Pandora Hearts 12

Preview VS Actual

It’s been a long time since the last post was made and I finally have something to write about Pandora Hearts’ anime adaptation.

The palette used in the show is great for most scenes, it’s ugly when it’s inappropriate. Take Cheshire’s realm as an example, the objects in the background do help in creating a creepy atmosphere but the light colours used ruined it. I’d prefer it if the objects were just floating around in the purplish-black void seen in the preview of Pandora Hearts.

I didn’t quite like the colour of the spiraling energy around Sharon being black either. The preview has shown that a greater visual effect could have been produced by making it translucent purple. (Her shoes in the preview were better too.)

The coordination of scenes along with the music is amazing imo, I just love it when the preview music comes along with scene changes. (E.g. The final scenes of Episode 12)

I’d assume that it’d be at least another 5 more episodes before XXXXXX XXXXXXXX makes his appearance. I think I went off tangent again and didn’t type what I intended to, which is speculation.

Here’s a brief description of my thoughts about the Will of The Abyss and Alice. The Will of The Abyss is Alice who somehow gained supernatural powers to scatter memories she wanted to forget.The Alice that Oz met is probably a part of her that still views her past in a positive manner.

A Short Note About K-ON 5

Pandora Hearts 03

Overly said as it may be, episode 3 was better than the previous 2 episodes as the Abyss was an interesting place and has interesting inhabitants thanks to original anime material. In addition, the music used was great and I’m starting to get used to the animation.

Pandora Hearts 2

B-rabbit is definitely horrid-looking. It’s overly bulky though meant to be large, and makes Alice a complete joke. It lacks an overpowering presence and wasn’t that much intimidating. The manga version of B-rabbit is more pleasing to the eyes in my opinion. B-rabbit in the anime would be better off being a promotional mascot. For that, the fight scene seemed completely illogical.

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First off, the OP wasn’t that bad. The ED, however, just didn’t fit into the backdrop of the show well in my opinion. It sounded too Japanese for a story set in possible Europe. The music used in the preview was MUCH better than the OP and ED combined.

What I’m watching this Spring

I haven’t posted in a week or so, I couldn’t bring myself to watch the final 2 episodes of Clannad~ After Story either. I’ll be watching Pandora Hearts and K~ON this season but I’ll only be making posts about Pandora Hearts.

Asu no Yoichi! 11 + 12 [END]

The concluding episodes of Asu no Yoichi weren’t too shabby in my opinion, a second season might be required to tie up loose ends.

Toradora! 25 [END]

What an impactful final episode. It’s interesting to see that many implications are used to advance the plot smoothly and effectively.

Toaru Majutsu no Index 24 [END]

This was a pretty decent episode setting aside the usual problems such as villains revealing their plan or past to the protagonists. I couldn’t help but roll my eyes when Shelley explained her rationale of attacking Index. Though it is understandable that there would be difficulty explaining Shelley’s past, I thought the scene would have been much better if she didn’t explain it that comprehensively and left it vague.

Toradora! 24

I must admit my jaw dropped when I watched this week’s installment of Toradora. I would never have thought that things would become as extreme as what happened.