Moribito - first four episodes
Feb. 16th, 2012 02:39 am
Apparently I've decided to watch Moribito. I started because I'd heard about the female warrior protagonist; then I watched the OP and got concerned about the fact that she was mostly pictured in a protective role to a little kid, because frankly as a longtime Final Fantasy fan I have completely exhausted my tolerance for "badass warrior ladies as foster moms" arrangements. It only took two such cases. I don't like that trope.
But I figured I'd give it an episode, and Balsa is awesome. I love every fight she's been in, especially since they usually involve her pwning multiple opponents, the child she's protecting is written non-annoyingly (yeah, the bar for kids in anime is set super-high, I tell you what) and then in the fourth episode a funny-looking old lady defeats two ninjas.
Balsa has visible arm muscles. SHE IS A FEMALE ANIME CHARACTER. HOW CAN THIS BE.
Also, she's thirty. A female anime lead who is thirty. And who is completely unselfconscious about stripping down to get her bandages changed, and the scene isn't shot seductively, and man I'm loving this show so far. It's like the universe decided to give me a present and I just now got around to unwrapping it.
So yes. I gave it one episode and it took four. I'm a little concerned about liking this too much - based on past experience I'm not sure I can do fanfic for a source that originated in a book series, as this did - but goddamn, I'm enjoying the fight scenes.
But I figured I'd give it an episode, and Balsa is awesome. I love every fight she's been in, especially since they usually involve her pwning multiple opponents, the child she's protecting is written non-annoyingly (yeah, the bar for kids in anime is set super-high, I tell you what) and then in the fourth episode a funny-looking old lady defeats two ninjas.
Balsa has visible arm muscles. SHE IS A FEMALE ANIME CHARACTER. HOW CAN THIS BE.
Also, she's thirty. A female anime lead who is thirty. And who is completely unselfconscious about stripping down to get her bandages changed, and the scene isn't shot seductively, and man I'm loving this show so far. It's like the universe decided to give me a present and I just now got around to unwrapping it.
So yes. I gave it one episode and it took four. I'm a little concerned about liking this too much - based on past experience I'm not sure I can do fanfic for a source that originated in a book series, as this did - but goddamn, I'm enjoying the fight scenes.