Empress : Kaiserin

Wash the Garden with Blood

Pretty morbid title right?

That's the episode title for tonight's Burst Angel (or if you rather, Bakuretsu Tenshi)... Love all their episode titles - the Japanese titles are even more "poetic" in a gothic kind of way.

Beginning to appreciate Bakuretsu Tenshi even more now. The storylines are getting increasingly longer, but also more gripping. Tonight's episode is great! It pinpoints both Jo's strengths and weaknesses - she may be seen protecting Meg all the time, but she also needs her to watch [over] her back. So it is confirmed that Jo and Meg is a sticky pair, and the storyline tonight suggested yuri somehow... I don't know why, but it seems that the animators that intended though this is definitely just a girl-power action anime... (those of you who don't know what yuri is, it's better that you stay ignorant. It ruined my brain when I first knew its meaning in anime/manga context)

Chrno Crusade is getting darker and darker. Tonight's episode lost to Bakuretsu Tenshi's, mainly because it's a filler episode. Neither demons nor gore, it's an obvious indication of a new major story arc. Rosette is promoted to the status of a "Militia" and now has the freedom to search for her little brother Joshua. Which means, after the Christmas celebration in tonight's episode, she and Chrno will be getting closer to Aion, which means doom. Somehow I sensed the shadow of Fullmetal Alchemist underlying Chrno Crusade's plot. But that didn't mean that Chrno Crusade isn't original work - IT IS, and a wonderful masterpiece. It's just this familiar angsty relationship between the siblings in both anime.

And Joshua's appearance parallels to Heiderich's from the Fullmetal movie. Blue eyes, soft blonde hair. o_O. Another alternate universe. *dies* Only that Rosette is a female version of Edward. *dies some more*

And the synopsis for tomorrow's episode confirms it all - the plot will get darker... Wash the garden with blood...

posted by empress @ 6:27 PM