8th July 2011, 8:27 PM
Blood-C 01 - Gah, Clamp used borderline xxxholic-style long limbs in this show! It's kind of creepy, like it was in that show but not quite as bad because they aren't quite as long. Still though, it is odd looking. Why do they think that looks good? As for the show though, it was pretty solid. The episode had good production values, okay story, a nice look, and some great action at the end in the fight. For the most part, good episode. I hope it can keep it up -- it took a little while for Blood+, for instance, to reveal how stupid and lame it really was.
My only complaint is about how Saya has both a cute-incompetent side, where she trips constantly, needs to be told when to go to school, gets teased for always being late, etc, and a serious side, where she's a good swordfighter and good basketball player. The two sides really are hard to reconcile, unless the explanation is that they thought that the audience would like her more if she had an incompetent side... which may be true (because of sexism), but is unfortunate.
Besides that though, it was pretty decent to good.
My only complaint is about how Saya has both a cute-incompetent side, where she trips constantly, needs to be told when to go to school, gets teased for always being late, etc, and a serious side, where she's a good swordfighter and good basketball player. The two sides really are hard to reconcile, unless the explanation is that they thought that the audience would like her more if she had an incompetent side... which may be true (because of sexism), but is unfortunate.
Besides that though, it was pretty decent to good.