ルパン三世 Green vs RED

Re-watched it. Still find it great. This time got a subbed version so finally understood some bits. During the first (few) times hadn't managed to grasp the idea that Yasuo did not intentionally become Lupin. This time had a nice understanding that being a criminal genius is hard and you have to make your own entertainment, like for example carefully raising an opponent worth fighting (maybe the creators read a lot about Vetinari?).Has become one of my favourites for ever and ever and ever. Also love the many nods to Castle of Caligostro they have been having lately.
About the end, am sure that the weird guy at the ramen shop is a post-op Yasuo after all, he knew Yukiko but she didn't) and Lupin nicked Yasuo's ring as a keepsake and an entertaining memory of [another?] experiment gone wrong. Somehow it's a theme the anime has lately - looking for a subtitute and pointing him in the right direction only to have him fail at the end. Maybe am looking too much into this because of Jigoku Shoujo III (maybe they are working together, muaha)
The voices are a bit strained, but I suppose that that is how it is and I can only hope that the seiyuu know how much joy they bring the die-hard fans. Looks like we'll be getting a new Zenigata, also possibly Goemon

Jigoku Shoujo 3?

I just heard a rumor that there will be a third season, I practically wet myself out of happiness. Also am on the lookout for any other creepy series. Have no more hangover. Am happy.

Jjigoku Shoujo Futakomori ep 24

So scary. The first half of the episode shows how the entire town is using the fact that all the attention is on Takuma to send their antagonists to Hell. By now practically the entire town had sent someone using Jigoku Tsuushin except the detective, his sister and Takuma. In the second half the detective decided to investigate Jigoku Tsuushin and discovered a book by *dum, dum, dum* Hajime! In the meantime His little sister wanders around Ai's sunset world.
Now then, boys and girls, what did we learn from this episode?

• Ai's gran is very scary, or so we can deduct from the screams that Hotaru released as she peered behind the door.


• People who actually believe that Takuma is the Devil's Child suddenly decided that he'll send them to Hell anyway so they can as well make the time worthwhile and send someone else.


• Hajime has vanished from the eyes of common mortals and lives on... good intentions presumably.


• Futakomori takes place several years after season 1, since Tsugumi is now apparently somewhere around 15


• All people are bastards.

I knew it, the town has unknowingly ganged-up on Takuma! Piss-takers! Hmm... Tsugumi has gained mysterious abilities ar so it seems. I'm getting the feeling that Takuma will be killed by the townsfolk but his soul will be saved by Ai, because she feels sorry for him and wants to have his babies! (well, that would be more in the lines of pedophilia, actually, after all, Ai is somewhere around 500)

Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori ep 23

Yay! We are officially in the plot! The joy is, if not endless, then at least big. Yes, to people who aren't familiar with the series it might seem strange that Futakomori has only 26 episodes and only now we finally got a main story arc, but such is the sadistic nature of the creators of the show.

Takuma is still here. Nice... Anyhoo, the episode starts with a man sending a man to Hell and when the D.I. comes to talk to him he blames Takuma (or to be precise "That child"). So the episode talks about the detective and how he finds it strange that the whole town is set against Takuma. He also has a sister who believes in Takuma's innocence but doesn't believe in Jigoku Tsuushin. Weird.

Hmm... the workers of Hell seem to have an interest in Takuma (maybe because he's the only decent person in the entire town, after all, he did return the straw doll to Ai). They were quite pleased when they thought that the detectives sister realised about Jigoku Tsuushin (well, that is they were pleased until the girl happily announced that Jigoku Tsuuchin is a lie anyway) . Aww, they're getting nicer by the hour.

Now that that's settled, will they answer the question, what the hell is Kikuri? Gods, the brain shaking that's going over this child is absurd. Gaah! I want to know how the story unfolds but am sad since this will end the show permanently.

Or not.

Impression: the entire episode was scary, not in the blood and gore department but more in the way people would use a rumour to excuse their own sins. They probably all know that Takuma didn't do anything but having the "Devil's Child" around probably makes life just that much easier for them. After all, the man who actually did send another person to Hell thought that since everyone hates Takuma anyway then it doesn't matter. Shows group mentality. Somehow this episode frigtens, angers and saddens me.

Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori ep 22

We see the return of Takuma, the "Devil's Child", who at the end of some sort of episode was falsely accused of killing his mother and attempting to kill his father. This time we see that his life is not going as bad as everyone though it might, since he's obviously not in prison and his father is alive, though hospitalized and under some serious equipment. In town everyone tries to have as little to do with the boy as possible, including running into random shops in the mall so that they wouldn't have to even walk anywhere near Takuma. Then he meets a girl who seems very friendly and for some reason has no idea who he is...
Takuma is back O.0 What the hell? He can't become and important character, after all, Hajime turned up fairly early in the series and besides, Ai forgave the entire clan, didn't she? Not to mention that they'd never get anything done, Futakomori was supposed to have 26 episodes so... Gaah! Am confused and will soon forget where i live and what my name is. Mind you, this is the first time they did this sort of trick (me thinks) that a character from an episode long gone suddenly pops up again.
Hmm... smells like the much-awaited plot has arrived. Wohey! I mean, I'm all for random killings but sooner or later we have to know who the hell Kikuri is and that can only be achieved through a plot.
Anyway, was a sad episode, but most of them are. Had a cute humourus scene when Hone Onna came to pick up "our Kikuri" but Hone Onna and Kikuri always have weird fights.