Comments on: Shigurui Review - 84/100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:27:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: toddler2kid http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-33043 Fri, 27 May 2011 13:46:20 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-33043 Anime at the top of the game. Wish it had just one more episode. Anime at the top of the game. Wish it had just one more episode.

]]> by: DE http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-30298 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:23:14 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-30298 Just finished the manga.....BIG spoilers! In the end, both of them lost everything. No, they did not kill off each other. The ending is very tragic, yet beautiful. Just finished the manga…..BIG spoilers!

In the end, both of them lost everything. No, they did not kill off each other. The ending is very tragic, yet beautiful.

]]> by: Eddie http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-29921 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:36:31 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-29921 Yeah it's a great anime. The problem is that it's base on an manga that at the time wasn't even finished running it's course. The anime only covers like 1/4 of the series. Hopefully they'll feel fit to complete to series entirely and give more detail into the ending. Yeah it’s a great anime. The problem is that it’s base on an manga that at the time wasn’t even finished running it’s course. The anime only covers like 1/4 of the series. Hopefully they’ll feel fit to complete to series entirely and give more detail into the ending.

]]> by: bIO bON http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-27860 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:18:19 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-27860 it's a non linear narrative. there is a conclusion to the series when the girl foretolds the death of Fujiki in the first episode. Thank you it’s a non linear narrative. there is a conclusion to the series when the girl foretolds the death of Fujiki in the first episode. Thank you

]]> by: Cyber echo http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-25545 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:29:47 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-25545 As a fan of the series I must say, the negative comments don't give the series much justice. However, I am speaking in 2010, where almost all the story has been released and translated to english as a manga.The anime covers chapter 0-32. The Manga covers chapters 0-80+, last released was 78. The last chapter remains which will be released next fall. The chapters after the anime cover a lot of the past, before the anime happened, and then progresses from the point at where the last anime episode left off, to eventually reach the final fight shown in episode 1 of the anime. I don't think the gore is that bad. There are other series with way worse gore like Gantz for example. The series is not focus on gore, however, it shows the alacrity of violence to the fullest. This is a dark mature anime that will not appeal to everyone. The anime needs to generally be regarded in a non-western point of view. Reading the fansubbed mangas that contain some explanations (kudos to the translators) might help. The story needs some understanding of bushido and the samurai spirit, and the story fundamentally hinges on the difference between the twin dragons. Also, even within chapters 0-32, the manga contains some scenes that the anime doesn't, and vice versa. If you like the anime but felt something was missing read the mangas and story starts to get way richer. Prepare for sad twists.. this is one sad story, and I think the end was sadly hinted at in the first episode.. Overall, highly recommended for anyone looking for something mature. This is the best anime I have ever watched and I've watched quite a few. However, if you're looking for a full story and don't want to read the manga, look elsewhere, the anime series only covers 30% of the story if not less. As a fan of the series I must say, the negative comments don’t give the series much justice. However, I am speaking in 2010, where almost all the story has been released and translated to english as a manga.The anime covers chapter 0-32. The Manga covers chapters 0-80+, last released was 78. The last chapter remains which will be released next fall. The chapters after the anime cover a lot of the past, before the anime happened, and then progresses from the point at where the last anime episode left off, to eventually reach the final fight shown in episode 1 of the anime.

I don’t think the gore is that bad. There are other series with way worse gore like Gantz for example. The series is not focus on gore, however, it shows the alacrity of violence to the fullest. This is a dark mature anime that will not appeal to everyone.

The anime needs to generally be regarded in a non-western point of view. Reading the fansubbed mangas that contain some explanations (kudos to the translators) might help. The story needs some understanding of bushido and the samurai spirit, and the story fundamentally hinges on the difference between the twin dragons.

Also, even within chapters 0-32, the manga contains some scenes that the anime doesn’t, and vice versa. If you like the anime but felt something was missing read the mangas and story starts to get way richer. Prepare for sad twists.. this is one sad story, and I think the end was sadly hinted at in the first episode..

Overall, highly recommended for anyone looking for something mature. This is the best anime I have ever watched and I’ve watched quite a few.
However, if you’re looking for a full story and don’t want to read the manga, look elsewhere, the anime series only covers 30% of the story if not less.

]]> by: Yoh http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-23105 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:24:42 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-23105 I agree no one under 17 should approach this. I gory and Nc17- if not 21 material but I found it surprisingly good and the manga it is based on is awesome a sneak peak into the samurai world I am thrill to see how it ends. I disagree on women perception they are incredibly complex and strong if not a bit insane too they actually move the story being the real powers behind Fujiki and Irako, so much that Mie is a desirable target for the other party for without her Fujiki is just an empty shell and I really think she still has a crush on Irako despite all; they simply are not portrayed in their full splendor in the anime because their stories where not completely covered in those tomes and they are epochs accurate they are not modern women. I was taken by a comment that they omitted"in a warrior clan marriage is an affair regarding the line, there is place for the concept known as love." I agree no one under 17 should approach this. I gory and Nc17- if not 21 material but I found it surprisingly good and the manga it is based on is awesome a sneak peak into the samurai world I am thrill to see how it ends. I disagree on women perception they are incredibly complex and strong if not a bit insane too they actually move the story being the real powers behind Fujiki and Irako, so much that Mie is a desirable target for the other party for without her Fujiki is just an empty shell and I really think she still has a crush on Irako despite all; they simply are not portrayed in their full splendor in the anime because their stories where not completely covered in those tomes and they are epochs accurate they are not modern women. I was taken by a comment that they omitted”in a warrior clan marriage is an affair regarding the line, there is place for the concept known as love.”

]]> by: Eliasoz http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-13167 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:53:37 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-13167 What the FUCK man, you guys should learn to put a damn SPOILER warning for christ's sake!! You just don't divulge that kind of spoiler material about the manga, you bastards. May you rot in hell!! What the FUCK man, you guys should learn to put a damn SPOILER warning for christ’s sake!! You just don’t divulge that kind of spoiler material about the manga, you bastards.

May you rot in hell!!

]]> by: Chris R. http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-13166 Tue, 05 May 2009 07:58:56 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-13166 Shigurui is definitely in the top 3 anime I've ever seen. If they release a second season... say another 13 episodes... that would bring it up to #1 for me I think. Ending left me dying for more! Realistic, historically plausible, brooding, dark, artsy, and swimming in blood and guts. I've read a bunch of posts that say the characters were flat and unlikeable. I don't think that is so, it's just that they, (the characters,) don't wear their hearts on their sleeves! the emotions are subtle and understated, as one would expect of tough guy kenshi in the early Edo period. Take the scene when Iraku is named as the successor... Kogan just pushes Mie at him and grumbles something about "seeed..." (gross,) and Fujiki just takes it... He doesn't speak up or make his obvious feelings for Mie known... This made some people hate him, but it makes me like him even more! C'mon people, he's not a robot or a psychopath, (well, ok maybe he's a little bit of a psychopath...) he's extremely pissed off and upset! He's just so dedicated to his Ryuha that he swallows his feelings. That's the ideal way for a samurai to react! The group is everything, individual desires are nothing. Suffering and sacrifice to benefit the greater good. That's EXACTLY how the bushi were supposed to operate (at least according to idealized Edo era bushido...) Shigurui is definitely in the top 3 anime I’ve ever seen. If they release a second season… say another 13 episodes… that would bring it up to #1 for me I think. Ending left me dying for more! Realistic, historically plausible, brooding, dark, artsy, and swimming in blood and guts. I’ve read a bunch of posts that say the characters were flat and unlikeable. I don’t think that is so, it’s just that they, (the characters,) don’t wear their hearts on their sleeves! the emotions are subtle and understated, as one would expect of tough guy kenshi in the early Edo period. Take the scene when Iraku is named as the successor… Kogan just pushes Mie at him and grumbles something about “seeed…” (gross,) and Fujiki just takes it… He doesn’t speak up or make his obvious feelings for Mie known… This made some people hate him, but it makes me like him even more! C’mon people, he’s not a robot or a psychopath, (well, ok maybe he’s a little bit of a psychopath…) he’s extremely pissed off and upset! He’s just so dedicated to his Ryuha that he swallows his feelings. That’s the ideal way for a samurai to react! The group is everything, individual desires are nothing. Suffering and sacrifice to benefit the greater good. That’s EXACTLY how the bushi were supposed to operate (at least according to idealized Edo era bushido…)

]]> by: joe http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-9742 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:18:19 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-9742 So who wins in the end in the manga, Fukiki or Irako? If anyone here speaks Japanese, please, oh please look around the internet for announcements for a second season. It ould make me the happiest guy alive.... By the way, I can't get into the Funimation Shigurui site. How do you do it? So who wins in the end in the manga, Fukiki or Irako?

If anyone here speaks Japanese, please, oh please look around the internet for announcements for a second season. It ould make me the happiest guy alive….

By the way, I can’t get into the Funimation Shigurui site. How do you do it?

]]> by: TheBastid http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-9034 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:37:01 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-9034 Here is the scene where Irako cuts off Fujiki's arm.... This happens *after* the final episode of Shigurui...so only in the manga http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=34022 Here is the scene where Irako cuts off Fujiki’s arm….

This happens *after* the final episode of Shigurui…so only in the manga

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=34022

]]> by: Fabian http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8728 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:25:16 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8728 No, I'm talking about the tournament with the real blades. The one which already shows Fujiki with 1 arm, and a blind and cripple Irako. Who wins that? No, I’m talking about the tournament with the real blades. The one which already shows Fujiki with 1 arm, and a blind and cripple Irako. Who wins that?

]]> by: MP http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8718 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:52:10 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8718 Irako doesn't cut off his arm in the first battle. He breaks his fingers. In fact he breaks the fingers of the arm which he ends up keeping. The missing arm is never resolved. Irako doesn’t cut off his arm in the first battle. He breaks his fingers. In fact he breaks the fingers of the arm which he ends up keeping. The missing arm is never resolved.

]]> by: Fabian http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8615 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:28:08 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8615 Who wins at the tournament which started in the 1st chapter? Who wins at the tournament which started in the 1st chapter?

]]> by: JJ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8026 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:28:29 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8026 Irako cuts off Fujiki's arm in their first battle And the reason why Mie went crazy towards the end was because Irako was expelled from the school. She really loved him but she knows that she will never see him again. It was explained in the manga, and she stopped eating and became really skinny Irako cuts off Fujiki’s arm in their first battle

And the reason why Mie went crazy towards the end was because Irako was expelled from the school. She really loved him but she knows that she will never see him again.

It was explained in the manga, and she stopped eating and became really skinny

]]> by: Duke http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8006 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:05:09 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-8006 1 fucking question! i mean cmon... how the hell did Fujiki lost his hand in, presumably, so dramatic manner? (with the burn mark and everything) Awesome anime but cmon man, few more episodes wouldnt spoil anything.. 1 fucking question!
i mean cmon…
how the hell did Fujiki lost his hand in, presumably, so dramatic manner? (with the burn mark and everything)
Awesome anime but cmon man, few more episodes wouldnt spoil anything..

]]> by: Alex http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7929 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:49:04 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7929 I had to see it three time to actually grasp the many nuances of the story (translation aside) and.. I would very much like to see this anime in the big screen, in a word. This series I consider an "epic". Fujiki was the good obedient one and Ikaro was the liberal creative one. There is no good or evil here only the struggle within the parameters of their basic instincts. Human drama. I think that I understand samurai thinking, to the degree that my western ignorance allows. This series with its awesome sound, has a zen to humanity connection that grows in complexity as the story rolls, no moment seems to be wasted and every ritual has a point to it. The biting of the vase.. My question is this. Who cuts off Fujiki's arm??.. Was it Gonzo?. Did they fight for the supremacy of the dojo? I had to see it three time to actually grasp the many nuances of the story (translation aside) and.. I would very much like to see this anime in the big screen, in a word.
This series I consider an “epic”.
Fujiki was the good obedient one and Ikaro was the liberal creative one.
There is no good or evil here only the struggle within the parameters of their basic instincts. Human drama.
I think that I understand samurai thinking, to the degree that my western ignorance allows.
This series with its awesome sound, has a zen to humanity connection that grows in complexity as the story rolls, no moment seems to be wasted and every ritual has a point to it. The biting of the vase..
My question is this.
Who cuts off Fujiki’s arm??..
Was it Gonzo?.
Did they fight for the supremacy of the dojo?

]]> by: Mark http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7664 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:59:52 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7664 And praise the anime licensing gods,as Funi grabbed it,and there is an official site up. I cant wait to get the R1 dvd's with art box !!!! I like many are surprised they got it,surprised anyone grabbed it. Check AOD.com for the full press release.If any of you enjoyed it,put your money where your mouth is,and support the companies that are making it.Buy buying the dvd's when they hit stateside. And praise the anime licensing gods,as Funi grabbed it,and there is an official site up.

I cant wait to get the R1 dvd’s with art
box !!!! I like many are surprised they got it,surprised anyone grabbed it.

Check AOD.com for the full press release.If any of you enjoyed it,put your money where your mouth is,and support the companies that are making it.Buy buying the dvd’s when they hit stateside.

]]> by: Alx http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7612 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:37:37 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7612 I just want to know about Mie...I have no real other way to say it, but towards the end of the anime, she got a bit "weird." And I don't see anything wrong with Fujiki, and why he has to "fall." If anything, he showed dedication and loyalty, even to Mie while she was still holding on to the dream of Irako (that, by the way, made me dislike Mie very much). And I'm just curious...I thought Mie liked FUJIKI instead of Irako? Wasn't that why she wanted to bite her tongue during that one time? I just want to know about Mie…I have no real other way to say it, but towards the end of the anime, she got a bit “weird.” And I don’t see anything wrong with Fujiki, and why he has to “fall.” If anything, he showed dedication and loyalty, even to Mie while she was still holding on to the dream of Irako (that, by the way, made me dislike Mie very much).

And I’m just curious…I thought Mie liked FUJIKI instead of Irako? Wasn’t that why she wanted to bite her tongue during that one time?

]]> by: JJ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7589 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:05:28 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7589 This is easily the best anime I've ever seen. The story is extremely realistic, this is definitely something that could have happened in that period. Also, Shigurui was based off of a novel, so it explains the quality it has over any other anime. I loved how for once Samurais were presented as realistic human beings instead of heroes that saves the day. I love how the end, there was no one to save anyone. Everyone was wallowing in their own misery while the supposed "villain", Irako, went up higher and higher in social status. While many believe that Irako was the villain in the story, he was the one who was actually trying "break" the system Japan had at the time. He was the only one who didn't want to be a slave, a mere soldier, he detested the laws of the society at that period. Although that did cost him his eyes, in the end he succeeded by destroying what Fujiki ever had. I know a lot of people complain about the ending. Well, what if they didn't show you the match at the beginning, would you be satisfied then?? Plus, there's a manga that is yet to be finished. I'm in the process of reading it right now, and yes, it actually gets better and better. There still much to tell in terms of story and the rise of Irako, the fall of Fujiki. Kugan's past, Fujiki's past, it's just brilliant storytelling. This is easily the best anime I’ve ever seen. The story is extremely realistic, this is definitely something that could have happened in that period. Also, Shigurui was based off of a novel, so it explains the quality it has over any other anime.

I loved how for once Samurais were presented as realistic human beings instead of heroes that saves the day. I love how the end, there was no one to save anyone. Everyone was wallowing in their own misery while the supposed “villain”, Irako, went up higher and higher in social status. While many believe that Irako was the villain in the story, he was the one who was actually trying “break” the system Japan had at the time. He was the only one who didn’t want to be a slave, a mere soldier, he detested the laws of the society at that period. Although that did cost him his eyes, in the end he succeeded by destroying what Fujiki ever had.

I know a lot of people complain about the ending. Well, what if they didn’t show you the match at the beginning, would you be satisfied then??

Plus, there’s a manga that is yet to be finished. I’m in the process of reading it right now, and yes, it actually gets better and better. There still much to tell in terms of story and the rise of Irako, the fall of Fujiki. Kugan’s past, Fujiki’s past, it’s just brilliant storytelling.

]]> by: Mark http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7251 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:52:37 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/10/22/shigurui-review-84100/#comment-7251 I just finished the series today and had that annoying feeling afterwards at being left hanging (though I pretty much saw that coming), but after letting it sit for a few hours, it's actually grown on me. I think that the winner of the fight is irrelevant, and in a way, letting the viewer imagine that fight in your head creates far more interest. They couldn't have added anything <i>more</i> to the story by showing the fight and winner, so it isn't really needed. This series is right up there for me in terms of art direction, music, characterisation and depth. I am recommending it only to hardcore anime enthusiasts though as I think it is a bit difficult to get into. Amazing show, might chase up the manga. I just finished the series today and had that annoying feeling afterwards at being left hanging (though I pretty much saw that coming), but after letting it sit for a few hours, it’s actually grown on me.

I think that the winner of the fight is irrelevant, and in a way, letting the viewer imagine that fight in your head creates far more interest. They couldn’t have added anything more to the story by showing the fight and winner, so it isn’t really needed.

This series is right up there for me in terms of art direction, music, characterisation and depth. I am recommending it only to hardcore anime enthusiasts though as I think it is a bit difficult to get into.

Amazing show, might chase up the manga.

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