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| Golden Knight Garo |
It is the introduction of
Kouga (Golden Makai Knight Garo) and main female protagoist Kaoru. She is
an aspiring artist who is trying to leave her mark on the world with
her art. Her life’s dream is to become as famous as her father. Kouga is the
current holder of the mantle of Garo. In the world of Makai Knights, Garo is
the title of the Best Makai Knight. Before Kouga, his father Taiga was also
Garo.
The show
starts with an gallery owner reviewing some of the art work he had in his
storage room. He heard sounds coming from one of the boxes. He found the box
and it reveals a beautiful painting of what we can believe to be a goddess. The
goddess asks him if he loves women and young girls. Blinded by her beauty, he
agreed. The goddess transforms into a demon and begins to devour the owner and
takes over his body. The demons are called Horrors.
Next, we
meet Kaoru a young artist who meets with this gallery owner to see if she can
display her paintings at the gallery. He agreed only because he wants to eat
her. He tries to pull her into the store room, but she pulls away because she
had another errands to run.
The next
scene is of Kaoru having a dream sequence. She is revisiting her childhood. She
is read a book that talks about the adventures of an Gold Knight that protects
the world in secret. As she reaches the end of the book, she is attacked
by horrors which causes her to wake up. She talks to someone whom seems to be
her psychiatrist about her dreams. He tells her that maybe its just that she is
nervous about her first show.
We jump
back to the gallery, where the owner and another young artist are arguing about
Kaoru’s work. She was jealous and want to also have her work shown. He
transforms in front of her. She screamed but that didn't stop the owner from
eating his dinner.
We then
jump to a training sequence for Kouga. He is interrupted by his butler Gonza.
Gonza had a letter in his hand with Kouga’s orders. He reads the letter and
heads out for his mission.
It is finally Kaoru’s day for her show. Everything seem to be going well.
Kouga appears and pulls Kaoru towards him. He flashes a lighter in her face. It is used
for him to see if she is human or horror. When the results come back negative,
she pulls away and runs towards the owner. Kouga tries to have Kaoru
escape by purchasing a painting and have her deliver it to his home. He then
asks the owner if he has anymore paintings for sell. The owner escorts Kouga to
the store room. There Kouga test the owner with his lighter. The owner eyes
turned white with ancient word meeting at the iris. The horror activates his
trap and locks Kouga, Kaoru and itself inside the building. It run away from
Kouga and places him in a trap. He beats the trap. Kaoru got her painting but
is still unable to leave the building. She approaches the horror (still in
disguise) asking him about what’s going on. He tries again to eat her, but
Kouga saves her. He tells her to run and they begin to fight. The fight is
nearing its end when the horror transforms and returns to its original body
(the painting). Kouga uses his lighter to locate the painting where the horror
is hiding. The horror (painting) transforms into its true form and attack
Kouga. Kaoru is trying his best to find cover and but had no place to go. Kouga
summons his armor and begins a brutal assault against the horror. Kouga lands
the final blow to defeat the horror, but its blood lands on Kaoru. He was
trained that if the blood of a horror makes contact with a human, the human
must be destroyed at all cost. He tries to kill her but he couldn't. Something
about Kaoru prevent him from complete this task. Kaoru fainted. She wakes up on
her bed in her apartment with Kouga in her apartment. He tells her that he is
sorry for using her but he had to get his job done. But he made it known that
he really wanted her painting because it reminded him of his childhood. He
leaves her and she begins to wonder about what world did she fall into and why
her father’s book is related to this world.
Review:
As an introduction to this
series, I thought it was a good start. Granted I felt that it could have been
better. There were scenes that I felt didn’t make sense. It would leave me asking
questions. I felt Kouga’s introduction could have been a little better. Kaoru
feels like a bit of an airhead. The armor was one greatest design I have seen.
It was a cross between Eastern Europeans Knight armor and Samurai Armor. The
Helmet was of that of a Wolf. Overall, the questions that I develop left
me wanting more about the show. The most important questions I had were about
the 99.9 second timer that appeared when Kouga wore the armor of Garo. Why is
it important and what happens when the time runs out? And what happens to
humans that are exposed to Horror’s blood? I give Garo Episode 1 about 7.5 out
10 stars. It’s enough good to pick my interest but still left me feeling like
something is missing. Let’s see how episode two fairs next week.
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