Katekyo Hitman Reborn AMV (my sister’s) and Review (mine)
Song: Easy Go by Kazuki Kato
Just being a proud sister and sharing my sister’s AMV of Katekyo Hitman Reborn!:) It must be my unsaid duty since I also shared her Durarara!! and Gintama (Yoshiwara Arc) AMVs before. Actually, I’m a bit jealous since she has the time, patience and skills to make AMVs while I have none, no matter how much I love animu. As you may notice, I also haven’t made my promise Katekyo Hitman Reborn! review yet. It’s quite problematic to make a single review on a 203-episode anime so I was stalling a lot. But I guess I’ll have a go now:
Katekyo Hitman Reborn! is an addicting and great watch, as it is not like its shounen animu friends where all we see is fighting. Sure, there are tons of fighting scenes but in some way or another, the creators have managed to squeeze in some scenes (or episodes) where we could see character development vital in the story. Heed this warning though: you must have strong determination to be able to stomach the first 17 episodes of the series and all the fillers. The fillers aren’t as long as Naruto thankfully, but sometimes the momentum is broken and you wonder: “why on earth are they playing around when they’re supposed to be training desperately since their time is limited?!” But the agony of watching these spoilers is nothing to the agony of watching the first 17 episodes. So I suggest that you skip the 17 episodes, ask someone to tell you who the hell the characters are while watching, then voila: you see action immediately! You now know that the story really is leading somewhere, so you may watch the first 17 episodes after finishing some of the arcs (I watched them after watching episode 203 >:D).
Continuity in terms of strength levels is properly executed in this series, since after beating an opponent, their next opponent is clearly stronger than the last. I made it a point to mention this since this is what stopped me from finishing Bleach. Case in point:
Ichigo defeating powerful opponents then gets shamelessly being beat up by weaker opponents. Case in point in the case in point: the Bounto Arc. Seriously, who gets beat up by a guy who controls snakes after beating some shinigami captains?! Annoying!
I haven’t read the manga yet since duty calls, so I don’t know if this is still true for the manga. Another thing I admire in this series is that the fights never take longer than they should. Approximately only two episodes are needed for a single fight so the battle is never unnecessarily extended due to ridiculous power ups and unexplainable regenerating skills—and some characters can even rightfully regenerate. Also, the protagonists suffer losses more than usual in anime, so you really can’t predict the outcome of fights. All in all, a good anime! I should have jumped in the bandwagon and fanbase earlier.
However, it must be unintended, but women are depicted rather lowly in this anime. Haru and Kyoko are only useful when they cook and clean (when they decided to take things into action, they usually just cause trouble —> they also annoy me at times), and the only strong girl up to date is Lal Mirch, who wins in a battle but is then rendered useless at half of the entire Future ordeal. Chrome is too emotional, and is only strong at the beginning of the series. I heard she has trained well before the final Future Arc battle but we don’t really have proof. Damn she’s lucky she has Mukuro. I wish I had my own Mukuro too.
My favorite characters are Lambo and Fran. My third runner-up is Belphegor. I actually do not support the guyxguy pairings in KHR, and my OTP is HaruxTsuna. Scratch Kyoko, I hate her. I also wager that Ryohei’s future girlfriend is Hana, not Haru, which is who my sister says is. Speaking of Ryohei, has anyone noticed that Ryohei is treated as a side character? She’s always referred to as “Kyoko’s oniisan.” (=__= )
Overall, I’d recommend it. The bishounens are a-plenty and Tsuna’s Operation X faantastic~ And Mini Mosca’s a cutie pie (made me creys) and Squalo’s so noisyyy~
Hey, have you ever watched a battle where the two fighters are seated in chairs the entire fight? :blink:
This is just… sad. It disguises itself as a comedic film, but the overall effect is melancholic. It shows a brief part in the life of an Overseas Filipino Worker, which may depict the general scenario of how the OFW try to shoulder the expectations of the people they left behind.
This film, taken within only a day, won 1st place in the 2010 Film Racing Tour.
I don’t usually blog videos like this, but strangely, despite not being an OFW or having an immediate OFW relative, I was deeply affected.
PS. I love the piano background. Reminds me of Durarara!!
