Ookami Kakushi Episode 11: This series sucked

WHY MUST WE SUFFER?!

I spent part of the day working/getting blamed for something I didn’t do, the afternoon painting the fingernails of 10 year old girls, and now I just got done watching Ookami Kakushi. My day was AWESOME!

-_-

But at least I got all the -_- out of the way right? So tomorrow I can work a few hours and spend the rest of the time playing my new Pokémon game WOOHOO! Let us rejoice for tomorrow people, the promise and hope that things won’t suck as much as the day before.

However…we got to get through today first. Go Ookami Kakushi….





This will probably also contain my series review as next week’s episode looks like Alice In Wonderland meets Angry Wolves. So yeah, this series is done in my mind.

Behold...the flood.

Episode summary: Nemuru, Isuzu, and the cape wearing wolves run up the mountain to stop Sakaki from breaking the dam. Kaname and Hiroshi take a different route because they are human and useless. Sakaki makes it to the dam control center, kills a wolf, and pushes a lot of buttons. This does not destroy the dam but merely releases a lot of water. This semi floods the area and sends the people running and screaming. Because they were dumb and decided to sit at the foot of the mountain/hill and do NOTHING! Anyway Isuzu reaches Sakaki first but she gets shot. Everyone else gathers around Sakaki as Nemuru is all TAKE ME AND LEAVE THE CHILDREN! Kaori shows up and says something about being important. Sakaki almost gets talked down from his grief but he wants revenge for his dead girlfriend and fires his gun. Only he shots Kaori and she flings them both over the edge of the cliff. Then TADA everything is alright again. Almost all the humans leave town and work has to be done on the town to repair the damage but Hiroshi says everything is going to be all candy and cupcakes. THE END!!!

This is clearly the time for ice cream. Clearly.

Yes. The series serious ends on a cupcake and gumdrop note. A series that starts ff with random people dying has an OH HAI we are all friends and love each other ending. If I wasn’t so bored with the series I would be disappointed in the ending. I am sure other people are though.

Why do I have to suck?!?!!?

Sakaki really disappointed me. I had strong hopes for him and look what he goes and does. I mean, I am glad he didn’t lose his resolve in the end. Him living and forgiving the wolves would have been the most terrible ending ever. But Sakaki you reached the damn control center first. What was with that small amount of water? DROWN THE FOOLS!

This lacks....a lot.

That and control rooms? Really? You have been plotting your revenge and the best you got is a stolen gun (ONE STOLEN GUN) and random button pushing? No explosions, no master plans….just nothing. Great job getting revenge Sakaki. You killed no one with your little drowning plan (what with everyone being safe at festival and all) and you got pushed over a cliff. Next time you want to get revenge and reveal your master evil plan to people have a master evil plan. Tis important.

Slowest death scene ever. Good job Nemuru at "trying" to stop it. Really. Good job.

Kaori, great job at doing something awesome for no reason. You were chosen to be what? Why? Is the chosen one always covered in bruises and flesh eating bacteria? Sign me up for being the chosen one! How about instead of throwing your body in front of the bullet, you just throw the crazy over the cliff? Or was this all supposed to be Kaori’s way of showing Sakaki that she loved him all those years ago or something? Color me unimpressed.

Is this seriously the end?! WE ARE SHOCKED! But not amazed.

So after all this dramatic nothingness (with Kaname and Hiroshi doing NOTHING)….tada? Everything is okay? After ALL that crap nothing bad happens. Besides the dead people of course. But they deserved it okay!

Did the writers now watch the whole series or something?

One small issue I would like to address is Hiroshi’s class size. Everyone who is scared of the wolves have left town. There are now like 7 people in his class. This would make sense if the first 10 episodes hadn’t happened. Especially the first one when Hiroshi was nearly gang molested by everyone in class. That gave me the sense that they were all wolves and wanted to eat his nom nom scent. But now they are all gone which means they were human? Yeah right.

We all love each other now WOOHOO!

Hiroshi decides to end the series with a good moral point: We should try and understand people who are different from us. That we can be different and accept one another. That everyone should live in happy bunny world and call people by their first names.

I am all for accepting PEOPLE! Not demon wolves that run around caring blood soaked scythes. Yeah those people I think we are free to discriminate against. So take your happy message and EAT IT! You could have saved me a lot of time and effort if the ending was going to “be a more understanding person” message. That applies to people, not wolves. Or maybe it would apply to the wolves if they weren’t trying to trick people into coming to their town and slicing people/wolves when things don’t go their way.

That leads me to my last point: what was the point?! The wolves lived in seclusion but then decided to make a town to invite humans to come visit them and or turn them into the next generation of wolves. But then they have to make strict rules to protect these new humans and if someone changes them into a wolf the original wolf gets killed? Yeah that makes ALL the sense in the world. How about we don’t invite any wolves to town and we all get to live? Or at least kill the people (coughcoughHiroshicough) who are causing the most chaos. This series makes no sense at all. I think the series wants us to forget those small plot points that make the entire story possible.

Only I can’t. This series makes no sense once you have all the information and it is based on nothing. The characters are BLEH, the message is BLEH, and the mystery gets blown out of the water so fast it’s like you are watching Titanic only with oranges and not life rafts.

In conclusion there is no point to this series and I recommend it to no one. Not even if you are bored. Find something else to watch. Or go outside and breathe that thing called fresh air.

Rating: 3/10.

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Ookami Kakushi Episode 10

Rolling oranges down a hill, the highlight of my day.

Is there a reason I watched Ookami Kakushi instead of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun? Do I enjoy putting myself through pain? :( Do I hate myself or something?

On the upside Ookami Kakushi is nearly over so WOOHOO! On the downside my other shows are ending soon too. While I am looking forward to K-On season two and am sure I will have at least one new show to watch the other shows are up in the air. I mean I am really counting on at least Angel Beats but hopefully I have at least another show. Three sounds a little light but blogging wise that is quite a lot. XD

This post is about Ookami Kakushi though right? Guess I better get to it.





Everyone in this story/anime is dumb. I could end my post there I guess but that would be super short. But yes everyone is super duper dumb in this series and they all fail at personal survival 101. Except the guy who got stabbed. He almost had the right message.

Yes according to my notes Hiroshi is dumb.

Hiroshi fails the most at trying to live. He got kidnapped two weeks ago and was told last week all about the wolves and how he is the main snack for wolves and his scent drives people crazy. Now after being told all this information did Hiroshi tell his family to pack up and leave town so at the very least THEY could live? I mean, Hiroshi should have thought about the wolves that are dying because of him but at the very, very least he should have cared about himself and his family.

I'm too dumb to realize that Hiroshi is dumb too.

But he doesn’t. And his father doesn’t really care about the seriousness of the situation. Maybe his father doesn’t know truly how bad things are but I am sure he knows it’s not all cupcakes and rainbows. Kaname also knows things are really, really bad. But do we see any of these characters running in fear from the wolves? Do we see them crying in the corner or being concerned about the situation?

Hiroshi came to the festival? What a dumbass.

NO! They instead decide to go to the Hassaku Festival. The place where all the wolves are going to be. The festival that exists to keep the wolves in line. Yes Hiroshi, after being told that you are wolf magnet number one the place you should go is to the wolf festival. Please be putting yourself in more danger. In fact next week you should slather yourself in A1-sauce and walk into a tiger’s den at the zoo.

Hiroshi is selfish. And stupid. I am rolling my eyes at the idea that he thinks he can help out in anyway. Okay he is curious. I am curious about a lot of things in life but I don’t put myself in danger. And as much as I hate most of the general population of the world I try to think of others. I don’t purposely do things that could injury or harm others. So while Hiroshi wanted to go frolic and see the festival that is designed to keep the wolves in line he was really causing more problems for everyone. But since no one told Hiroshi to stay away they suck too. Everyone fails at life WOOHOO!

So...it's only okay when you kill people and follow the rules?

So everyone goes to the festival. Even Nemuru. Despite the fact that she has lost her awesome job as the wolf slayer and she was under house arrest and that she was pissed at everyone she still has to be a part of the festival. Yeah okay, I so believe this. Is there a reason why Nemuru wasn’t kicking Kasai’s ass after she found out he offed her Uncle? I mean, there were some people behind Kasai but you would think maybe after they found out that Kasai takes out anyone who gets in his way they switch back to the “good” side. But no…because everyone is dumb.

Not smart: Attacking wolves in the open.

Actually I take that back. There is one smart person in this series. Sakaki. And now he has been painted the bad guy. Yep everyone is going to focus on how he tried to kill the entire town and forget about the wolves and why everything is their fault. I think if Sakaki tried to only take out the wolves he would be more of a hero. But BOO now he is a bad guy. At least he can go out knowing he is the only one with a brain.

Let's stand around and look stupid YAY!

But no one else. Because if I was a human I would just sit there while Nemuru sliced someone open. I think I heard a scream but did anyone run away. I am not sticking around for that kinda craziness. So you dumb humans, you get what you deserved. Doesn’t anyone want to live in this anime?

I do feel bad for Issei’s little girlfriend. She never had a chance. Hope the person she infected has one.

Very....Little House on the Prairie.

Oh and hi Kaori. You’re not dead. You get to be a temple maiden. Or a sacrifice. But you are still alive so yay?

Why aren't you more grateful that we didn't kill you?!

So Sakaki unleashes a crazed wolf at the festival and she infects a human. Nemuru kills her in the official way because having a cop handle the situation would be SILLY. No we must show the whole world what is going on. Then the older wolves decide that they are tired of not eating humans if they are going to act so ungrateful. It was an epic….nothingness with everyone staring at each other. And the humans not running away. And Kaname and Hiroshi thinking they could do something to help.

And nothing but the truth!

I love the part where Sakaki tells everyone the real truth about this town. Makes the wolves seems sneaky and evil offering up cheap land and a safe place to live. But even though Sakaki shed some light on the situation it kinda makes no sense. The wolves were a dying breed so they invited some humans to come live with them. Only Kaname’s family didn’t want the humans to be turned into wolves and they viewed their destiny as a curse. So…why are they doing this again? They don’t want to make more wolves but they didn’t want their race to die out even though they don’t want to be a part of this sad future? WOOT FOR MAKING SENSE.

I give you a knife as a parting gift.

I’m a little sad that Sakaki killed Kasai. Kasai deserved to die but I think it would have been more poetic if Nemuru had done the deed. I did like that Kasai almost showed a bit of humanity to warn others about the dam breaking. Then he said only save the wolves and he goes back on the asshole list. Bleed more.

Quick take the focus off us!!!

So the episode ends with everyone putting aside their differences and running to save the dam. Apparently Kaname and Hiroshi didn’t get the memo that they are merely human and will only slow people down. Maybe in their absence the other humans will grow a brain and run away in fear. Poor Sakaki being painted as the bad guy. :(

Oh yeah Isuzu…..wait I don’t care. XD

Oh yeah...you....

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Ookami Kakushi Episode 9

X_X

Um...already?

?_?

Did I just watch this episode? Did anything happen in this episode? Am I greatly underwhelmed? To find out the answers click read more. But I warn you. There won’t be much to read. XD

What a pal!

Most of the episode is dedicated to looking for Nemuru and Hiroshi. Sakaki has decided that Hiroshi would have sucked at being his partner so he threw Hiroshi in a room with Nemuru and walked away. I am not sure what he was trying to accomplish by doing so. I mean, he is trying to avenge people who have been killed by the wolves right? Doesn’t sound very righteous to me to allow an innocent human to die or to tempt a wolf that was behaving. But he wasn’t seen for the rest of the episode so who knows what he is up to.

I sense you dying soon YAY!!!!

Kasai is the name of the wolf that likes to challenge Nemuru. He takes great pleasure in the fact that she lost her role as a hunter and might die because she escaped from house arrest. Instead of just marveling in the fact that all is going to plan Kasai decided to get his hands dirty. He kills Nemuru’s relative Shigetsu because of the deal he had with fake doctor Sakaki. Kasai claims this is because Shigetsu betrayed them and he deserves to die. Yeah him trying to make their clan live a better, longer life is a real betrayal. Kasai’s days are numbered.

We only saw a few seconds of Isuzu waking up in the hospital. For that I am grateful. But it opens up the line of questioning that these wolves can be saved once they start to become untamed. I guess they are allowed to live as long as they don’t kiss anyone and spread their disease? I don’t know.

Are you here to rescue us or kill us? X_X

Kaname wasn’t as helpful as I thought she was going to be. Perhaps if she had told Hiroshi’s father what happened on the first day they could have found the pair first. Now with both groups finding Nemuru and Hiroshi at the same time things are bound to get ugly. But at least she didn’t follow Nemuru’s advice and forgot all that has happened.

WTF does that mean?!

While tied up Nemuru told Hiroshi all about the wolves. Not that it will really interest the viewers as they already know most of this information. In fact the more Nemuru talks about the wolves the more stuff doesn’t add up. Being a wolf isn’t explained well. Just they ARE wolves and they are a tragic bunch. I mean, wouldn’t they want to stop being wolves by kissing someone with a temptation? Nemuru says they lose their humanity that way but maybe that is the way they are supposed to be. It’s kinda like vampires. I understand them not wanting to eat all the humans because HEY we need food and if we ate everyone and or turned them into vampires that would be pretty bad for us. But as long as vampires keep their numbers reasonable and only nom what they need what is the harm in it? That’s how I view the wolves and their situation.

Note to self: Don't smell good ever again.

Really these self imposed rules the wolves put on themselves make no sense. If temptations do cause their kind to go insane get rid of them. Or move to an area free from the Fallens/humans/whatevers and live lives that way. Or they can live with humans and just get rid of the temptations. Yes killing a few temptations isn’t really nice but it’s better than half their clan going insane right? Sorry Hiroshi. 2 people have already died because of you. You are losing the numbers game on this one.

Maybe I am totally not understanding the whole situation and maybe things are more complicated than I know. But I am not understanding the whole dramatic whisper thing Kaname and Nemuru had last week.

Oh if I cut you loose you will eat me? Here let me loosen those ropes!

And once again Hiroshi fails at doing the smart thing. Nemuru was only tied up, not trapped in some SAW death box. Just let her sit there with her red eyes and you sit away from her. Or you can do the stupid thing and let her go. Yay for both of you dying.

I really don’t know where else this series has left to go. The secret is out of the bag and they can only play the MOG tragic destiny card so many times before I roll my eyes. And there are 3 more episodes. X_X How are they going to drag out this hot mess?! Pretty art can only take you so far…..

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Ookami Kakushi Episode 8

Can’t I do my To Aru Kagaku no Railgun post instead?

FINE!!! Let me see what I can muster up….

See someone finds this funny.

Do not be afraid of my unenthusiastic intro. I am sure deep down this was a great episode and I am just being evil. Or honest. Evilly honest probably. Proceed!

Sure. I will forget about all this mess. Right on that.

Nemuru decides to release Kaname. But not before doing something really, REALLY annoying. You know back when Hiroshi first moved to town and Nemuru and Isuzu had a fight in a room but we the viewers didn’t get to hear what is going on? Yeah that happened again. This time Nemuru whispered something to Kaname and we don’t get to find out what until the last episode. Well probably anyway. This series does kinda suck at the suspense portion of a drama/horror anime.

See the shocked eyes?! That means something important was said!

The point is what was told? I am sure it has something to do with Hiroshi. What with Kaname’s huge eyes and all. Of course it would have been nice if Kaname had looked a little shocked at the fact that 99 percent of her friends are werewolves. Or whatever Nemuru refers to herself as. But Kaname handles all that shocking information pretty well so whatever Nemuru whispered to her must be really bad. Like Hiroshi is the one who can destroy all the wolves and he must die. Or he can really save all the wolves but in the process he will be destroyed. Whatever the case may be Kaname will now start ignoring Hiroshi and treating him different as she can’t bear to look at his unlucky self.

I say all of this and it will probably turn out the huge secret Nemuru is telling everyone is no big deal and is fairly obvious. That Hiroshi just smells too tasty for these wolves to handle. Woot what a secret. Go me.

Wait I was right? X_x

But seriously Nemuru. Why were you telling Kaname anything? Why didn’t you just release her back into town with strict orders to not tell anyone anything? Or you know just kill her like you killed your other classmates? Or maybe make her forget about this whole mess and remove that lame book from the library? No? You rather blab all your secrets? Yay for Nemuru.

Keeping on doing that plan...whatever it is. Yeah.

I am totally confused on the Sakaki issue. I think he looks too similar to the one wolf dude that likes to talk back to Nemuru. So I am confused on that issue and I am confused on what his objective really is. He wants to prove to Hiroshi that Nemuru is bad by…..locking him in a room with her so she can eat his brains? That is not the way to make friends my dear crazy person.

Maybe she is being escorted back to the old part of town? Goodbye boring lady.

The entire Kaori issue was interesting. And by interesting I mean confusing. We never saw her losing control right? Just that gross looking scar growing on her arm. And that happened every day we saw her. If the wolves have a certain moon that makes them look gross/act crazy Kaori should have been fine most of the time. We never saw her try to make out with anyone but she might be too awesome for words. Kaori plays the violin so she has more self control than the normal person. That is why she went quietly into that gentle night instead of throwing a big fit like the other wolves. How special is it that Kaori gets special treatment and a parade to her death.

Also how creepy is it that Nemuru’s family keeps tabs on all their wolves like that? Big brother anyone?! X_X

Let's move closer to the danger.

What was Hiroshi doing this episode? Well he was busy not worrying about Kaname being absent from school. He was not worrying that Isuzu was going to chase after him and eat his soul. And he did not run when Nemuru said OH HAI my people are here to kill you. But he did contact Sakaki and get himself kidnapped. Or at least he looks kidnapped. Either way Hiroshi is having a really sucky life.

Also can I get an explanation on why that book was even in the library in the first place? No? Okay then….

Wolves get run in a pack and threaten stupid boys with sticks.

Maybe I can get an explanation on why one would WANT to be a wolf? Perhaps that is why there are such strict laws, because they don’t want to make other people suffer? But yeah….being born a wolf seems really, really lame. Okay I guess they get some super powers…but the curse that makes most of the wolves die at a young age is no fun. Sign me up for being a normal human.

Someone is going to get kicked later.

I would like to know why Nemuru was getting her orders questioned. I thought her family was top dog. I guess I was wrong as she was quickly stripped of her powers and told BAD WOLF BAD. So who is going to go around slashing wolves now? Questions questions.

Go secrets!!!

I think the problem with this series is the suspense. And the fact that Hiroshi is not very concerned about the dangerous situation he is in. Maybe next week will be better. Or maybe next week Hiroshi will just go lalala when faced with danger again and the entire town can be suspicious while leaving important documents for humans to find. WOOHOO for surprises!

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Ookami Kakushi Episode 7

Don't make me cut you!

A word to the wise: If you are feeling under the weather/sick/like you are about to pass out, don’t work 10 hours the very next day. Very bad idea was bad and tiring.

So perhaps I was a bit grumpy and sniffly when I was watching Ookami Kakushi. Or maybe I am just that much closer to not caring anymore about this series. In any event….short post will be short.

And this time I actually mean short! XD





Synopsis to fill up space: Hiroshi tries to convince himself last night was just a dream but it wasn’t. Nemuru and Isuzu are both absent from school. Kaname tries to fill in the void by meeting Hiroshi in the library to talk about the same stuff they already know about the wolves. She vows to go to the public library to find out about the Wolf Rhyme. Mana is getting violin lessons from Kaori despite the fact that she is very sick. Mana is all woe is me about it. The creepy dude hanging out in front of Kaori’s house is named Sakaki. Kaori and Sakaki went to the same college but now she has given up her dreams she is no longer allowed to leave the town. Sakaki is then seen talking to Hiroshi later about how the wolves killed his fiancée and he is here for revenge. Elsewhere in town Kaname is kidnapped because the town was stupid enough to leave valuable information at a public library. She is brought to a holding cell that is next to a room housing the chick that Issei kissed before he died. She reveals that Issei made her a God after kissing her. Isuzu is seen checking out of the hospital later and Nemuru looks happy about that. The end. Oh and some dude meets with Sakaki to get rid of Hiroshi. Now the end.

Something is wrong?! SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!!

Hiroshi gets the boring hero award of 2010. Everything out of his mouth is blah. Blah blah blah. He is two steps behind the rest of the cast and 10 steps behind what the viewer already knows. It is very frustrating watching him fail so hard at life.

Super secret meetings are always held in restaurants.

That being said I am either really confused or really stupid. Sakaki is the doctor right? I am getting confused as Sakaki is busy being a Kaori stalker, a pretend doctor, a supportive ear to Hiroshi, and now a double agent to random wolf dude. Go luck with keeping that all straight Sakaki. I sense his death in the immediate future as he is double dipped too far in his revenge scheme.

I'm glad she got kissed....

College aged Kaori was an ASS! Drop out of college because you have to work to eat? ASS! Bipolar crazy person. Also look as she slowly falls apart. Woe is her and Mana.

Please repeat it all to me again!

Everything that Kaname said in the school library made me want to stab myself in the eye. It was like she kept repeating the same thing over and over again and Hiroshi kept going MOG for real? THE WOLVES MAY NOT BE WOLVES?! Oh wait they are a special kind of wolves? OR WAIT WEREWOLVES?!?!?! This is all interesting and awesome.

Instead of not having a document that tells all your secrets it is easier to guard said secrets. That must be it.

As is the fact that this super secret group of wolves would be DUMB enough to leave their….whatever in the library for Kaname to find. Note to all super secret groups out there: Keep all your secret stuff out of libraries. If high school kids can find your documents anyone can.

Yes keep on letting out all the secrets!

The real interesting details come at the end of the episode (and no not Isuzu checking out of the hospital) when Kaname was taken to her surprisingly pose dungeon. Now another note to super secret groups: keep your hostages separated. Issei’s little girlfriend blabbed some pretty big secrets because she is stupid and because you didn’t tell her not to. So now Kaname knows that you wolfs are really Gods and one can become a God through a simple kiss. Good job wolves.

I want to be a stalker too!

It is kinda interesting that one can become a God so easily. One would think the process would be a bit more special and actually require some thought. But maybe that is why Nemuru goes around killing fallen wolves because the rules are too easily broken. The girlfriend calling Kaname a fallen was interesting.

So the way to stay a super secret group is to not put your legends in a library, keep your hostages separated, and make it so that random people don’t get turned into your people by a simple kiss. Next week the super secret group will accidentally transform in public woohoo!

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Ookami Kakushi Episode 6

This is Saturday! How can it be Saturday and an Ookami Kakushi post at the same time?! XO Is this another case of Slacker Tenchi?

Surprisingly….no. Last night was the opening ceremony of the Olympics. And while I know a lot of money is spent on putting on an opening ceremony in an attempt to outdo the last guy and apparently every city who hosts the event has tons of protesters angry for some reason or another…I still love watching the overblown affair. I love the hopeful looks on the athletics faces, how they wave their flags high, and at the insane costumes dancing across the stage. So no, anime was put aside as I watched a spectacle of snowflakes and giant trees.

But please keep Nodar Kumaritashvili’s family in your thoughts and prayers. Yes the Olympics are an exciting time but please remember/pray for his family as this Olympic hopeful died hours before they started. Such a tragic accident. :(

While the Olympics are on expect blog posts to be late/postponed. The Olympics only roll around once every two years so while the Summer Olympics might get more press I still find certain events in the Winter Olympics fun and interesting. So here is my late blog post. For the next few weeks please expect lateness.





Despite Isuzu telling Hiroshi the truth last week, that her brother Issei was killed and didn’t move away, Isuzu tries to avoid the topic the entire episode. Hiroshi doesn’t do a very good job of trying to get the truth out of her either. Several people from the town gather at Nemuru’s Uncle (or whatever) house. Maybe they were people. They might have been wolves. Probably wolves. In any event they are upset about the hunting and the oranges and life in general. Instead of all fallen wolves being hunted they seem to reach a general consensus that only one person should have to die. Nemuru listens in on this conversation. Isuzu starts to lose herself but promises not to end up like her brother. Her mother sends Hiroshi away when he comes to visit Isuzu. She doesn’t believe Isuzu’s promises. Hiroshi makes a half hearted attempt to ask Isuzu what is wrong. She says that she is trying to be brave and happy. Inside she starts losing her mind and obsessing over Hiroshi. The doctor dude is seen talking to Nemuru’s uncle (grandfather?!) about controlling the wolves.

I'm sure this mean something....

Mana and Hiroshi visit the violin playing Kaori but she falls ill and asks them to leave. Actually she is also losing control and has started transforming back into a wolf. Mana is a little freaked out by the number of old people randomly walking in the streets. Later that night Isuzu calls Hiroshi to speak with him in the park. There the first scene from the first episode plays out, with Isuzu acting all weird and saying she loves Hiroshi when she really is ripping his arm off. She tries to kiss Hiroshi but Nemuru has appeared (there was a great production of her getting dressed earlier) and tells Isuzu to stop OR ELSE. Isuzu responses to the giant scythe with a few butter knives. The girls fight a bit until Isuzu flies away with Hiroshi. Hiroshi demands answers but all Isuzu wants to do is love Hiroshi despite the danger. When Hiroshi doesn’t respond to her love she gets upset and tries to fling herself off a building. Nemuru’s people catch her and take her away. Hiroshi tries to run after them but Nemuru stops him and tells him if he doesn’t back off Isuzu will die. Then she knocks him out. The end.

Wait whose side are you on again....

Where to start….I guess I will start with the fact that I was wrong. Me wrong?! Never XO But yes, I thought the scene from episode 1 was going to take place at the end of the series. And in most animes it would have. But this series has decided that it will take place directly in the middle of the series to confuse everyone! Part of me is glad that Hiroshi won’t be in the dark for long and that this series isn’t really going to focus on the mystery. But then the other part of me wonders….what are they going to do now? X_X

Not really...

I think the entire episode was leading up to that moment. It really did feel like the 12th/13th episode the way they were bringing up loose ends. The wolf elders are talking about their options, minor Kaori character is seen dying off on the sidelines, and random old people are praying in the towns. The parts that concerned that random out of town doctor bore me though. I feel as if it takes away from the plot. I rather them focus on the killing and the relationships. They will really have to work hard to make this plot point matter with me.

I thought Isuzu pretending to be okay after confessing to Hiroshi was dumb. I thought Hiroshi not asking more about the dead Issei issue was also dumb. I mean with friends like that…..Sure Hiroshi is new in town but if he really honors his friendship with Isuzu I think he should have tried a little harder to get the truth out of her. Isuzu could have been her strong self and ignored him but the fault lies with him NOT ASKING!

Sure you'll be fine...

Isuzu caught the crazies. The crazies seem to be thinking that you are above going berserk, even after seeing someone close to you die for the exact same thing. Awesome.

That looks slightly painful...

Kaori’s scene was pretty useless. I thought maybe the mystery guy who has come to investigate the town was going to be shown but NO. Just Kaori teaching Mana how to play the violin. I think I would like Mana better if she didn’t wear that hat. But Kaori was only shown so we can see what happens physically to the wolves when they get the crazies. The marks on her arms make me think that Isuzu already has been affected by this bad orange season thus she wears the bracelet/bell thingy.

Killing wolves is hard work so she needs help getting dressed.

Nemuru is the white wolf. Everyone be in shock.

Um...your eyes are glowing....

So Isuzu loses her mind. Not really surprised as we saw the park scene during episode 1. Things take place a little bit different than the first episode but it still has Nemuru threatening Isuzu and Isuzu doing some yelling. Hiroshi kinda just watches the craziness unfold. Had that been me I would have been running away screaming or at least demanding some answers. Not this just standing there being confused crap.

Take your gift and shove it!

Nemuru is really shown caring about Isuzu though. Nemuru doesn’t stop to listen to anyone after they are “fallen” but with Isuzu she decides to warn her time and time again. She also isn’t very serious in their battle as Isuzu only had two butter knives against her scythe. Isuzu doesn’t appreciate Nemuru’s generosity as her brother is a giant squish on the ground.

Why won't you love me?!?!?!

Isuzu decides to stop the battle and flies away with Hiroshi. She goes on and on about love for bit and that everything will be worth it if she only has this moment with Hiroshi. She is content to die right then and there….but she is rejected. Aw poor Isuzu. Why was she rejected?! It’s not like she tried to nom on Hiroshi, break his arm, and fly him away from another crazy girl. NO NO NO. Not at all. He should have accepted her kisses and sealed his own fate.

I demand answers!

After Isuzu realizes that Hiroshi isn’t down for dying she pretends that she is giving up because she doesn’t want Nemuru to chop off her head. She does a dramatic fall off the building but I don’t think she was trying to kill herself. Nemuru’s people come in and save her, probably to take her to a place where she can get some treatment. Hiroshi then decides to question Nemuru, you know, the person holding the giant pointy object. Only Nemuru blames Hiroshi for all this mess and knocks him out. XD

Me thinks you are gonna die Hiroshi....

Earlier in the episode the wolf elders were talking about eliminating the problem. I think that problem will be Hiroshi, not Isuzu. That might not make much sense since the orange crops were bad before Hiroshi came to town and not all the fallen wolves had a crush on Hiroshi (see the couple who got squished because they loved each other). But it will probably be Hiroshi. I just want there to be a good explanation as to why it is him.

So….this episode was a bit of a surprise. Now that we know the secret of this town isn’t going to carry the plot as it is out in the open I wonder what they are going to do with the rest of the episodes. Puzzling indeed.

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