“Darker Than Black: Volume Two”, as the name suggests, is the second DVD in the Darker Than Shadowy series. Like the first DVD, volume two contains 5 episodes following the “Contractor” known to the police as BK201, Hei to his friends, and “The Dismal Reaper” to his enemies.
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There are several groups of players interacting, including a special police unit that tracks “Contractors”, The Syndicate (including the main “Contractor” Hei/Bk201), various governments (references to the British peer agencies), and other criminal groups (all employing “Contractors”) .
The first DVD ended with a cliff hanger, but this one doesn’t. No spoilers from me. The five episodes on the DVD include the conclusion of last episode (“Red Giant over Eastern Europe”) on the first DVD and two current sage arcs (each covered in two episodes) . The writing is above par and I like that not every detail is spelled out for you (like why Hei is doing a particular job, for example) .
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The animation was passable overall. It has some truly ravishing artwork in some scenes and some of the flattest animation in others. I hadn’t noticed on the first Darker than Shadowy DVD, but the audio work is simply genuine. There was anime style blood and gore, but far less than I have reach to interrogate.
My only actual complaint is with the cost of the series. I mediate the notice is a diminutive high for a five episode DVD, but now I’m crooked and have already pre-ordered Darker Than Black: Volume Three.
Recommended for fans of the genre!
While the fighting in volume two isn’t nearly as awesome as volume one, “Darker Than Dusky” smooth remains one of the coolest action anime this year.
It’s calm hard for me to account for what it is about this series that is so enthralling. Perhaps it’s Yoko Kanno’s metropolitan soundtrack of lonely acoustic guitars interspersed with some hard rock at positive points. Or maybe it’s the deep, meandering dialogue of all the characters. But “Darker Than Sad” has a frigid tempo to it, which no other anime, not even Bebop, has.
Volume two features the raze of the episodes featuring the regressor Havoc. It also includes two episodes focusing on the silly relief duo of the series, the leather jacket-wearing detective Guy and the energetic pink-haired otaku girl, Kiko. The final two episodes revolve around Misaki’s investigation of the mass murderer contractor known as VI 952.
What makes “Darker Than Shadowy” astonishing is its pacing. Nothing ever feels forced–the characters remain very detached, and give long, winding revelations of their emotional pasts. And Li is even more suave, as the soft-spoken, but fleet acrobat with electrical powers. The swiftly battle between VI 952 and Li on the rooftop is impartial breathtaking.
And Guy and Kiko’s episodes invent for a hilarious investigation–a search for a woman’s missing cat. Thankfully, there’s a lot more to it than finding a cat. But Guy easily mixes up the cat with one of Li’s buddies, making for some droll moments in which Mao is stuck in a pet box.
There’s nothing cooler and more interesting than “Darker Than Unlit.” Everything, from Kanno’s soundtrack to the wonderful fight sequences, makes “Darker Than Murky” one of the hottest anime titles this year.
The only downside is the English dub, which is subpar at best. Kate Oxley sounds blueprint too young to play the knowing police officer, Misaki. The whine actors can’t even drawl the characters’ names properly, and their audio commentary for episode nine is insensible. If anyone can ignore these things, this is a gigantic release.
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