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Discounting the intro, in which it is hinted that Riku was thrown forward 1000 years in time to be saved from attack, this is one of those mystical combat animal trainer series. Riku stumbles across a weird hand held summoning device which calls forth a shikigami (a magical familiar). The macho cat-like familiar that he summons is named Kogenta - the 'great white tiger'. Together Riku and Kogenta confront and defeat other hostile shikigami, in an effort to save Riku's grandfather's life. By the second episode, Riku learns that he is a Toujinshi (one gifted in summoning) and the 'drive' that he holds is an ancient summoning device. Riku's device and his shikigami are both affiliated with the 'heaven style' clan, who are in a bitter conflict with the 'earth sytle' clan. These two clans have been involved in a battle for control that has spanned over the past 1000 years (surprise.. surprise?) With his grandfather in a coma in the hospital, Riku has to find his own way to improve both his chi level and his abilities in controlling his device and to help his cute cat-like shikigami defeat his ever-more frequent opponents. Riku is assisted by one of his childhood friends, Momo-chan (who secretly has a crush on him) and by another middle-school classmate, Rina-chan, who has a 'priestess's' ability to see these strange animal spirits. Rina-chan has mistaken Kogenta as being an incarnation of her kitten who died recently, which has her is chasing Riku around - wanting to play with the cat-like Kogenta. Her behavior of chasing Rick quickly spins Momo-chan into worries about losing the love-love race to be the first to confess to Riku. Last updated Sunday, February 01 2009. Created Sunday, July 24 2005. | ||||||||
Other Sites
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| Official Japanese Series Web Site | http://www.onmyoutaisenki.net/ |
| Anime Network News (ANN) series posting | http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4498 |
