| Tuesday, 20 November 2007 |
| Kekkaishi |
'Kekkaishi' is one of the few Japanese anime/manga series I am following right now. It airs every weekday from 1900 to 1930, and its one of the many factors contributing to my slow progress in studying. Anyway, its another supernatural type Japanese anime, about a boy destined to slay demons and protect his family from evil, somewhat like 'Bleach'. I love watching animes that have such themes - ghosts, demons, spiritual powers etc. It has a quality that really appeals to me.
Here's the synopsis from Wikipedia:
"Five hundred years ago, a feudal lord was attacked by demons wanting to retrieve his mysterious inner power, the invincible power that can help them take over the human world. The famous mage, Tokimori Hazama, was called upon, and with his 2 students, managed to save the whole land. But due to their sickness, the feudal lord was killed, his power buried with him at a site called Karasumori.
In the present day, Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs of the Hazama clan, became the Kekkaishi protecting the land and the power. They use a technique called Kekkai, a form of magical barrier, used to capture and destroy Ayakashi (monsters/demons) that are drawn to this land. Any demons that come near the power will become stronger and therefore Yoshimori and Tokine are to guard the land from intrusion of the Ayakashi.
But some of the demons form a powerful organization to take over that mysterious power. Yoshimori plans to destroy not only the demons, but also to gain the power to completely save the world from being controlled by demons. To do that, he first needs to know what the power actually is, and also strengthen his poor kekkai skills."
The story has progressed to quite an interesting stage. The animation and battle sequences are so much better than 'Bleach', very exciting. 'Bleach' is like a whole new mythology, whereas 'Kekkaishi' is quite a new story, and the plot has yet to reach epic proportions yet, so its still easy to try and catch up. But the story's getting interesting! The characters are quite funny as well, I love the demon dogs the two protagonists keep as companions in their demon hunts. Watching the anime is good stress relief, makes me wanna be Japanese and have supernatural powers to slay demons as well.
That said, I dunno how I am going to survive the upcoming CAs. I've heard from seniors that M2 is also known as the 'Burnt Out Year', and as we fast approach the first half of the year, I can already see why. There's just too much things being taught and tested in too short a span of time. Pathology is making me sick. So is Neurology. Thank god the workload for Pharmacology isn't that big and I managed to finish it over the weekend already. I really feel sad that I have to go back to reading Pathology instead of surfing the net for more 'Kekkaishi' related stuff.
And here's something interesting that I picked up from Yisheng's blog!
 Lets101 - Free Online Dating
Pretty amusing don't cha think? That said, who wants to make out with me? =PLabels: anime, horoscope, school |
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