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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Episode 3: in which Masao is a socially mal-adjusted creeper.
And Gackt makes his first appearance~ (unless Papa Kanemasa showed up already and I just forgot...)
Sunako meets Seishin and is adorable.
Tatsumi shows a bit of his scary side at the end.

So far they really stick to manga.

Although teh adaptation of art is...real bad sometimes T_T


Like the end of episode. The shading on his face was incorrect. It was one of the scenes I awaited the most and it was just...incorrectly done >_<


inb4 "omg this is slow" mainstream complainers

I know what you mean about the art, that really put me off of the first episode, especially since I hadn't read the manga at that point. >>

Art is great actually...

its just adapted REAL BADLY


Compare the very last ("ill visit you") scene of this episode with this:
http://www.onemanga.com/Shiki/2/58/

anime team just slapped shadow on half of his face and finished with it -.-

No, no, I agree... I meant the anime art put me off. But the manga is great. Not your typical mainstream style, but I like it when a series doesn't look like every other thing out there.....

Eh, personally I prefer the anime art more than the manga art.
But that's just me :P I like the manga-colorings though.

Also, it is true that Funi won't be able to stream episode 3 this week?
I heard they had some technical problems.

lol. Their hair look so funny.

I kinda like Sunako's eyes even though they remind me of a coldhearted character however she's really quite cute and adorable.

tl;dr ~> Zzz zzz zzz zzz...
They totally could have adapted this so it wasn't entirely boring. I didn't have a problem with the pacing at first, but that was because I thought it would be relevant to the genre. I see now that it's unnecessary. They need more characters to have fabulous CLAMP-esque outfits like Megumi had in the first episode.

Megumi was annoying and quite ugly in that outfit no wonder she died and pretty glad she did, maybe she'll be better personality-wise as a Shiki.

really...really intriguing and great episode!

loled at Masao's scene that he appeared and spoke. he is so funny! so unique!
and, loled at Kirishiki Seishiro, Gackt, talked with villagers, he acted well enough. or, that voice of his is fitting that gracious personality.

and Sunako, a heroin of this story(?) finally appeared. she is quite cute and mysterious enough. and her voice is really nice to add to its savor.

as to pace, I think it is really good. it is not too fast nor too slow. if they made it faster than this, it would be less intelligible and zestful, and would lose its atmosphere.
As someone mentioned before, this is not Battle Anime, but is Japanese horror. they need to develop its settings making much of atmosphere and people's psychological descriptions. like, Masao's quarrel with Natsuno, or talking with his sister-in-law or dad or other his friends of this episode.
they are important to this anime, I guess.

The hair annoys me. I know a lot of anime characters have outrageous hair styles, but most characters in this show have hair that defies gravity, and it still looks horrible. The dates are annoying too. Are they that significant to the story?

I also like how no one thinks the family of vampires (they are vampires, right?) is strange, despite having like colorless eyes with no pupils or anything.

The best part was when that little girl was being creepy. That was the only time I have been interested in this show so far.

Yuck, here comes Masao, my most hated character in Shiki next to Megumi. They're both intolerable little shits.

I'm not realyl seeing how people find this show slow, seems perfectly fine to me. Then again, I must be one of the few who watched Zettai Shonen completely and loved it so, it's hard for me to call something slow...

In terms of the art, my only gripe is the shading they gave to the Kirishiki women's eyes. I think the manga's pure black eyes are much better and give a much creepier feel, kinda like staring into a skull. Here they look like they're bugs.

Th-th-th-th.. THAT CREEPY PSYCHO WITH THAT CREEPY FACE!! OMFG!! *hides under bed* WHYYY GOD WHYYYY DID YOU MAKE THAT SCARY LOOKING BOY?!

oh... my.. GOOOOD *screams*

holy crapppppp that masao guy is probably the scariest effing anime character ive EVER seen arghhhhh

peoples hair in this show is really strange, like that chick with the long green roller coaster hair, oh well i think it adds to the shows interest level

I first that Masao was the transvestite type of guy but it turns out he is just a creep.
He seems to know about the possibility of a epidemic but doesn't seem to realize that it could effect as well.

And we finally got a glimpse of the mysterious new residents who seem to be the cause of the epidemic.
The certainly look apart except for the last guy we saw (Not counting in the grin at the end).
I'm wondering about the eyes of both female members tho they looked apart from the other female's in the story, Western features maybe?

It also seems there is more to the priest then meets the eye.
Wonder what his future actions will be.

nice bites. nice blood complications. nice vampires. nice eyes, i guess? K. LET THERE BE SUN

Vampires? Zombies? So far it seems that new family are the vampires, but that's way too obvious for the anime to have 22 episodes, there must be many other things... I hope.

Masao is scary as hell. Onizuka's back as Tatsumi. Gackt voices Seishirou. Aoi Yuuki as Sunako. Yep.

Yea, not the best episode, but still okay so far...

I was thinking the more I watched this the more it would grow on me but to be honest I think it's getting worse in my opinion.. the pacing is starting to really bug me, not to mention the weird hair. I also don't understand why the word vampire hasn't crossed any of their minds. I realize that they think they don't exist or what not, but wouldn't you think that for even a second.. even if you shot it down right after? I'm just confused..