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| Disappointing, I don't even want to watch the second episode. I liked Hiko though. soru-soru said: fearlubu said: soru-soru said: The fighting scene, S*CK." why censor suck? lest im missing something SUCK and SICK at the same time. You decide. maybe you meant SOCK? or SACK? |
| I had high expectations for this. A recap of those ~62 episodes or so, which are freaking Great, with better art,sound, with good battles and stuff. Well, good way to ruin my expectations. If i didn't know the anime, i wouldn't understand anything about this OVA; action takes place way too fast and we don't get to see any good battle; they even cut the Saito vs Kenshin and the Oniwaban arc, sigh. |
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| The TV series are alot better than this, for the plain reason that you can understand everything. I will suggest watching this after episode 62 of the TV series. One thing tough as animated compared to the TV series I can say this was alot nicer. |
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MallyMalMal said: Lolwtf was with that sex scene? Is it just me, or does anyone else wonder how Shishio is even able to still have sex? I figured if his body was lit on fire that that part of him wouldn't even function anymore. XD Apparently he's pretty good in the bedroom regardless lolol. for me too ! that scene freaked me out and i had the same thoughts XDD |
| Just finished the Kyoto arc of the main series and thought I'd watch this now before watching the filler... DISAPPOINTING. I expected a lot more from an OVA retelling that was intended to be so much more "dramatic." First of all, I watched this dubbed. That's how I watched the main series, that's how I intend to watch this. The change in voice casting for EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER makes the experience so hard to settle into. Kaoru's new cast was all right - I almost like her better than her VA in RK. Kenshin's himself was the same as in Trust & Betrayal, which gives a sense of familiarity and Shanon kinda fits his voice anyway, so that was all right too. Misao's was also okay. But the rest, ESPECIALLY Saitou's and Sano's, pretty much ruin it. I love David Matranga as a voice actor, but hearing him as Chou ruined Chou's entire personality. Mainly, it's just the entire lack of familiarity in the voice cast that makes it so hard to settle into rather than the actual performances. I could forgive it if the voice acting was the only problem when that's not really something I have a huge right to complain about - but it's not the only problem. The pacing is ridiculous and unbelievably hard to keep up with. If I hadn't already watched RK, I would've been completely unable to follow what's going on at all. I will confess that some of the new scenes put an interesting spin on it though. In particular, Kenshin telling Misao himself what happened to the Oniwaban was dramatic and how I would've preferred it in RK as well. The art is also gorgeous in a way I never expected. I ended up having to save a couple screenshots for wallpaper purposes. That is one area where they really outdid themselves. Of course, it's to be expected considering it's so much more modern, but definitely welcome nonetheless. This isn't entirely without merit indeed and has some good going for it. Really, it's not bad or boring, just disappointing. Looking like a 4/10 unless episode 2 somehow improves on it. I just wish they'd re-dub this with the original voice cast (and the other Rurouni Kenshin specials with it). I might've been able to enjoy it a little more at least. =/ Watching it subbed wouldn't help when I don't have familiarity with the Japanese voice cast. |
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| Very different feel from the original. Not really a fan. |
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| A lot of the events seem to have been changed, while not hugely they do have an impact in my opinion in the general development of the story and atmosphere. Some of the characters appearance and ways of acting also changed in this first episode, but for the rest it wasn't a too bad remake. I do prefer the updated art and animations but it did felt like it was missing something compared to the original. Well let's see what the second episode will have to offer! |
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| WTF is this.? Waste of budget and time. |
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| Of all the things I excepted to see in this OVA....a Shishio sex scene was not one of them, but I guess that answers the question of if he still can...if anybody was curious. The art-style used in this is another point of contention for me, it's nice and all but I would've preferred something closer to the anime or the opening to that one PSP game. |
linkjoker said: Of all the things I excepted to see in this OVA....a Shishio sex scene was not one of them, but I guess that answers the question of if he still can...if anybody was curious. Exactly my thoughts :s i couldn't concentrate in the next scenes, thinking how that would actually worked lmao his skin is all charred and wouldn't be able to feel a thing... xD! she said her vagina was burning ughhh |
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| The animations have been updated, but the fights are so lame. Chou didn't even have his signature swords! Anyway, Shishio is as badass as ever. I've always been in awe of his beliefs and ideals. However, he's not as smart here. The change of plot doesn't make sense. Shishio killed Usui. That's a major asset gone. It's no wonder he's doomed to die in Rengoku in this alt. story. |
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