Comments on: Final Thoughts and Ramblings: Kaiji http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2008/05/07/final-thoughts-and-ramblings-kaiji/ Fat cats make anime better Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:33:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Martin http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2008/05/07/final-thoughts-and-ramblings-kaiji/#comment-5204 Martin Wed, 07 May 2008 17:15:00 +0000 http://azureflame.dasaku.net/?p=3197#comment-5204 I found Kaiji to be a breath of fresh air, both in terms of presentation (namely the music and Gorrilaz-style artwork) and storyline. It took itself seriously but miraculously made the viewer take it seriously too - the ways in which the narrative whipped up the tension and suspense is unparalleled by anything I've seen recently. The ending was a bit weak though, which I can attribute to the fact that the Tissue Box Raffle wasn't the best arc (E-card in contrast possibly was), which meant that an incomplete story (hopefully temporarily) ended on a bit of a whimper. Overall I agree that it's been one of the most compelling shows of recent months - it's oddly enough not often that I say this but I was impatiently looking forward to each episode. We definitely need a second season of Zawa-zawas because I can't believe the Mulleted One's adventures can end here. I found Kaiji to be a breath of fresh air, both in terms of presentation (namely the music and Gorrilaz-style artwork) and storyline. It took itself seriously but miraculously made the viewer take it seriously too - the ways in which the narrative whipped up the tension and suspense is unparalleled by anything I’ve seen recently.

The ending was a bit weak though, which I can attribute to the fact that the Tissue Box Raffle wasn’t the best arc (E-card in contrast possibly was), which meant that an incomplete story (hopefully temporarily) ended on a bit of a whimper.

Overall I agree that it’s been one of the most compelling shows of recent months - it’s oddly enough not often that I say this but I was impatiently looking forward to each episode. We definitely need a second season of Zawa-zawas because I can’t believe the Mulleted One’s adventures can end here.

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