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Basilisk — Episodes 1-3
October 7, 2005, 11:23 pm[For the record, I’ve started a new category called BU Anime Club, where I’ll stick posts about things we watch in my anime club that I’ve not yet seen before. Obviously no caps, since I don’t have the episodes myself most of the time.]
Tonight in anime club, we watched the first three eps of Basilisk, which I was quite excited about, since it was the only Spring 2005 Gonzo series that I’d not yet seen. I dunno, I guess you could say I was disappointed? This show didn’t really grab me in the same way that Speed Grapher and Trinity Blood did. I found the main female character to be extremely annoying, mostly because she’s such a whiny brat who apparently sucks at being a ninja. Her only redeeming quality is that she has some kind of magical eye thing. Sorry, no sale.
What I was totally sold on in this show were the variety of weird, random powers that all of the characters had. I’ve seen quite a few ninja/shounen shows, but this one was really quite creative with its ninja powers. Sure, none of them were plausible at all, but hey. Who doesn’t love ultra-sticky phlegm, right?
My absolute favorite character was the ninja who had no limbs. Yes, that’s right, this show features a ninja who is just a torso. He crawls around with some kind of device on his stomach, and uses his ultra-long tongue and ability to keep a spear in his throat to kill people. Spoiler: Unfortunately, the Ninja Torso dies in episode 3. He pretty much gets sliced in half. I was majorly bummed about it, because he was the thing I enjoyed the most, just because he was so fucking random and awesome. If he hadn’t died, I probably could have been enticed to watch more of the show. As it is, while the show had some pretty cool fight sequences, I can’t say that I would go out and buy it when Funimation releases it. I’d rather buy Speed Grapher or Trinity Blood. I might be enticed to pick up the manga, though…
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