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Kidnicky



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:04 pm Reply with quote
I just watched Karas-The Prophecy,and I loved the visuals,but could someone explain what the hell it was about? I get that the main monster guy and the spider nurse are bad and need to drink blood,and I guess Karas and his announcer/coach girl are good,but I don't understand any of the rest. Who are the two girls who watch but don't interfere? What's with the snail girl and the gun-toting guy? Or the girl(s) reporting on water goblins?
Basically I have NO IDEA wtf I just saw.
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Shenl742



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:09 pm Reply with quote
I suggest watching Karas: The Revelation as it continues/concludes the story and does answer several of your questions (except for the reporter girls...who really were just two reporter girls who went into the wrong restroom at the wrong time)
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:16 pm Reply with quote
It's been a while, but I can explain some of it.

The girls with the long, pale hair who just sit and watch (and do the counting) are, essentially, the spirits of their respective cities made manifest. Karas is, essentially, the champion of that spirit, and the chief bad guy, IIRC, is a former Karas who's gone bonkers and is now on a nihilistic bent. The girl involved in the water goblin incident - if I am correctly understanding who you're talking about - is just an ordinary working girl who is all too often in the wrong spot at the wrong time.
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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:47 pm Reply with quote
The "gun-toting guy", and I think this is something only revealed in the second "film" (Karas was originally a set of 6 OVA) spoiler[is one of Eko's former Mikura who turned against him]. Amefuriko, the snail youkai, took a liking to him for whatever reason and wants to help him.
Even after the second film there's a lot left unexplained/open for interpretation (or just plain confusing and hard to figure out).
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Kruszer



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:55 pm Reply with quote
Kidnicky wrote:
I just watched Karas-The Prophecy,and I loved the visuals,but could someone explain what the hell it was about? I get that the main monster guy and the spider nurse are bad and need to drink blood,and I guess Karas and his announcer/coach girl are good,but I don't understand any of the rest. Who are the two girls who watch but don't interfere? What's with the snail girl and the gun-toting guy? Or the girl(s) reporting on water goblins?
Basically I have NO IDEA wtf I just saw.


Well finishing it helps a lot. I suggest buying Karas: The Revalation, the second and final film which explains most if not all of that. If you've seen that then I suggest just watching it again. I don't remember them being that terribly complicated at all. Confused
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