Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
April 6, 2005
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka is left with his insane mother as his only family when his brother, Seimei, is killed suddenly. After moving to a new school, he meets Agatsuma Soubi, who claims to have known his brother. Ritsuka eventually discovers that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighter" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Ritsuka has inherited Soubi, who will become his "Fighter". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organisation known as the "Seven Moons", Ritsuka decides to investigate into his brother's death, with the sometimes useless help of Soubi, along the way.
holy crap nobody told me this was a gay romance a little heads up the second i saw the two dudes kissing im gone
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Love It!
Written by skyrider95 on November 2, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 4
Just like the manga !
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
A rare example of good manga-to-anime translation
Written by immiscibility on September 25, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 4
This will always be one of my favourite stories, and I am re-reading the manga at the moment. The storyline can be unexpectedly heavy at times, and each of the characters has a backstory that is both relevant AND part of the overall arc. It shows the negative emotions and actions of adults very well, especially through the eyes of a "child".
I would definitely recommend that anyone who likes this anime to read the manga.
the animation is beautiful. there's still a lot of unanswered questions but hopefully there will be another season to provide more insight (or you could read the manga). you have to keep an open mind since there are some same-sex relationships but there's only kissing (no sex scenes) and it's very sweet. my only complaint is the annoying classmate, yuiko (she has pink hair), because she's a high-pitched ditz but i guess every anime needs one lol
