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REVIEW: Moribito DVDs 5-6 and 7-8

LKK wrote:

Edit: After reading the review, I see that it's the reviewer who has mixed Tanda and Touya and not necessarily you. The reviewer said that Peter Doyle voiced the boy Touya. However, according to the encyclopedia Peter Doyle voiced the herbalist Tanda. Yuri Lowenthal voiced Touya. I'm not certain which voice actor the reviewer truly meant to criticize. Regardless, I stand by my opinion that Tanda was well-voiced and Touya was not so well-voiced.

Oops! I was referring to the character Tanda, although I suppose legitimate complaint might also be made about Touya, too.

Honestly, Peter Doyle hardly ever impresses me because he has the same cadence and delivery style in every role I've heard him in. That may be why he gets few major roles. He sounds an awful lot like Jim Taggert, who does Rakashun in Twelve Kingdoms, too, so much so that I thought it was the same VA. (If that's just an alias, though, then I can find no indication of it.)

some of plot twists in the series are really lame... for example, nearer to the end they ruined conceptual logic of the series with stupid, poorly thought-out reminisces of main heroine, among few things where the story failures.

Few shows trigger the berserk button on me faster than Moribito. The show itself is bad enough, but every aspect of it's airing borders on headbanging. Remember, this is the show that was doing so horribly, Kim Manning flew to Japan to ensure the rest of the show could play on Adult Swim, rather than just burying the stupid thing.

I don't think I would hate this show as much as if it didn't symbolize the death of Adult Swim Action.

It was ok. Nothing really happened in it,

...t doesn't surprise me that the Adult Swim ratings weren't that great. Look at the weeknight Adult Swim programming, and it is pretty obvious they aren't about art. It probably would have done better on Syfy, where there is less of a frat boy audience.

For what it's worth, there's something I didn't like about the flashback episode either. spoiler[I actually found it interesting that Balsa was trying to redeem herself for killing people, but they threw that away (Jiguro killed them instead) and half of the emotional baggage with it.]

Key wrote:

You were missing the point there, I think. spoiler[Even though Balsa didn't technically kill them herself, she still felt completely responsible for their deaths since Jiguro had to kill them because of her.] Anyway, complaints against have mostly been what I expected. Even though I thought the pacing was perfect for what the story was doing, I could definitely see how some would get bored by it.

No, I understood that part. I just didn't like that part much, is all (just a nitpicker's opinion, maybe), but thanks for the suggestion. I bet some other people may have missed the point on it, though.

Key wrote:

You were missing the point there, I think. spoiler[Even though Balsa didn't technically kill them herself, she still felt completely responsible for their deaths since Jiguro had to kill them because of her.] Anyway, complaints against have mostly been what I expected. Even though I thought the pacing was perfect for what the story was doing, I could definitely see how some would get bored by it.

No, I understood that part. I just didn't like that part much, is all (just a nitpicker's opinion, maybe), but thanks for the suggestion. I bet some other people may have missed the point on it, though.

Moribito deserves praise and I am glad it is getting it here. Some people don't like it, and that can't be helped. Some people rate Naruto a masterpiece as well, and that can't be helped either. Except for a little help of Dan's handy work.

MaxSouth wrote:

some of plot twists in the series are really lame... for example, nearer to the end they ruined conceptual logic of the series with stupid, poorly thought-out reminisces of main heroine, among few things where the story failures.

Um, huh? How did that story "ruin conceptual logic?" That flashback sequence was essential to establishing the foundation behind everything that Balsa does. Without it, the reasons why she agreed to risk her life for Chagum, and the reasons why she won't kill, cannot be fully understood. This had been hinted at, and set up for, the whole series prior to that point, so it was hardly a "plot twist" and the story would have been a gaping omission if it hadn't elaborated on her past.

If you want to criticize the series because you didn't like it, that's fine, but at least use criticisms that make sense.