Friday, 4 January 2013

Kyokai Senjou No Horizon: SERIES REVIEW

So yesterday i finally completed KSNH, so i decided to write a review about it:

I stole this picture from a random blog
THE STORY:

Since I'm a lazy fucker, ill just steal the description from Wikipedia, because that has always worked out well:

In the far future, humans abandon a devastated Earth and travelled to outer space. However, due to unknown phenomenon that prevents them from travelling into space, humanity returns to Earth only to find it inhospitable except for Japan. To accommodate the entire human population, pocket dimensions are created around Japan to house in the populace. In order to find a way to return to outer space, the humans began reenacting human history according to the Holy Book Testament. But in the year 1413 of the Testament Era, the nations of the pocket dimensions invade and conquer Japan, dividing the territory into feudal fiefdoms and forcing the original inhabitants of Japan to leave. It is now the year 1648 of the Testament Era, the refugees of Japan now live in the city ship Musashi, where it constantly travels around Japan while being watched by the Testament Union, the authority that runs the re-enactment of history. However, rumours of an apocalypse and war begins to spread when the Testament stops revealing what happens next after 1648. Taking advantage of this situation, Tori Aoi, head of Musashi Ariadust Academy's Supreme Federation and President of the student council, leads his classmates to use this opportunity to regain their homeland.

THE CHARACTERS:

Theres aoi tori (Not to be confused with the song) And Horizon ariadust as the main leads, and alot of other characters that i dont bother to talk about, go here instead.

Screw the rules, i have a pretty bow and arrow, plus a magic eye


Aoi starts as a pretty decent protagonist (Two simple words: Jun. Fukuyama.) And Horizon is your average rei ayami clone, yet can spout some funny moments sometimes, oh, and shes voiced by minori chihara, one of the best VAs ever.
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN EVER!

In season 2: Aoi spends 99% of the time naked, and while its censored, its still slightly offencive.


MY FEELINGS:

Both Seasons have good opening themes, Mediocre ending themes.

In season 1, i enjoyed most of it, even the first episode! and that is saying something. but in episode 4 -5, i got pretty bored, yet episode 10 made me happy, (Youll see)

"This sword is more important than your life, it must never fall into anyones hands, keep it by your side even when you sleep"(Not actual dialogue)


But in season 2, despite still being good, it rarely focuses of tori and horizon anymore, and now focuses on

...Okay so that's not completely true, but it still pissed me off a bit.


BEST CHARACTER:
I had a hard time debating, but in the end, i decided on two characters, here they are:

Asama and Malga (Left and right respectively)

WHY DO I LIKE THEM BEST?
ASAMA: As we all know, to either boys or girls,A female with: heterochromia + Miko + Archer = Awesomeness!

MALGA: Lesbian, That. Is. All. Oh, and she has wings FUCK YEA!


FINAL THOUGHTS:

Whereas Horizon starts out great, it seems something went wrong in the second season, whilst the first season was an absolute must-watch,the second season Lost quite some of its charm.

This drops Horizons grade to a:

FINAL GRADE:★★★✭☆ (Three and a half stars)

Recomendation: Normal reccomendation.

UPDATE 1: Changed some of the sentences

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