Nagasarete Airantou - 26 (END) September 27
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- Ikuto and Suzu arrive at the entrance to the cave of kairyuu-sama; Ayane follows them in with Solid Snake stealth, minus the cardboard box
- After a rather dramatic slip and slide sequence by Ayane, she attempts to wishjack IkuSuzu by going to see kairyuu-sama first
- Ayane’s plan ultimately backfires as her close encounter with the water dragon has her taking off a large portion of the dragon’s whisker. Shaved dragon = unhappy dragon
- The entrance to the cave collapses after they run out; back to the island, but at least Ayane has something to show for it
- Unable to get back to kairyuu-sama, Ikuto tries his hand at rowing into a bunch of whirlpools again. Suzu lets him go and prevents anyone from trying to stop him
- But not so fast, Suzu can’t let her man go just like that. Don’t go~~
- Both get sucked down the whirlpool, but Sashimi rescues Suzu. So where’s Ikuto?
- Suzu dives back down, into kairyuu-sama’s cave. Doesn’t work too well as she’s about to get sucked in
- Rin fishes her up, followed by Ayane jumping in and reattaching the decapitated whisker. Kairyuu-sama not mad anymore (think Nausicaa red/blue eyes)
- Cue corny “we’re all your friends, don’t try to do everything by yourself!” chat with Suzu
- Ikuto wakes up with some of Machi’s voodoo help - he’s in some weird ocean that’s strangely calm
- A boat of burly men row up. Eh, men?? Guess who’s on the boat with them - yep, its Misaki. She’s really damn cute and her voice is awesome
- Apparently she washed up on some island named “Airantou” populated by only men. They’re all really nice and the food is really good, so she wants to stay with them a bit longer. More on this later
- She asks Ikuto to join her - but holds a weak hand compared to a Suzu montage. Sry, I’m going back, Misaki, as he hops aboard the yellow inflatable and heads straight over (into) the whirlpool
- And washes up on stage, with a flustered and extremely relieved Suzu there to greet him
- And so we start once again with the big hide and see tournament, winner gets to take home Ikuto. Full circle - works nice here
- New character that talks slow and isn’t very genki (the one that looks like Misaki) is given some screen time with 30 seconds left in the episode
Thoughts
So how was that? All in all, I’d say it was a middle-of-the-road series that never got that bad and instead had some very bright spots along the way. As with many 26 episode series based on something with no plot, the episodes around the middle got boring and repetitive, but the studio really picked it up near the end and gave some excellent episodes - the two part beniyasha story was quite entertaining, as were the final two episodes.
As for the characters, they might have seemed generic but seemed interesting enough nonetheless - the thing is, the most generic and least interesting character was the main girl. Others will disagree with me on this, but I felt what made this series good was when there was some off-the-wall craziness that characters like Ayane, Machi, Chikage, and even Meimei provided, and all that just went emo when Suzu was the focus. There was, however, enough of a balance between that craziness and the Suzu friendship / romance side of things for the people who’d rather watch this show for that.
If I were to pin one thing wonky about this show, it’d be the inconsistent animation quality. The color palette was always rich and vibrant as expected of a tropical island, but sometimes there were these glaring rough patches of either choppy animation or weak character detail that would just spoil the entire episode for me.
I could get into the “what-ifs” of this show and how good it could’ve been, but suffice to say that it wasn’t a bad ride; started off quite good, then got rather boring, and had a great finish. Perhaps a 13 episode series may have been better suited?
-jaalin
Gintama at 12:25 am on September 27th, 2007
.. it endded??
Harouki at 12:34 am on September 27th, 2007
Yare yare~
So he still ends up stuck on the island? and all the men are back or something? No looks like that that banner is another race for the man. oh well at least Misaki’s with him
Gil at 12:44 am on September 27th, 2007
Don’t tell me, Misaki trapped too?
chris at 12:47 am on September 27th, 2007
who’s the new character? from pic 36 is that misaki?
Alien at 12:52 am on September 27th, 2007
Good ending
arigatou at 1:02 am on September 27th, 2007
Before Ikuto would board the boat where Misaki (his younger sister is), he was swallowed again by the whirpool and hence returned to Airantou.
furinyue at 1:06 am on September 27th, 2007
how about the another character who use bow look like misaki ??
Cypher at 1:08 am on September 27th, 2007
Leaving your sister on a boat full of men is not a good idea.
BROOKLYN otaku at 1:09 am on September 27th, 2007
THERE IS NO ESCAPE, but why would you want to?
Shin at 1:15 am on September 27th, 2007
Looks like another season might be on its way… or at least, OVAs…
golthin at 1:22 am on September 27th, 2007
I don’t think he had a choice about leaving his sister there!
Ring at 1:23 am on September 27th, 2007
oh yeah now this is an awesome ending!!!
Gil at 1:33 am on September 27th, 2007
Her sister’s gotta be the cutest of all.
Hypernova at 1:42 am on September 27th, 2007
“who’s the new character? from pic 36 is that misaki?”
The thought of a reverse Airantou with Misaki generates images in my head that are wrong on so many levels. Especially when I feel this sinister vibe from the men in the caps.
Hypernova at 1:42 am on September 27th, 2007
WTF wrong quote
Terry-Kun at 1:44 am on September 27th, 2007
lol im not even this far in the anime…im on ep 20…too lazy to even watch anymore…maybe i’ll start too xD Hope theres a second season…or ovas
Genestarwind at 1:53 am on September 27th, 2007
Many anime are ended this week^^
Chicle at 2:00 am on September 27th, 2007
Err, wait, did Misaki go onto the island as well or is she stuck on the boat?
Nekozama at 2:08 am on September 27th, 2007
Misaki was saved by those sorya sorya guys and ended up living with them ~
Misaki has her own Airintao now (full of Men ahaha) and Ikuto went to his own Harem the island of Airintao (after knowing that Misaki is fine…with those men..(i feel sorry for Misaki for some reason ~) so they end up not together .. (Ikuto was invited to come with Misaki together live with the sorya sorya guys but why would he if he have his own harem island lol instead went back to that island where Suzu is waiting.. which end up Misaki left behind with those men (gang bang i guess) and Ikuto return with a dramatic effect yet ended up swallowed by the whirlpool (well what do you expect haha) and so a part 2 of the event who will end up Ikuto’s bride starts again
… again i really feel sorry for Misaki (just can’t imagine a island full of men and 1 very cute young girl~ ahaha) Ikuto’s situation just reverse it haha
well just love the quality of this ending ~
mutio at 2:10 am on September 27th, 2007
No, Jaalin said this girl isn’t Misaki.. New character in the final 30 seconds lol.
Smells like second season is around (or at least OVA).
I pity Ikuto, finaly out and then sucked back again. Even if he likes the folks on the island, I think thatn his wish to go back to his sister (cute *-*) is stronger
Can someone give me the ISBN of the Manga please? Can’t find it >.