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Anime: X (aka X/1999)
Mar. 22nd, 2010 08:08 pmThis is one of the things you can blame ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rachelmanija for, since she showed me the first dozen or so episodes at horse camp.
X (which was apparently released in the US as X/1999, or maybe just the manga was) is a CLAMP production that, like many CLAMP productions, has a lot to do with destiny, beautiful people, angst, flashbacks, semi-digested chunks of mythology, angst, suggestive situations, big fancy swords, dramatic revelations, stirring speeches, beautiful people, sakura blossoms, and angst. This does not mean it's bad! In fact, like so many things that skirt the edge of the Id Vortex, it works very well and sucks the attention in pretty hardcore! I enjoyed the first half very much and am considering Netflixing and mainlining the second half before I jump into the next plot arc of Naruto. So, as is so often the case, I mock because I love.
Also I should warn you that I have taken a lot of NyQuil in the past few days. So. This may show the effects of someone who's just the tiniest bit stoned on cold medicine. ;) Also, it's really long, because the first thing to go is my conciseness.
It begins with the end of the world. Well, no; with a prophecy of the end of the world: the Seven Dragons of Earth are going to try to end the world, while the Seven Dragons of Heaven are going to try to save it, and one boy! is the key! to the destiny! of the world! Unfortunately, that boy is Kamui, whose main hobbies seem to be sulking, folding his arms, getting in fights in which he pwns (at least that one's relevant to the destiny! of the world!), and standing on the tops of tall things. Oh, and telling his friends to go away and leave him alone. I think it's one of the major signs of a Person with a Destiny: dead or missing family, traumatic backstory, mysterious powers, awesome weaponry, scar or birthmark (optional), and antisocial personality.
Behind the cut, I spoil everything up through episode 14, aka The One With X-Treme Psychotherapy. Please don't spoil me beyond that!
( Kamui returns to Tokyo, apparently to reclaim the destined Sword of Awesome but also with the very important goal of snubbing his childhood friends. )
I love a good id vortex series.
rachelmanija for, since she showed me the first dozen or so episodes at horse camp.X (which was apparently released in the US as X/1999, or maybe just the manga was) is a CLAMP production that, like many CLAMP productions, has a lot to do with destiny, beautiful people, angst, flashbacks, semi-digested chunks of mythology, angst, suggestive situations, big fancy swords, dramatic revelations, stirring speeches, beautiful people, sakura blossoms, and angst. This does not mean it's bad! In fact, like so many things that skirt the edge of the Id Vortex, it works very well and sucks the attention in pretty hardcore! I enjoyed the first half very much and am considering Netflixing and mainlining the second half before I jump into the next plot arc of Naruto. So, as is so often the case, I mock because I love.
Also I should warn you that I have taken a lot of NyQuil in the past few days. So. This may show the effects of someone who's just the tiniest bit stoned on cold medicine. ;) Also, it's really long, because the first thing to go is my conciseness.
It begins with the end of the world. Well, no; with a prophecy of the end of the world: the Seven Dragons of Earth are going to try to end the world, while the Seven Dragons of Heaven are going to try to save it, and one boy! is the key! to the destiny! of the world! Unfortunately, that boy is Kamui, whose main hobbies seem to be sulking, folding his arms, getting in fights in which he pwns (at least that one's relevant to the destiny! of the world!), and standing on the tops of tall things. Oh, and telling his friends to go away and leave him alone. I think it's one of the major signs of a Person with a Destiny: dead or missing family, traumatic backstory, mysterious powers, awesome weaponry, scar or birthmark (optional), and antisocial personality.
Behind the cut, I spoil everything up through episode 14, aka The One With X-Treme Psychotherapy. Please don't spoil me beyond that!
( Kamui returns to Tokyo, apparently to reclaim the destined Sword of Awesome but also with the very important goal of snubbing his childhood friends. )
I love a good id vortex series.
