Audience reviews
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bookstantinople
This anime is bad. Its got a very average and predictable story with problems of telling and not showing. They drop names and nouns as if we are supposed to care. What makes it worse is the over sexual tones throughout, the characters are 12 and 13, is there really a need to have bath scenes? Come on Japan, what are you like... The protagonist does a yugioh and gets a lot older when it's night time and they hint at the conflict being that his 12/13 year old love interest is more interested in his adult version, yikes. I did like the once off episode where the yokai slayer girl sees the protagonist and the other demon chick bending down and thinks they are kissing and is openly confused about the plot, thinking that the love interest and protagonist are going out already, I related to this…
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This review will be to the point, contain no real spoilers, and will discuss both seasons of the show.
The intention of this review is for those who don't want an in depth review but would like to know what they're getting into.
I give an in depth breakdown each review category as I don't watch Anime for the Art or Sound. I don't really differentiate the difference between good, decent, or poor Art/Sound. Only if a show either has exceptional or terrible Art/Sound, to me it's all the same. As to whether this show falls into either extreme I can tell you no. The Art/Sound was fine for both seasons. My only gripe would be the slight increase in CGI in Season 2 that I was able to notice. When the show is 99% non-CGI, that 1% can feel out of place.
I gave Season 1 an 8/10 and Season 2 a 7/1…
Read at the sourceMury0kush0
I watched nurarihyon when it aired on animax around 2010-11 and I was completely in love with the show. It’s been quite a few year since manga ended and I couldn’t recall much of the storyline so I decided to rewatch it from the start. I didn’t know if I would enjoy it as much as I did but.....I fell in love again with this show.
As someone who’s into mythology and historical genre I enjoy this show to the core. The animation is great. And night Rikuo’s seiyuu did an amazing job. The voice just suits him so well. The action scenes are really nice too and so are the soundtracks. The animation of the Sakura tree is simply mesmerising. I wish I had one in my backyard too xD
The pacing of the story was fine by me. I’ve heard a lot of ppl say that the pacing is slow but I didn’t mind.
The openi…
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Nurarihyon No Mago.
An anime i first noticed when i saw the title, and really liked the pronounciaton of the name Nurarihyon. (Don't judge me)
And to be honest, it's really good. It's far from something groundbreaking, but if you're in the mood for a battle shounen, this is actually one of the better ones out there.
Our main character is a person who is 3/4 human and 1/4 yokai/demon.
This results in the situation that he can only take on his demon form, for 1/4 of the day, specifically, right after midnight. But you can be damn sure, that when he appears, something epic is gonna happen.
The human version of rikuo is very stereotypical at times, but in my opinion, it doesn't take that much away from the show.
If you're looking for an intricate plot, then go on to the next review. Thi…
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Nurarihyon no Mago is neither inspired nor terrible. It's rather mediocre actually, which comes as a disappointment especially since it has a decent MAL score. I like the premise and I tried to be as open-minded as I could. It pleasantly surprised me in some areas; for example, the plot elements suggest some strategic thinking on the part of protagonists and antagonists alike. However, the outrageously bad action in the fight scenes is unforgivable in a shonen anime. Neither the character development nor the dialogue are sufficient to redeem this glaring weakness for this sub-genre.
So let's get that out of the way first. I have come to expect bad action in shonen anime, especially older anime, but this anime tries to push the lower bounds of that expectation. Characters stand around spou…
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I feel so much potential was wasted on this one, it is kind of frustrating.
The anime has nearly all ingredients to make a great shounen: first a good plot concept, then there's youkai and humans and their various relations, yakuza styled youkai syndicate, great art style, nice VAs and BGM, enough space to develop the plot and characters and a great deal of Shinto concepts and ideas....
And then...enter THE characters...
For me personally, the characters ruined a fair bit of what otherwise could've easily been an 8/10 shounen. While I can ignore unrealistic age and pretend they are older than what they're supposed to be in the anime, what I can not ignore is their intellectual level. I reckon stupid characters exist in nearly every anime, however, in the case of Nurarihyon no mago, at l…
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typical... Typical.... Typical... And i mean it!!
Nurarihyon no mago is a typical anime in relation to a clan who overrules their species with internal and external conflicts. in the series, one would see how the protagonist, rikuo develops into a mature character and you would also see the loyal and cute supporting characters.
but never the less, despite of the common story line, this anime is worth watching. for those people who wanted this type of anime, just try and watch it. it is also action packed series since yokais are involved...
for those people who wanted enjoy series which are not so cunning and scheming, you can watch this anime.
Read at the sourceRedWolf909
Okay, I may not do very in depth reviews such as listing voice actors and writers and artists and do all these in depth "underlying theme" reviews. I hash it out cut and dry and emotionally so deal with it.
Character: Rikuo Nura. Hes a kid. Normal human during the day, badass yokai leader at night. Hes got that white knight complex a little in both, but hes all honest and innocent during the day and a cool smooth-talking badass with a bit of an ego at night. All in all I love the two drastic sides of him and he isnt a pussy when hes in human form either. I love the character. Though theres an age difference between human form and yokai form that is a little odd.
Story: I love the story. Having a story where the main character is friends with a ton of demons and yokai is pretty damn cool.…
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Firstly the story of this anime which I give an 8. It was simple, straight forward and relatable. It's all about accepting who or more precisely what you are and accepting ones responsibilities so that's pretty cool.
The art was okay, I wasn't amazed by it but it if very decent.
The sound was good, especially loved the into sequence of the second half which was dope.
Now where this anime loses a lot of it's flare is when it comes to characters. The good guys are all well and okay but the problem is the villains. They start out with a big hype seeming to be extremely powerful adversaries but turn out to be little more than a minor threat. They were just so anti climatic that they almost ruined this anime for me. After all what is a good heroe without a good villain.
The general enjoyment i…
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Criteria
Story: 7.5
A boy named Nura Rikuo finds himself as the grandson of the Supreme Commander of all demons, as the grandson he only inherited ¼ of his grandfather’s demon blood, and with his father murdered the next head of the Nura Family, the next Supreme Commander of all demons is Rikuo himself. However caught between his demon blood and his human blood he faces the struggle of what he truly is and in season 1 of Nurarihyon no Mago we see Nura Rikuo battle this struggle and all other obstacles he may face.
Season 1 of Nurarihyon no Mago did have a lot of potential up until episode 12-13 where it starts to clearly go downhill.
Ending: 8
The ending of Nurarihyon no Mago is really split into two parts, the first being action packed with some more character development from Nura Ri…
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Review 31: Nurahiyon No Mago (Is being a demon king actually good)??
The new Demonised series of anime Nurahiyon is going to be amazing at this rate; but is the idea of becoming a demon king or commander actually good or pleasing? Well in this young case it isn't....
The Nura clan is the most respected demon clan in Japan at this moment in time; due to strong powers, strong numbers and the strongest willed family as the leaders this clan will forever be the best. The clan is unknown to humans all they know is that a Young boy named Nura lives there and attends a school close by, but besides that no one elses is ever seen leaving this house. But when a human does approach all of the real inhabitants inside the demonic japanese mansion than all od the demons inside can magically turn into…
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This is a pretty well established anime. A young kid who is half human,half demon takes control of the strongest demon clan(the clan he belongs to) and proves to be much more different than the previous rulers. Thanks to his human side. And so not to give anything away, the story develops from there and deals with the tasks of uniting humans and demons. The anime is well animated, has a easy simple plot to follow and entertaining as hell. Pretty good character development as well if you like that kind of stuff from your anime. It is well worth a watch and i recommend it to anyone.
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This is my first review, so please leave comments.
Story:
The story is really good, sometimes it just goes a little to fast. There are also a few errors in the story. Because they say in one episode that the enemy is a coward, because the fight with one against two. But two episodes later they do exact the same thing as the enemy, fighting two against one.
Art:
The art was amazing, that is all I can say about it. Sound:
The voice acting is well done for the most character. And the openings are really good and they stick in your head.
Characters:
There are good characters, but I didn't like most of the characters.
Enjoyment:
You will enjoy yourself with this anime. Only sometimes you may think why did they put this episode in it, or why did this fight happen. You sometimes just fe…
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Let me start off by saying that Nurarihyon is one sexy Yokai!
*ehem*err* Alright, now I have gotten that out of the way...
Story: 7 - For me it's just the typical Human/Yokai story... it has an 'Inuyasha' feel to it... the plot is not boring, it's actually fast paced, but maybe I was looking for something more... the characters were developed quite nicely and the fight scenes aren't bad either... since Nurarihyon was strong, i wanted the antagonist to be a bada**... Also, the human by day and yokai by night is okay... not that Rikuo is not cute, but i wanted more Nurarihyon... waiting for the transformation kinda gets old...
Overall/Enjoyment: 8 - Nura and his clan are so fun to watch... Nurarihyon is the leader of a bunch of Yokai - most of them appear harmless and they'll be the misch…
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This show, to me has it's ups and downs. The first few episodes were really good in my opinion. However my liking for this show started to slacken as I went on. When I first read about this show it seemed like it was going to be areally great show with a lot of battles and action. I was disapointed greatly. Although there are some good parts in the show. I watched the whole seiries because it wasen't areally long anime show that had some hundreds of episodes. So I rated this a 6.
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Ah...Nurarihyon no Mago. An interesting anime indeed.
Before I start reviewing, I have to admit, I'm a big sucker for Jun Fukuyama voicing characters with alter egos (e.g. Lelouch/Zero in Code Geass, Ryner/Ryner with Alpha Stigma activated in Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu and of course, Rikuo Day/Rikuo Night in Nurarihyon no Mago), so excuse me if I sound a bit biased here.
Now, on to the actual review:
Story (7/10): You have your classic reluctant hero, Nura Rikuo, heir to the Nura Clan. 3/4 human and 1/4 youkai, he lives a normal school life by day and controls an army of youkai by night. The story details the challenges Rikuo face as a part human in a youkai household and as a part youkai in human society. Sounds cliched, right? I agree. Even so, the story isn't all that bad. Althou…
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I was looking forwad to this show, as i had heard a lot of good things about its source. After the first episode i felt euphoric; a shounen that would provide bad ass fights, but has a dark background, and looks like it will avoid the pitfalls of the others. A plot based on the complexity of a nation of youkai but the simplicity of a shounen. A mix of the happy day rikou and the dark mysterious commander at night.
Expectation: 8-9
Episode Scores: -,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-, 5, 5, 3, 2, 6, 7, 6, 5
Actual: 4 (Bad)
However while everything could have been promising every episode i cried about the pace. There was not really anything horribly wrong with the story, and it was really good to tell the truth. Yet, the story crawls at a snails pace that it just ruins the whole experience. T…
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If there's one word I could describe Nurarihyon no Mago, it would have to be BORING.
Having read the adaptation I really had high hopes for this series as the formula to which Mago is about, is seldom used in shonén anime and if done right, would have definitely been one of the better series for 2010.
...but like I said, BORING. Here's why:
Story - 8
Nurarihyon no Mago is a tale of the supernatural. It's a tale of demons and spirits and the co-existence between their kind and ours. It's also a tale of Rikuo Nura and how he takes over his grandfathers clan known as the Hyakki Yakō, a clan made up of yōkai(demons) and other familiar spirits of Japanese folklore. Nurarihyon no Mago is about the trials and tribulations Rikuo goes through to achieve being the head of that clan(to which at f…
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Another review for this show mentioned that it took a few episodes for them to get into it and I have to say that I agree completely. A good while back I watched the first episode, and I was kind of "meh"
Some time later I was a bit bored, so I started reading the manga, and it was kind of the same way. But, after getting through the first few chapters, I found myself really getting into it. Really, this anime is quite a lot of fun, and I would say it is worth it once you get into the meat of the story. Anyone who liked InuYasha back in the day should be able to enjoy Nurarihyon.
Now I just have to hope that the anime won't catch up to the manga, so I don't have to deal with fillers....
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Edited this review by the way :)
Grammar Nazis? GTFO lol. This review is not for you. Why not create your own then? :P
Glad that my friend let me watch this great stuff.
Okay now let’s start.
What will you do if you will become a powerful commander?
Story: 9/10
The story revolves around Nura Clan. A Clan of “youkai” that controls 10,000 demons. Amongst them is what they called “supreme commander” a very powerful “youkai”.
Now for the protagonist story so far. Nurarhiyon no Mago didn’t lack story backgrounds at all. They explained what happened in the past with the right execution. Except for the flashbacks that his season lacked. The jabs also were at the right timing and in the right scene.
The first antagonist didn’t lack also the background which is a factor plus because you know wh…
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