Weebviews: Kabaneri of the Iron Fortess
Aired: Apr 8, 2016 to Jul 1, 2016
Source: Original
Genre: Action, Horror, Supernatural, Drama, Fantasy
Studio: Wit Studio
Licensors: Funimation/ Crunchyroll
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This anime. Oh this anime. Let me just tell you, after watching it the first episode, I knew I’d like this anime to the fullest. Many people compare this anime to Attack on Titan, and honestly I wouldn’t blame them. It’s made by the same studio, a couple of songs are the same, and at first it gives off the SNK vibes. However, after the initial episodes, it gets SO good.
The music, besides the reused ones (Wit you get a pass, making music can be difficult), was beautiful. The animation was gorgeous and I’ve never seen an anime with better post apocalyptic scenery than this anime.
I love the characters. Mumei is a complete badass and I absolutely love her. Ikoma is one of the best mc’s I’ve seen, even though he starts the same as Eren, he gradually builds and that what makes this anime so different from Attack on Titan
The main villain? Pretty good for a villain (won’t spoil don’t worry)
This anime gets so much shit because people are hung up on the whole “it’s Attack on Titan with trains” bs. If you want to believe that, go ahead it’s your opinion friends. But once you get past that, this anime is really good, and dare I say it’s one of my favorite anime’s ever
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MAL RATING: 7.30/10
PERSONAL RATING: 9.4/10
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OP: "KABANERI OF THE IRON FORTRESS" by EGOIST
ED1: ninelie" by Aimer with chelly
ED2: "Through My Blood" by Aimer
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9. March 2019
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
I'll write it tomorrow, coz I have time to do so all day + I'm too psychically unstable rn, feels like I'll cry any second now, even writing Inuyashiki in this state was a terror (2021 self: wtf you talking about?)
current time: Day after around 2:57pm
So I'll start with my reasons to watch this one.
1. I'm taking a break from these romance slice of life animes (still read like 60 romance manhuas weekly...)
2. Aimer - Ninelie & Egoist - Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, which are both really incredible songs and it'd be a shame not to watch something that has Chelly's singing in it.
3. It simply got recommended to me~
Art style was soooo beautiful, I loved how well shaded it was, most of all the perfect hair style, then the whole character appearance and all the surrounding.
So many people described this anime as Knk with zombies, which was quite accurate. People lived in villages surrounded by high walls, fearing the creatures in outside world ~titans/kabanes~ Mc becoming this hybrid and fights for same purpose, which is saving everyone.
Actually I've seen similarities with GC as well, which is the last episode where Ikouma's ~our mc~ transformation due to releasing his whole power looks pretty much the same as what happens to Shu upon using his own void. Well I could compare it to many other animes, I mean plenty of them have mc that saves world...
I could also compare it to World Embyo ~this way I'm just advertising my favorite manga~ in a sense of their appearance changing cooler once they become hybrids.
I liked Ikouma's personality, he was fair, good, smart, clever and forgiving. He only wanted the best for his friends and basically everyone whether he knew him or not. I also liked how he always chased after Hozumi ~Mumei~ and wanted to save her from Biba ~that guy was seriously a creep~. It made me happy that he had his individual goal set on her besides the whole saving the world thing, oh well~~~ He first wanted to save the world, because he want's to stop the whole bloodshed coz of people fearing each other, but then he promised Hozumi to save a world, because of her ~Sooo I take it he's not the kind of mc that saves a world coz monsters killed his family, but because of his will to make a girl happy?~
Hozumi, I liked her appearance very much, she's super pretty and cute
(〃^▽^〃)
Regarding her personality... we could say she lacked quite much at the beginning, she had wrong ideals that Biba taught her and hurt quite some people's feeling coz of it. She was constantly being deceived by Biba, which made me really sad and even sadder when it happened time and again. In the end she chose Ikoma's side, which made me very happy to see.
Regarding the last episode ~why did Biba give Ikuma his antidote~, 2 options seem right for me:
1. He had some kind of affection toward Mumei and didn't want to further hurt her feelings
2. He wanted to know who's side will she take
Or perhaps both at once, which seems pretty right, coz why would he ever want her to chose him if not for his affection towards her ~maybe it was his ego as well?~
I really liked Ayame Kurusu ship and from characters I most liked Yukina's design.
Most of story took place surrounding these trains - Koutetsujou ~oh wait it means iron fortress... just now realized how did the anime name become~ it was quite surprise for me ~I mean I never watch trailers and so, just a simple judging book by it's cover~
Somehow youtube managed to shift from Egoist - Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, through ngnl, goblin slayer, Overlord openings to Darling in the Franxx (it took me less more 50 mins to write it to this point)
There might be few more things I'll mention about the anime, which will be completely random without any kind of order to them. ~Well is there even any order in these review posts? I should create a stable form for them~
I liked the butterflies moment the most of all, that's why I choose just this picture to represent this post. The thing about Ikoma being an only blue butterfly among all the red butterflies makes me happy, it's visible that he's special to her and that he gives her hope to live on, even though bad memories hunt her.
In the end when she was trying to wake him up I thought: You know how these princesses wake up after being kissed by prince.. .Try it! Try it! Try it!!
Nope, she just started to shake with him more... ~my broken feelings, give them back to me~
I'm also looking forward to movie releasing around Summer 2019, depending on it's performance I could push this series onto a higher position (and youtube jumped onto Los!Los!Los! totally random)
Right after completing this anime I started feeling really happy, sad, frustrated and dunno what else at once, I felt like crying, didn't happen tho and this state lasted for like 2, maybe up to 3 hours
This is pretty much where I end it, coz Jingo Jungle Jungle forces me to beat into rhythm instead of thinking... (4:03pm)
+3,5
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Tag Game: 100 Questions
Thanks for tagging me @theperksofbeingadreamer ♥
Wow answering these questions felt like I am answering a slambook! I was in 6th grade when I last answered a slambook and that was years ago XD (okay, I sound like an old woman XD)
1. What is your nickname? Ries
2. How old are you? 19
3. What is your birth month? May
4. What is your zodiac sign? Taurus
5. What is your favorite color? Blue (all shades of blue!) and black
6. What’s your lucky number? none
7. Do you have any pets? Yes, two male dogs (Choconut and Chocolate, they are not brothers, btw) and two female kittens (Mallows and Butterscotch)
8. Where are you from? ✧ Philippines ✧
9. How tall are you? 4"11
10. What shoe size are you? 5 in US size (I'm Cinderella~ lmao)
11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 6
12. Are you random? I'm not really sure what do you mean by this...
13. Last person you texted? I can't remember XD I hardly texted anyone because I prefer chatting them :3
14. Are you psychic in any way? No
15. Last TV show watched? evening news
16. Favourite movie? Until today, I still love The Sorcerer's Apprentice~
17. Favourite show from your childhood? Hmm... Powerpuff Girls, I think? XD
18. Do you want children? Yes! (but please not now okay, I am still too young for it XD lmao)
19. Do you want a church wedding? I don't think so (okay, what's with these questions hahahaha)
20. What is your religion? Christian
21. Have you ever been to the hospital? Yes, I was confined when I was 11 because I nearly got pneumonia but I am glad I was treated before it got worse
22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? No
23. How is life? Same as always, still trying my best to figure out what the heck I will do after I graduate in college because I am still very indecisive about it :<
24. Baths or showers? Showers
25. What color socks are you wearing? I’m not wearing any socks right now
26. Have you ever been famous? No
27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? No! I am afraid of getting too much attention so definitely not!
28. What type of music do you like? I like pop, pop rock, rock, Jrock, Jpop, OPM and instrumental music. I also listen to classical sometimes
29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? No and I don't know what the hell is that
30. How many pillows do you sleep with? Two
31. What position do you usually sleep in? I sleep in on my side
32. How big is your house? small
33. What do you typically have for breakfast? I like eating spaghetti for breakfast or 2 slices of bread. If I'm in the mood to fry something then I'll eat whatever I can fry + rice (I really like rice!)
34. Have you ever left the country? Nope but I wish I would sooner :D
35. Have you ever tried archery? Nope but I want to! I really like sports that doesn't require me to move too much
36. Do you like anyone? Romantically? Nope. But if it's just plain "like" as in "admiration" then yes I like my favorite Japanese actors and my friends :D
37. Favourite swear word(s)? wth, sht, wtf and damn (seriously, these questions keep getting weirder...)
38. When do you fall asleep? around 00:00 to 2:00 am ⇀‸↼‶ it depends on how active my mind is
39. Do you have any scars? Yes
40. Sexual orientation? Straight
41. Are you a good liar? it depends...
42. What languages would you like to learn? I want to be fluent in Japanese and Spanish ^^ and after that I want to learn Dutch (even though I always get tongue-tied XD)
43. Top 10 songs?
Ninelie - Aimer ft. Chelly
Want You Back - 5sos
Young Blood - 5SOS
In my Blood - Shawn Mendes
Euterpe - Egoist
No Namae no Kaibutsu - Egoist
Dreaming Alone - Against the Current ft. Taka
Jet Black Heart - 5SOS
Disconnected - 5SOS
Castaway - 5SOS
44. Do you like your country? Nature-wise, my country is very beautiful and that's one of the things I like. But government system-wise, economy-wise I am not happy (wow, surprise Ries cares about politics and government and stuff like that XD)
45. Do you have friends from the web? Yes!
@theperksofbeingadreamer
@amia-springs
@suzunofuusuke
@yuuki-clyde
@reizenforlife
@fayemichaels
@just-otome
46. What is your personality type? INFJ-T
47. Hogwarts House? Gryffindor ♥
48. Can you curl your tongue? Yasss!
49. Pick one fictional character you can relate to? Airis Riedel (MC of Lost Alice)
50. Left or right handed? Right
51. Are you scared of spiders? Nope
52. Favourite food? pizza and cookies and cream ice cream (that's not real food, Ries!)
53. Favorite foreign food? PIZZA! and I also love Mochi and takoyaki ^^
54. Are you a clean or messy person? Clean
55. If you could switch your gender for a day, what would you do? What I usually do. It doesn't matter if I'm a girl or guy :D
56. What color underwear? Red (seriously, whoever made these questions there's something wrong with you XD lol just saying)
57. How long does it take for you to get ready? it depends on my mood
58. Do you have much of an ego? No
59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? Both (wait, why does it matter? =_=)
60. Do you talk to yourself? All the time (okay, I think I am crazy? XD) no seriously, for a writer it's a usual thing specially if you are trying to find your character's voice. It's really weird but yeah
61. Do you sing to yourself? YEAH! ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM AT HOME AND IN THE SHOWER!
62. Are you a good singer? I don't know. I'll ask my sister, she's the one who always hear me singing
63. Biggest Fears? Being unsuccessful and failure (same with @theperksofbeingadreamer)
64. Are you a gossip? No and why would I be one? ⇀‸↼‶
65. Are you a grammar nazi? YES. VERY. MUCH.
66. Do you have long or short hair? medium length
67. Can you name all 50 states of America? NO
68. Favorite school subject? Hmm I think Journalism because that's my forte (I am in college so we have specialized subjects now and not the usual English, Science, etc.)
69. Extrovert or Introvert? Introvert
70. Have you ever been scuba diving? No and I won't ever because I don't know how to swim T_T
71. What makes you nervous? it depends...
72. Are you scared of the dark? No
73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? Sometimes, but it's more like I give them advice rather than correct them because I prefer if they do the correcting part themselves for that will make them even better people
74. Are you ticklish? No, not at all
75. Have you ever started a rumor? No
76. Have you ever been out of your home country? No
77. Have you ever drank underage? No. I don't like the smell of any liquor so I haven't dared drinking any kind of liquor even until today
78. Have you ever done drugs? No and why would I?
79. What do you fantasize about? it depends. It's tough being a writer, there's too much going on in my head (but I'm not crazy, don't worry XD)
80. How many piercings do you have? Two (earrings)
81. Can you roll your R’s? I think... nope?
82. How fast can you type? fast
83. How fast can you run? I am a fast runner :D
84. What color is your hair? Jet black
85. What color are your eyes? deepest shade of brown (at first glance it looks like black but if you look closer its actually brown)
86. What are you allergic to? Nothing
87. Do you keep a journal? Yes but it is just a notebook I use for keeping track of everything I have to do and I must do and a notebook where I write my poems
88. Are you depressed about anything? No
89. Do you like your age? Yes because I am almost an adult now and I am allowed to go anywhere I want by myself and go home late :D
90. What makes you angry?
-annoying people
-hypocrites
-people who do not know the term "mind your own business"
-people who do not bother contributing in groupworks
-and many more!
91. Do you like your own name? I like my nickname Ries but my real name (Caries Ann Mae) nah, it's so lengthy and people always mispronounce "Caries" as "keh-riz" which means tooth decay rather than its actual pronunciation "kah-rees". And the meaning of my name is really lame so if I could choose, I'd rather want to be named "Ries Ann" :3 remove the "Ca and the Mae" XD
92. Did you ever get a foreign object up your nose? what the hell do you mean by this question?
93. Do you want a boy or a girl for a child? BOTH
94. What talents do you have? I guess writing
95. Sun or moon? BOTH. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN THIS PLANET IF ONE OF THEM DISAPPEARED.
96. How did you get your name? My father's idea
97. Are you religious? No but I believe in God and I always pray and read the bible but I don't have any faith in any religion
98. Have you ever been to a therapist? No
99. Color of your bedspread? purple
100. Tumblr Bestie? @theperksofbeingadreamer ♥ she’s my sister from another parents~
I’m not sure if you want to do this because this is so lengthy and some questions are really weird but I’ll tag you anyways @amia-springs @reizenforlife @otome-doll @suzunofuusuke @yuuki-clyde @just-otome @fayemichaels
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