Mirage of Blaze Collection
by Mizuna Kuwabara
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Actor: Mizuna KuwabaraDirector: Mizuna Kuwabara
Brand: Media Blasters
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 415 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-20
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ANIME WORKS
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DVD Review: Beautiful Animation but Sad Story
Summary: 4 Stars
I had this animation but sold it back because everytime I found myself watching it I would get upset. Why? well, because of the 2 main characters.
First, it is a well animated story and the past events that seem to repeat themselves to the present are dark and there is some mystery left to be told.
Secondly, some may think this yoai and I believe it comes up when searched but I don't think it is about that if you really watch what's going on. I don't like yaoi and never been interested in it. Yes, one of the main male characters is obsessed for the other but I don't think the other character feels or felt that way at all from what I gather. Takaya I believe was raped by Naoe while forcebly inhabiting a female's (his girlfriend or wife doesnt really tell you, you just get a glimpse of it) body when his inhabited male body is struck down by Naoe (his right hand man so to speak in feudal Japan) because of his obsession over Takaya. I believe Takaya's spirit had no choice but to jump bodies and the only one there was the girl. Takaya hates him for this subconsciously not knowing exactly in the present why and struggles with his feelings of a strong need to be protected by a father figure (he sees this in Naoe) and the feeling of hatred both times Naoe tries to assault him. In his new body Takaya has buried deep in his psyche the pain of what transpired some time in the past and the consequent hatred he developed towards Naoe.
I do like the end of the OVA where Takaya tells Naoe that if he could ever defeat him, well, he can have him. He says it with confidence and anger and you realize then that Naoe will never be as powerful as Takaya and that will never happen.
It is this whole forcing yourself on someone and the rape that makes me angry when I watch it so I decided to sell it back. Obsession is a horrible thing when you hurt people and here Takaya over many lifetimes has sufferred not only when he was alive as a youngster being raped by men when he was given to another clan as a hostage by his own family but also as a spirit inhabiting human bodies that are not his own. I feel strongly for him and understand why his psyche supressed any knowledge of who he was.
It is a beautiful looking animation and I love the story between the clans and the politics but hated the feeling it gave me when Naoe contiued to obsess and hurt Takaya. For this I gave it a 4 stars.
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