Honestly a rather underwhelming first episode, I will admit the source manga did not come into its own until some time during the “Tanuki arc” when the eponymous protagonist Rikuo mans up. Not to excuse the first episode for sucking, but it wasn’t unexpected either.
The source does quickly fit into the typical shounen mold of:
defeat (or kidnapped girl herpderp) -> training -> success -> new enemy -> repeat
or great adversary –> hidden power awaken
But much like the early Naruto chapters there is some character development as Rikuo comes to terms with what he is and how he interacts with others, this becoming a recurring theme including the side-characters. Also a decent amount of time is spent on the rest of the cast which gives us a breath of fresh air but as with all shounen I don’t know how long it can keep me interested. (And yet I keep coming back to this genre, I guess I just like to see what crazy stuff the writer thinks up … and watch faces get beat in :V)
Since I’ve been “poisoned by the source/manga” as a certain brusque anime-notepad-blogger might say, I don’t know if I can enjoy the anime but I’ll at least give it a few more episodes to see if things can pick up.
Yuki-onna is adorable.
its all about horie voicing yuki onna
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