Shiki episode 10

Okay. I know I haven't been blogging about this series for a while, but that doesn't mean I dropped it or anything, on the contrary, I have been enjoying every second of every episode to the fullest, for this anime has stolen my heart.

Tatsumi being the biggest jerk on the planet.

But Natsuno's prepared for that!

But not for this...

GDJSKSKSDGKSHFHSDLJ TOOHRU-CHAAAN! TT___TT

He's crying over having to kill his best friend... Oh, manly tears!

Megumi's such a biatch.

Gotta love her outfit though. <3

Oh crap. I want to huggle him so bad! ;w;

Fuck no. This is NOT happening.

NATSUNOOOO! TTwTT

Let me start by saying than none of what happened was actually really that much of a surprise for me. I'm not saying I saw it coming from the start, I was just stupid enough to read some spoilers, otherwise I would never have figured out. I mean, having the main character be killed not even halfway the series... That's quite the extraordanary plot-twist right? Even though I knew what was going to happen, this episode still left me awestruck and at a loss for words. Crap, what an amazing anime this is.

So first things first. The episode started out quite normal I guess. Except for the timeshift thing. They went back in time to show us stuff that happened pretty much at the same time as the stuff they showed us last week, only from a different point of view. For ecample we got to see Shizuka-chan waiting in Natsuno's room, and Natsuno's mom offering tea to her and stuff. She continued to be bratty, and disappeared before Natsuno got home. So he didn't get killed just yet. Apparently Shizuka was only there to get permission for her "onii-chan" to enter the house.

Two days later is when things got real bad. Natsuno was sitting in his room armed with a wrench and ready to attack. As he expected, someone started tapping on his window before long. Natsuno thought it's the guy who attacked Kaori earlier but oh, was he wrong... After a pretty nerve-wracking walk around the house by our mysterious okiagari, he decided to try the window anyway, even though the door was unlocked. So after tapping on the window a few more times, THAT happened. The okiagari spoke. He spoke with a voice that sounded a little too familiar to him. The soft, kind voice of his late best friend, Mutou Tohru. "Natsuno... Ore da yo."

Natsuno, immediately recognizing that voice and his name being called, tried convincing himself not to open the window, but even though he knew perfectly well it was safer to shut himself in like that, he couldn't resist the desire to see his friend's face once again and opened the window nevertheless. Tohru, more adorable than ever, immediately grabbed Natsuno's arm with one hand, covering his crying face with the other, but after meeting eyes with Natsuno, he gave up and ran away to cry behind a tree. At this point I was pouting, and having a real hard time swallowing. It was just heart-breaking to see our lovely Tohru-chan like that.

In the meantime Megumi is hurrying to Natsuno's house to take him for herself, but on her way she runs into Tohru and has a little chat with him, being a total bitch towards him and making him feel even worse. Tohru tells her that he was ordered to kill Natsuno by Tatsumi, who threatened to kill his younger brother and sister if he refused. But that wasn't even the reason for Tohru to try and kill his best friend, it was, because if he didn't do it, surely Tatsumi would order someone else to do it since they want to get rid of Natsuno anyway, because he found out about their dirty little secret.

Then we get to see Natsuno again, running around the forest calling out his best friend's name, while remembering some sweet memories of when Tohru-chan was still alive, until he runs into Tatsumi, who calls Megumi out to kill him. And then, just when you think Natsuno's going to be bitten by either Tatsumi or Megumi, all of a sudden Tohru-chan steps out of the shadows, crying even more than before, biting Natsuno before Megumi or Tatsumi have the chance.

The last thing we see this episode is Natsuno falling to the ground, his face pale and expressionless, just like everyone after being bitten by a Shiki. Why did this have to happen? Why?! WHYYY?! TT___TT

Overall, that was by far the most amazing episode so far. Everything about it was just perfect. The animation was flawless, the facial expressions were simply stunning and even the soundtrack was amazing. I am not the slightest bit disappointed on how they executed this, it was more than I was hoping for and exceeded my every expectation.

I think I can now safely say that this is in my opinion by far the best anime of this season. Probably even one of the best anime I have ever seen. Every episode leaves me craving for the next one, and several times a week, I find myself thinking "Is it friday yet?" When it all ends, I will rewatch this series at least once, probably more, and it'll be in my favourites for a loooooong time. It's just cruel that after next week episode, there will be a three-week-hiatus, which means NO SHIKI FOR THREE WEEKS. Now tell me, how on earth am I going to survive that?!? D8

Shiki episode 2 - 4

Still the creepiest character of this show.

Sunako's so cute! x3

Natsuno can be occasionally hot sometimes...

Tohru. TT___TT You will be missed.

And so will your yaoi antics.

So yeah... Stuff got seriously creepy just now, creepier than Higurashi. This is gonna be my new recommendation to everyone says that anime is childish, cause hell, Higurashi is Gummy Bears compared to this!

Over the last episodes, a lot of people have been dying, and Doctor Ozaki suspects an epidemic. However, the symptoms are unclear. He manages to determine anemia for most of the victims, but that can't be the cause of death, and none of the victims show any sign of internal bleedings. This disease is a mystery. Of course to us, it's not, because we all know the victims are being killed of by a bunch of vampires. Still the story succeeds to remain unpredictable, although showing subtle signs of what is to come. For example in episode 3, we got to see how one of the victims invited Mr. & Mrs Vampire over at his mansion. The same episode, his wife died, and one episode later, so did he and his child. The lesson of this story; NEVER EVER INVITE A VAMPIRE OVER AT YOUR HOUSE. As we got to see in the last episode, our dearest Tohru, Natsuno's only friend and potential non-canon lover, didn't get this right.

After being helped out by the servant of the Kirishiki family, he invited the creepy cat-eared guy to come over some time. I already knew back then, the tragic destiny the writers had in mind for him.

Normally I'd say something like "DIE MEGUMI! YOU PINK-HAIRED, GOTHIC-DRESSING, NATSUNO-HAUNTING, CUTE-GUY-WITH-YAOI-POTENTIAL-BITING BITCH! DIE!"

But saying that now wouldn't make any sense since she's already dead and she was probably better of alive...

Somewhere deep down I still hope that Natsuno will somehow manage to save Tohru, but I'm afraid it's to no avail, judging from die OP also. TTwTT

Shiki episode 1

Doctor Ozaku looks like a cool doctor. =3

Main character dying in the first episode? I'm telling you; Higurashi Advanced! x'D

Yuuki is kinda cool... Even though he's a heartless jerk. I mean come on; HE'S MYSTERIOUS! <3

My first impression of this show was something like Higurashi Advanced, and so far that seems quite right. The main character dies in the first episode and the setting's somewhat similar; A small village, a hot summer, new villagers... But the art and animation are A LOT BETTER, and I get the feeling that this is gonna be more serious then Higurashi, hence the "Advanced."

Even though the main character dies, I have the feeling that nothing much happened in this episode, but an amazingly strong atmosphere was created, and I really like that. Everything in the entire episode adds to that mysterious, somewhat anxious atmosphere, even the artstyle. Not to mention the amazing soundtrack!

Not much to say about it really, just looking forward to episode 2, I have pretty high expectations from this series. ^^