Archive for the ‘Darker than Black episodes’ Category
Darker Than Black Episode 25
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Well, Darker than Black has ended, and thankfully, the ending doesn’t screw up the masterpiece that is the rest of the show. I wouldn’t consider it a favourite of mine, since I am, by heart, a big explosions and overpowered protagonist fan. I just swing that way. xD However, I’m ...
Darker Than Black Episode 24
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007I really like this episode, and I’m not even sure I can justify my reasons to myself. An episode like this—something that is in the midst of tying everything together, just has to be better than the subplots that have been the main plot fodder of the last 20 episodes. ...
Darker Than Black Episode 23
Saturday, September 15th, 2007The first episode of the final arc of the series starts rather slowly, with much talk, though reveals a lot about the recent past. Apparently, Hei doesn’t develop contractor powers until after the incident in South America. At the same time, his sister, Bai, had contractor powers. Amber apparently needed ...
Darker Than Black Episode 22
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Hopefully, there will be a large amount of Amber development in the final arc, as until now, there has been very little. I guess it’s obvious now that she is definitely getting younger, which is pretty sad as it strengthens my personal belief that she won’t make it to the ...
Darker Than Black Episode 21
Sunday, September 9th, 2007Ah, this episode’s pace feels really good, and regardless of this episode being the first half of the last two-episode arc, it seems as though the main story has already started. It’s disappointing that the final arc will only be 3 episodes, though at least it means there shouldn’t be ...
Darker Than Black Episode 20
Thursday, September 6th, 2007This episode fails to impress me as much as the previous ones, though overall it’s still pretty good. It ended how I thought it would with Shihoko dying, though the original purpose of killing the prophet somehow faded into unimportance, and ended abruptly. Nothing new about the Syndicate or Evening ...
Darker than Black: episode 19
Saturday, August 11th, 2007"Dreaming a Shallow Dream, Without Even being Drunk... (Part 1)" "Asaki Yumemishi, Yoi mo Sezu...(Zenpen)" (あさき夢見し、酔いもせず…(前編)) This episode is actually a lot better than what I initially suspected. The revelation of a few snapshots of Huang’s former life proved to be far more interesting and impacting than I though. I never believed ...
Darker than Black: episode 18 “I’ll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump… (Part 2)”
Monday, July 30th, 2007"I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (Part 2)" "Hakidame de Rabu Songu o Utau... (Kōhen)" (掃きだめでラブソングを歌う…(後編)) Well, they ended this arc on a fairly feel-good note with both Kenji and the Doll alive and well even though Hitotsubashi got killed. They didn’t reveal quite as much about Dolls as ...
Darker than Black: episode 17 “I’ll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump… (Part 1)”
Monday, July 30th, 2007This one seems to be a one-off story but there are some Amber-after effects coming out of last week's episode. I do hope that this 2-parter will shed more light on the doll's background and mechanism. I just feel that lately they start to resemble the name that's been given ...
Darker than Black: episode 16 “The Memory of Betrayal is an Amber-Colored Smile… (Part 2)”
Monday, July 30th, 2007I’m getting very excited with an ending like this—Amber returning to her ‘Evening Primrose’, and its purpose is still completely unknown to me. All I guess is that it’s probably connected with the disappearance of the gate in South America. The abundance of new characters in this unknown group also ...
Darker than Black: episode 15 “The Memory of Betrayal is an Amber-Colored Smile… (Part 1)”
Monday, July 30th, 2007Oh wow…although I can’t say this episode is as good as the last, I’m tempted to do so purely because Amber appears, and just by seeing her makes me love her character. Not only is she an awesome C.C. look-alike, but she actually has a personality that I like. I ...
Darker than Black: episode 14 “On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water’s Surface… (Part 2)”
Monday, July 30th, 2007Nine point five, the equivalent of a 9.9 before I started rating things lower, and is basically the highest score I would give to an anime episode normally. This episode is truly beautiful visually, musically and story-wise. Well for me anyway. I have a strong desire to see Yin get ...
Darker than Black: episode 13 “On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water’s Surface… (Part 1)”
Monday, July 30th, 2007Ah, I’ve been looking forward to this episode ever since seeing the preview for it. It’s not as strongly focused on Yin as I had thought, but with her being an emotionless doll, I guess following her walk around looking dumb wouldn’t be very entertaining. Her background story is pretty ...