Outstanding in Every Way

Written by razzberrybleach on March 27, 2017 at 7:44 AM

This IS a wonderful anime, and as said in previous reviews (which is why I watched it), it could be considered a 'Masterpiece', and a 'Must Watch'. Considering this was made in 2004, I am surprised we don't see more anime like this. It feels ground-breaking and perhaps, before it's time.

It is a production unlike anything I have ever seen and definitely in a class of it's own.

From the first episode you will be swept up and pulled along with Characters that defy you to like them.

The 15 year old lead female character, Fuu, who although regularly in trouble, doesn't vapidly accept her fate or wait to be rescued. She is smart and funny, and has just the right mix of strengths and vulnerabilities to keep Jin, and Mugen, a couple of rogue samurai companions, by her side. The two loner Samurai themselves are as different as night and day, yet somehow Fuu manages to balance them out.

Each episode differs from the next, some very funny and others much more dramatic, until near the end when the main story plays out. The blend of modern culture into the Edo period is seamlessly woven in here and there, giving us a uniquely delightful 'affinity' into their world, something I have never experienced before. It left me with the desire to set off on foot for an adventure myself, but the world doesn't work that way anymore, and here in Australia where I am, the distances are just too great! *sigh*

Anyway, you cannot NOT be entertained by this. I cannot recommend it highly enough. And I want a follow up just because it's difficult to part with Fuu, Mugen and Jin.