Comments on: Seirei no Moribito – Rocks like a bears back

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By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:56:20 +0000

this show sucks balls. im not kidding. plot is obvious. characters more so. animation annoying to watch. boring waste of time

By: Bateszi Anime Blog » Blog Archive » Reflections on Seirei no Moribito: dull or delighful?

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:31:33 +0000

[...] “dull” and “disappointing” immediately spring to mind. Indeed, given our expectations were blazed by the ferocious opening three episodes, it’s understandable to feel disappointed when an [...]

By: Foshi

Foshi — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:57:39 +0000

Chagum returned to the life of a prince because it was the beginning of his new journey in life. He grew so tremendously throughout the show and by the end he understood what it meant to be responsible and to be a man.

Balsa didn’t necessarily leave Tanda. She just had to return to her home land of Kanbal to honor the spirit of Jiguro. She had completed her quest by rescuing all eight lives. I truly do think that she loves Tanda and I’m sure that she will return to him some day. I mean seriously it was implied heavily throughout the entire show that their was something between the two of them other than friendship.

For me Guardian of the Sacred Spirit was one of the best shows of the summer season. Right up there with Moonlight Mile and Gurren Lagaan. The characters were deep and interesting, the action was fast, fluid and served a purpose, and the story itself resonated with me because it was about growing up and learning what it meant to be alive.

I highly recommend this anime to anyone who prefers slower more character driven experiences about growing up in a fantasy world.

eight and a half out of ten

By: qwertypoiuy

qwertypoiuy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:55:53 +0000

chagum go back to his life because he has no choice
balsa left tanda because she has another life to save and she dont see him as a
lover
why do you say killing has no weight for balsa?

as for the mysterious scenes and conversations i dont remember them or dont know which do you mean?

as for the man who will kill other people if she didnt fight him what do you want her to do their was no other solution than going berserk but i remeber the man forget his memory or something like that i didnt like that

as for the prince he could be sicky for any reason it doesnt matter what matters that he died and ofcourse the first wife held malice for the death of her son

hunting isnt the same as killing and may be he have seen people hunting before

By: qwertypoiuy

qwertypoiuy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:57:03 +0000

i stopped watching 12 kingdoms because it Deviates from the manga so i was afraid of being disappointed after watching a long series

By: kauldron26

kauldron26 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:48:38 +0000

dude u only watched the first few eps of 12 kingdoms, which is nothing about the real story nor do u even get to know the character well. 12 kingdoms is literally a really dense novel. u havent even tapped the first layer by the first couple of eps. the best aspect i love about fantasy is the transcendence of having a specific goal. the entire anime became about chagum and the egg in his chest. if i asked u what was jk about, there is not one thing to focus on. the issues and concepts continued to grow and grow, but this was just to linear. jk did not just focus on how a regular girl can fit in a fantastical world, it also expanded on so many issues ranging from murder, betrayal, self loathing, trust, our own personal demons, friendship, suffering, the meaning of life, the birth of life, order, politics, what it means to be a ruler. but SnM in the beginning not only focused on the egg, but the importance of taking a life… commiting murder. but that issue was not fully developed to delved into. it came and it went.

we didnt even understand why tanda was the only one that could reject her for her murders, why did she listen to him, if killing had no weight? what made her listen? why did she leave him? how could chagum suddenly go back to a life that threatened his own and acclimate so well. my point is that in all reality, the show is not complex at all. no adult themes. no shades of gray. everyone found their niche in the end. no one was really faced with any heavy confrontation. the heaviest moral confrontation was the slap btw chagum and balsa, and that was comical. im not saying the show was bad, im just saying that i was expected to be blown away. look at the episode when balsa goes all tiger on the dude? what then, she’s fine because she didnt kill him? all was well with the world? every thing just fit too well…

or how bout all those mysterious scenes and conversations at court?? why did the head sage try and kill shuga? yet he didnt even know the truth, the head sage was just acting mysterious as a plot device. yet his attempts on shuga’s life and multiple attempted murders of the prince carried no weight. dude just came and went. what was up with the prince why was he so sickly? are u telling me that the first wife held no malice for the death and silence of her son, and the second prince was bound to ascend the throne? c’mon… balsa reminds me of motoko from ghost in the shell, she just does what she’s supposed to do or believes what she’s doing is right, there is no range in her emotional contenance. atleast motoko was redeemed in 2nd gig where we saw a completely different side of her. Balsa was boring as fucking hell. no passion for anything whatsoever. now compare her character arc to someone like yoko, or caska, or saya… theres not even any point. Balsa can be summarized as hot and formidable. nothing more.

i remember watching jk for the first time, and i had no idea where the show was going, or how it would end, yet by eps 4 of SnM i would bet a billion dollars that chagum would be safe and sound in the end, and everyone will live and be happy. even when chagum was hunting with balsa, he accepted seeing death and blood so easily… yet i remember when yoko killed a man for the first time how that changed everything. or when renton in eureka seven realized that he had been killing people all that time he had been riding in the nirvash. that shit was chilling. yet chagum just went on and on, and only complained about going back home. for a show that was so detailed in art and story, it wsa ridiculously simple and linear. it might has well have been a disney movie with the best production values money can buy.

By: qwertypoiuy

qwertypoiuy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:49:12 +0000

for me Seirei no Moribito was perfect
story characters music aniamtion every thing was amazing
i watched the first few episodes of 12 kingdoms and it was decent
but i will prefer Seirei no Moribito to it by a huge difference

By: kauldron26

kauldron26 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:11:38 +0000

wow… that was disappointing… ~sigh~ im surprised so many of y’all liked chagum. somewhere along the line i stopped caring about everything, but tanda and balsa’s relationship. i hate being crushed with disappointment. if anything seirei no moribito has numbed my thirst for great anime. how everything led up to them fighting gigantic squids… omg… saddest thing is that they show had so much potential, and moments of greatness. what happened to the philosophical themes about murder?? that did not even play into anything… i was hoping chagum would commit patricide, and contemplate on what it means to take a life. and for fucks sake i hate balsa for not even seeming to pay attention to the one person that has been there for her for 20 yrs. yet she knew chagum for what a year? yet tanda gets no love? ugh… this reminds me of how upset i was after bakumatsu.

moribito: 7/10

if u want to watch fantasy done well, fantasy as a masterpiece watch 12 kingdoms, 12 kingdoms puts moribito to shame. funny thing is that i wouldnt have been so mad if the first 3 eps werent so good. la lunga turns out to be gigantic squids… the highlight of the show?

“if you cant see me as the cure, then there is not point waiting” every guy that has ever been in love knows exactly what tanda felt at that moment.

By: kauldron26

kauldron26 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:57:52 +0000

seirei moribito is disappointing me… ok… were my expectations for this show waaaaay too high?? did 12 kingdoms raise the bar waaaay too high?? because as much as it hurts to say i am quite disappointed. i was expecting to be blown away, i was expecting layered characters, i was expecting political intrigue, i was expecting action, i was expecting some character growth… i dont know… the anime is very nice to look at and all… but i dont care about the characters or if the country suffers through a drought and doesnt have water *gasp* the show is not bad… maybe 12 kingdoms was just too good. well im still on ep 19, and i am quite upset because i actually chose not to watch this when it was ongoing, the first 3 eps blew me away to the point that i decided to wait till it was over and then marathon it. now im just trying to get it over with…