… and I’m smirking my face off.
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne does NOT take itself seriously. The heroine Maron is the reincarnation of Jeanne d’Arc, who has returned to Earth to exorcise demons from artpieces. She does this by throwing pins at them.
Why? Because God needs a recharge from captured demons.
Uh, yeah.
Indeed, it’s cheesy and silly as hell most of the time, but there are those really whacky things that makes it hilarious. Heck, even the silli- and cheesiness is hilarious, and it’s not half as bad as in Sailor Moon.
Jeanne’s got a rival in a boy named Chiaki, who is the reincarnation of Sinbad(?). And he runs around dressed in what appears to be jeans, a headband stolen from Jack Sparrow and Hojo’s lab coat. And a handkerchief tied over his nose and mouth, just so Jeanne can’t recognize him as her classmate. Jeanne goes with the ribbon-dress-thingy which is standard for all Magical Girl heronettes.
There are some really wicked scenes in which Sinbad risks his life to save Jeanne, while she doesn’t care one bit about whether he’s killed or arrested (they’re thought to be thieves). She also has a tendency to blow him up and throw him off rooftops. Man, the romance is just shimmering in the air!
Oh yeah, there’s LOADS of space for badfic about it. Especially when Jeanne tells Sinbad “I don’t want to be indebted to you, so I’ll do anything you want me to.” DOH.
I don’t think we have to worry though, I saw it the first time in, oh… 2001ish, so I don’t think it’ll run on Cartoon Network if it hasn’t already. Or so I hope. >_>
Well, that was unexpected. Just watched the ending of this one last night, and the final plot twist made my eyes swirl. Man, life just sucks when you realize that you’ve been working for the Devil, not God, the whole time, and your cute little angel sidekick turns out to be a brainwashed, fallen angel. Man, that bites.
Not to mention the bit with the last evil angel-turned-half-succubus hypnotizing a human girl by kissing her. Unholy femmeslash, ahoy! (And there was, there was. DAMN YOU FF.NET!)
Though it was fun when the male lead never got an upgrade in power and thus spent the last ten episodes only being good as a human shield. Served 'im right, young Mr. “A demon is wrecking the town church/town/temple/hospital/daycare center, but I don’t really care”.
Oh yeah, and there was a demon bishie who walked around in a looong, flowing black cape. Raise your hand if you think the fangirls will squee at the apparent vampirism, even if he was really some guardian of Jeanne d’Arc who sold his soul to the Devil when she was executed. Lotsa screaming. Oi.
And there was some stuff about God being in love with Jeanne d’Arc. Not love as a creation to watch over. IN LOVE. Yeah, it was really weird.
This is an example of how a writer (and not just fanfic writers) can take a subject and use it entirely out of context. But I guess it’s OK because a) Christianity is as foreign in Japan as Shinto is in our side of the World, and b) it’s not supposed to be entirely serious. I’m laughing just from your description; I’ll have to see it some day. Thanks, Weii.
Thanks, Weii.
They sure tried to push it while still being cute.