Thought (circa ep.26)

Insofar as the GetBackers anime works from the storyline of the manga - which it has done so far in my viewing - it does it better. It's what every shounen anime should be in a perfect universe, to wit, a chance for intelligent editing and rewriting of the hastily-plotted-from-week-to-week source material. The foreshadowing makes more sense. The flashbacks make more sense. Heck, most of the flashbacks didn't even exist in the manga version. On two occasions Ban's Jagan illusions are completely altered from the original, for an effect that's far more atmospheric, comprehensible and devastating.

Thank you, series, for the hommage to "The Night Face Up"! I have totally lost track of how many of my ficbunnies you've eaten before I could write them! XD;;

OTOH, MakubeX's classmate in the manga version handing him back the Kami no Kijutsu CD-ROM was just... incredibly appropriate. (Have him lend you Angel Sanctuary next, Sabina mutters. That one has great replay value.)

The onsen episode may possibly be the best onsen episode in the history of animation in Japan.

Dear saints, that ending sequence. Weiss can eat its heart out right now.

Music post

Which I should've made on Saturday, but never got around to. ^^;

( songs and liner notes )

KAHIMI KARIE: Tokyo is always changing, changing, changing. But always changing is not change. You know?