GA-REI -zero- - 02 October 12
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ED: “Yume no Ashioto ga Kikoeru” 「夢の足音が聞こえる」 by Mizuhara Kaoru (水原 薫)
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「憎 発露 －にくしみのはつろ－」 (Nikushimi no Hatsuro)
“Manifestation of Hatred”
Impressions:
Well that was a huge surprise. Not only did we get an entirely new cast this time around after all the ones in the first episode were killed off, we also had a bunch of characters from the manga show up — including Tsuchimiya Kagura (Chihara Minori). While I didn’t specifically mention it last time, Isayama Yomi (Mizuhara Kaoru) was confirmed to be the girl at the end of the first episode according to the credits, who shows up this week to kill off everyone again. Presentation-wise, GA-REI -zero- continues to draw me in with its excellent use of music, but I’m admittedly confused as to where the series is headed after these turn of events. At best, I’m suspecting this is an alternate telling of the manga. Nimura Kensuke has yet to show up and Kagura appears to have been killed off already, making the probability of this being a prequel pretty unlikely now.
As things stand now, this is definitely the most shocking new series two weeks in a row, which uses the same “ploy” to make me want to watch the third episode as well. Cast-wise, this week’s group isn’t really any less well-rounded than last week’s either, so I still can’t tell who the main character is here. Judging from the credits, I would say it’s Yomi though. Evidently, she used to be on the Supernatural Countermeasure side and was seen as an older sister to Kagura, so perhaps the recurring question at the end of each episode alludes to her actions. “Will you kill someone you love, because of love?” At this rate, I wonder if we’ll get a new cast of characters every week, only to see the majority of them killed off by her.
On a separate note, this week also featured an ending song with the credits scroll, titled “Yume no Ashioto ga Kikoeru” (I Can Hear the Footsteps in the Dream) and sung by Yomi’s seiyuu, Mizuhara Kaoru. It’s a pretty good song, but I’m still in awe as to what’s going on in this series. Anyone else as confused but as interested as I am on this one?
Notable Cast:
- Isayama Yomi (諫山 黄泉) : Mizuhara Kaoru (水原 薫)
- Tsuchimiya Kagura (土宮 神楽) : Chihara Minori (茅原 実里)
- Iidzuna Noriyuki (飯綱 紀之) : Takahashi Shinya (高橋 伸也)
- Jinguuji Ayame (神宮寺 菖蒲) : Aizawa Mai (相沢 舞)
- Nikadou Kiri (二階 堂桐) : Tsuchiya Maki (土谷 麻貴)
- Sakuraba Kazuki (桜庭 一騎) : Shiraishi Minoru (白石 稔)
- Iwahata Kouji (岩端 晃司) : Inada Tetsu (稲田 徹)
- Nabuu Brothers (ナブー兄弟) : Wakamoto Norio (若本 規夫)
shurikens at 8:14 pm on October 12th, 2008
woohoo 1st.
wow i was suprised from the 1st episode that every1 died. is that a new group??
also where is my chaos;head!? =P
oleg.t at 8:14 pm on October 12th, 2008
i don’t get what the hell happen in ep 1 but still damn cool!!! good anime! first:P
coolkid at 8:18 pm on October 12th, 2008
it was confuzing yea
shurikens at 8:20 pm on October 12th, 2008
oh wait omni’s going to blog chaos;head my bad =P
Xellos at 8:21 pm on October 12th, 2008
lol havn’t seen this episode yet but it seems to be showing the prequel
to the manga since Yomi is still human.
Persona0 at 8:25 pm on October 12th, 2008
I smell a prequal but we’ll have to wait and see…
Sarces at 8:27 pm on October 12th, 2008
It’s a good anime
FlameStrike at 8:28 pm on October 12th, 2008
Argh so they all died after all? Then what the heck was the point of introduceing them in the first place? I was really hopeing to see more of Natsuki and Tooru >< Oh well I’ll keep watching to see where this is heading.
WT... at 8:29 pm on October 12th, 2008
I’m not so sure it an alternate telling.. It just has a feel to it, hmm maybe before or after the manga start or ends..
linkinstreet at 8:31 pm on October 12th, 2008
Did Kagura really die? And from what I see she still does not have her Ga-Rei yet. Remember that it’s HER Ga-Rei that gives title to the story even if it’s about Kensuke
Also, her body is still not as curvy as I remember it in the mango :3
Jay at 8:36 pm on October 12th, 2008
so you are gonna blog this for sure right?
Chimasternmay at 8:38 pm on October 12th, 2008
im guessing this is just the story of how Yomi turned out in her afterlife… Evil lol , but still even if this is a alternative telling, wtf ur gonna kill of the Manga main female at the end of this episode?…
I guess Confusion really does make u want to watch the next episode again… however seems like if that goes on they might just piss people off like me and say fuck this..ill just watch it at the end…
Irie at 8:42 pm on October 12th, 2008
Wierd episode. Can’t follow it without subs. On a positive, great animation and action. At some point they have to get us invested in some characters. There is a little “Men in Black”, “Rental Magica” and “Dawn of the Dead” in this. Don’t think the manga is going to be of much help with this series.
HoboJoe at 8:44 pm on October 12th, 2008
wtf you can’t kill off Kagura >=O
Katya at 8:46 pm on October 12th, 2008
Damn, that Yomi is one badass chick.
This just might be the “Series of the Season”.
Shadowmagius at 8:56 pm on October 12th, 2008
I think that this is very similar to the manga just a little more detailed by adding past events unlike the manga that started off a little while after yomi turned bad.
Arakan7 at 9:08 pm on October 12th, 2008
Hnnn, this is very interesting indeed. If that was truly Kagura who got ’shafted’ by Yomi at the end, this series might best be considered as divergent to the manga story. Same characters (more or less), different story altogether. So now I’m definitely gonna watch it. More chance for Shizuru to show up. :3
But wait, manga events occure 3 years AFTER this happened so there’s time for Kagura to grow up….IF she somehow survived.
NightStars at 9:10 pm on October 12th, 2008
Smells like a prequel. If it were the prequel, some things seem to make sense, like Kensuke and Kagura’s ga-rei not being present. Yomi doesn’t seem to have had
NightStars at 9:17 pm on October 12th, 2008
Eh. Never mind that, something’s not adding up…
ayumikat at 9:21 pm on October 12th, 2008
The unpredictable factor is making me interested in this show and I really want to know where the story is heading. This episode and the one last week kept me on the edge. I wanna why Yomi keeps killing every one off so I’ll keep watching.