Nurarihyon is settling into a nice rhythm as it enters the middle of its planned run. Different characters are getting their chance in the spotlight every week, and overall the quality of the storytelling has been consistently good. It’s easy to tell that we’re progressing into the meat of the […] Read more
The Gyuuki arc finally completed, Nurarihyon seems to be moving on to what the manga readers tell us is the meat of the story. And the first episode in that progression centers around a character who we’ve mostly seen in abstract so far, Kana. The premise of the ep itself […] Read more
Scary shota… Happy shota! A bit of a return to form for Nurarihyon this week, in a well-paced episode that nicely ties in Gyuuki’s backstory and ties up his arc. While an entire ep of that backstory seemed a bit much at the time, in hindsight it seems to have […] Read more
Is it a Moribito sequel?? No, dammit… After a pretty decent combat sequence between Night Rikuo and Gyuuki for the first few minutes, episode 8 is devoted entirely – and somewhat surprisingly – to Gyuuki backstory. And it isn’t finished, at that! We were promised more backstory than the manga […] Read more
Direct continuity from 06 this week, as we literally pick up the moment that episode left off. Kana is still alone in the dark, the boys still passed out and mumbling, the girls cowering in the baths under Yura’s protection, and Rikuo still defending Yuki Onna from Gozumaru. Last week […] Read more
I’m liking where this series is going. The last couple of episodes have been the strongest so far, with 5 triumphing on great atmospherics. 6 was the best-paced episode of the series, solidly involving from start to finish with a nice mix of humor and suspense. We continue where we […] Read more
I enjoyed the 5th episode of Nurarihon a lot, but I especially enjoyed the scene-setting. Since I took my Japan trip in May, this ep as much as any really made me yearn to be back there. The trip to the mountain shrine was just fantastic – beautifully drawn in […] Read more
Episode 4 of Nurarihyon is pretty much straight action all the way through. Kana and Yura are right where we left them, being menaced by the Kyuuso Clan of rat demons. Yura kicked some rat tail with her shikigami, but when Kana was threatened she let her guard down and […] Read more
Nurarihyon no Mago continues to settle into a nice rhythm, not spectacular in any one area but a nice mix of humor, action and character interaction. The pacing of this series continues to be as good as any this summer, each episode feeling well thought-out and conceived. We briefly met […] Read more
I have a confession to make – I’m in love with Horie Yui. I guess I have been, ever since she gave one of my top-5 all-time seiyuu performances in “Kanon” (Uguu!). She certainly isn’t all that I’m enjoying about Nurarihiyon no Mago, but her Yuki-onna (“call me Tsurara”)is a […] Read more