Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Sword Dancer


There's a character in Trinity Blood has stolen my attention recently. It is Hugue de Watteau. He appeared in the 6th episode which Abel himself did not appear (he's on vacation). He is called "Sword Dancer". Known as his skill in fencing and hard training that makes him a good fighter. He appears magnificently in the episode. I think that episode is for him only. His appearance actually is better than Abel. He had a long golden blond hair, which is match to Cain's sparkling hair. He rarely speaking and really cool. He is prettier than Abel. Despite his coolness and flashy look, I'd still prefer Abel's clumsiness and kindness. Abel is really sweet and yet lethal. He seemed harmless in his human form but actually a killing machine inside. Abel seemed has more emotions than Hugue. He is more human in a way. Hugue, although he is a real human, not a krsnik or vampire, I barely can related to his feelings. Maybe I could put him in the 8th of the list of my favorite anime characters if there's a chance to develop more of his character.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Jin


Jin of Samurai Champloo. First impression: quiet, calm, cool, reserved, efficient. Well educated, lean and skillful samurai. A ronin (wandering samurai), a strict follower of bushido. A fugitive. His name means "compassion", according to some sources, it is one of the bushido principal. Jin is a former student of Mariya Enshirou the master of The Sword of No Abiding Mind or Mujuushin Kenjutsu. In the past, Mariya, under the pressure of Kensei Kariya Kagetoki, wanted to change his dojo into an academy of assasins which was come to disagreement to Jin. One night, Mariya was killed by Jin in his attempt to eliminate Jin because of Jin's rejection of Mariya's future plan on the dojo. Killing his own master had made Jin became the fugitive to his own dojo because every students of the dojo want to take revenge of his doing.

Jin is another cool guy from a cool anime, Samurai Champloo, a mixture of hip-hop, gravity and ukiyo-e. It has developed in modern art style but yet shows deep roots of Japanese culture. Jin is a vintage, classic Edo style samurai with a touch of modern style, his glasses, who is accompanied by two characters who is opposite to him, Mugen and Fuu.


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