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Going to a new bar for something familiar is like watching a new anime.
You’re unsure how’s it going to be, but are willing to give it enough of a chance to try it. But there’s the awkward phase of “where do I sit, which TV do I pick”, which is like “which character is cool, which one is annoying, do I feel for the antagonists” in anime. Sort of. If you’re crazy like me.
I tried a new bar on Saturday (not by my choice) to watch UFC. Circumstances came together to conspire for this: I had to work on that Saturday and the main events started at 6 instead of 7. The new start time is due to the east complaining that they’re too old to stay up so late to watch all the sporting events. The work is due to the fact it’s fiscal year end and now we need to count inventory. Oh joy.
Onto the bar! Well, it’s pretty new and shiny with multiple tv’s, cute looking waitresses, decent local-brewed beer and decent atmosphere. Which is like an anime that’s flashy, well animated, nice CGI (if there is any) great looking characters that are unique enough to tell apart from first glance and sweet OP/EDs.
Until you realize that the service is a bit slow, minor things like a side of gravy forgotten, the toppings on the chicken burger are great, but the size of the chicken breast is small especially compared to the bun.
So pro: eye candy, beer.
Con: slow service, decent food offset by the little things. To give reference to the service: 1.5 rounds (approximately 8-9 minutes) for a drink to arrive.
For comparison now: due to a quick trailer on ANN.net, I decided to give “Ga-Rei Zero” a shot. GRZ is a 12 episode series about different branches of demon hunters stationed in Japan.
“The Japanese Ministry of Defense has an anti-paranormal special forces group called the Paranormal Disaster Countermeasure Headquarters. They’re the ones responsible to protect Japanese soil and its people from supernatural and paranormal events. However, things didn’t go so well in one of their missions, which leads to intervention by the Ministry of Enviroment’s Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division after the PDCH has sustained large numbers of casualties battling demons.” –ANN.net
Looking on ANN.net and Wikipedia, it appears this is a prequel to a manga. Which explains a few things, but disappoints me in other ways.
There will be spoilers from here on out, so ye be warned eh? Oh, and language is no longer PG-13.
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It starts off with a team from the Ministry of Defence, who work well together to defeat some high-class powerful demon spirits. Their chemistry is great, a romance is hinted at, one of them has a grudge against the bastard antagonist, their mobile ops is a converted motor home (or maybe a co-opted and modified large media van). I really like them after one episode.
Except they all FUCKING DIE! And it’s beautifully done. I care about them and am sad when that bitch Yomi appears out of nowhere to kill the team.
UN-FUCKING-FORGIVABLE!
And the next 11 episode deal with characters I care less about and a story that is alright. They leave questions about this girl Aoi who seems to have the Death Stone, likely given by the bastard child Kazuhiro. Kazuhiro is the driving force behind pretty much all of the events in Zero.
If you’re going to make a prequel anime to explain backstory about characters, don’t include a set of people who are far cooler and more awesome than a 12-year old girl could ever be.
I want to see an anime about the first crew from the Ministry of Defence.
So pros: Really cool beginning, decent the rest of the way. Good skill at making me care about some characters.
Cons: The rest doesn’t keep up with the epicness of the beginning. Some loose threads that may not be answered by the manga. Killed off all the cool people.
And in the meantime, I’m going to read the manga in the vain and fucking retarded hope that they show up. But they won’t. I know it.
–CanadaMan eh?
