{"id":1556,"date":"2009-04-14T01:37:51","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T08:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2009-04-14T01:37:51","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T08:37:51","slug":"kurokami-13-redeemed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/kurokami-13-redeemed\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurokami 13: Redeemed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1557\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1557\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1557\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414004512.jpg?resize=450%2C253\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jumping on the KyoAni bandwagon, are we?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">FAIL-O-METER<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nKurokami has <strong>not<\/strong> been redeemed (I&#8217;ve been hearing many &#8220;awesomes&#8221; and &#8220;epics&#8221; to describe 13, but&#8230; no. \u00a0Just no.). \u00a0I originally had this series at a 2\/10 on MAL, and now it&#8217;s at a 4. \u00a0That&#8217;s not that much better, but it&#8217;s a start. \u00a0There&#8217;s definitely some fail in this episode, but there is less than in previous episodes (<a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/01\/kurokami-12\/\" target=\"_blank\">12 was a total failure<\/a>). \u00a0Still, the fail here&#8217;s as big as a mansion, and that&#8217;s nowhere near &#8220;redeemed&#8221; status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414003626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1560\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414003626.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414003652.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1558\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414003652.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Y-Ya-YAKUMO?!?!\/1<\/p>\n<p>Holy son of a female dogging female dog. \u00a0DOOD, that is <em>beyond<\/em> bad art quality.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that I don&#8217;t even have to tell you why that&#8217;s bad.<br \/>\nClick the pictures to see the failure in all its glory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1563\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414002002.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1564\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414002009.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Wow, what a cool line this guy&#8217;s got! \u00a0Totally different from episode 12&#8217;s shit scri-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1562\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414002016.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NO SHIT, SHERLOCK.<\/p>\n<p>I see that <em>somebody<\/em> was dropped on his head one too many times as a baby. \u00a0This is either one incredibly crappy script, or it&#8217;s some incredibly crapping translating (though for the life of me, I can&#8217;t see what this could be the wrong translation of!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1565\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414004247.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><br \/>\nFrankenstein and ordinary-looking guy have arrived!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1566\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414004423.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I&#8217;m pretty sure that this is one of the worst animation sequences in <em>Kurokami<\/em>&#8216;s long history of failure. \u00a0Basically, it&#8217;s Yakumo bobbing his head from side to side in time with his hands slapping the barrier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Oh, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/01\/kurokami-12\/\" target=\"_blank\">LOLBLURRYLINES<\/a>\u00a0again!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1567\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414004212.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Random tidbit about action anime: Hair standing up in DBZ fashion always shows lots of power. \u00a0(-_-\u30e1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1568\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414003046.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><br \/>\nThat sounds <strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">awful<\/span><\/strong>ly important!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1569\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414004256.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><br \/>\nBecause that&#8217;s what all people say when they wake up from a 6-month coma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/loltwins.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1571\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/loltwins.png?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1570\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414003212.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This new guy looks pretty familiar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1572\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/mugieyebrows.png?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1573\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/diethardahoge.png?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Yep. \u00a0Mugibrows and Diethardhoge combine to form Steiner replacement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Other sources of failure include&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>White\/Black Good\/Evil division: Kuraki is immediately seen as the bad guy when his role should be seen as ambiguous.<\/li>\n<li>Thousands get destroyed way too easily.<\/li>\n<li>Keita somehow miraculously wakes up at the right moment.<\/li>\n<li>The battle is stupid. \u00a0First, the bad guys are winning. \u00a0Then, the good guys win. \u00a0That&#8217;s it. \u00a0But at least there&#8217;s a battle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">(Positive) Highlights of 13<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1574\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414002103.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Kuro doesn&#8217;t get the crap beat out of her in every battle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1575\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414003757.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Kuro gets some better clothes &#8211; now she can be considered &#8220;appealing&#8221; for once!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1576\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090414004501.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">There&#8217;s actual fighting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">kbai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAIL-O-METER Kurokami has not been redeemed (I&#8217;ve been hearing many &#8220;awesomes&#8221; and &#8220;epics&#8221; to describe 13, 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