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Apr 14, 2010 4:02 PM

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ainthemix

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This was.. beautiful. I cried whole episode. >.> I think I never cried so much.
When he said "Mokkun" at the end.. Well, let's say I had to change my shirt because it was wet.

Apr 20, 2010 2:44 PM

#22

Tacca

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Hated it, hated it , hated it .. I`m cried 2 hours.
This is so sad and unfair! >>"

May 4, 2010 9:12 AM

#23

lostdreamer98

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This is so amazing. I cried and my chest hurt during the last six episode. I want more. Guren!!!!

Oct 6, 2010 6:42 PM

#24

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Great anime series wished it was longer. 9/10

Nov 17, 2010 3:53 AM

#25

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Sad ending.
My final rating for this anime is 7/10. It started out great, but then it got boring - minus the ending.

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Aug 14, 2011 2:49 AM

#26

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i really love this final episode, Masahiro was so cool during the fighting scene with Guren, I was afraid something will go wrong etc, but Masahiro's determination remain strong throughout the fighting scene and that was how i saw him..so cool.

sad but i'm satisfied with the ending :)

Jan 21, 2012 12:56 PM

#27

Kyunlei

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The anime covered two of the arcs from the light novels. I wish we could see more. I wanna know how they continued the story with Guren never remembering Masahiro (maybe he might have one day in some major arc). It was sad in a way, I sort of saw it as bittersweet. I was a bit confused with some parts though. Touda's life was saved in exchange for Masahiro's right? Yet Masahiro ultimately decided to come back, yet Touda's life was still saved? Although the memories are gone. Where's the sacrifice then? Next to Touda's memories.

I was also wondering why the left Masahiro in some abandoned-like hut when he was injured instead of bringing him home. Unless they refuse to show his family and Akiko his unconscious self.

I believe that during that episode there was the bit where they said that Masahiro was being tested by the Gods and possibly he didn't really need to sacrifice his life? I'm not quite sure myself xD but I wanna follow that theory :P and also I think they left him there before he was injured and possibly his Grandfather wanted to leave both Masahiro and Mokkun/Guren by themselves for a while since Guren lost his memories and Masahiro nearly died and is at a loss (from Guren losing his memories but he didn't want to lose him fully). Well... the anime still leaves quite a "bittersweet" taste on me as someone quoted before. I just finished the last episode today xD Ah... I cried a lot :/ It's been quite a long time since I cried so much after the animes "Pandora Hearts" and "Code Geass" =) Hope this helped a bit... xD hehe

Mar 13, 2012 3:10 PM

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that ending was too weak. they didn't want to make it too tragic so they wrapped everything in a neat little box. he should have just died, or everyone should have forgotten him. the gods are really not that whimsical....even if they liked him.

Oct 8, 2013 12:38 PM

#29

Tokusa

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Weeeeeell it's alreade 2013, but still I can write here, so why not? :F

I'm in love in Shounen Onmyouji and I'm cryin' always when I watchin ep. 21-26 D:
But the way, I'm writing here not without a reason.

The price that Masahiro paid was [NOVEL SPOILER :F]

And, well, sorry for my english D':

Mar 21, 2014 3:34 PM

#30

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Feels like this show only explored the general concepts and its characters rather than its overall story. It does offer feelings for viewers to embrace on though in particular with its final episodes. Honestly though, I'm not sure if it made it too well even with that in the end.

6/10.

May 19, 2014 5:16 AM

#31

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Stark700 said:
Feels like this show only explored the general concepts and its characters rather than its overall story. It does offer feelings for viewers to embrace on though in particular with its final episodes. Honestly though, I'm not sure if it made it too well even with that in the end.
6/10.

I have a feeling this is the case because it only covered 2 arcs out of an entire series. Maybe if it had more content to work on it would have been better. I also think if another season was set in place, maybe somethings would make more sense.

It was nice to watch, but I don't think I would watch it again UNLESS another season was set in place ( I doubt it, it's been so long since it ended ).
7/10

Jul 8, 2014 3:09 AM

#32

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It was so sad when Mokkun flashbacks were shown as Masahiro charged Guren with the sword of justice >__<

Well for whatever reason he was with Masahiro in the end (be it an order from Seimei or a natural attachment to the kid), I'm just glad they're still together. I wonder why he was like "huh?" when Akiko leaned on Masahiro though. Did he remember something? dun dun dun...

7/10

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Dec 18, 2014 6:41 PM

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That ending was too sad! Given that Masahiro was supposed to die but didn't, it was still sad! Although this episode was great, I kinda wish for an actual ending. The firefly scene was great and all but I wanted to see a scene with Masahiro and Guren (not too fan of Akiko's character, I especially can't see her as a love interest for Masahiro).

Besides feeling unsatisfied (I want more episodes!) I enjoyed watching this anime~

Time to look for the light novel. @_@

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Jun 7, 2015 12:29 PM

#34

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I cried so much. :(
When he lifted Mokkun - I just had to remember our late cat. A dead fluffy body is such a sad thing.

But I'm not sure I understood everything.
Masahiro wanted to exchange his life for Guren - who'd otherwise been reborn, but without his memories. But then he met his grandmother, who send him back. So Guren lost his memories after all. Right? Although he could remember some things.
I would have expected the "revived" Guren to look different, though.

The other servants of Seimei were interesting, like his wife. It kind of makes me want to see their part of the story. Prequel anyone?

raenydays said:
The firefly scene was great and all but I wanted to see a scene with Masahiro and Guren (not too fan of Akiko's character, I especially can't see her as a love interest for Masahiro).

I agree. Akiko is such a waste of animation, seriously.

Jul 7, 2015 9:58 PM

#35

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The story started becoming boring around episode 10 and and them girls Kazane or Akiko are pretty annoying in my opinion. The ending was alright, it's sad tho since Guren lost all of his memories. It reminds me of a bl visual novel's ending I read, he died tho to save his beloved one but that person completely forgets his existence. ;_;
5/10

Oct 26, 2017 6:26 PM

#36

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Tokusa said:
Weeeeeell it's alreade 2013, but still I can write here, so why not? :F

I'm in love in Shounen Onmyouji and I'm cryin' always when I watchin ep. 21-26 D:
But the way, I'm writing here not without a reason.

The price that Masahiro paid was [NOVEL SPOILER :F]

And, well, sorry for my english D':

Quoting you in 2017! Why not?

If we could have seen an episode showing that result... The ending would have been a hell of a lot better. If only they didn't waste so much time on Akiko. At least I have some kind of resolution with this knowledge. Thanks for sharing.

Dec 19, 2017 2:39 AM

#37

Mirika

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Ending was very good T_T

Dec 21, 2018 2:03 PM

#38

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And, well, sorry for my english D':

At least we know now why he as a omniyoji doesn't have spiritual sight. It was a trade-off.

Aug 28, 2021 3:44 AM

#39

Noodle070

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So I was kinda confused at first, but I think I understand now(?)
- If Guren was killed before opening the gate to the underworld, he could be reincarnated, but he would lose his memories
- Masahiro killed Guren so that he could be reincarnated with amnesia, but then he exchanged his own life so Mokkun could be reincarnated with his memories intact
- Before Masahiro walked over the river to actually die, his late grandmother stops him and sends him back, so he doesn't actually die
- Because Masahiro doesn't successfully exchange his life for Guren's, Mokkun can only be reincarnated without his memories intact

I guess I was expecting Mokkun to disappear or something...I wasn't expecting his reincarnation to be that quick :p

I'm actually glad that they left off with Akiko and Masahiro seeing the fireflies together. That was something they mentioned a lot and a big part motivation that both of them held onto when they were in hardship. I'm glad I stayed for after the credits :D

Quanta said:
I want to see how Mokkun and Masahiro rebuild their relationship. If you think about it, it would kinda be the reverse of how their relationship started. Guren knew Masahiro but Masahiro only had vague memories of Guren.

Ooh that's a really interesting insight! You're totally right, and that's a cool way of thinking about it!

Overall I really loved this series! I got like 2 episodes in yeeeeears ago and then kept it on-hold this whole time, but I'm glad I picked it back up now. I really loved Masahiro and Mokkun's relationship, that was super fun! I also liked the soundtrack, I thought it did a really good job of conveying the mood of each scene, and LOVED the OP :D I thought the pacing was excellent, there was a great balance of action and talk-y scenes, comedy and drama. There honestly wasn't a second of this show that had me bored. I honestly enjoyed it so much, it's an easy 9-10/10 from me! I'm so glad I picked it back up after all this time :D

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Sep 7, 2021 4:24 AM

#40

Linhlele

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One of the best Onmyouji anime I've watch 🥰🥰🥰 I love this anime so much.

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