Audience reviews
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CosmicFusion
Living life where the strange and supernatural exist side by side with the everyday - it's unsettling at times, sure, but also kind of fun and fascinating, like you've just accepted that weirdness is part of the normal routine. Like even within the boundaries of horror, there's warmth and coziness to be found, it is quite therapeutic. That's Mokke for you, a little known series from 2007.
Mokke is like the long forgotten, younger sibling of Mushishi. Now I don't necessarily mean that as a diss towards Mokke, far from it actually. When even Mushishi and Natsume's Book of Friends are considered hidden or 'forgotten gems' among the general community these days, then that makes it all the more true for Mokke's case and especially how underappreciated it is. Synonymous with the anime itself, T…
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General view and expectations:
Mokke is a show centered on two girls, Mizuki and Shizuru, with Shizuru being the older sister. These girls can interact with spiritual creatures (ayakashis), unlike other people. The plot unfolds in a slice-of-life format, where the two girls engage in daily activities like normal students, while these creatures also appear. Each episode has its own plot separated from the others, with different contexts. Most of the time, it presents itself as a calm atmosphere with a focus on a serious plot, similar to Serial Experiments Lain and others, but obviously without all the tension or nonsensical plots.
My expectations for this show were either a mediocre anime, or a darker anime style, or perhaps something aligned with the themes of Studio Ghibli. However, I w…
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Such a hidden gem! This show is really under the radar. You know, I've watched a lot slice of life supernatural genre but this one hooked me. So the story is about Hibara sisters, Shizuru and Mizuki. Their usual daily lives that is actually unusual. Shizuru, the elder, can clearly see spirits/ghosts while Mizuki, her younger sis, is prone to spirits and easily possessed by them and can sense spirit's presence as well although she cannot see as clear as her big sis. Due to this supernatural phenomenon, they live in their grandparents' house because their grandpa and grandma can also sense and see spirits so they understand the situation of their grandchildren. This is also why their parents trust them. Don't forget their little cat, Mike, also recurring character and has its own episode. Fr…
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The picture of the world, the image of the country, cities and people is transmitted not only through movies and books, for example, such animated shows as Mushishi, Rurouni Kenshin, even Gintama can perfectly convey the spirit of Japanese culture, thanks to them, people around the world have an idea of the other people and they traditions. I must admit that I gravitate towards such shows and I always watch them with pleasure. Mokke in this case is no exception and confidently replenishes the list above.
Initially Mokke is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by manga author Takatoshi Kumakura. Later, in October 2007, created by Madhouse and Tezuka Productions, begins broadcasting the anime adaptation.
Mokke is a story about two sisters: the eldest Shizuru who can see the spir…
Read at the sourceOdysseusUlysses
If theres one thing that anime can claim a rightfully deserved monopoly on, its the whimsical slice of life genre. No other media, that i know of, can produce so many shows with scenes of people eating breakfast and doing the laundry yet still manage to be interesting, (save perhaps some classic british series like Jeeves and Wooster), but it does it, and not only that but it often does it quite well, one only has to look at series' like Aria, Natsume Yujincho, Hibane renmei, to see this is true. But from here the trail follows that the best slice of life series' are those that successfully mix slice of life with the supernatural, and so be easily relatable but still mysterious, interesting but not ridiculous, and most important of all, require the audience to think a little to discover th…
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Story:
The plot of this story may seem simple at first, but it's development is actually pretty interesting. Usually each episode focueses in one of the sisters (Chizuru or Mizuki) and how the deal with a supernatural creature they encounter (or supernatural event). The story was more funny and childish when Mizuki was the protagonist of the episode and more dramatic and serious when the protagonist was Chizuru. Personally, I found Chizuru's episodes more deep because they transmited her feelings of anxiousness, confusing and most importantly loneliness because of being able to see ghosts. Moreover the story is education as it shows elements about Japanese Literature (the supernatural events). Finally, the bond between the two sisters is shown continously during the show, how they help eac…
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*Re-write due to system crash*
I admit to being a fan of folklore and mythology and, because of this, I'm always rather pleased when a series manages to incorporate the essence of such things into its plot to good effect. Its unfortunate that many series that make the attempt manage to fail in one way or another (Dark Myth being a prime example).
Thankfully, Mokke doesn't fall into that category.
Mokke started life as a manga series by Kamakura Takatoshi, and was first serialized by the seinen manga magazine "Afternoon Season Zoukan" in 2000. The manga was suspended after it's 14th issue however, and wasn't continued until March 2003, when it was serialized in Kodansha's "Afternoon" magazine (which is apparently a separate seinen magazine).
The re-release proved to be far more popular,…
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