Blood-C ending

All I can say is..... Oh my God. I would quickly like to say that this was my seasonal favorite, not that Kamisama dolls, Yuru Yuri, and Ikoku weren't close but this may have won by bias alone. Being me I love dark orientated anime(in terms of mood and content) with copious amounts of violence, blood(the name of the show implies this element in large quantities, they didn't disappoint), gore, I enjoy not knowing all the answers/mystery, with an overwhelming sense of tragedy and distress to the characters, plus psychological troubles. I enjoy horror is what it ALL comes down to, in fact I'd be so bold as to say I have an affinity for it, a connoisseur if you will. Now to defend myself I'm not a teeny bopper that enjoys gore for gores sake but if they pull punches when a person is to be savaged by a beast it ruins it for me, and I don't mind it, the violence adds to it, lets me say "holy sh*t!" haha. Hell who am I kidding, I just enjoy the action and violence I admit to not being civilized! Now this not only had my personnal favorite(horror) but also my secondary and tertiary preferences. slice of life inherent in much of the beginning and comedy here and there. Made for myself a trifecta of brilliance, and everything I love. Plus the x-factor of shows that have a HUGE twist that explains it ALL, with Puella Magi Madoka Magica and School Days coming to mind which earns big points for me.

After the reasons of why I love the show heres how the episode its self won for me. First off we find the whole quiet town thing was a set up from the beginning! Even the part about the sword being said to be the only thing that can kill the elder bairns. In fact in a very hilarious moment at the end of the show in the ending credits, one piece of the blade separates and falls off where Saya then tosses the whole sword away lol. The uniforms that were so goth looking were noted as strange even to the characters in the show. All those people that said this wasn't in the contract? They were referring to not knowing they'd be eaten alive and executed. EVERYTHING was a stage. The Shrovetide? An agreement of old between the people and beasts that allows elder bairns to eat a set amount of people but no more than the quota. However some of the feelings people developed weren't fake in particular the love Itsuki Tomofusa developed for Saya and the sense of kinship Tadayoshi Kisaragi felt with Saya. The rest of the "main cast" did everything for money and own self interest and gain.

Now for the action. It was well choreographed with top notch animation(how ever blurred, can't wait for uncensored!) and fighting. Tadayoshi and Saya was quite simply my favorite of the show! It was so brutal as Tadayoshi over powered her with a sword in one hand and then tossed her about with his other hand. Very fast paced. After Saya uses her focus to two cut Tadayoshi(each cut costing him an arm) and they have a moment they try to leave where my favorite part happens. We see on what a grand scale the charade was. After Saya slashed a daemon bunny in half it regenerates and multiplies itself into hundreds that head into the town devouring anyone not in the lead cast. thousands of people flee and more are eaten alive or tossed into a "bunny bag" and then ground into meat and blood, indeed quite a gruesome scene.... Then I wondered if people get away what'll happen? well first of all the set town or staged town is corralled in by a barbed fence and private security stationed outside. It reminded me of Shiki when the pink haired girl almost gets away. As people make it to the fence a gatling gun opens fire slaughtering the refugees. Fumito and the only other person in the town escape(Yuka) by white SUV as private security uses a p-90 to kill people running away in the streets. Truly cleaning up shop Dead Rising style. In the end Yuka and Fumito gets away. Just as Saya is about to destroy the helicopter they're fleeing away in, Fumito steps out blowing her left eye and skull open. Saya recovers on the shore of the destroyed town for a few days, remembering it all. Then she stands up and uses a piece of her torn skirt like an eye patch or bandanna(the way Kakashi in Naruto uses it to cover his swharingan) and immediately I see the determination of Big Boss in her eyes *cough* I mean eye.... then the music starts up and she pursues Fumito to end the fight. BRILLIANT!!!! Bloody(pun intended) Brilliant! I can't wait for the movie! I know alot of people thought it was good or bad, so very hit and miss, but I thought it was brilliant from beginning to end and I truly enjoyed and looked forward to it as my seasonal favorite.

Even the director thinks it wasn't the best saying he didn't know how to lead or influence the audiences. Well my friend you made me happy. Animation to story a favorite for myself. I'll put all the good pics below as squeezing them in is quite difficult and I don't have it in me. Anyway I officially started the Fall season with Shinryaku! Ika Musume S2. I adored season 1 and S2 looks very promising! I want to blog it but I don't want to find something I like even more and over whelm myself. I'll wait until I've seen them all. But it is very therapeutic to watch after Nichijou so I'll probably blog it :) The scientists make me laugh hard especially in the last ep. of season 1 so for that reason alone I'll probably do it. Time will tell. The Cowboys won off field goals alone LOL! Go Boys! Oh yea and I'm looking forward to the zelda symphony October 21st in L.A. I'll be sure to blog that! Anyway I guess thats it for now.

-Relic P.S. I'm looking for blogging help so I can do more shows but still being underknown we'll see how it goes. Take it easy any and ALL.

I hope you appreciate the pictures I take by hand as I re-watch the show, edit the picture, cropping each by hand painstakingly for the choicest parts, and then uploaded, and then re-uploaded here and then put on the blog. By the way I upload them by hand! Even though my following is small its all for you! enjoy :) the hours long process I go through!

Blood-C episode 5 review

Developments!! I'm so excited about the episode I watched just half a hour ago I couldn't wait to post! I was never complaining about the pacing to begin with but Jesus was this the episode we've ALL been waiting for! I knew the show was just setting the scene, from peace to chaos, just slowly so when it happened the massacre had more emphasis and a larger impact on the viewer. But I didn't care for blood+ and this show from the beginnings been a favorite. Wish I would have blogged from the beginning! Was gonna put this in the section of foreshadowing of all anime I'm watching BUT I can't wait lol ^^

Starting off Saya isn't feeling too well and keeps having headaches. My thinking is this: shes having headaches because through the fighting shes having flashbacks and memories are re-surfacing. The whole show it seemed the father wasn't telling about some kind of secret. It feels the Fumito and Saya's dad are in cahoots, but over what? Well really its ALL speculation now but I can't shake the feeling they know about her past. Plus that coffee shop owner keeps narrating about very profound philosophy, if not a little dark. And it shows those little viles of blood hanging in a dark room. Something is go'n down but what!? Are they feeding Saya human blood or something sinister like that? BUT anyway her past is really nothing but speculation right now too.

The episode had some real good action only what? 5 min.'s into the show. Saya keeps coming into contact with these Japanese speaking beasts or demons or I suppose elder bairnes. They kept mentioning a contract not being fulfilled. What contract huh? And this person Saya is fighting comes because Saya keeps dishonoring this contract. I'm under the impression Saya has become noticed by the show's head honcho demons who sent this humanoid monk looking person to avenge her or its, fallen comrades and punish Saya. Still Saya doesn't know whats going on. This fight's sound effects had me cringe everytime Saya got the shaft....literally. The sound of Saya's bones breaking hurt me the most, but I guess Saya would disagree with that lol. Then we even see another civillian under attack! Lately people have been falling victim to these monsters. Like most I wondered why she let that one baker die BUT I dont think she knew the train was a demon, because since, she's tried saving all the innocent bystanders. Last time she failed and only because the stupid f*cks stopped running and took a little break on the shore just a hundred yards from the battle and got their asses eaten. This time she saved someone though! I was like yeah finally someone lived. I mainly was happy but immediately I was like"but uhhh didn't this person just get attacked by demons and now know Saya's secret???" hahaha. but still I was excited to see how this new dynamic would effect the story, about as excited as the endless eight finale episode in Haruhi. But the victim just runs off and I was thinking damn I wanted to see how a person knowing would effect the town and all that.

Anyway that happened after Saya awesomely went into sharingan mode and killed the monk creature who turns out to be a Giant Eye Ball thing which can talk with out a mouth, go figure, then again it IS a demon. The kill was cool. The demon had a string on saya's sword following her movement while it let fog out of its sleeve. So Saya put her sword down and ripped its pupil open barehanded.... Yea I know I got a little turned on too. lol but all joking aside( not joking) it was quite epic.

Then at school its story time. I've been wondering about that "nice" science teacher. When she told the story you could tell she knew some of the towns dark secrets too. The story she told was VERY familiar to Saya's situation. While telling the story Saya has flashbacks, at least I think they were. These flashbacks have very similar locales in terms of the original movie.

Anyone remember this scene from the original Blood movie!?

So what does that mean for Saya? Is Saya the same girl? Or is demon slaying passed down and the new hunter receives previous memories? I feel that less likely. I think Saya is the same saya from the movie. But then is the contract that the demons will only hunt in that small town and eat only to live as a deal with Saya not to kill too many or limit her hunting? Who can be sure? I really love where the story is headed. Oh yea and that boy Tokizane noticed Saya's interest in the teacher's story and acts like he knows something too. I don't know why but I think he might be that dog/cat who keeps showing up BUT don't hold that to me haha! just a hunch. Saya still doesn't know what the contract is but we are reaching a climax. If I could hardly wait for this episode, then next episode has me on pins and needles. With, I think its Nene, the twin eating her words( she said she hopes the teachers horror story happens to her because she's bored) and her about to discover Saya's secret I am almost sick with anticipation. The demon pops out and I can rest easy someone knowing Saya's secret is not a dynamic that will just go away like I thought since Nene is an "important" side character. At least I like her and her other twin especially duel sentence matching. We'll have to wait till next week to see whats going on!

-Relic P.S. I told y'all the show was just waiting for a good time for sh*t to hit the fan. And I'll still have my 'all the anime shows I'm watching, major events' blog later on. Oh yea and I listened to Dustz song Spiral on loop while typing this up lol.

This ending's song is perfect for the end of ep. 5 as it has this 'urgency' must go save everyone before its too late feel to it. Like Saya is about to turn and run down that road to the fight!