Name: Shakugan no Shana
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Year: 2005
Rating: Enjoyable
Sakai Yuji was a normal high school student until he one day meeds a girl with flaming red hair and eyes. On his way home people were frozen and within the frozen area a monster appeared and began to devour people. In this world whenever a person is killed by one of these monsters the person is replaced by a torch. By having a “Torch” replacing the original person the world is kept at peace and the secret of the existence of these monsters are kept hidden. After the torch replaces the victim the torch slowly disappears and everyone forgets the existence of the original person. The original Sakai Yuki is killed and a torch replaces him, however this is no ordinary torch. The new Sakai Yuji is a special kind of Mystes because he has a treasure named Hougu within him he is able to stay in the world as his torch doesn’t burn out but instead reignites at midnight. The red haired girl is Shana is a Flame Haze who hunts the “Denizens of the Crimson Realm” (Kuze no Tomogara) and its minions the Rinne.
I really enjoyed watching this anime, the animation and effects shown are quite good. I like the story as well its like a mixture between X TV (barrier concept) and Bleach. But I guess it still lacked the plot quality that stands out in some anime serials. Its still worth watching for the animation, and if you like the whole girl saving the guy concept you might find this one a good watch. Personally if I had to choose this to the other sword slaying monster serials out there my bet would be on Bleach. However like I always say every series has its differences and with these differences comes pros and cons.
