Yozakura Quartet
Oshimeter
Synopsis
The world of Yozakura Quartet is actually not one, but two worlds: one of humans, and one of youkai. Despite appearing mostly human, youkai may have animal like physical traits, along with a number of special abilities. Normally youkai are confined to their world, but some have found their way into the realm of humanity. As a symbol of peace, and a bridge between the two realms, a city was constructed within the protective barrier of seven magical trees, otherwise known as the Seven Pillars. This city of Sakurashin is home to both humans and youkai, with the peace between them maintained by the Hizumi Life Counseling Office. The director of this office is Akina Hiizumi, a teenager with the inherited family ability to perform “tuning,” which can send harmful youkai back to their world permanently. He is aided by a group of girls, including the town’s 16 year old youkai mayor, Hime Yarizakura, their town’s announcer and resident telepath, Ao Nanami, and Kotoha Isone, a half-youkai who can summon objects just by stating the object’s name. As new residents enter and mysterious events begin to take place, this quartet of protectors and their closest friends must continue to guard the city of Sakurashin, and maintain the fragile balance of peace between humans and youkai.
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Characters
Hime Yarizakura
Powerful youkai mayor Hime, balancing human life with supernatural duties, cherishes friendships and her Akina-made scarf.
Fukuen Misato
Kotoha Isone
Half-youkai Kotoha Isone is a powerful language-user who loves guns and is only interested in girls.
Sawashiro Miyuki
Akina Hiizumi
Akina Hiizumi: A city employee with the power to 'tune' and banish youkai back to their world.
Kaji Yuuki
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The animation quality here improved for the final confrontations, the Hime versus Enjin fight also showcased some fluid movements. The pacing here is also remarkably good, and the resolution after the fight was good writing. Though the ending here actually felt a bit rushed maybe due to the fact that the pacing for the past episodes were horrible, it felt like they just used this episode to wrap everything up.
This was actually a well structured episode. Splitting the group onto separate tasks was actually good as it allowed the show to have each cast something to do and to focus on. The pacing here also improved. And the animation was also a bit better, felt like the budget was more focused on this episode.
I really like Hime's writing here, that she was emotionally open and the voice acting was really good. The animation here still felt limited but the staging for the action scenes were surprisingly clean.
The animation here is really inconsistent, some scenes feel really out of budget. The pacing is also unstable, the first part was meh, and the second part was okay. The emotional impact here also does not land very well.
This episode was full of action. The choreography here is nice, and fights have clever details in them. The direction on this episode was also commendable, it builds up some nice tension especially during the hostage scene.
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