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In the fight between the Dragons of Heaven and the Dragons of Earth, the dream seer Princess Hinoto predicts the end of humanity. A central entity, 15-year-old Kamui Shirou, is to choose whether to ally with the Dragons of Earth and destroy civilization to protect the planet or with the Dragons of Heaven to save mankind.

Following his mother's last wish, Kamui returns to Tokyo after six years of self-imposed exile. There, he attempts to steal the Sacred Sword from the temple protected by Kyougo Monou—the father of his childhood friends, Fuuma and Kotori. However, after Kamui's venture fails, a mysterious person manages to obtain the sword instead.

Believing Kamui to be the man in her prophecy, Hinoto sends the Dragons of Heaven after him to rally him to their cause. Although Kamui first rejects his destiny, the incessant attacks by the Dragons of Earth against those he holds dear push him to decide whether the lives of his friends should prevail over the fate of the Earth and finally pick a side.

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Shirou, Kamui Main

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Monou, Fuuma Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Sumeragi, Subaru Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Sakurazuka, Seishirou Supporting

Kawano, Otoya Japanese

Arisugawa, Sorata Supporting

Madono, Mitsuaki Japanese

Sumeragi, Hokuto Supporting

Yukino, Satsuki Japanese

Kishu, Arashi Supporting

Yuzuki, Ryouka Japanese

Monou, Kotori Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Kasumi, Karen Supporting

Soumi, Youko Japanese

Nekoi, Yuzuriha Supporting

Sakuma, Kumi Japanese

Maruyama, Masao Producer

Sasaki, Shirou Producer

Kawajiri, Yoshiaki Director, Script, Storyboard, Key Animation

Hamasaki, Hiroshi Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

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Jan 17, 2021

MimiThePiggyOrc

Recommended

I love clamp, but they are awful at completing a story. I watched this as a teen growing up I enjoyed the art style, animation, and the different personalities of every character. When I watched it I thought it would have an amazing ending which sadly it didn't I had to search to even find the ending for the manga. it is disappointing to love an anime, but find out that the studio didn't finish it or came up with a rushed ending. The story honestly isn't the best what saves this anime is the art style, characters, and the era it aired in. If ... this aired today it would have probably flopped. I would advise those interested in finishing the show to read the manga since it has a solid ending.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 21, 2016

Aoi_no_sora

Mixed Feelings

This series is the kind of anime that have anything to be great but for some reason at the end was a mess and kind of boring.

I Watched X just because it’s from clamp and since I´d enjoy Card Captor Sakura and also Magic knight Rayearth then give it a try… I have mixed emotions with this one, half of the series feel the hype the rest was so boring that only complete it because invest so much time on it to drop it and also because I was curious about the Big finale.

Story ( 5/10) : Plot is not bad, in fact ... is simply yet appealing, we have the good guys, the bad guys, the “destiny” , the vision and the magic, but then we have the “big finale” which was a mess. Don’t know exactly when the series get monotonous and all was about repeating the same thing all over again (yeah we got it the first 20 times) and abuse of Flashbacks, no please!! Without the flashback we can reduce the series at least 5 episodes . Pacing was too slow sometimes, some other too fast, in resume was a mess.

Art (10/10): its CLAMP , so please be amused by bishoujo and bishonen characters, cute backgrounds, cute feathers everywhere, some sakura petals in other, the Tokyo tower and all kind of cute sceneries.

Sound (8/10) music was not bad neither good, just okey, voice actors was okey as well, maybe get a bit annoy by hinoto hime voice, but the rest was simple nice, they match the characters looks.

Characters (8/10) some were really interesting, the rest was the typical predictable type of characters, like having a list “do we have the super shy and cute girl? no we don’t… please add it” , do we have an overdramatic lady ? uhmm yes we do… so cliché. Also there is a problem with the main characters actions/emotions but I don’t want to spoil anything… some emotions seems rush but I guess it’s more like a plot issue.

Enjoyment (5/10) like I said, the series have everything to be great but it did not, finale was a complete mess that lead you with more questions than answers, really want to drop the anime several times, but once again spend so much time to do that. Sometimes I feel that the Destiny part was more like a lazy writing problem than anything else, for example some actions made by the lead was so unjustified but won’t give spoilers, just to bring more over the top drama that was not necessary at all.

Overall = 6 since finale was so wtf that I won’t forget this anime in a long time but for the wrong reasons, maybe is because I was expecting so much more and that’s why I get disappointed and frustrated.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 25, 2020

The_Namer

Not Recommended

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X is a frustrating experience. Kawajiri directed some of the most stylish anime features of the 90s, but X is proof that a good director can't save a poorly written story. For a story about an imminent apocalypse, there is a complete lack of momentum or tension. The 14 major characters mope around having lengthy flashbacks to their tedious backstories. Plot points are stated bluntly in dialogue ad nauseum (eg. when "Kamui's dark shadow" is identified, we are told, in those exact words, five times in the same episode). Entire scenes are repeated over and over. When the plot ... does advance a little, it is telegraphed multiple times with a prophecy (even for something as mundane as a sword being stolen), and then the event just abruptly happens without any logical reason... because destiny. Destiny is a dangerous concept to build a story around because it can become a crutch for lazy plotting, and in X it certainly does. Watching this show wasn't just boring, it actively annoyed me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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