During a storm, a slave escapes and slaughters her captors. Afterwards, she passes out and is taken to the castle by Oboro and Kurou. She turns out to be from Na-Tunku. The girl breaks free from her temporary jail cell and shows up during a conversation between Hakuoro and others. She introduces herself as [...]
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Shikeripetim’s Emperor, Yue, sends a group of messengers to order the country of Tusukuru to submit to annexation. Hakuoro plays it cool, and the messengers take it for weakness, but Yue is shrewd enough to realize that Hakuoro is no fool. The Shikeripetim forces are 10x as large as Tusukuru’s, and Hakuoro has [...]
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“Taboo” Hakuoro is smart after all; it’s just that lolis impair his peacetime judgement is all. Here is a man whose heart cries out for a war so that he may prove his worth, or at least take his mind away from the forbidden thoughs. Some soldiers from the neighbouring land of Shikeripetim demand that Tusukuru surrender [...]
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A masked man awakes to find himself in a house and with no memories of who he is. A girl named Eruruw is by his side taking care of him and his injuries. When he wakes up again later, he tries to take off his mask but it never comes off. He [...]
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From the nearby country of Shikeripechimu, (what a mouthful!) three men arrive who ask Hakuoro to surrender. They leave, but it’s feared that they’ll attack. Of course, they do. Bennaui and Hakuoro are sent out to defend Tousukuru. Hakuoro buys something from the merchant whom they captured in a previous episode. According to Eruru, [...]
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Okay, that was quick….    So, Emperor Inkara is dead.    Well, I guess I should put that in the "recap" section. But let's be honest, with the speed in which he was overthrown, and the fact that the anime's only around 25% done, this would mean that he's a nobody, a disposable character. So who cares, eh?    The fact [...]
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One of the best aspect of Utawarerumono hands down has to be Eruru, voiced by Ryoka Yuzuki! Eruru is the kind hearted and down-to-earth female protagonist of the series whom is basically a more realistic version Belldandy (of A!MG fame). Well, as realistic as one can get considering Eruru has dog-like ears and tail [...]
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Apparently Utawarerumono is based on some furry eroge. If I’d known this before I watched it, I might not have watched it. It’s not that I have anything against furry eroge or whatever, it’s just that the three prior experiences I’ve had with anime based on eroge were all very short-lived due to [...]
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First of all I have to admit I had preferred the soution of keeping the "An-chan" instead of giving him a name. It brings him closer to the village society, but somehow it would have been more special without this gesture. This episode made me think a lot. The death of the forest king gave me goosebumps and I wonder, wether it was right to kill it. I understand if it is some kind of goddess it's not right to be angry about a destoryed altar even after it's fixed. So I come up with the question wether the tiger was really some kind of goddess...if it was, can the villagers live without it? Can the forest survive? What about the baby. Is it right to kill a mother, even if you care about the child afterwards... Perhaps all this killing will have influence on the story and was not only a way to integrate Hakuoro into the community.
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The first episode of Utawarerumono (whoever invented that name must come to Bavaria and try to say funny words like "Oachkatz'lschwoaf" which means tail of a squirrel ^^) left big impression on me. It was time for a good fantasy show after the disappointment of Izumo and after already watching two episodes I dare to say this will propably be one. I was suprised by the nice opening, the character design (eruru is just too cute) and the interesting story, about a nameless man without memories who wears a mask he cannot take off. This looks promising, especially the character of Nuwangi caught my interest. He behaved like a spoilt little boy, but still he seems to like Eruru. I'm interesting wether he will come to senses in the further storyline or turns into a diabolic villain out of disappointment and sexual unfulfillment ^_~
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