AoD Review: Crest of the Stars Vol. #2

[maehara]

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This volume of Crest of the Stars genuinely has a little bit of everything – tender moments between Lafiel and Jinto as their friendship continues to grow, tense moments between Lafiel and Baron Febdash, action scenes of all sorts, and a healthy dose of girls in maid uniforms – all rolled into a package that for the most part is very easy to watch. Although the long dialogue scenes may be a bit tedious for some, there's so much good here that it really does deserve to be seen by any anime fan.

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Full Review (http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/5296.php).

[Njr Scrawl]

Its fun re-visiting this series, & finding new things to appreciate.

I never find any Seikai series dialogue boring, in fact it adds to the series uniquness for me & helps round out the Abh characters.

However, & especially in the Banners series, the Abh come across as the side to join/want to support, while poor old Earth comes across as backward by comparison.

Lafiel is, &amp; becomes more, the perfect edgy-tetchy, young heroine. Jinto's character is just right as well - worried but devoted in the right amounts. The Evangelion kids in another serious reality (<span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>Ekuryua is the Rei in BoTS</span>).

Apart from the nutty Baron, the Febdashes are as cool a family as the Jurai royals in Tenchi OVAs. <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>Atosuryua, Baroness F. rules!</span>

[maehara]

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Wrath of the Njr said:
I never find any Seikai series dialogue boring, in fact it adds to the series uniquness for me &amp; helps round out the Abh characters.

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I completely agree - but I've shown the series to a few non-anime fans over the years, and getting them to see past the all-talk-and-no-action scenes can be a battle in itself sometimes. Banner usually solves that problem, though.. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

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Apart from the nutty Baron, the Febdashes are as cool a family as the Jurai royals in Tenchi OVAs.

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Speaking of nutty Abhs - I'm firmly convinced there isn't an Abh in the series who isn't seriously unhinged in at least some aspect. Bizarrely, it's one of their greatest strengths...