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Kalessin
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Well, this is one review that I really don't agree with. I really liked Corpse Princess and thought that it was one of the better series that I've seen in a while. It is by no means perfect, but it's quite good, and for the most part, I would have said that whatever flaws the series has are primarily in the second half of the series. Overall, I really liked this series.
And whatever flaws that it may have, they definitely managed to improve on the manga, from what I've been able to read of it. Ouri is a much more minor character in the manga, and yet he's still the main character in the long run... The manga is good, but the anime is a definite improvement. I just wish that they'd release the manga here. As far as I can tell, you can't even get all that much of it scanlated at this point (though I'd much prefer to have a legitimate release regardless). About all that I've been able to find is the part that covers the first half of the anime, though from that much, it's fairly clear that the second half of the anime goes off on its own tangent on at least some level if not almost completely. In any case, I was very glad to have picked up this series. It was well worth watching. |
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lesterf1020
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I thought the review was fair. Although it is curious that all that unreserved praise for the dub over the sub is not reflected in the ratings.
I personally loved this show. I especially loved that it didn't do what the reviewer wanted. Namely focus on Keisei and Makina from the start. That would have gotten boring for me very quickly. I have seen that before, many times. I could name a dozen shows off the top of my head that have that kind of monster fighting partnership. Some of them do it better than Corpse Princess. I enjoyed the fact that they decided to tell the story from the point of view of an "ordinary character" who just happened to be at the right place all the time. I loved watching him try to make sense of all of this and the fact that it was connected to people that he knew and that his sense of justice, which is pretty standard shounen thinking, didn't work real well here. He made quite a few decisions that I found interesting and in some cases surprising. I loved the fact that the story was confident enough that it could take it's time revealing what was going on and why. I was more interested in Ouri's path to discovery than in Makina's blind vengeance and Keisei's sense of obligation and dedication. .... but that's just me. |
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DrizzlingEnthalpy
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There's one glaring flaw in the review:
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