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 Ggultra2764
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[series:1709#1552] |
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Hatenkou Yugi depicts a series of one to two episode story arcs where Rahzel and her two attractive male companions get caught up in some sort of crisis on their travels and the three make use of their magical abilities to overcome the trouble in question. The stories are mostly nothing compelling, though a couple arcs are devoted to fleshing out the backstories of our three leads. Still with their fairly typical character types, lack of linear storytelling, and the anime's subpar visuals compliments of Studio Deen, this anime's mostly forgettable fare.
Last updated Tuesday, March 12 2019. Created Tuesday, March 12 2019. | ||||||||
| Watch | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
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[series:1709#2279] |
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I only downloaded and started watching this one out of bordem without researching...like I normally do with animes before I begin watching them. Art, Animation & Character Designs Art and Animation was pretty good. I would say it's above the norm and smooth. Character designs are average while personalities are well defined. For some reason, Rahzel (the protagonist) annoyed me more times than not. I think it was her personality. Although her appearance looks cute, her character isn't..... seemed almost self-righteous at times. Music Nothing..........no words.... Series and Episode Stories After watching first two episodes, you might be a bit confused as to what's going on and lost at who the characters are. But after that, the story picks up and gives a bit of background..... very little that is. I have several gripes about this series. One of the biggest things that bothered me is how cheesy the beginning of each "fight" scene was. It's like the three of them would converse and exchange some cheesy lines while the bad guys stand around waiting for them to finish.... then the fight would begin. At times the characters would seem to "try" to be serious.... but it ends up being cheesy. The episodes were disjointed....i mean, they weren't really relevant to each other and were nothing new or exciting. Really, each episode was a stand-alone story that pretty much had no bearing on the previous ones. Another thing that bothered me was how Rahzel has this magic ability, yet, more times than not, she doesn't use it when she... rather they, are in a pickle. The last 3 episodes I think were the most interesting part of this anime, but even then, it left too many things unanswered. Overall, this series left me confused. The very last few seconds of the final episode seemed like it would finally tell the tale of Rahzel and her two "comrades"...... but it ends with nothing else to tell. Last updated Monday, January 19 2009. Created Monday, January 19 2009. | ||||||||
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the anime feels like just the tip of a potentially interesting iceberg. it's an okay inbetween anime, something to watch if the next episode of your favorite anime isn't out yet. but really, things are just touched in here but never fully explored. we see bits and flashes of dimensionality but again they're never fully explored. so, it's good enough to stand on its own, but hopefully there'll be a season 2 to get deeper into things.
Last updated Thursday, July 24 2008. Created Thursday, July 24 2008. | ||||||||
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(Avoid+ or Watch-) (All episodes watched): The synopsis above told me far more about the plot of this show than the opening episode did. I knew very little about the backgrounds of Rahzel and Aruzeid at it's end, but they seemed to have colorful, fun personalities. Rahzel is a spirited girl who can use magic while Aruzeid is a laconic ne'er-do-well sort of guy. I wasn't sure about Heat, I even thought he might be some sort of genie. The fact that I did want to know more about them was a good sign, however. I got a disturbing surprise from episode two, though: it was boring. Compared to the credible first episode, this one seemed appallingly uninspired, predictable, unfunny, unexciting and generally lackluster. Episode three had some amusing banter between the characters early on, but then it likewise lost my interest. There seems to be a formula to this show: in each episode the trio discover some sort of bizarre crime and put it right; then in the next episode they start over, without any plot link (as far as I can tell) between the two. The problems are that the crimes don't make a whole lot of sense, the trio are often too late to save the victim, the villains are simplistic and two-dimensional, and the resolution tends to come in a corny, abrupt manner. I wish more emphasis had been put on developing the personalities of Razeru, Aruzeid and Heat, since even as thin as they still are, they are far more interesting than the evil schemes which they continually stumble across. Episode four was more like it; not a brilliant one, but entertaining. Once again, I think the banter between the characters was the key, since the case they were investigating was pretty predictable. This show certainly won't be anywhere near outstanding, but it is mildly entertaning and perhaps worth a watch. Okay, then there's episode nine: a half-hearted fight in a burning building (except the characters seem to forget that the building's on fire before long), bottom-of-the-barrel animation, sorry music and sound effects, blatantly bad timing, a lame plot, and the most feeble escape-from-being-held-at-gunpoint trick I've ever seen--I wish it was a joke. In general, a pathetic excuse for anime; I was tempted to give up and watch something else, and that's almost heresy to me. The one good point of the episode was the "aphorism" gag; again, it was the silly banter between the three main characters which provided the only real entertainment--why couldn't the series as a whole have focused on this element? At the end of episode nine comes the surprising news that this series will be a mere ten episodes long--kind of a relief I guess. Having watched the final episode, Hatenkou Yugi strikes me as one of the most disjointed series ever. Why were we introduced to Rahzel's actual father (it turns out she was adopted) just so that he could be murdered by a complete stranger? What happened to Alzeid's thirst for revenge (which was made clear in episode one, but little more has developed from it since)? Has he and Rahzel fallen in love (I never detected the slightest affection on his part)? This must have been one of those series which follows the plot of a manga to the letter, even though the manga is incomplete and there will clearly be no satisfactory conclusion. Certainly more than a few series based on unfinished manga are really screwed up when they manufacture their own shoddy conclusions, but surely just as bad would be offering little or no conclusion at all. At the end, I felt that episode ten sort of felt like the story was ending, but I couldn't be certain until I saw that there was no preview for an episode 11 after the credits. All-in-all, it's as if a half hour time slot had somehow been left open and a half-assed show had to be hastily slapped together to fill it. Were they even trying to do a decent job? My favorite line: "I made much more money dancing while stripping" --Heat Last updated Saturday, April 05 2008. Created Sunday, January 13 2008. | ||||||||
Other Sites
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| Japanese Series Web Site | http://hatenkouyugi.com/ |
| Studio Deen (Japanese) Series Web Site | http://deen.co.jp/works/hatenko/ |
