Touka Gettan – 01
April 5, 2007 | Author: Adun | In: Anime Blogs, First Impressions
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Impressions
Personally I wasn’t going to write anything about this, but I made a promise about myself to blog all the first episodes that I watch from this season. At a first glance, Touka Gettan so far has to be the most prettiest series that has aired this season, however, the major thing that let it down was by the end of the episode I felt really confused. I had little to pretty much nothing that I could understand from watching it, though with this being a Carnelian work, and having nearly the same staff who did Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito, it doesn’t surprise me that the first episode was utterly confusing.
After a bit of researching, I’ve found out that this is like a sequel/spinoff of Kao no Nai Tsuki (Moonlight Lady) which happens to be a H-game. The first series even spawned a hentai anime OVA and it too was visually pleasing but Touka Gettan isn’t a hentai series. Though back then I watched Kao no Nai Tsuki raw as not many people subbed it and I still have no idea what it was about, the same with Touka Gettan. But some of the characters do resemble some from Kao no Nai Tsuki.
So far there are a few characters and the first one is Kamiazuma Touka, who at the start appears to be a girl, but by the end, she is actually a he. Could this possibly be another trap? Next is his mother, Kamiazuma Yumiko, who happens to be a novelist who happens to be writing a story involving Touka and another girl, Kawakabe Momoka who is the main heroine of the story. Midou Nene is one of many maids that we see and she serves Yumiko tea and strawberry cake, and she wears some very sexy clothing. Then there is a guy who has a red shard stabbed into his right eye.
So far there is not much to know about the characters and from what I’ve read up, this is only a handful so far, there are a lot more characters to come. Really I don’t know how the story goes nor where they are going with this (neither do the Japanese fans who have played the game) but the only redeeming thing for me is that it’s pretty, and it being a Carnelian based work, I can imagine it being consistent through out. Definitely won’t be blogging this but I may give this another episode to decide if i want to continue watching it.
Note: Didn’t do a proper write up as I thought it wasn’t worth doing it for an episode like this.
10 Responses to Touka Gettan – 01
Bravejaf
April 5th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
You understood more than me, I took away pretty much nothing from this episode. I will agree that it is a very good looking series but I couldn’t get into the first episode at all. By the half way mark I was checking the status bar on my computer.
HisuiIbmPower4
April 5th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Carnelian’s character design and the background art is really splendid.It some how reminded me of Makoto Shinkai ‘s 5cm/sec.
>Adun
There are fully subed moonlight lady ep1-5 for download on TT
Adun
April 6th, 2007 at 12:50 am
Bravejaf: Technically I did a bit of reading up after watching this episode, but I knew what was going on by watching. I also checked the status bar around 3/4 of the way.
HisuiIbmPower4: Personally I think Makoto Shinkai’s works are still prettier.
Jay
April 9th, 2007 at 7:58 am
Ahh…I’m glad I wasn’t the only one then. I had heard that Touka was supposed to be a sequel of sorts, so I gathered the only reason I was so lost was because I didn’t watch the prequel.
I didn’t have much patience to sit through the whole thing. I’m not sure if I would get past the second episode either. -_-’
Adun
April 9th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Even though it may be a sequel there is no need to have watched the prequel. In fact as far as I know, the two stories don’t really relate to each other.
mindblaster
April 28th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
i watched last night episode 2-4 and was very pleased with this anime.
i think the key for enjoying this anime is to look at it as a picture of your own subconsciousness.
that way it make a lot of sense..
the story is not important what counts in those surrealistic animes is the mood and the emotions/affections and this thing works fine in it
as a matter of fact it reminds me mostly for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
but be warned i think this anime will get also get little stormy and irritating/lucid at some time…
Adun
April 29th, 2007 at 11:25 am
mindblaster: I have also watched episodes 2-4 but I still find it very confusing and the way it jumps around doesn’t help very much. I can’t see this being anything like Higurashi as even Higurashi had a basis story to each of them and it flowed well.
Lady Aiko
May 17th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
ok from what i think for seeing both Moonlight Lady (Kao no Nai Tsuki) and this new one touka gettan if you played Kao no Nai Tsuki the pc game you get more info , well Suzuna is a girl for has to take part of the Moonlight Ceremony to well “mate” with Hayama , which Suzuna’s mother really wants not only for hayama to become the head of there family but so she ( the mother) can be reborn which Kikyou in touka gettan or one of the other Priestesses saying how there tired of being ing in the body they where in , or how tehy want to sleep for a while . and how come they pretty boy ( the brown hair who keeps thinking girls are fighting over him) have a scar on his back just like Hayama , and Fuu Looking Like the none speeking Mizuna and and suzuna remeber that her mother is dead , and in teh game the guy with the shard in his eye is in teh Moonlight lady pc game . well i thin is all sums up to this first off its like Utena Revolutionary Girl and yet just a time clash cuz if i remeber Hayama was a demone well a lust monster w/e its like repeating itself
vida
July 13th, 2007 at 11:25 am
the reason you didnt understand what you were watching was because they play it from the last episode to the first so the first episode is really the last episode. :p hope i helped.
drak-angel123
December 6th, 2007 at 8:39 am
exactly
i haerd we were supposed to watch it backwardz
an trust me whn i watched it from the first episode i waz lyke wht iz it
an thnxx to someone who helped me
i found out i waz supposed to watch it from the endin to da first episode
i noe im jus reapeatin but i jus wanted it to be a bit more clear