Comments on: Final Thoughts: Amatsuki

By: Tech

Tech — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:52:12 +0000

I have to agree that it is a well put together anime(despite the filler) it takes us down a path of what indecisiveness can cause when your a major player in something, this show hits the fact that violence and force are not necessarily a good thing, and that going out of our way to find a middle soulition is and can be whats best for everyone, even if everyone doesn’t agree on it, i ope to see more of this, im glad this is one of the fue animes that can look to the other side of entertainment

By: animemonkeyking

animemonkeyking — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:48:03 +0000

i have just finished this anime and agree that it has issues(like the haphazard story line and the episode wasting filler pluse the painfuly short run) If the story would finish or really go some where it might be worth a watch but as it stands now its not worth a mention it is as everone has said in these postings……………………………

By: zero-kill

zero-kill — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:51:38 +0000

Karura – The reason behind that is because most “hard-core” anime fans hate good anime. It’s simply the truth. I have just finished watching and in sum it is in full not a good flowing anime. I think, besides being thrown together loosely, the story is part of what it is for some people, not all focus driven and sort of lazily drifts from one topic to the next.

It has a good foundation and I’d be interested to watch more, if they continue the show, if not then so be it.

By: Karura

Karura — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:22:59 +0000

Why is it that every time someone disagrees with an opinion they have to justify it by labelling the dissenter as a shallow Naruto fan? Get some imagination- I don’t even watch Naruto, and I never have!

By: tsukune

tsukune — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:31:30 +0000

perhaps you guys simply missed the point. sometimes the extraordinary even isnt something thats huge, its the subtle things, and the fact that you missed them probably means you need something shiny and flashy like naruto to satisfy your needs, however the characters progress through the story in a way that shows you who they are in a deeper manner. For example there is the subject of romance between toki and kuchiha that keeps getting touched on lightly, among other things. something to think about is in most anime you will find the main hero/heroin beating up/killing whom ever is the problem. this anime is unique in the fact that the main character actually makes and acts upon the more difficult decision of keeping everyone alive, no exceptions. hopefully there will be a sequal though, because the one thing i feel was not done well enough was answering questions that were raised.

By: jeanne

jeanne — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:49:38 +0000

U’ve just convinced me to not watch the anime.

In truth the manga isn’t that much better either. Despite the AWESOME art, the story is confusing (it gets better later on) and keeps on drifting. So I guess if the anime is based on such a story line, its plot can’t be any better.

I’m sorry u had to watch such a bland anime.

By: KaMen

KaMen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:59:31 +0000

It is true that Amatsuki lacks a clear plot (similar to Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, where the main objective was to get home, but somehow this was forgotten in the progress). There isn’t really an enemy to defeat, since all enemies becomes friends due to Toki’s peace loving nature.

Sometimes I wonder why they give the generic characters so much screen time, for example the fact that they have spent a whole episode to the side story of some nameless monk who works in the kitchen. Normally such filler episodes can be amusing, but only if the whole series contains over 100 episodes. One can guess what waste it was for a small series like Amatsuki (13 episodes).

When generic characters and their filler-stories gets more screen time, it means that there is less place for the character development part. I guess no-one noticed it, but Kon (used to be introduced as one of the three main characters) was totally forgotten in the latter parts.

And of course, because Toki came from the modern time, it is only ‘natural’ that he knows about explosions in small confined places where a lot of power and dust is gathered. I am not sure what the makers wants to convey with the fact that modern people are more knowledgable than historical people (if it is true, anyways).

Nevertheless, I hope they do a sequel, so we can at least get answers from the questions they created, such as: Who is Bonten and what is his objective? How does he come to know about Toki’s time and when did he obtain his power?
Why does the Princess have green hair, is it part of the transformation? Why was Kuchiha (when she was little) worshiped at one moment and despised by the villagers at the following moment, how much time has passed since moment 1 and 2?
And thus there are a lot more questions to be answered in the sequel, but the chance will be big that the sequel will only create more unanswered questions.