Darker than Black Eps. 5 & 6

Two things regarding episodes five and six of Darker than Black:

1) The introduction of snappy British characters. Brilliant. Although, the show's attempt at Dry British Wit came off as a suitably stilted Japanese interpretation of Dry British Wit. Really, we have much much better comedic timing than that. The remunerations November 11 and his crew had to do were quite fantastic, however. I never failed to smile when I saw April crack out a can of Guinness after a fight. It almost makes up for the silly stereotypical design of July-or-should-I-say-Oliver-Twist. Meh.

2) I felt cheated by Havoc's death. We didn't get to see this amazing destructive power that everyone seemed so shit-scared of. Granted, the revelation that she had to drink the blood of children afterwards implied its horror, but still . . . I wanted practical examples. Maybe we'll get some in flashbacks in the coming episodes.

Comments

[Yo]

Yeah, I totally wanted to see more havoc, although it would have crippled a potential avenue for the show, it could have potentially opened something interesting up. However, it would be hard to work her in as an average person (since she doesn't want to use her power, let alone be forced into the child blood drinking contract). But, making a character that I take a liking to and killing them off before I like them too much is something anime has successfully been doing for years.

[Danny Choo]

Currently enjoying the current run of Darker than Black. I hope the animation quality stays good unlike Bones other production Eureka Seven - I felt the quality dropped halfway through.