirei,the manga itself was frankly not a manga that could claim to be a masterpiece of any sort,but kept people interested just enough for it to pull off survival and now an anime.

I helped him speak his mind a little

Overall,the anime actually bettered the anime in some aspects.Including introducing the various subplots at a fast pace(some may like I but I didn’t enjoy it too much) and of course they pulled off Kuu’s character to perfection.In fact I was left pondering why I didn’t pay more attention to her earlier in the manga(her cutesy whines and such).I realized that it was because the mangaka put most of Kuu’s “speech” into SFX(sound effects) and yea I don’t really bother reading hiragana much unless its freakin obvious.I have since rectified that.

SPOILER ALERT

Surprise butt sex?!Minato turns to the dark side…even men can’t keep their hands off him..

But of course I doubt its the last we’ll see of this anime,given the open ended conclusion to the series.It just screams SEQUEL.Nevertheless we’ll just have to wait patiently for the manga to develop further(a year at the very least) for the second season to develop.With that said,I’m particularly interested in the second season of R+V Capu?Whatever.Since I’ve heard some rumours/spoilers around that Tsukimi(main loser) becomes less of an asshole.

So lets go through the scores and tally up the results shall we?

Animation —– 7.5

Nothing special really but it didn’t suck so bad either

Plot ———- 6.5

Busty girls killing each other ? No matter how I try to deny/twist the truth, that’s the harsh reality I have to face.But recently the manga is revealing an actually plot!! Sort of.At least I have something to look forward to instead of random battles.

Characters —- 9.0

Hey I like interesting characters above anything else.And Sekirei has a really diverse cast.You can probably guess that my loli senses were tingling throughout the series.I have also become more wary of women with “exploding” boobs.You never know when they’ll attack lol

Music———-9.0
I just love the ED(Dear Sweet) and the lyrics are darn cute to boot.

Enjoyability — 8.0

Duh if the characters are cool I’ll most likely enjoy it.But I realized that its not everyone’s cup of tea so I lowered the score.**Applies he fanservice fans in general

Replay value—5.0

Its a little iffy since I never liked to rewatch anime unless its of the comedy genre.Hell I never rewatched Geass either since I’m too lazy.With the exception of the scene where Lelouch blasts a hole in Euphie(die bitch!!).Ahem so unless you just wanna rewatch this for the wacky antics of Minato’s many “legal” wives then go ahead and buy the DVD.

Non-important stuff:
So since I’ve started university life err a few days ago in LA, life’s been sucky as ever(can’t download anime or people will sue me?!).Or maybe I’m just some emo loser.Hopefully when I get past the first few weeks I can say otherwise.

For some reason I feel so dead these few days…might be that lingering flu I’m having.Nevertheless I found time to watch Sekirei (^_^)

Flashback:

Tsukiumi announces she’s the official wife but draws protests from the Minato fanclub.

To solve this problem everyone is declared to be his wife =P

Kuu sneaks in a kiss with Minato

Somewhat a confusing scene here >.<

Ahh the bondage slave I was talking about in the summary.

“What’s up with the maid outfit!”

Scary as ever Miya-chan…

Normally I don’t mind traps but somehow this doesn’t fool me one bit (=.=)”

Having boobs larger that your fists automatically means a 90% chance you’re a Sekirei in this anime.

Summary:

So up to until now we’re at Phase 2 of the Sekirei Plan.Most of the Sekirei have been winged and now the city is closed off for them to start their battle.However,alot of interesting subplots developed since the last time I blogged this…like how Minato got his hands on another Sekirei,Tsukiumi(cool name btw =P) or rather a another “wife” as she would call it because they’ve done it and such(just a kiss not those other stuff)…Meanwhile,we’re introduced to some single numbered Sekirei who are supposed to have kickass abilities,Tsukiumi(no.9) is one while the Black Sekirei(no.4) is another one and Miya-dono(no.1).Yea…the landlady is a Sekirei.It seems that as long as someone has huge boobs,there’s a 90% chance its a Sekirei.Interestingly,Minato’s sister is restraining herself from raping one of the few boy Sekireis out there while she does have occasional nosebleeds over him.And well now she’s taking him shopping…in a girly outfit (=.=).Not exactly a trap but…Ahh and the nutty professor explains a little on the origins on Sekirei,but I do recall this was slightly overdue according to the manga’s time line but who cares.Sekirei originated from space alien folks judging from the space craft Mr.Prof found.After the announcement of phase 2,many obscene battles were taking place.Among them is a bandage wrapped Sekirei aimed at S&M fetishists.

Thoughts:

I’ve been so depressed lately that ali I could watch are ecchi flicks (>_<) well its probably because of this overload of stress I’ve been keeping under wraps since my teaching job started(thank god my contract ended).But on that note I’m very impressed with what I’ve seen so far.Not a masterpiece by far, but an entertaining rendition of a popular shounen title.It could be also because I space out more often while appreciating Kuu’s loli cuteness that I turned a blind eye to most of the flaws(multiple subplots as well as an unclear main plot for those unfamiliar with the series).So go out there and watch this if you haven’t done so already.

On my life altering experience as a teacher…I’ve never been so glad to be single with NO KIDS around.

Kuu is just plain adorable

I guess Kuu makes up for her lack of any assets with her umm ability to look good in animal costumes?

“Hey what about that blow job that I thought was coming after the sweet talk?!” -Inside Minato’s head

Seriously its probably one of the few times that an anime adaption can rival the original manga.In actual fact, its not that hard is it?Anime adaptions have that moving pictures and sound advantage to work with yet some still fall flat on their faces.So this episode was well again pretty much a bunch of subplots bunched together but still managing to keep the viewer interested.I’ll just go over them on a point basis so I don’t get mixed up.

1.Kuu-recovered and living in Miya-chan(landlady’s house)

2.Chi-chan(Kuu’s “other half” is still looking for Kuu)

3.Seo quit his job for vague reasons and occasionally freeloads off Miya-chan on the basis of being a friend of her late husband)

4.Chi stumbles into Minato’s sis and she goes all rabu rabu over him/her(he looks likely to swing both ways)

5.A stalker like sekirei infiltrates the house to investigate Minato.

6.Musubi is getting fighting lessons from Miya daily.

7.Uzume-chan reveals that she’s living separately from her ashikabi

8.Kuu and Musubi dress up as a maid and stuffed animal respectively to give Minato and me some nosebleeds.

9.Minato fails to get the jump on Musubi during a romantic like atmosphere.

Thats all I could think of when I was writing this post =/

So this is shaping up to be a pretty good ecchi/shounen flick.I especially love Kuu’s “moe” antics,seeing it in motion rivaled that of Azumanga’s Chiyo-chan.So its 2 thumbs up for everything I’ve seen so far.Flawless in almost every aspect except that I would have liked it better if that put some censorship on all the bath scenes so I can be more excited when the uncensored DVD version comes out(Think Simca from Air Gear folks)

Aside from that I’ve actually started to get bored from watching To Love-ru so much that I’ve got no motivation to blog about it =.=.Why?Nothing much to talk about since it either,never happened/not supposed to happen,they raped the original plots etc.Not that I don’t like it.Its just that it doesn’t warrant any noteworthy mention.So when it does deserve some love,I’ll tell ya.

Random bullshit ahead

Ahh… so I’m basically stuck with my job since my boss somehow managed to convince me that I can’t quit no matter what.Stupid bureaucracy!!

The new soul eater ending is the new song that’s stuck in my head now =)

I forgot that Hard Gay is officially no more and has since moved on.Man I’m slow.

“The black sheep among a herd of cows” aka Sekirei 108

Episode 2 basically covered a bunch of manga chapters.The move in to Miya’s house/”villa” and what followed suit was the main theme here.There was also a little foreshadow of the coming arc about Kuu-chan(the girl stuck in the tree).Certainly while they did cover alot in one episode in chapter terms….looking back at the story,most of the pages were used for semi or total nude shots of Musubi.Anyway,at the Miya house,the landlord is introduced as a really hot young widow with a “oni”(demon) like personality.Sweet and sugary on the outside but scary when provoked.Then there’s that “other guy” living in the house who claims to be working at a host club and the big surprize that there was another Sekirei living at the Miya house.I had a hard time remembering whether they were suposed to fight nude or just with their bath towels on.Hmm….anyway,I liked the “replacement” fanservice scenes added since a naked bath house fight is surely not suitable for public viewing.

Episode 3 was where the good bit starts.We finally see a serious Sekirei battle between Musubi and another Sekirei..yea I forgot her name again…not that she was of much importance though.She served as an example of what happens when a Sekirei loses a fight.In this case she got her tattoo erased which causes her to be totally incapacitated and is banished from her master forever.What were they fighting for?Over Kuu-chan,a loli like Sekirei,no.108 who has plant like abilities.She was the one who cushioned Musubi and Minato’s fall from a few hundred meters in the air back in episode 2.Besides that,we also see the S&M chick’s master.He’s Minoto’s colleague from his new part time job and a total loser from the looks of things.But the highlight of the episode was definitely the naked Sekirei fight with Musubi coming out on tops.Believe me,the manga’s version was VERY detailed and the anime’s version took it as far as possible without turning it into hentai.Finally….*victory song* “You have captured Kuu-chan”"New data has been added to your Pokedex”.Kuu gets and orgasm along with her wings after kissing Minato,which officially makes her Minato’s Sekirei too.Apparently, its fine to have many Sekireis or sluts around you.

Well all this talk about Kuu and such reminded me of this “Kooh” from some obscure MMO I play.Just some random bullshit I throw in my posts sometimes.

Thoughts:
Well,it stayed pretty faithful to the manga but the anime is going too fast imo.Its covered up to chapter 10 with these episodes alone and I left out a few minor stuff that happened along with the summary because sometimes they run several chapters in the same time frame so it gets really complicated to talk about all of them now.

Pros:Giant boobs
Cons:Slightly messy storyline so far.

S&M chicks?

If there was one thing that I never figured out about Seikirei was the purpose of drawing all the girls with oversized boobs.Besides the fanservice aspect,they do nothing but get in the way.But you could say it was because of those things that I ever decided to read the manga anyway.

Somehow I get back the old memories of reading Mai-Otome,the manga,the anime….don’t wanna talk about it.At least in Mai-Otome the explanation for everybody having huge boobs was to increase their battle abilities.Erisu was it?Was the one with the “best” battle abilities judging by that then.Okay,so back to the main topic.What do I think?Nothing much to say really.

A 2 time ronin just flunks the university entrance exam and a girl just drops out of the sky.Turns out she’s a pokemon Seikirei and the loser is her master.To put it simply,they have to beat up 107 other Seikirei’s and win the Pokemon League Championship right to assend to heaven.

While Omni from Randomc complimented the use of fanservice as “tolerable” .I had to bear the full brunt of that fanservice in the manga.The anime adaption is really tame in comparison.For me though,Seikirei isn’t really a series that has much substance to it and well,getting an anime is just proof that guys just love the stuff.Though I myself haven’t read the manga in a while (=.=) because I’m more busy editing manga than reading them these days.For now,don’t expect anything much until the main characters are properly introduced.