Jan 08 2009
This episode saved itself from being utterly painful by having at least some plot-moving. I’m rather grateful this series is ending soon; while the art has been alright, the plot has consistently been rather dodgy. Maybe we can praise it for being consistent?!
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Jan 04 2009
The mysterious woman from a few eps ago makes an appearance in the preview/right at the end of the previous episode, bringing Banshee to a mysterious guy (Ulysses - whose seiyuu is Miyano Mamoru of Ouran [Tamaki] and Gundam 00 [”Setsuna F Seiei”] fame XD)…who is supposed to be related to the Blue Knight Earl? Gallery here, more for slideshow. Continue Reading »
Dec 31 2008
The first part of this episode certainly made me sit up and take notice! But after the OP it delves once again into Lydia x Edgar drivel. It seems they’re pretending to be engaged so Lydia can avoid Kelpie’s attentions…what an interminable episode this was. Read on for some confused plot development, or visit the gallery to see some droll (hardly) screenshots. Continue Reading »
Dec 13 2008
I watched this episode earlier on today while being emo and having niisama’s nice but cold (because I had woken up late XD) prata, sausages and eggs. Thanks, dear, for the brunch. :)
This is probably the last one of E&F I’m gonna be blogging. By rights I should be blogging Clannad After 11 instead, which I already have, but I’m kinda tired from a day of being emo so would rather not. -wry- Leave that to tomorrow instead.
E&F has not improved for seven episodes, and at this rate I doubt it would. The animation is subpar even though there are moments when I think Lydia (especially her hair) is really pretty. But the characters are fickle and inconsistent, and the plot is, at best, spotty and uninteresting; this episode illustrates those points all the more. There were some redeeming bits, I allow, such as when Edgar’d just woken up and was telling Lydia about how panicked he was that he could not find her in his dream.
Alright, to rewind..Lydia makes a deal with Kelpie (walks-on-water!) to save Edgar with his purifying magic. (He was poisoned by a dagger in the last episode.) In return, she would live in the fairy world with him; but her ’sacrifice’ means nothing when Edgar goes to find her and insists she leaves with him. (And she does.) -_- Gee, what’s the point. Mysterious woman is still mysterious, but at least we figure she’s a selkie. Which is only vaguely interesting.
So. Are you still catching E&F? Does anyone actually like it? XD
Dec 11 2008
I was a bit confused at the start of this ep, partly because it’s been a few days since I’ve watched this anime. XD In any case, we learn that Paul (the painter) know Edgar when they were kids…which led to some complication..
Also, Kelpie can eat human food? ._. I’m also a bit confused…Kelpie’s name is Cain? And Edgar can hear fairies? ._. He seemed to carry on a conversation with Kelpie. Ah well, who knows. What else we get in this ep: one more superfluous comment about ‘ash mauve eyes’, and two loli fairies! Unfortunately, only in the beginning. I did learn there are red moonstones, though, which is interesting.
Truth be told, I’m finding it hard to find the point of this anime. It seems a little all over the place. Also, for people who thought it was a cliffhanger..watch on! (Maybe that’s why the previous ep seemed disconnected to me. ._.) In any case, slideshow below, or gallery here.
Dec 03 2008
I really have to wonder whether the sound on my computer is crap, or whether they lack a budget so much that they couldn’t get the sound of a banshee….
It all seems like episode four rushed towards a conclusion, though. Is the merrow bit all just an arc? o.o It seems the case, because episode five is an astonishingly-normal one, including an astonishingly-normal ball, where there are astonishingly-normal concerns; like people who are against the new Blue Earl Knight, and a self-assured (read: condescending) fairy who wants Lydia to go back to Scotland with him, not to mention…a loli fairy bringing a marriage proposal to the Earl? Ah, of course, the fairy queen wants a strategic alliance anyway.
Overall, still very disappointing. 6-7 might well be the last eps I’m watching. -wry- The art is alright but honestly not all that fantastic; I’ve seen better costumes. The fantasy ‘quest’ was a joke; everything was so damnably predictable; the puzzles were too easy to figure out. And whenever Edgar sparkles, I think Ouran’s Tamaki. -sighs-Also….how true is what the butler is saying in the pic below? :P
Dec 02 2008
It’s still very conventional…except for strange bits like ‘my brain was taken’??! Edgar doesn’t really make sense sometimes, what with his talk about true and fake lies. I couldn’t really find many screenshots to take. -wry-
There’s talk of someone called Ermine; a previous lover or beloved nanny, perhaps? (Damn, it was neither. XD) Skipping the dreary journey on the ship (upon which Lydia gets seasick, by the way), our small company arrives at the isle of merrow, where everyone is at least part merrow. More to read more.
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