Phaeton (hphaeton) wrote in shounenonmyouji, @ 2008-08-04 21:42:00 |
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Some Thoughts on Guren/Touda
cross-posted to my fandom journal
I finished watching Shounen Onmyouji and I'm even more intrigued now than I was before. I just have to get my hands on the light novels!
As I said a few postings before, the differences and similarities to Yami no Matsuei in how the ShinShou are portrayed are very interesting. Especially considering Guren/Touda.
Some things are the same in both series. Guren/Touda is feared and/or hated by almost everyone. At some point he is put under a mind control spell and wrecks a lot of havoc while under it. That happens at least twice, both in Shounen Onmyouji and Yami no Matsuei
In both series Guren/Touda wears some kind of controlling device that suppresses/restricts his true powers. In Yami no Matsuei it's the black visor, in Shounen Onmyouji a golden band around Guren/Touda's head.