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Story & Characters

This 13 episode anime depicts the stories of the many people who encounter Eve, who is suppose to be the Guardian of the Library (or so I've dubbed her), but has elected to freeload off her sister, Ririsu, and dive into the many worlds that each of the books hold. The anime focuses on one person who had been affected by Eve's presents the most, a girl named Hatsuki. Hatsuki had fallen in love with Eve, who had acted as Hatsuki's adopted older sister in that world. Basically, the story continues as they travel through the worlds in search for Eve, encountering many different people who have also met Eve. Now, the story itself seems pretty solid. I don't believe there is an anime that has a story quite like this one. You can see the different sides of the main character, Hatsuki, during some of the episodes, but most of the time, she's very monoemotion (as with the rest of the characters). The basic idea for the story is the personalities of the different people who have met with Eve and how they were affected by it. We get to see lovesick Hatsuki, who will dive through all the worlds in order to find her. Garu, the highly flamboyant man who will stop at nothing to have Eve. Ririsu, Eve's older sister and total flake, who is angry at Eve for ditching her in the library...among many others.

Rating

8 (good)

Art

The artwork in Yami to boushi to hon no Tabibito was done pretty well. The characters were drawn very well, and each of the characters are pleasent to the eye. The anime was based off of a Hentai Game, but suprisingly, there isn't very much fanservice at all. I believe there are only two or three scenes with actual fanservice in the whole anime. The artist(s) who worked on this don't know how to draw light. In many indoor lighted scenes, the lights glare, obscuring the people and objects in the room. Instead of seeing the top portion of a head, you see a blinding light or a blob of yellow. Also, the artwork is a bit granular. One of the things I like about the artwork, however, is the eyes. The characters have eyes that look...deep (I'm not sure how else to explain it.)

Rating

7 (above average)

Sound

Now, the Opening theme seems to be a fan favorite. I admit, its pretty good, and very catchy. However, the end theme is like Fushigi Yuugi's Opening. It starts out as if it was a different genre of music, but it quickly switches to jpop. The characters are pretty well casted. Hatsuki has a wonderful VA that does the tomboy voice very well. Ririsu's voice is a bit annoying, however. Garu was also well casted. His VA pulls off the serious-then-quickly-shift-to-flamboyant voices very well. Garu's friend (I have forgotten the name...) has an annoying voice, for some reason. It doesn't sound very good. The Background music is unnotible. Nothing really stands out.

Rating

6 (average)

Presentation

The overall presentation of Yami, Hat, and Book is pretty bad. The story never follows any strict timeline. The creators decided if cliffhangers between episodes were good, then cliffhangers within an episode is even better. They switch from one portion of the story to another portion on whims in practically episode. They don't even resolve whatever is going on, but switch directly to a new plot line for the second half of an epi, finish it off in the next episode's first half, and if you are lucky, you get the previous plot line's resolution in the remaining half. This makes the story very hard to follow and understand. However, by the end of the series, you'll be able to put the puzzle together. Also, this series is very heavy on the recycled scenes. There are scenes from every plot segment that reoccur in the final episodes, over and over in large portions. They occur in smaller portions in the rest. Now, Ririsu and the chicken dude (the fat yellow furball, I never caught its name...Ririsu calls him a meat bun ) provide some comic relief, but it can only go so far. One of the only things they didn't screw up in this section is the length. With this sort of plot, they could have dragged it much longer. However, they kept the episodes at a minimum.

Rating

4 (below average)

Final Verdict

6.17 (average)

Reviewed by FarawayAdmirer, 3y 32wk ago