Song of the Week: Tokyo Jihen - Handsome Sugite
I've never been a huge Tokyo Jihen guy, but hearing this song I had to give it a little play on JiH. Enjoy.
Anime Flashback: Flame of Recca
Flame of Recca's another show I started over the summer. I'd been meaning to watch for quite sometime, but it just wasn't a big priority. The manga was one of the first ones I read as a teenager when I got my first computer, and to this day it's still a favorite of mine.
The anime, however, finished ages before the manga, and I was never a fan of incomplete adaptations. Particularly when the final arc is omitted, leaving the anime a shadow of it's manga.
Still, I had to see what they'd done to it, so I gave the series a shot. Series synopsis as described by AniDB:
Recca Hanabishi is a ninja, but is nearly killed in an accident. However, a girl named Yanagi heals him with her powers. Later, the two are tracked down by a woman who attacks them. She tells Recca to ignite his flame, but he is clueless. Just as she hurts Yanagi, Recca releases a powerful flame upon the woman. She is excited to see this. It turns out that Recca was a baby, fro...
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