Hoshin Engi 6
Posted: May 6, 2008 Filed under: Hoshin Engi 1 Comment »Mmm. This one still isn’t doing it for me, and it still has to do mostly with the huge number of characters involved with the plot at this point. I think it will thin out again once Taikobo sets out on the next leg of his journey, and I’m eagerly awaiting this next bit of story, but as things stand… there was a bunch of people fighting, both friend and foe, then there was a flashback with a few different characters, then all the good guys moved into the next town and another character was introduced who will probably be important later… there’s just a LOT of people to keep track of. Really, there’s only a handful you need to keep track of, so it doesn’t have Bride of the Water God problems where there’s a ton of people wandering in and out of the background whose roles you’re not really sure of. It’s pretty clear who everyone is and what their roles are, it’s just hard to remember their names and follow conversations where characters are discussed.
There are a few important things that happen here. Some back story is revealed, including all the back story about Dakki and Bunchu and how Dakki got the body she currently inhabits. The other important thing is an elephant race, which is not so much important as it is awesome. Things like this give me hope that the next story line, featuring fewer characters, could really get things going.
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