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X - Eight (TV Series, Vol. 8)

X - Eight (TV Series, Vol. 8)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Overall, a great series
Review: About the plot, all I will say is that the first 2 are about the supporting cast and the last one is the final fight between Kamui and Fuma. Also, for all the action fans, don't have high hopes on a LONG fight sequence. The music and animation is great as always. My only complaint with the anime version is that the director and writers sort of rushed things with the supporting casts since there are a lot. But with a few twist and turns, I think the anime version ends well. Now I can't wait how the graphic novel version ends.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A touching end to a wrenching series
Review: From the very beginning, X had me in its pocket. By the time I reached this last volume, I was on pins and needles to find out what would happen.

Each successive episode of this too-short series gives the viewer that much more time to fall in love with the characters, so it's no wonder that all my favorite characters are mysteriously alive at the beginning of this disc. Since it's CLAMP, since it's X, the reality of a bloodbath is inevitable. Rather than feeling rushed or slapped-together, to me the abruptness of some of the action seemed like a Japanese way to end the series. Some characters have to accept their fate so that others can change what was thought to be inevitable.

I only know the anime, not the manga, so I can't compare one to the other. However, taken on its own, X the TV series gives a satisfying, if not exactly happy, ending.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great series but why such a dumb ending?
Review: I loved the whole series it was great, the characters were all interesting. The only thing that angered me was that they built up this whole final battle thing and when it finally happened it was all of like 1 minute. Also it was one of those typical anime type endings with all the emotional you are in my heart along with this dead person and that dead person type of talk and suddenly the bad guys are defeated. Give me a break I want a real ending for once in an anime. All complaints about the ending aside this series was awesome.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Saved the best for last
Review: I really don't understand the other reviewers here who give this volume anything less than five stars. Most of their problems stem from their inability to seperate the TV series from the manga (even after one guy said he wasn't going to compare the two). If you are an anime fan with that same problem, you probably won't really enjoy X8, but I doubt the series could have ever ended in a satisfying way for you in 24 eps. It's apples and oranges folks, so just stop trying to compare stories across different media for crying out loud!

Venting over, now on with the gushing. This volume has everything that makes the X TV series great, multiplied by three. Each episode is jam-packed with great visuals, beautiful music, amazing action, hope, dispair, sadness, joy, defeat, victory, love, betrayal, redemption, and some of the most wonderful characters to ever grace an anime series. Did this volume answer every question and tie everything up nice and neat for us? No. In fact in some ways I have even more questions than before. But it did bring what I consider emotionally and thematically satisfying (though heart wrenching)resolution to all of the major characters and story arcs. If you're a fan of X TV, and why would you be reading this if you're not, then this volume will knock you out. The biggest question I have now is where can I get another anime series that compares to X (I need my fix!)?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wonderfull ending to a great series.. here is why
Review: I was very concerned about how the series was going to end. At the end of seven, it seemed like their was still a lot to be answered. Although eight doesn't technically answer them all, if you think about what you have seen it does. This final volume also had a wonderful ending (which is rare in a lot of anime's now adays). The ending remained consistant with everything they had been saying. Everything they predicted did happen. Just not exactly the way they expected it. People who like overly lovey dovey endings should stay clear of this. Make up an ending for yourself or something because the ending is generally sad, but it does have a slight joy to it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Okay overall but I expected more.....
Review: I will not go deep into the story. I will share the reactions from our group here at the U of Minnesota: When I received disk eight, I called together 5 other guys and watched the last 3 disks. Then, properly prepared, we opened the last disk. Afterward, we all agreed that the ending was a let-down.

The set is eight disks long- with more than enough opportunity to keep a steady pace without dragging, yet the first 5 disks deal too much with kamui coming to terms with his mission as savior. Even the bad guys have it together better than our "hero".And the chick with the dog- I would pay money to get her off'ed. she was just annoying.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The final chapter
Review: These final episodes of the series are good, but not great. I won't give away the ending but it definetly gives the feel that the writers weren't really sure how to pull everything together to get a conclusion one way or another. The action is amazing, and the graphics are, as always, superb. I would recommend it to anyone viewing the series because, well, it's the end. Maybe you'll get more understanding about the resolution than I did.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I love sad endings!
Review: This has got to be one of the best anime series I have ever seen. When I first purchased "X one," I had no idea what I was getting into. I was immediately hooked on it.

"X eight" will leave you satisfied, but the fact that the ending is not the typical ending our society is used to, it leaves you with a sense of unease (which, to me, is all good). Great series overall!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Retelling
Review: This is a great retelling to Clamps X. I think that this story was very well done. Great CHaracter formation and also great story consept. The one thing I would probably complain about is all the volume were too short. 75 mintues wasnt that long to be telling such a wonderful story. Great Ending. I recommend this for everyone.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A masterpiece comes to a fitting end !
Review: This is another beautifully animated, visually stunning volume of X TV. The second episode which focuses on Sorata and Arashi may be the best episode of the entire series. I loved this show as a whole and I will cherish my boxed set of it forever. This is a must for fans of the series and I'd advise new fans to start from the beginning so these episodes have more emotional impact. Well done CLAMP !


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