Alternative title:
Hakuōki Shinsengumi Kitan (Japanese)
Hakuouki (Japanese)
Thin Cherry Ghost (Japanese)
薄桜鬼 (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, fantasy
Themes: bishounen, demons, historical, male harem, samurai, slow paced
Opening Theme:
"Maikaze" By Yoshioka Aika
Ending Theme:
"Akane Sora ni Negau" By MAO
Galaxy Angel Rune
Sub.DVD 4 Review
The franchise has always run on silly Lost Technology mayhem, pointless quests (for hot springs!), and serious situations (like murder) that end up having no repercussions. But even as chronically upbeat as Galaxy Angel was, its humor had a becoming mean-spirited edge. Rune is too busy trying to build camaraderie and end each episode on an uplifting note to give its humor teeth. No one who ever succeeded on humor alone (which really is Rune's only choice, given its lack of other merits) ever did so by being nice. It's no coincidence that this volume's few genuinely funny sequences are all in the final "Evil Rune Angel" episode where an outside force frees up the cast to be hilariously, pettily mean.