I fell in love with this anime, like most, in the first few episodes. I’m a sucker for Ninja stuff, especially if it’s a cool/interesting spin on it, as well as good fighting choreo (my favorites are Sword of the Stranger and The Outcast, even tho most of the latter is sludge, it has great fights).
The story wasn’t anything crazy, but I also don’t think you have to break the mold every time you write. It had a very “John Wick” style of writing to me, and while it’s fairly basic, I personally love that.
3-4 episodes in however, they introduced CGI into
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Jun 9, 2022
Jouran was a great watch, but I feel it had some short comings. It's story varied from episode to episode, with some being phenomenal, and others feeling very diluted and almost cheap compared to the overall story at work.
The art for this show, the acting, the score, are all absolute pieces of art. I don't think they could've made them better if they tried. The story however, was above average in an overall sense, feeling interesting and unique, but moment to moment felt weak. at times it felt like the driving force was something akin to stereotype shonen 'The Power Of Friendship: TM' ... |
