Kurokami ep 04

Episode 04: “Pursuer”

SUMMARY: Akane is on the phone with Keita. She’s worried about Keita since he sounded really impatient on the phone. Excel stops the car and notes that she can can feel the same tera she previously felt. They enter the bank where Akane works. The white-haired dude with Excel approaches Akane’s counter with a customer number. Akane says his number is supposed to go to counter 3, but he holds her hand and notes that Akane has remarkable tera around her. Akane is confused about this, and assumes he is a foreigner. Excel goes all cutesy pretending he’s her father (haha, nice cover). White-haired dude apologizes to Akane for his odd behavior, then leaves the bank with Excel who concludes that Akane isn’t the contracted person, but wonders why she can sense a mototsumitama tera around Akane. As Akane leaves work, they follow her taxi.

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Kurokami ep 03

Episode 03: “Synchro”

SUMMARY: Picking up from the previous events, Kuro took Keita home after collapsing from the fight with Seiji. Keita is still alive, thanks to Kuro’s mojo. She reveals that she formed a contract and swapped hearts with him, noting it’s a good thing that they are compatible in this regard. She explains that Keita shouldn’t stray too far from her since the heart will become necrotic. Keita can’t seem to grasp the swapped hearts thing, so Kuro shows her chest scar. Akane then unexpectedly walks in on them in this odd situation. Meanwhile, Excel, the blonde(?) chick who arrived in Tokyo last episode, notes that she can sense an unusual amount of tera everywhere and wonders where it’s coming from and who’s behind it. They suspect master roots being mass produced. Must investigate.

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Kurokami ep 02

Episode 02: “Pact”

BRIEF SUMMARY: Batter guy from previous episode is being tortured (and eventually killed) by his boss Seiji,who is part of Tribal Ends from the Shishigami clan, for failing to catch Kuro. Meanwhile, It’s little Mayu’s funeral. Keita ponders if what Kuro said about doppeliners are true since Mayu and Risa both died after seeing people who looked like them, same as what happened to his mom.

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Kurokami ep 01

Also known as Kurokami: The Animation; Black God

Episode 01: “Encounter”

BRIEF SUMMARY: As the train passes him by, Keita sees a person who looks like his mom. Keita’s mom died when he was just a kid. He remembers that she passed away the very day when she saw someone who looked exactly the same as her. Keita’s classmate, Risa, tells him that she saw someone who looked exactly like her at a concert she attended. Keita tells her to be careful, as he remembers his mom’s tragic and sudden death.

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Anime Preview: Winter 2008/2009 First Impressions – Batch 1

Batch 1 of my quick first impressions on some of the Winter 2008/2009 anime series. As usual, these will be divided into a series of entries.

In this batch: (1) Zoku Natsume Yuujin-chou; (2) Minami-Ke: Okaeri; (3) The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk; (4) Akikan; (5) Kurokami: The Animation; (6) Maria Holic; (7) Asu no Yoichi.

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