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If you're expecting a continuation of Bible Black's story, you might want to look somewhere else for it. Bible Black Only bears little relevance on the plot. In fact, aside from the prelude to a sex scene, it's ALL sex scenes.

I suppose the good thing about this is that if you enjoyed the sex scenes in Bible Black, you're in for a treat. Only two of the main characters are involved in them (Being Takashiro and Saeki), while the rest feature characters that made either a small appearance in Bible Black or were missing entirely.

Only two of the sex scenes seem to anything ... to the story, the first involving Takashiro, invoking a flashback to Bible Black Origins and her sole sex scene (I'm sure you'll remember that...).

The second involves only a couple pictures of Saeki, surprisingly as a member of the school's swim team (which I think is a fabrication; there's no indication of this in the game at all).

Don't get me wrong; it's nice to see Saeki in action again, considering how you get only two such scenes in the original, and one of them might turn off most viewers (you know damn well what I'm talking about).

If you need a hentai fix, watch this. If you care about Bible Black's story, maybe watch the first episode. You're given a small Easter egg, and after that....yeah, it's more or less people screwing.

I watched Discipline because it was done by the same guy that was behind Bible Black. Now, I had played the computer game first, and I while the sex scenes were a little extreme for my tastes, the story wasn't too bad. When I watched this, I was highly anticipating seeing how it would unfold in anime form.

Boy, was I dissapointed.

This is Discipline-In-Name-Only. Same characters, and while some scenes from the game are maintained, it's a totally different story.

First, there's the bastardization of two of the characters, antagonist Leona/Reona Morimoto (I'm calling her Leona from this point on) and Maiko Kaneda. In ... the game, Leona was this incredibly well done villain where nothing was sacred when it game to humiliating her enemies. She's described in the game as a demon-child, though unlike Bible Black this is just a way of describing her. In the series, she's still quite twisted, only she seems a lot more tame, and not nearly as twisted, and this I feel kills the character. She's also not quite as smart.

Maiko Kaneda, the other character from the game I enjoyed, goes from being a seemingly heartless girl (who's cruel but not as cruel as Leona) to actually growing into a more supportive role. In the game, Kaneda seems to care only about school, and is colder than a body on ice. In this series, she's warmed up a bit, actually helping people out. Again, this kills what I liked about the character.

The plot is also totally different, and some of the scenes they added in just completely defies the original game. While the game had some totally absurd scenes (like Leona showing up at school first in a Ferrari and then a frickin' Harrier jet), this has some things that go even beyond that on the absurdity index.

If you played the game, and you liked the game, STAY AWAY FROM THIS. This is like watching the Super Mario Brothers movie, or Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Even if you have a casual interest, STAY THE HELL AWAY. You'll thank me for saving you the time, and possibly money and or/bandwidth and hard drive space.

The six part sequel to Bible Black, taking place (by my own estimate) at least six years later.

Bible Black: New Testament retains the majority of characters from Bible Black, the glaring exception being Minase (who's mentioned once, and even then is fate is vague), and introduces an antagonist that's even more sinister than Kitami.

In the vicinity of the old school, several mysterious murders take place, the one common element being a female apparition reported. The police bring in their psychic division, including Kurumi Imari, to investigate. One of the deceased is rumored to hold a piece of the Lance of Longinus (For this ... that don't know, little history lesson here. The Lance is a spear used by the Roman soldier Longinus to pierce Jesus while he we crucified; it's long been said to possess a mystical property, and it's most notorious use came when it was held by the Nazi's during the second world war).

Meanwhile, Kaori Saeki, now a teacher at the school, starts up another witchcraft club (you'd think she'd learn by now, considering the final scene of the original series...), while Rika Shiraki is working their. Hiroko Takashiro is now a nun, and seems to maintain a friendship with Rika.

Regarding the events of the original series, Takashiro says she managed to seal Kitami's spirit away in Imari; while Saeki, Takashiro and Shiraki remember those events, Imari has no memory of it, and is not aware that Kitami is inside her.

Now, back to the plot; Imari finds out that the dead professor kept his piece of the spear in a bank vault, so Imari goes in under cover to retrieve it, only to walk into a robbery/hostage situation. Imari's taken to the back where an impromptu ritual takes place, allowing Kitami to take over Imari's body.

At this point, the entire story becomes confusing as hell to me, with the introduction of Jody Crowley, the series antagonist. Jody is the (fictional) granddaughter of (real) occultist Aleister Crowley, and her power is...well, Jody makes Kitami look like pretty Mary Sunshine. From their, the forces of evil battle the forces of....not-quite-as-evil, in a plot that I'm still trying to figure out.

I wasn't to big of a fan of this. It is much better than your average hentai, but to put this another way, Bible Black is to Rocky as BB: New Testament is to Rocky V. You're happy to see the same old faces, but it's just inferior, and leaves a lot of questions to be answered at the conclusion.

I'd suggest that as far as plot and story, that only fans of the original Bible Black watch it.

If you're reading this, chance are you're familiar with the story of the original Bible Black.

This is a two episode prequel to the events of Bible Black, which provides the back story of Reika Kitami and Hiroko Takashiro while they were both students at the school, as well as the discovery of Bible Black (the book >_> ).

The main characters for this bout are the aforementioned Kitami and Takashiro (going by Reika and Hiroko), and the new antagonist, Nami Kozono, the class president of the student council.

Basically, Hiroko and her friends are denied a request for a witchcraft club, and shortly they ... after a member finds Bible Black in an antique shop. They initially cast a spell on a girl named Junko (one of the higher ups in the student council and Nami's lover), and then get a request for a love spell to be cast on Nami. Nami falls for it, and soon, the witchcraft club begins to dominate the school, charging for a variety of spells and such.

Meanwhile, a new transfer has arrived, the virginal Reika Kitami, who's more or less a sweet pure, kind girl with a pure heart, in an amazing contrast to that monster she is in the original series. Reika catches the eye of Nami and constantly rejects her advances, earning Nami's scorn.

I'll let you be the judge of the rest. I think chances are high you're only watching this for one reason only, but if you're one of the few that recognize the plot of Bible Black, you'll enjoy this.

Small little note on the English Dub, several of the voice actresses from the original return, albeit voicing different characters.

A few nights ago I decided to give Death Note a shot. It seemed to be in well regard, and I had no clue about the plot. I was watching it more or less blind.

Well, after the first episode, I was totally hooked. It sets up an awesome premise for the main character, Light Yagami, a high school senior on his way to college. He finds a notebook, and the person who's name is written in it will die shortly thereafter, unless a details of the death are written.

Although initially skeptical (and who wouldn't be?), Light realizes the power he has at his ... command, and starts taking out criminals like there's no tomorrow, because in his view, 'the world's become rotten'.

Of course, criminals dropping like flies gets the attention of the authorities, and the hunt to find the mysterious killer, dubbed 'Kira', is on. Joining the hunt is L, a mysterious detective considered to be the best in the world.

From that point on, it's en epic chess match between Light and L, and it's done incredibly well.

Light reminds me a lot of Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver. Both are sick of the scum of the Earth, and make an effort to do something about it. However, where they differ is that Light is also a genius, and cannot see what he is doing as wrong.

Of course, there's lots of complications to the plot, and I won't list them here. That's for you to decide. Give it a go if you really want an awesome story that reflects on major moral implications in society. You'll love it, trust me.