Gaea

Posted By: Shoju on August 2, 2002 5:40 P.M. (PST)

Starts with Demon Eyes Kyo and Mibu Kyoshiro staring at each other.  They are surrounded by mist and other samurai fighting.  Kyo goes charges Kyoshiro as the scene changes to show the surroundings.  Sanada Yukimura tells Saizou to make more mist because they have one chance to do this(I guess they are talking about the meteor.).  In Kudoyama, Sakuya senses something about Kyoshiro.  Kyo is shown standing as Kyoshiro holds a broken sword.  He stabs the ground with it, and the sword begins to glow.  Kyo tries to kill Kyoshiro, but his slash is blocked by Yukimura.  Yukimura tells Kyoshiro he was sent by Sakuya.  A meteor is shown falling towards the area.  Yukimura, Saizou, and Sasuke run as it heads towards Kyo.  Kyoshiro stays with Kyo as the meteor hits them.  Then it is four years later.  A man is shown reading a wanted sign for Demon Eyes Kyo.  He is wondering where the sick people are when he sees a girl laying down by a tree.  He heads over to her quickly telling her that he is a druggist.  She tells him that she has chest pains.  Yukimura is shown talking with Sakuya.  Saizou and Sasuke show up telling them they found Kyoshiro.  Yukimura says he'll take a look.  Kyoshiro is then shown at a shack with the girl.  She says that she's cold and wants him to warm her with his body.  As Kyoshiro opens his shirt, she pulls a gun out and points it at his head.  She introduces herself as Shiina Yuya, a bounty hunter.  Kyoshiro tries to run away as she reads off his crimes, but she shoots some bullets and he stops.  A freaky guy is shown saying that he can smell 'him.'  The scene switches back to Kyoshiro and Yuya, and Kyoshiro is now hung upside-down from a tree.  The freaky guy shows up and wants Kyoshiro.  Yuya shoots him, but he catches all three bullets with his tongue.  He then transforms into a snake-like creature.  Kyoshiro is getting beat up by the creature as Yukimura and Sasuke watch in the shadows.  Suddenly, Kyoshiro catches one of the creature's tentacles.  He opens his eyes and they have changed to red.  Yukimura runs near Yuya and throws the Muramasa at Kyoshiro.  Yukimura ask him if he remembers him, and calls him Demon Eyes Kyo.  Everyone now realizes that Kyoshiro is now Kyo.  

Shoju's Rating: 10/10 - Great start to a new anime.  Everything looks good.  The animation, the start of the story, and the characters.  When this first came out, many people said that this was a rip-off of Kenshin.  These people are obviously fucking idiots.  The way Kyo acts, it does remind me of the 'Battousai' Kenshin, but other than that, there are no major clones in the series.

Posted By: Shoju on August 2, 2002 5:40 P.M. (PST)

Yuya can't believe that Kyoshiro is Demon Eyes Kyo.  The snake creature explains that he was one of the samurai fighting in the battle four years ago.  When the meteor hit, he was knocked out.  When he woke up, his body became snake-like.  Kyo says he doesn't know him.  He then says that maybe if he kill his girl, he'll remember.  Kyo says he can do whatever he wants.  The guy gets mad and throw Yuya aside to attack Kyo.  Kyo dodges the attack and tries to slash him, but his sword won't connect.  Yukimura explains to Yuya that his tail is strong and spinning really fast, creating an invisible wall.  He also tells her that the creature is a kenyou.  They are monsters from Sekigahara.  The kenyou tells Kyo that he can't finish him with a sword that has lost its edge and attacks.  When the dust clears, Kyo tells the kenyou that he shouldn't mistaken the Muramasa for any other sword.  Kyo then puts his fingers and the base of the blade and moves it towards the tip.  The sword glows and his finger passes over the blade.  Kyo then uses a technique called Mumyou Jinpuu Ryuu Satsujin Ken: Mizuchi.  The kenyou thinks he did nothing because he swung his sword out of range of him.  He moves forward to attack, but then he falls in pieces.  Kyo then looks at Yuya.  Yuya stutters backwards and sees that the other two guys left.  Sasuke ask Yukimura if they should leave the girl alone like that.  He answers that she knows Kyo's secret, so it can't be helped.  Yukimura calls out some orders and then heads towards Edo with Saizou.  Sakuya is shown and she says that she did something that can never be forgiven.  They then show the scene of Kyoshiro and Kyo getting hit by the meteor.  Yuya is seen running from Kyo.  She trips and falls.  She then asks Kyo if Kyoshiro is an alias.  Kyo says that he is inside him right now.  Yuya then pulls out her gun and tells him who she is.  Kyo tells her that she is out of bullets and an insect like her can't defeat him.  Yuya then says something about finding a guy with a cross-shaped wound on his back.  Kyo says that she amuses him and that he'll be watching.  Kyo then falls to the ground as Kyoshiro regain control of his body, but Kyoshiro is still knocked out.  Yuya gets Kyoshiro's medicine box and tries somethings that wakes him up.  Kyoshiro worries about Yuya when he finds out that she met Kyo, but she says she is fine.  Kyoshiro tells Yuya that he can't remember any past four years ago.  Yuya says she wants to travel with him.  She privately thinks to herself that she will get Kyo next time he comes out.  Later that night, they stumble upon a lady who knows Kyoshiro.  She tells them that she is here at this village because there is rumor that this village has a lot of hidden money.  When they hear wolves, she tells Yuya that even if Kyoshiro has forgotten, Kyo will protect them.  The dogs show up and they all run for the village.  In the morning, the leader of the village tells Kyoshiro and Yuya about the village.  While looking at the fields, a girl complains about the village's way of life.  Kyoshiro tries to explain to her about how her father feels.  A mysterious figure is shown in the distance.  He quickly disappears.  Yuya ask Kyoshiro if Kyo was trying to come out.  Kyoshiro says he won't ever come out again.  The mysterious figure is then shown with a couple of guys that call themselves the Sansai Shuu.  The lady from last night also appears with some wolves accompanying her.

Shoju's Rating: 10/10 - This episode continues the great story a little.  This series is cliffhangering like Tokyo Underground so far.  Don't say this is a Kenshin clone just because Yuya mentions a cross-shaped scar.

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