Oh, Dragon Crisis!, the series that gets to say it was the first I kept up
with and finished. I'm really not sure how I feel about that. Read on to
understand why.
According to MyAnimeList, this series is about Ryuji Kisaragi stealing a box
with is cousin Eriko (from people who basically qualify as mobsters) and
from the box comes Rose, a red dragon who is totally shaped like a blonde,
chestless lolita, and Ryuji decides to protect her.
I would like to disagree with this.
They do indeed steal a box and find Rose
inside, but it's not about him protecting her, really. It's Another Teen Drama.
Dragon Crisis! Anime Review
Basically, they meet new characters and have vague interactions with them
for a variety of purpose before the other person joins their team. Minus Onyx, who is actually the villain. A pretty cool villain.
Other than him, there's an arc involving the theft of a sword and an evil
dead dragon, one involving a wolf-girl-chick, one episode with a crazy
scientist lady who is plain crazy and then some fighting.
Also, a lot of blushing and 'I love you' and 'Ryuji!' and 'I love Ryuji' and
other stuff. That about sums up the...uh...plot? (Not sure it qualifies as a plot).
The Characters: Dragon Crisis!
I want to slap them. At least most of them. Let's get this straight, guys:
characters should NOT I repeat, NOT exist merely to complement each other
and be in love with each other.
You see it all the time in YA novels (read: Twilight, Edward and Bella no
purpose other than each other) and it's annoying there as well.
They should be their own individual people, you should be able to tell that
they clearly have their own useful existences and Ryuji and Rose...I can't
even say how much they don't have this.
They are completely immersed in each other in every sense of the word, in
that if one didn't exist there would be no point to the other.
The rest of the cast isn't quite that bad. Now they are in no way a great
bunch of people, and really they're all pretty single-characteristic people,
no depth to them whatsoever. But at least they can stand on their own two feet with those single
characteristics.
Eriko likes to play around, Maruga is all serious and devoted to her people
(at least I think that's what she's devoted to), Ai is...I don't even know,
Sapphi is the cutesy character, and there are a few other people as well.
By far the best member of the cast was the villain, Onyx, and I am not
saying that just because he was voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya. ...Maybe.
The Teen Drama: All I have to say is, in a series where the villain's true
form looks like this: Why on earth would you focus on this?:
Conclusion?
Dragon Crisis!...don't watch Dragon Crisis Crunchyroll. From the very beginning, I was
watching it because it was there. And I'm stubborn, so I always keep
watching whether I'm enjoying something or not.
By the end of this series I just wanted to rip my hair out. OR leap into my
computer screen and murder Ryuji and / or Rose.
Pretty much, if you want a series that is mostly about typical teenage 'do
they like me? as much as I like them?' crap and just happens to have
creatures who take the shape of dragons, ohhhh, twice maybe? Go for it. This
anime will be right up your ally.
Or if you just want to a see a blonde, flat-chested loli voiced by Rie
Kugimiya (I may or may not be referring to another blogger here), it's also
for you. I encourage you.
But if you want plot and characters who are totally people and figure you
got enough teen drama at your high school? Back the hell away if you know
what's good for you. Don't make my mistake.
My rating: 3/10
No, just no. Every single one of those three points came from Hiroshi
Kamiya's presence.
Dragon Crisis! | |
| Episodes | 12 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Ecchi, Fantasy, School, Shounen |
| Aired | December 16, 2010 to March 29, 2010 |
| Directed by | Hideki Tachibana |
| Producers | Studio Deen |
| Opening Theme | Immoralist by Yui Horie |
| Closing Theme | Mirai Bowl by Momoiro Clover |
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