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[series:1923#1552] |
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Yozakura Quartet is focused on a consultation office of demons and humans in a consultation office who exist to protect a town where demons and humans coexist against evil demonic threats, this series dealing with evil demon Enjun trying to unleash the evil demons that have been sealed by the group. Many of the episodes in the first half of the series serve to introduce the members of the consultation office, their backgrounds before the start of the series and their regular duties throughout the town. They are fleshed out enough where you could care for them as characters, but these episodes lack much in the way of intrigue or tension beyond hints of Enjun's incoming arrival as they are mostly light-hearted and sort of follow a slice-of-life style plot. The second half of the series is where things pick up in Yozakura's storytelling when Enjun makes his presence felt on the town and the effects of his actions effect the populace. An added twist to the developments come from a revelation where Enjun is possessing the body of someone close to several members of the consultation office that add some interesting tension into the series as these characters feel conflicted over how to approach the situation throughout much of the show's second half. While the storyline does go for a black-and-white moral approach, Enjun does get enough dimension to his character to show how manipulative his character can be with the body he possesses and the strong belief that he has for his actions in trying to free the demons that were sealed. Even with the solid second half though, Yozakura Quartet does have its issues. I questioned the point of the land gods' presence in this series as they couldn't do anything to assist the consultation group due to "rules" they had to follow and they didn't get much in the way of depth. Enjun's partner in his plans also lacks much in the way of dimension and depth beyond serving as major obstacle in the efforts of the consultation group to halt Enjun's plans and the series fails to explain how Enjun was freed from being sealed. Also, the ending for this felt a bit too anti-climatic considering how difficult it was for the group to deal with Enjun throughout of the course of the series beyond overcoming their hesitance at taking him down. The visual presentation to this series is rather average with bright colors and solid, though rough, levels of detail implemented in the designs of characters and scenery, though nowhere as visually impressive as TV titles like Code Geass R2 and Ga-Rei: Zero that aired that year. Action scenes normally make use of reused frames and speed stripes as shortcuts, making them not so impressive despite the unique abilities that several characters in this series have. Overall, Yozakura Quartet is a somewhat solid series that does flesh out the members of the consultation agency enough where you know of their characters and backgrounds and has an engaging second half coming from the group's efforts to thwart Enjun's plans. However, the series does suffer in that it doesn't bother to flesh out some major aspects to its plot and the questionable relevance of some characters even being in the series. It's not a masterpiece by any means, but still worth a look if you're looking for something that can be quickly breezed through. Last updated Sunday, August 25 2013. Created Sunday, August 25 2013. | ||||||||
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[series:1923#2279] |
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The synopsis wasn't too impressive but the artwork seemed pretty good so I decided to give this one a shot. Art, Animation & Character Designs Artwork and animation was pretty good. It seemed slightly above the norm with rich colors and fair amount of detail. Character designs were well done. Kotoha was probably my favorite character, not to mention uber cute! Music The OP was a nice alternative piece that was pretty good. Good enough for me to sit through a few times listening to it through. The rest of the soundtrack had some pretty good contemporary pieces that were interesting. Episode breaks has a nice guitar riff that at first seemed out of place... but worked overall. The ED was another alternative piece that wasn't as good as the OP but simply ok. Series and Episode Story It didn't start off impressive but it did start picking after a few episodes. It turned out better than I expected. However, the ending was a bit disappointing. The plot did okay explaining things as the episodes progressed. It was interesting how each of our "Quartet" had unique powers however, it seemed that more times than not, these powers were almost worthless in the face of the "overwhelming" powers of the bad "Youkais". Overall, this was a good series but I think it could have been a bit better. It's still a good series to watch. At least it kept me watching the episodes back to back to back. Last updated Saturday, December 05 2009. Created Saturday, December 05 2009. | ||||||||
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 Stretch
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(Two episodes watched): It's hard to describe exactly why, but I felt distinctly disappointed by Yozakura Quartet. I guess there was nothing really special about it. Right from the start the human-youkai city premise seemed dubious; hard to take seriously, perhaps. Both jokes and action scenes were mediocre (though I was mildly amused by some wild moves made by the Quartet members). Not until late in the episode was there any explanation of who exactly composed the Quartet, whether they were human or not, and what powers they possessed. Without any sense of personality or motivation about the characters, there was really nothing much that I hadn't already seen many times. Also, the character designs seemed simplistic, which reinforced their blandness; they reminded me of Kamisama Kazoku somehow. This show has suffered the additional misfortune of being launched amid a fall season loaded with unusually good series, and it simply cannot compete. I think one episode has made clear everything I need to know about this show. ...so naturally I watched a second one. I found that I was still having a hard time feeling interested in this show. Neither the short term plot of this episode nor the long term one that is hinted at (some super villain) held my interest well. The plot(s) seemed like they were composed of recobbled, reused elements without anything particularly original about them. I still see little reason to be excited about a human-youkai city, and the characters feel lifeless and dull. So far, I cannot think of anything special about Yozakura Quartet. Last updated Tuesday, October 21 2008. Created Saturday, October 18 2008. | ||||||||
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And.... to think that I had strong hopes for this series. A Quartet of teenagers, each with a different skill or ability, defend their town from evil and nasty Youkais who are out do harm to the 'innocent' humans. Both the characters, their relationships and abilities remind me of Night Wizard. Humm, let's just say that I was not very impressed with the first episode and hope that the 2nd is better. Last updated Monday, October 13 2008. Created Monday, October 13 2008. | ||||||||
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| Official Japanese Series Web Site | http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/yozakura/ |
