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heading]Conclusion[/heading] <newline>It[apost]s anime, animation, bright vivid colours, the explosion of imagination on screen, a fast paced, visual frenzy that delivers a pure hit of narrative direct to the optic nerves. How could an anime ever be dull? Nabari no Ou is dull, it[apost]s turgid, tiresome and unfulfilling. It[apost]s utterly mediocre, middle of the road, average. I[apost]m beginning to sound like Johnny Five from Short Circuit, as I rapidly exhaust my mental thesaurus of the ordinary. Nabari no Ou makes it hard to find the effort to actually form an opinion about it. For thirteen episodes, I let its lukewarm beigeness wash over me, as I remained ephemerally aware of its story and characters, and after some five hours worth of half aware existence in its presence, I can enthusiastically pronounce that it[apost]s, well, okay, kind of. <newline> <newline>It was, kind of, vaguely promising at the end of the first half of the series. Nabari no Ou took a devil of a time to actually get going, with a whole lot of poorly balanced comedy and drama, and tiresome character clichés to get through before it really started to develop the story, and add some meat to the characters. Its tales of ninja confrontations and battles happening in the background of the real world slowly began to grow on me, and with some interesting, and unexpected twists and turns along the way, I really found that I had a desire to see how the story would conclude. <newline> <newline>From early on in this set, it became clear that the creators had shot their bolt in the build up to the half way point, as the second half just doesn[apost]t live up to that brief glimmer of promise that had so enticed me before. That slow build, the slow pace continues all the way to the conclusion; there[apost]s no energy or impetus to the story, never a moment that grabbed me by the throat and glued my attention to the screen. This was a story that unfolded in the background, almost subliminally, despite the fact that I was watching the Japanese version and had to be glued to the screen for the subtitles. <newline> <newline>The eventual character development that initially enthused me turned out to be a misnomer. Nabari no Ou[apost]s [apost]trick[apost] is to show that almost every character other than the main cast turns out to be the exact opposite of who you think. The fiendish plot twist isn[apost]t there to shock you out of your complacency, it[apost]s this show[apost]s ground state, feeding you plot twist after plot twist until it all becomes part of the dull normality. Worst of all, there is very little character interaction. What the cast does is hardly affected by how they interact with each other. They all have their separate agendas and pursue them to the conclusion. The interesting development at the end of the previous volume was that former enemies Miharu and Yoite found common ground, even developed an affection for each other, with Miharu promising to use the Shinrabansho to grant Yoite[apost]s wish. In this volume, the cast fall onto either side of that wish, with those wishing to help Miharu and Yoite, and those wishing to stop them. And that[apost]s it, that[apost]s the sole character dynamic that defines what happens to everyone in this story. It[apost]s a very thin hope upon which to hang a tale. It all depends on whether you have an empathy for, can get behind Yoite and Miharu. Yoite[apost]s defining characteristic is that he[apost]s damaged goods, Miharu[apost]s is that he is a brat. I couldn[apost]t care less what happened to them. <newline>url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144102"][imgmc=0000233689.jpg][/url] <newline>[heading]Conclusion[/heading] <newline>It[apost]s anime, animation, bright vivid colours, the explosion of imagination on screen, a fast paced, visual frenzy that delivers a pure hit of narrative direct to the optic nerves. How could an anime ever be dull? Nabari no Ou is dull, it[apost]s turgid, tiresome and unfulfilling. It[apost]s utterly mediocre, middle of the road, average. I[apost]m beginning to sound like Johnny Five from Short Circuit, as I rapidly exhaust my mental thesaurus of the ordinary. Nabari no Ou makes it hard to find the effort to actually form an opinion about it. For thirteen episodes, I let its lukewarm beigeness wash over me, as I remained ephemerally aware of its story and characters, and after some five hours worth of half aware existence in its presence, I can enthusiastically pronounce that it[apost]s, well, okay, kind of. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144103"][imgmc=0000233690.jpg][/url] <newline>It was, kind of, vaguely promising at the end of the first half of the series. Nabari no Ou took a devil of a time to actually get going, with a whole lot of poorly balanced comedy and drama, and tiresome character clichés to get through before it really started to develop the story, and add some meat to the characters. Its tales of ninja confrontations and battles happening in the background of the real world slowly began to grow on me, and with some interesting, and unexpected twists and turns along the way, I really found that I had a desire to see how the story would conclude. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144108"][imgmc=0000233695.jpg][/url] <newline>From early on in this set, it became clear that the creators had shot their bolt in the build up to the half way point, as the second half just doesn[apost]t live up to that brief glimmer of promise that had so enticed me before. That slow build, the slow pace continues all the way to the conclusion; there[apost]s no energy or impetus to the story, never a moment that grabbed me by the throat and glued my attention to the screen. This was a story that unfolded in the background, almost subliminally, despite the fact that I was watching the Japanese version and had to be glued to the screen for the subtitles. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144112"][imgmc=0000233699.jpg][/url] <newline>The eventual character development that initially enthused me turned out to be a misnomer. Nabari no Ou[apost]s [apost]trick[apost] is to show that almost every character other than the main cast turns out to be the exact opposite of who you think. The fiendish plot twist isn[apost]t there to shock you out of your complacency, it[apost]s this show[apost]s ground state, feeding you plot twist after plot twist until it all becomes part of the dull normality. Worst of all, there is very little character interaction. What the cast does is hardly affected by how they interact with each other. They all have their separate agendas and pursue them to the conclusion. The interesting development at the end of the previous volume was that former enemies Miharu and Yoite found common ground, even developed an affection for each other, with Miharu promising to use the Shinrabansho to grant Yoite[apost]s wish. In this volume, the cast fall onto either side of that wish, with those wishing to help Miharu and Yoite, and those wishing to stop them. And that[apost]s it, that[apost]s the sole character dynamic that defines what happens to everyone in this story. It[apost]s a very thin hope upon which to hang a tale. It all depends on whether you have an empathy for, can get behind Yoite and Miharu. Yoite[apost]s defining characteristic is that he[apost]s damaged goods, Miharu[apost]s is that he is a brat. I couldn[apost]t care less what happened to them. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144114"][imgmc=0000233701.jpg][/url] <newline>Th - Change #10 - m Yoite. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144115"][imgmc=0000233702.jpg][/url] <newline>The conclusi
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