The same goes for the scene at the riverbank where he has a breakdown. 1-2 seconds more showing Ashiya's anguish and fear would have been welcome here. While the scene did exist in the anime, it felt rushed. In the manga Ahiya is still very traumatized and is shaking.He reaches out to Fuzzy but at the last second hesitates and drops his hand again,fearful to touch the yokai. Meant to help keep the episode length but I feel like they should have rather lengthened those 1-2 scenes and shortened other scenes that showed scenery etc.Įxample: When Ashiya had been attacked by the Executive and then remained alone in the room while waiting for Abeno to return, Fuzzy runs to him and tries to cuddle. They left out some manga chapters entirely, took away from scenes that were very emotional in the manga but were only so-so/had less impact in the anime. I'm also reading the manga and I felt a bit shortchanged at some points throughout the season. I'm stuck somewhere between 6 (fair) and 8 (very good) because I guess that without the manga comparison, it might be better. My review is more or less a comparison of the anime and manga and describes why I'm not happy with what they did with this adaptation. Sakae is symbolized as a cat in Aoi's work reports.Attention: Spoilers ahead. Sakae Ashiya secretly worked for Aoi as an exorcist. The two had a close relationship as Haruitsuki still carries guilt for Aoi's death. Relationships MononokeanĪoi was the Mononokean's first master and being the master, they shared significant time at work together.Īoi became Haruitsuki's employer when Haruitsuki was at a very young age. VisibilityĪoi has the ability to appear visible to humans who normally can't see yōkai. Sometime before the start of the series, Aoi died and left the mastership of the Mononokean to Haruitsuki.Īccording to Shihō, if she were not dead, Aoi's skills and strength was enough for her to be the next in line to the throne of the Princess.Īoi can transform into another person's appearance as shown when Aoi disguised as Sakae to check up on the latter's family. Since then, Aoi has taken a liking to the boy and hired him to work for the Mononokean. When Haruitsuki was young, Aoi saved him from a yōkai that was attacking him. At some point after this, the two were in a mission together where Aoi watched Sakae die. HistoryĪoi was the first Master of the Mononokean and hired Sakae Ashiya as a secret employee. Aoi is revealed to be female as Haruitsuki refers to Aoi as a "her".Īccording to Shihō, yōkai naturally gather around Aoi, much like Hanae. Human FormĪoi's human form is yet to be revealed. In Aoi's yōkai form, Aoi takes the form of a small black cat.
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