Anime Review- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan

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Quick Grade for Impatient Readers: 8/10 (Good overall, but being shonen means that some battles/arcs get drawn out)

This one first was introduced to “Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan” in its manga form, then later watched the anime. The story follows Rikuo Nura, who appears human but is actually a quarter yokai (think Japanese demon) and lives in a yakuza-like household with other yokai. He is the grandson of the head of this clan, Nurarihyon, who was known as once being one of the strongest leaders of his time. Though Rikuo is in position to be then next leader of the Nura Clan, many of the yokai believe that he is too human to do the job effectively. Luckily Rikuo’s quarter yokai blood gives him the ability to take a yokai form at night, and have all the powers that come with that form.

Pros: Animation is very smooth, and is shown off best during the many battle scenes that take place throughout the anime. Music, though repeating, matches the scenarios nicely and reflects the older Japanese culture that the anime is heavily based on. Character designs are nice as well, if a bit obvious based on the yokai and what sort of power they possess (which this one believes is appropriate, seeing as the yokai are based off of Japanese legendary creatures anyway).

Cons: The only issue that this one has is fact that some battles tend to drag on through the seasons, especially in season 2. However, this one believes that it is more the nature of the anime’s type that an issue made by the creators of “Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan.” You know how it goes; main character fights extremely strong character, loses but manages to escape before being killed, goes to train for newer and stronger power, then goes to fight before-mentioned strong character again in order to save friend/loved one.

Final Verdict: “Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan” is a good anime overall. In fact, this one is surprised that it has not gotten more popularity, though this one hypothesizes that this is due to the fact that Viz Media has only released this anime on their website, and only has subtitles available for the anime. However, this is probably not an anime this one would go out of the way to buy, and while this one would continue to watch the series if a third season was released, this one probably wouldn’t re-watch it unless watching with others who had not seen it and wanted to watch it with this one.

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