• The Soul Buster’s card game •
* Since the anime explained a little bit to me, and this bit is kind of boring, I’ll try to give a little flavor by summarizing this whole part with all the relevant details of this analysis.
* It all begins in the last year of the Kan dynasty, where everything was in chaos due the lords of the Kan dynasty deliberately start they proclaimed himself emperors of their lands.
* This is a consequence of Gi’s landlord forcing the abdication of Emperor Kentei, and proclaiming himself the new emperor shortly after this attack. Making as soon as China to see itself in the midst of a civil war.
* However, a man named Chouryou from Kan Land came up with a spell to ensure the prosperity of the dynasty. The Kankongyakuten spell, as it was named, was used in nine temples that would be protected by the closest minions of the emperor (this emperor is possibly the Souhi of the land of Gi, the same that made Kentei abdicate his responsibilities).
• Making it a chosen one in Soul Buster •
* One of the ways to enter the world of Soul Buster is through the summoning of Master Suikyou (who would be like a guide for new players), if he sees potential in you will offer you the opportunity to choose from a range of cards, If by any chance you decide to catch one of these cards, you will be warned that should never lose this card under any circumstances, if by chance you lose it, something horrible will happen to your person... At least that’s what seemed to be this warning, but it’s a lot tranquil than this, turns out you just lose your memories and then go on with your life as if nothing had happened (and believe me, even this simple thing that is spoken of in the first episode is forgotten by the steering team, thus becoming one of the first plot holes in the anime).
* The cards in Soul Buster work in a strange way, and when I say strange, I’m saying with every syllable that human beings are summoning their own race through cards to fight their battles. Of course I don’t want to be skeptical about it, but being, make with which souls trapped within a dimension, where the only certainty the individual has is that will only come out of there if he is to go into another senseless war, I don't know about that, but that seem to me like a pretext for something hastily decided.
* There’s something I don’t understand clearly in Soul Buster, I don’t know if it’s because I’m stupid, or it’s the anime’s fault. Yet I can still speak with accuracy when it comes to how this junk of spiritual energy works. According to the anime, the spiritual energy is as if it were our vital force, if it runs out, we will end up perish, ay, there’s the rub, first it is said that the general sucks the spiritual energy of his lord (the context here refers to the general, the one who dwells within the card, and the lord the one who carries this card). Prepare, now that the confusion comes. To demonstrate his unique mechanics of shared damage, Yu Shuu (the general) ends up receiving various damages, and as predicted Shin Son (the lord) suffers from the same injuries. The villain of this part even comments with Shin Son, that perhaps the reason for his constant humiliation is due to his low level of spiritual power... Now you tell me, if is the lord the one who provides the energy for your general, then why now I have a Yu Shuu uttering that if she appeals against Gien she’ll run out of energy, making it impossible for her to run (in this situation I am referring to Gien, the general of the villain we are dealing with here), and worse, just before Shin Son seemed to be on the verge of death to be so panting, due to the intense fight in front of him. However, now after a super-powerful attack by his general, not a drop of sweat appears on his forehead (and as if no longer it wasn’t enough to plot holes almost seconds later, wait a little longer and I’ll tell you even more barbarities of this Pinnacle of entertainment, with the right to the protagonist cheating and everything but the kitchen sink).
* Ends up that Soul Buster’s central focus, is on the MCs' arrival at the southern palace, where is kept under protection the legendary card of Kan U, known as the God of War. Ends up that Soul Buster’s central focus, is on the MCs' arrival at the southern palace, where is kept under protection the legendary card of Kan U, known as the God of War. This is one of nine cards that has an immense power in this world. Evidently Kentei’s plan is to gain the power of these nine cards to achieve unimaginable power and cause yet another senseless war in this world. In all there are 9 palaces, each with its own altar to protect the legendary card, in the anime is only explored the palace of the south, so I have no information about others... as I never wish to have.
* Bonus addendum: in Soul Buster has something that I consider very funny, and that would be the creation of the character named Ba Rini, I don’t plan to extend this part too much right away, preferably in a more in-depth analysis of the character below, despite this not couldn't help but mention the unique power of Ba Rini in this work of fiction... Being the lord of the earth element. What does it add to the character? Hands that glow in the dark. Ah! He can also fight without needing a general, but that’s not as cool as the blossoming hands.
• The characters of Soul Buster •
* Shin Son is our protagonist of the time. As Yu Shuu would say "you are a useless." That there’s no doubt that that statement is entirely true, because of Shin that Kentei has regained his heart and is now arming himself against the world again, therefore, from the beginning he is one, two-faced who ruined my week, because it’s a nervous little toe that can’t keep from touching possessions that don’t belong to you.
Yu Shuu is Shin’s general. Shuu is a bit obsessed with the sunset, says that whenever he loses a battle the sun is setting. Shuu is also slightly hypocritical, because of this resource-poor plot. In a scene where Shin was transported to the world of Shuu’s heart, it turned out that she doesn’t remember him, and so far so good, Shuu begins to wonder why has a Shin is spying on her bathe and saying things that don’t make sense... Until the moment she starts to look like a little girl all in love with him, seconds ago the only thing that was going on in Shuu’s head, what herbs would Shin was enjoying that instant, And now she found herself all affectionate reciting that the sunset looks beautiful next to him... I still have memories of the old Shuu calling Shin useless. Ahh... I miss her.
* Un Ryou is the apprentice of the master of the southern palace, who is also his grandfather. Unfortunately, I’m not sure what your name is, so I did a search and everything indicates that you have the same name as a granddaughter, but that’s just speculation. Just so it doesn’t look like I’m being lazy at the her part, I’ll say an "interesting" fact here. Un Ryou is the bearer of the Kan U War God’s card, if you take that fact off, it’s like she doesn’t even existed.
Shuu Sou is the general of the Ryou. If allowed myself to be a little unsympathetic, I can tell you in detail why Shuusou does not please me. It’s quite simple actually. At a time when Shin is seeking a justification for Shuuyu to act so recklessly. Shuusou realising our boy’s doubts, ends up fraternizing with Shin, thus deciding to share the story of the day he began to respect Ryou. Since I don’t plan to extend myself, I’d better exemplify... Ryou threw himself against an arrow that was coming towards Shuusou in order to save him from imminent death, then made that little speech of the protagonist of Shounen, and everything ended well (as it became very shallow, I will remove the gaps that were missing here. Shuusou did not respect Ryou for being too weak, even if she be only a child at that moment. Therefore, he decided to help Shin. It shouldn’t be too hard to know why Shin was having problems with Shuuyu now, but if you’re still having doubts, remember the word "useless" that you’ll notice right away).
* Yi Barin is what I’ve already said here, a guy who fights without his general using only his hands that glow in the dark. What I didn’t mention is that his motivation is to find a general who may have something to do with his past, but I’ll leave that to the spoiler session.
I almost have nothing to talk about Ba Ryou, but luckily he showed up in an episode so I’d have something to talk about him. He uses a mirror as guns, as well has a larger eyebrow than the other... Imagine if he hadn’t appeared to me in that one episode, it would have ruined my analysis (I know Baryou appears in 2 episodes, but as it is useless in the second, for me it does not count).
• Spoilers Alert •
From now on I start talking about everything that could make this anime interesting to someone else, so let’s get back to the characters.
* Haku Anshi is the multi-purpose character of Soul Buster, due to the lack of money in the studio had to give up the villain scheme of the week, so Haku is virtually the only dangerous enemy of the MCs. Despite all this, he still plans to betray the former Emperor Kentei, soon making Haku one of the most versatile villains in the anime market.
As I said before, Haku is a very versatile character, so it is notorious that he has several generals with him, so I will only talk about the two most important here:
Sou Sei maybe not Haku’s most powerful general, so it turns out he’s between the most important and the most useless at the same time. " Important" to Ryou’s development, and useless given that his accomplishment could have been done by any other general.
* Part WITH spoilers: After a battle with the Shuusou, Sousei injures himself severely, thus so getting a scar on your face... Could even ascertain the veracity of this fact, since only Sousei had enough serious injuries to generate a scar, in contrast, the other generals who will go through even worse situations, They did not have a scratch even... Strange.
Now we will proceed to the last landmark feat of Sousei. The great anticlimactic death of Shuusou. Yes, I understand the pain of the fans at this time, dying by taking two arrows is for the few, even more being protected by their armor... It even seemed that he had just forgotten how to fight back in that instant... very tragic.
* Ka Yuu is Haku’s general who is possibly the most troublesome for the protagonists. Earlier I spoke about such a world Shuuyu’s heart where Shin was. Well, Shin was in that situation thanks to Kayuu, who accidentally on purpose made a huge cut on Shuuyu’s breastplate, occurring that a curse fell on Shuuyu, thus triggering in a series of events, like the past of Shuusou and Ryou, until the moment of Shuuyu all lovey-dovey with Shin.
Now just one more thing to close everything about the characters. The relationship between Kayuu and Barini. Finally, it’s time for me to unravel the mysteries of Soul Buster. Starting with who would be Hou Ga the woman from Barini’s flashbacks. Well, in my view, Houga is like Barini’s mentor, at least that’s what I strongly believe, since someone must have taught him how to be a lord of the earth element, otherwise, at worst, the producers really had no idea what they were exerting with the material given to them. Returning, at the first memory that Barini resumes from Houga, she manifests that the most beautiful moon is the one that comes just before the full moon, and that after the full moon it can only wane. Now I may be going crazy, but I’m guessing she’s referring to the phases of a friendship, going from meeting the person until the day she go. Of course I do not say this just by saying, the second memory shown reveals everything crucial to understand Barini’s motives. Houga reminding him that to have a friendship it is vital to take risks, proving that if a person really likes you, they run after you. Who loves, cares. Who likes, protects and cares (just forgot to teach that running after cards not put money in the pocket, but this relieves us).
• Even more holes with a little bit of cheating on top •
* Finally came the most fun part of this analysis. Prove that the concept of sense does not align with Soul Buster. First, we will begin lightly, with a rule so basic that even our Australopithecus friends would have managed to respect it until the end of their days:
"You will lose your memories when your general is defeated in combat". Simple, right? If you lose your general in combat, you will also lose your memories of him, think it’s fair to if we remember that this is a card game almost as if it were a Battle Royale. We just have a little problem here, and his name is Ryou. If you’ve forgotten, let me remind you. Shuusou sort of dying. So how can I express myself in a way that doesn’t skirl arrogant... Whitewash to one of the protagonists or is it just my imagination?
* Now we have a situation even funnier than the last one. If up there we saw a protagonist who does not respect the rules of the game. Meet Gi En, the general who refuses to go. Originally Gien served Chou-Sensei, who was primarily a history teacher, secondly aperitif for the Kentei. After the defeat of Chou, Haku versatile as he is, saw Gien’s card up for grabs and soon swindled. So far it's all right, no problem getting the card from someone who will lose the memories about her anyway... This could be the case if the cards were not being completely destroyed when the general is defeated. So having another reason for our anguish, protagonists who are not affected by the rules, over there a giant Gien bringing the cry of our children.
* I have mentioned earlier that our dear Shin playing dirty. It is concluded in the battle with the giant Gien, when Shin obstinately keeps using the ruse of retreating and positioning Shuuyu in strategic places for the fight, even winning because of it. Some will say that this was nothing less than using the headstock, I also agree with that. The problem here is that there is no restriction on the use of the card, if such a thing is allowed, I want a justification of why Shin at no time has shown himself to be a hyperactive brain genius, since he is the king of improvised strategies.
• What do we learn today from Soul Buster •
We learned today that plot hole is an easy thing to do. It’s hard to connect all these holes in one point to create something totally new. Soul Buster does it so well, that even in the frivolous banality of the depth of the characters, I let myself go.
Moral of the anime: if your life is falling to pieces. Blame the sunset, everything is his fault.
