Alternative Titles
Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito; YamiBou; Traveller of Darkness; Darkness; Hat and Book Traveler; Traveller Yami; Hat and Book
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 9, 2003 to Jan 8, 2004
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
L represents licensing company
StatisticsScore: 7.111 (scored by 1513 users)
Ranked: #14092
Popularity: #578
Members: 3,002
Favorites: 23 1 indicates a weighted score
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adventure fantasy shoujo-ai yuri |
SynopsisBased on the H game with the same name by ROOT, it can be quite confusing if you haven`t played the game.
Hatsuki is a highschool student living alone with her classmate, Hatsumi, who she has a huge crush on. On Hatsumi`s 16th birthday, she is suddenly surrounded by green light and disappears in front of Hatsuki. She manages to follow Hatsumi with the help of a being resembling a fat chick (literally), ending up in a place called the Great Library, which is full of different worlds stored in books. Hatsumi wasn`t there, though, so the search for Hatsuki`s great love begins and involves travelling from book to book.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
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This is similar in the way the characters are drawn. The main character, Hatsuki, looks and acts a lot like Kurusegawa Himeko. This is the same for Hatsumi and Himemiya Chikane. If you look at this anime you will find yourself thinking of Kannazuki no Miko because of the characters and just because of the way the story generally makes you feel. I suggest it because of the magic in it, the comedy and because if you liked Kannazuki no Miko and the relationship between Himeko and Chikane then you will like this anime.
Both series rely heavily on shoujo-ai as a plot device an emotional outlet. The main characters are almost counterparts in each series, Himeko (KNM) and Hatsumi (Yamibou) form a type that is played against Chikane (KNM) and Hatsuki (Yamibou), to the point that they even look alike. KNM has been hailed as Yamibou's successor and rightly so.
The charackters are allot simulair. The plot a little to. A girl falls in love whit here sister and searchs for a way to save here in the other anime they're 2 friends who fall in love and one need so find a way to save the other. Of course there's magic in to in bote.
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both are based on H-games by Carnelian and have yuri in them
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Reviews
| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
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Aug 26, 200813 of 13 episodes seen 16 of 23 people found this review helpful
::QUICK REVIEW::
Story: 6 (Constant alternate universe style)
Art: 7 (It's ecchi-tastic! Everything else is nice too)
Sound: 7 (Lots of girl groaning in this show)
Character: 8 (So... much... fanservice [/drools])
Enjoyment: 9 (I enjoyed the hell out of it)
Overall: 34/50 = 7.4 ~7.0 (It'll play with your emotions)
::...FULL REVIEW::
Ohkay okay, its time for a proper review of this piece. Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito (Yamibou for short) Is a heartwarming coming of age tale about a love between two super cute sisters. Their world gets torn apart when Hatsumi mysteriously disappears into thin air right in front of her sister Hazuki. But as Hazuki is about to find out, theres more to this adventure than she realizes.
The story itself feels something similar to an excel saga or magic shopping district in terms of overall feel with our main characters jumping into different 'books' and such. Don't worry it'll be explained to you pretty early. Hell in the first 6 minutes of episode one, you find out that theres girl love, incest, and drama. So this show knows that it's series is short and they compensate by trying to let you understand the Yamibou universe in detail. Of course this style of story telling is not immune to plot holes and inconsistencies, but they cover it very well with quite a gratuitous amount of fanservice.
If your a fan of large boobs you'll definitely love this show. If not, just be prepared. There are more than enough fanservice shots in EVERY episode. Even during the heat of battle, one is not immune to losing a top or having entire sets of clothes dissolve in to thin air. It obviously doesn't progress the story whenever things like this happens but it is a good indicator at how well they managed to produce a fairly good quality show ...from an artistic standpoint. Every one of the girls were drawn with sexuality in mind. Head to toe, and from costume to bare skin, its all there obviously to cause quite a stir from the viewing audience.
The characters are mostly made with a moe attitude in mind. You got your clumsy stupid girl, your tsundere, and even a silent type. Nothing is really new in the personality department (with the exception of the girl love), but you'll still feel intrigued as to what will happen next for Hazuki and company. Even the little side characters are cute as well. I laugh every time i hear that chicken :P Mind you, the characters aren't comparable to like a Key character (Kanon, Air, etc) But they are better than average.
Overall it was a good anime viewing experience worth the 3+ hours watching it. Although I was sort of confused as to who this show was being catered towards because the overall story is very girl oriented, but the fanservice is very boy oriented. Either way, if you like the Alice in Wonderland style of story with loads of skin give this a shot. It'll play with your emotions. read more
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10 |
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10 |
| Animation |
9 |
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9 |
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10 |
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Oct 22, 200813 of 13 episodes seen 7 of 14 people found this review helpful this is one of the best yuri I have seen
at this point
it is a very apart anime really heartwarming
it is not cliché or anything and has a very special ending to
the story is about Hatsuki and Hatsumi
but strangely Hatsumi vanished
so she is searching for her with the Library keeper Lilith
they believe amazing adventures,sometimes they are really sad
I cried a lot in this serie
but anyway eve=hatsumi play...es part to she goes back in the past and she lived many lives before so don´t get confused because sometimes it is a little confusing
the ending was really amazing it wasn´t like other anime ´and they live happely ever after` no it wasn´t a sad ending but it wasn´t a happy ending either
it was really fun to see each episode,because each episode has an other story line sometimes there are 2 following episodes. I think it is good to have a change of mood and not always have the same boring following episode; for example 100 episodes with only fighting in it
the sound was beautiful to
the ending and opening were fine
the voice acting was quite nice to
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| Animation |
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| Sound |
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| Character |
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5 |
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Jan 30, 200813 of 13 episodes seen 19 of 51 people found this review helpful How should I put this... This whole series was.. in one word : Fanservice
Story: There IS not definite story to this except the fact that Hazuki was searching for Hatsumi. Thus, a word of advice: if you have not played the game version of Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito, then do NOT watch these series. It wil make you go "huh? whats going on?" half the time. The story attempts to tell several stories at once then link them all together later, but for me it seemed just ...a random bunch of characters which were extras from the begginning and did not play any important role at all.
Art: I guess the only decent thing about the anime was its animation and sound. The art was decent, not bad, but have seen much better. However, I did feel like something was out of place in the art... maybe it was just me.
Sound: The sound was ok, and set the proper mood that it was supposed to set.
Enjoyment: As I said, If you have NOT played the game, I strongly suggest you not to waste time watching these series, because its just not worth the time, as it seems like it was made for the sole purpose of fanservice for its gamers.
Overall: This anime really did blow me away with its ridicularly nonsensical plot. To tell you the truth, I was speechlessly amused by its lack compared to its popularity. read more
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Opening Theme"Hitomi no Naka no Meikyuu" by Kayo Aiko (eps 1-13)
Ending Theme"Eien no Inori wo Sasagete" by Sanae Kobayashi
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