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I'll keep the introduction short this time, Buso Renkin is an anime series that interested me a while back, a few days ago I saw the first episode but didn't get to write done my two cents on this crappy anime, so here it is now.
The show starts off with some generic blue-haired anime girl in a stereotypical school uniform, then the next thing you know, BAM! Right behind her there's some kid with a giant cobra (not cobra commander) tail through his heart. The kid wakes up the next day to find that it was all a dream and then we are introduced to what I think is quite possibly the second most boring and un-inventive cast of characters ever to appear in an anime, and every single person in this show is a freaking sterotype to the point that I can ever remember any of their names. Except for the hero's, Kazuki Muto, because that's just got to be some kind of Yu-Gi-Oh reference (Kazuki = the first name of the author of Yu-Gi-Oh, Muto = Yugi's last name). Anyway, so we get to watch him hang out with his friends who do nothing but crack unfunny jokes and visual gags, and his sister, who does nothing but acts the part of "kind hearted girl who is so nice and innocent, that she cries every time she steps on a bug." So then this really creepy looking guy who pretty much wore a shirt that says "I AM EVIL" on it tells Kazuki that he has to do some after school work for him... or something like that, because if he doesn't do it the guy will... force his sister to do it instead? So he does it... because the clearly evil guy told him to, and then HOLY PLOT TWIST the guy turns out to be not only evil, but the very same cobra (not commander, although at this point that would have made the show ten times better) who attacked the girl from his dream! Kazuki does the smart thing and tries to get the hell out of there, but then his sister shows up and then... HOLY ****! The snake thing actually freaking eats her! For a second there, I thought that this was just going to be some generic anime where the hero fights the bad guys for some typical anime reason like "because it's the right thing to do" but here he actually gets HUMAN MOTIVATION to do what he will inevitably do! They might not be as bad as I thought it was going to be!
Alright, so the fight commences and Kazuki, having no power at all, gets his *** handed to him because it's pretty much "Kid with metal pipe VS. Giant monster cobra (not commander) thing." But then, the chick from his dream shows up and uses this.... weird... kind of... cross between kitchen knives and Dr. Octopus arms to kill the thing. And as the monster finally falls... oh COME ON! HIS SISTER IS JUST FINE!? SHE ISN'T DEAD!? Well, there goes any and all human motivation that this show might have had. Okay, that's it, I give up, there is nothing even remotely good about this show. But I kept watching, so I'll keep giving my two cents on this crap. Alright, so they take his sister to the school's infirmary where she's supposed to sleep it off, seeing it only as a frighteningly realistic nightmare. The girl (who is far too independent and "baddass" for these ridiculous human things called "emotions") tells Kazuki that she is an alchemist and that the snake monster was a homunculus, which disguise themselves as humans in order to hunt them down and eat them. And apparently they keep their existence a secret because.... why again? I'm pretty sure that just going all out in your baddass monster form just terrorizing and eating everyone would be much more effective way to get a meal, rather than trying to trick someone into being alone with you so you can eat them. Okay, back to the plot, Kazuki, being the typical anime hero suddenly realizes that he's the main character and says that he wants to help fight the homunculi because it's what his stereotypical personality demands. But miss no-emotions says that he can't come along, because she has to go to these warehouse where a bunch of homunculi are hanging out together in order to crash their frat party (also, before I forget, she brought Kazuki back to life with something called the Buso Renkin). So she goes in, gets her *** handed to her and just as all hope seems lost, Kazuki comes in and because of the Buso Renkin that the gal stuck in him, he now somehow has the powers of an alchemist and kicks all of the homunculi's *****. The girl decides to train him to become an alchemist, and that's the end of it.
Buso Renkin only reason for existing is to show the world how not to make an anime. And the thing that pisses me off them most? I can't even call Buso Renkin mediocre because this is the norm for anime, this pile of **** that I just gave my two cents on is what most anime is like, therefor it's run of the mill anime. Which only proves that most anime is nothing more that uncreative junk that can be effortlessly made in a matter of minuets. And speaking of un-creativeness, this show sure as hell reminds me of Bleach. It's like they took that show, subtracted eveything I ever slightly liked about it, and replaced it with run-of-the-mill anime stereotypes. Honestly, replace Ichigo with Kazuki, Rukia with that Miss Octopus-wanna-be, the entire Kagesaki family with Kazuki's sister, the Hollows with the Homunculi, and finally, the Soul Reapers with Alchemists and you'd get something that looks like Buso Renkin oddly enough. These days its like they don't even try any more. I can just imagine a bunch of Japanese guys in suits sitting around a table, thinking about ways to get those gullible anime fans to buy their crap. So they just take a bunch of cookie cutter anime characters, drop them into some cookie cutter plot and then off you go, new series! Really, who do they get to write all of this bull****? Actaully, now I'm curious, let me go check...
(intermission)
NOBUHIRO WATSUKI!? NOBUHIRO WATSUKI!? THIS GUY WROTE RUROUNI KENSHIN! RUROUNI FREAKING KENSHIN! What the hell is he doing spitting out this bull**** series! Come on, man! I loved Kenshin but the bull**** that you've given us is just that, it's BULL****!
Okay, now that I've said my mind I'll say this. It sucks, if you're a rabid anime fanboy then your simple little mind will be easily pleased by the familiar characters and boring predictable plot. If you're like me and you demand quality from this process of copy-pasting overly used plots and characters, then just skip over this one and stick to Fullmetal Alchemist and Death Note.
I'll keep the introduction short this time, Buso Renkin is an anime series that interested me a while back, a few days ago I saw the first episode but didn't get to write done my two cents on this crappy anime, so here it is now.
The show starts off with some generic blue-haired anime girl in a stereotypical school uniform, then the next thing you know, BAM! Right behind her there's some kid with a giant cobra (not cobra commander) tail through his heart. The kid wakes up the next day to find that it was all a dream and then we are introduced to what I think is quite possibly the second most boring and un-inventive cast of characters ever to appear in an anime, and every single person in this show is a freaking sterotype to the point that I can ever remember any of their names. Except for the hero's, Kazuki Muto, because that's just got to be some kind of Yu-Gi-Oh reference (Kazuki = the first name of the author of Yu-Gi-Oh, Muto = Yugi's last name). Anyway, so we get to watch him hang out with his friends who do nothing but crack unfunny jokes and visual gags, and his sister, who does nothing but acts the part of "kind hearted girl who is so nice and innocent, that she cries every time she steps on a bug." So then this really creepy looking guy who pretty much wore a shirt that says "I AM EVIL" on it tells Kazuki that he has to do some after school work for him... or something like that, because if he doesn't do it the guy will... force his sister to do it instead? So he does it... because the clearly evil guy told him to, and then HOLY PLOT TWIST the guy turns out to be not only evil, but the very same cobra (not commander, although at this point that would have made the show ten times better) who attacked the girl from his dream! Kazuki does the smart thing and tries to get the hell out of there, but then his sister shows up and then... HOLY ****! The snake thing actually freaking eats her! For a second there, I thought that this was just going to be some generic anime where the hero fights the bad guys for some typical anime reason like "because it's the right thing to do" but here he actually gets HUMAN MOTIVATION to do what he will inevitably do! They might not be as bad as I thought it was going to be!
Alright, so the fight commences and Kazuki, having no power at all, gets his *** handed to him because it's pretty much "Kid with metal pipe VS. Giant monster cobra (not commander) thing." But then, the chick from his dream shows up and uses this.... weird... kind of... cross between kitchen knives and Dr. Octopus arms to kill the thing. And as the monster finally falls... oh COME ON! HIS SISTER IS JUST FINE!? SHE ISN'T DEAD!? Well, there goes any and all human motivation that this show might have had. Okay, that's it, I give up, there is nothing even remotely good about this show. But I kept watching, so I'll keep giving my two cents on this crap. Alright, so they take his sister to the school's infirmary where she's supposed to sleep it off, seeing it only as a frighteningly realistic nightmare. The girl (who is far too independent and "baddass" for these ridiculous human things called "emotions") tells Kazuki that she is an alchemist and that the snake monster was a homunculus, which disguise themselves as humans in order to hunt them down and eat them. And apparently they keep their existence a secret because.... why again? I'm pretty sure that just going all out in your baddass monster form just terrorizing and eating everyone would be much more effective way to get a meal, rather than trying to trick someone into being alone with you so you can eat them. Okay, back to the plot, Kazuki, being the typical anime hero suddenly realizes that he's the main character and says that he wants to help fight the homunculi because it's what his stereotypical personality demands. But miss no-emotions says that he can't come along, because she has to go to these warehouse where a bunch of homunculi are hanging out together in order to crash their frat party (also, before I forget, she brought Kazuki back to life with something called the Buso Renkin). So she goes in, gets her *** handed to her and just as all hope seems lost, Kazuki comes in and because of the Buso Renkin that the gal stuck in him, he now somehow has the powers of an alchemist and kicks all of the homunculi's *****. The girl decides to train him to become an alchemist, and that's the end of it.
Buso Renkin only reason for existing is to show the world how not to make an anime. And the thing that pisses me off them most? I can't even call Buso Renkin mediocre because this is the norm for anime, this pile of **** that I just gave my two cents on is what most anime is like, therefor it's run of the mill anime. Which only proves that most anime is nothing more that uncreative junk that can be effortlessly made in a matter of minuets. And speaking of un-creativeness, this show sure as hell reminds me of Bleach. It's like they took that show, subtracted eveything I ever slightly liked about it, and replaced it with run-of-the-mill anime stereotypes. Honestly, replace Ichigo with Kazuki, Rukia with that Miss Octopus-wanna-be, the entire Kagesaki family with Kazuki's sister, the Hollows with the Homunculi, and finally, the Soul Reapers with Alchemists and you'd get something that looks like Buso Renkin oddly enough. These days its like they don't even try any more. I can just imagine a bunch of Japanese guys in suits sitting around a table, thinking about ways to get those gullible anime fans to buy their crap. So they just take a bunch of cookie cutter anime characters, drop them into some cookie cutter plot and then off you go, new series! Really, who do they get to write all of this bull****? Actaully, now I'm curious, let me go check...
(intermission)
NOBUHIRO WATSUKI!? NOBUHIRO WATSUKI!? THIS GUY WROTE RUROUNI KENSHIN! RUROUNI FREAKING KENSHIN! What the hell is he doing spitting out this bull**** series! Come on, man! I loved Kenshin but the bull**** that you've given us is just that, it's BULL****!
Okay, now that I've said my mind I'll say this. It sucks, if you're a rabid anime fanboy then your simple little mind will be easily pleased by the familiar characters and boring predictable plot. If you're like me and you demand quality from this process of copy-pasting overly used plots and characters, then just skip over this one and stick to Fullmetal Alchemist and Death Note.
