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Overall | Art | Animation | Character Design | Music | Series Story | Episode Story | Reviewer | |
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I'm guessing that OVA 1 from three years ago was a sort of a preview which was successful in leading to the making of this Kickstarter funded series (there is a lengthy list of donors at the end of episode one). 'Sensei', as Shiva calls him (he cannot remember his own name), saves her from being slaughtered as a 'Cursed Insider', and takes her in. Shiva is a cheerful girl oblivious to what the soldiers had in store for her, and while most would be terrified of Sensei she likes him. He is powerful but cursed--"Pain, warmth--I have forgotten most things" he says. And that's about where things stand after one episode, which is why I needed to use the ANN synopsis. But these are clearly sophisticated characters and this promises to be a cerebral show, unlike most. In episode two we learn that Sensei was once an ordinary human with a wife and children. Another Outsider (I think) visits and seemingly wants him to turn Shiva over to them. He refuses, and decides he needs to find a safe human community for Shiva somewhere. In episode three Sensei and Shiva have a bizarre experience that begins with them sinking into a pond (somehow they do not drown). And, apparently that's it--the story seems to be complete. I had thought it would be around a dozen episodes long if not more. A stylistic, artistic conclusion which unfortunately makes little or no sense to me. Last updated Sunday, September 04 2022. Created Thursday, August 11 2022. |
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