Short Synopsis: Jomie returns to his house, only to find that it’s been emptied. He can’t return to his former home.
Good: It’s been a long time since I saw an anime play with its characters’ mind like this.
Bad: The question, of course, remains: will this anime give a reason why Jomie is a Myu?
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10

In situations where a main character has to join a certain group, or fight in a specific way out of the blue, there are roughly two ways an anime can go: accept, or decline at first, get second thoughts and accept later. The first can either be done well (Bokura no), or bad (insert shounen title X). The second also doesn’t have many options, as there wouldn’t be much of an anime if the main character doesn’t even get involved in the anime.

Mai in Mai Hime, for example, first is very reluctant, but then she realizes she has to protect her brother so she fights. Mai in Ghost Hunt complains because she’s been rather forced in helping Naru, but she stays because she’s attracted to Naru. These reasons all look like each other, and Toward the Terra also had to deal with it, and I have to say that it could have gone a lot worse.

One thing I dislike about usual anime is how it displays Japanese as the good guys. Overall, most Japanese are extremely xenophobic, and in some anime it shows. Code Geass, Gigantic Formula are the best examples of this, and let’s not forget the countless number of anime situated in some kind of Japanese school. That’s why I love the more international anime (although some samurai stories are also appreciated), and the kind of anime who try to break the stereotypes around xenophobia, as Toward the Terra demonstrated in this episode.

At first sight, you can consider Jomie an arrogant brat, but on the other hand, what would you do if people tell you over and over that the Myo are bad, and that there’s nothing good about them. Especially when these very Myu ruin the entire future you had planned for yourself, obviously you’d be mad, and not open to suggestions.

This episode really wanted to go into the mind of Jomie. I only noticed this now, but this episode has probably the first time I’ve seen mind games in anime since Ergo Proxy. I quite liked this, to be honest. And if we already get to see scenes like these in the third episode, I really wonder what the rest of this anime will be about.

Well, for starters, by looking at the OP, there’s a lot that still has to happen. Jomie’s friends don’t have a detailed character-design for no reason, as it seems that they’ll play some kind of role in the rest of this anime as well. If I had to guess, then they do end up growing up, and get enlisted for the military. There’s also another guy who appears in the OP that we haven’t seen yet, I suspect that he’ll be the major antagonist.

Two final things I liked about this episode: Leo and the music. Even though Jomie said horrible things at him, he still supports the guy. And holy god… he’d better not have died at only episode three!

Short Synopsis: And the foursome is complete when Teddy gets introduced at the end of the episode. Emily, meanwhile, gets herself in quite a number of fights.
Good: Characters that are far, far away from stereotypes.
Bad: Some annoying moments.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10

One thing I like about Kaze no Shoujo is that Emily really is a unique character. She’s especially different from all shoujo heroines, in the fact that she just keeps involving herself in fights. She’s new at her school, she tries to make friends, but she just can’t keep quiet when the different students try to pull jokes on her. This started the previous episode with Ilse, and this episode shows that first impressions aren’t always right. It’s surprisingly realistic, as I can imagine that especially children have problems with judging people and are often naive.

Ilse turns out to be a very similar girl to Emily, in the fact that she just likes to get into fights, but while Emily doesn’t forget or forgive people, she just doesn’t care that much, and actually acts nice just half an hour later. Obviously, the two of them become friends quickly. ^^;

I suspect that the next episode will be the introduction of Teddy, so that the fifth episode can really set this anime off, and introduce the different stories and backgrounds of the four children. I’ll be waiting for that, as they’re definitely interesting. The past few episodes have already showed that the tension in this anime can become pretty dense, especially in the fight between Emily and Ilse, and when Emily found out that her classmates have been deceiving her. There is no way for the later episodes to just stop getting interesting. :)

Short Synopsis: The first big battle in the series ends with both sides getting hurt. A lot.
Good: Excellent fight, even better aftermath.
Bad: Nope. No bad points.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10

This episode convinced me. Seirei no Moribito is going to be a real treat. That fight was just excellent, both in its tension and choreography. I loved how Barsa actually managed to take on four elite fighters, if it only weren’t for her spear, breaking down, causing a nasty wound to her, and forcing her to retreat in a nearby forest. Chaggumu also showed that he isn’t an annoying brat at all. Thank goodness for that. I found myself really liking him this episode.

Another thing I loved: the fact that these guards have actual personalities, and aren’t just clones of each other, like you see in so many other anime. My favourite is the guy who offered to take Chaggumu, after he had been captured, to a certain place (not sure exactly what place that was, though), as it seems that the prince, when he was still young, made a huge impression to this guy.

But things really got interesting when Barsa appeared again. We never really see her after she ran into the forest, but we just know that she isn’t going to keep still. It seems that she first temporarily mended her wounds, to go after Chaggumu afterwards. The only problem: the point of her spear was gone, and the wound was too deep to just magically fix itself. When Chaggumu wakes up, she sends him to a number of acquaintances of her. If I’m not mistaken, it’s the place she grew up in, as they’re all using the same kind of spear that she uses. I really like how Chaggumu isn’t your average spoiled brat.

In the end, help arrived just after Barsa passed out. Obviously, she’ll live, otherwise it wouldn’t be much of an anime, but I do find myself really caring about the two main characters of Seirei no Moribito, and that already at the third episode. I just wonder… why did these two guys end up fighting each other right next to an immobilized Barsa? And what was with that wolf? Something tells me that that’s not an ordinary wolf…