Kaze no Stigma (episodes 1 ~ 23)

Blogged by on Monday September 17th, 2007 at 4:56 pm in Anime (spoilers), English | 0 Comments »

Short summary : Kazuma was banished from his family because he had no talent at controlling fire, his family’s speciality. He returns several years later, as a master at controlling wind, for getting some revenge. But another wind user is making a fuss in the city by killing members of Kazuma’s former family, and Kazuma ends up being accused.

Well, first episodes were all serious and pretty classic, so I found it boring in the beginning, though it was amusing to hear Daisuke Ono as Kazuma, ’cause hearing Disco Koizumi-kun as a kick-ass bastard was funny.

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Koizumi… errr I mean Kazuma, ready to kick some asses.

But unexpectedly enough (for me at least), the show turned somewhat into a typical love-comedy after a few episodes… and I must confess that I liked it.

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Ayano, classic tsundere character, but it always works.

I’m not really that fan of serious shows, so I appreciate the way the show is now, means humorous (mostly thanks to Kazuma and his badass attitude) with some drama/plot/seriousness occasionally.

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These 3 scenes are some classics too, but it was kinda unexpected to see them in this show so it worked for me.

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Another funny thing in this show is the fact that the Kazuma x Ayano end is SO obvious that actually even the characters are aware of it.

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Ayano’s friends got more and more screentime throughout the serie, and have changed their statute of minor characters for totally cool supporting characters. I especially like Nanase, moreover dubbed by Shizuka Ito (Akiha-sama/Hinagiku).

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Ren, Kazuma’s little brother, has his own drama too, and eventually grew some GARness. I have some sympathy for him.

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All the screenshots I had were mostly from the same episode, but all the show was filled with some funny moments.

Not an awesome show, but still nice to watch if you’re not too demanding.

Blast of wind~… in my heart~

:beer:

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