![]() In terms of character, I think it was Keith and Lily’s relationship, which has an abrasive mentor/rival/student thing, that I enjoyed the most – her earnestness is endearing and his drive is too. Sometimes you want reliably enjoyable, I reckon.Īnd I don’t mean for either of those descriptions to come off as put-downs either, so hopefully they don’t do that.Īside from those aspects it was probably the characters and the mythology that the series created and wove in and out of the story that I found most enjoyable. The story follows twin, converging storylines which are both engaging for differing reasons and while it seems one has more action (young Koku’s search for a lost love) and one more investigating (Keith Kazama Flick’s search for a killer), the division isn’t always clean cut.īoth stories essentially offer plenty of both action and intrigue, delivered with the fairly ‘slick’ modern animation that’s always pretty impressive if not always distinctive, but then, you don’t always want super-distinctive. ![]() (However, keep in mind that I do enjoy genre mash-ups a lot and so I have that bias). *I’m also wondering if Keith’s past with his adoptive sister is going to be explored or whether it’s just some run of the mill shock tactics stuff?Īnd that’s partly because of the odd mix between aspects that are quite at home in a CSI/Criminal Minds cop team (featuring an uneasy genius and a taciturn leader) and the supernatural, the teen angst, and some horror and occasional bits of comedy too.Īt first I thought there were too many disparate parts, but the series mostly brought it all together, definitely enough for me to suspend disbelief and want to see how it ended. Having said that, I’ll still watch more episodes if they appear one day and it was nice to see Izanami return. Things still look great and there was plenty of dramatic lighting and warm colours, along with some exciting action sequences, but overall I’m still finding myself a bit disappointed. While the political intrigue was an interesting extra facet this time around I think it maybe took the place of a compelling villain, but since this season seems to function as something to tide folks over, I should probably hold back on judging too soon. If a character is too smart, it can be hard to surprise them and so dramatic tension is cut. ![]() Maybe it’s like Superman needing kryptonite. In terms of negative aspects, first up is that fact that I didn’t enjoy the side-lining of Keith Flick* for pretty much the entire series. It seemed like the prologue to a bigger story to come, and at the same time, like an epilogue to a bigger story that had already been told. I’m not sure how to write about this short season…
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