Why yes, I ( surprisingly ) am still alive! I am still headphone-less which means I’m going to be scarcer than I already am, but I still get to watch stuff when I’m alone! Which I am taking advantage of now–!

Anyways, starting a new series, known as Gin-iro no Olynssis. I admit, it’s not the best anime ever ( I honestly tried watching it before and stopped at the second episode ), but I’m attempting again because my favorite seiyuu ever, Miyu Irino, is the lead male so yeah. ToT//

As for a summary–It is the year 3567 and an Olynssis barrier that disrupts space and time covers all of Earth. The planet is also being overrun by organic machines called Gardeners, which seek to exterminate all humans on the planet. Tokito Aizawa is part of a group of hunters who destroys Gardeners and sells the scraps. Although, after encountering a girl named Tea, who calls him ‘Koichi’, and her machine, Silver, his life becomes more complicated. Thank you Wiki. :B If you want to watch it, you can find the whole series at Crunchyroll.

We start off with a ~*mysterious female voice*~ saying “Koichi…”, accompanied by a sort-of trippy background and water drops as background noise. This quickly goes to a purple-haired girl standing on a cliff, with auroras lighting up the sky behind her. She touches this weird looking pendant around her neck, then starts emo’ing over this “Koichi.” Oh-so-convenient subtitles tells us she’s at “Longitude North 43′41, Latitude West 79′20, Western Meteo Town” on “October 3rd, 3567 AD.” Yeaaaah woo woo future yay.

OP get! It depicts our cast of characters… most of whose names I’ve forgotten since the last time I watched this. :D; OH WELL, we’ll get introduced to them later anyways. ( P.S., if you’re wondering why the style looks so familiar, the characters were designed by the person who did the character designs for Gundam SEED. )

Cue funky techno music and what appears to be a warzone/wasteland. A lone doll is lying on the ground next to a destroyed vehicle of some sort–it’s quickly picked up by a man, who appears to know who/what’s responsible for this. Cut to two green robot-things ridin’ dirty and…communicating somehow. They have a big purple friend, too! ( I’d make jokes about its appearance but I’d rather not waste your time. ) Two more robots come rolling through, and pass through some infrared sensor; Jin, the man from earlier, is informed by someone else that the robots have tripped the sensor. Jin gets ready to roll in his own machine with some sort of phallic cannon attacked to the back; apparently these things have ranks, and the ones we saw a little earlier are composed of one A-rank and four B-ranks.

Scene cuts in half to reveal another man, the one who Jin was talking to. Another teammate, Yousuke, appears on the left, who tells Misuzu, another member of the squad, her position for battle. We find out that the bad robots are called Decepticons Gardeners, and that there are only three rather than the five Jin was told of. Misuzu then gets attacked from behind by the other two ninja Gardeners, who start CHARGIN THEIR LAZERS at her. Unnamed guy from earlier covers her, battle scene ensues! Yaaaay. Throughout the course of the battle, we’re introduced to two more people on the team: Bryan and Eileen. Anyways, tl;dr, the team kicks the Gardeners’ asses seven ways to Sunday.

But wait–they only beat four Gardeners! Where did the A-rank one go? Apparently these things like coming at Misuzu from behind, and she’s unprepared for the incoming Gardener, when suddenly, BAM MOTHERFUCKER! A truck…boat thing crashes into the Gardener, taking it down. Misuzu asks if Tokito and Eileen are alright; Tokito responds that they’ve stayin’ alive. ALSO THIS IS MIYU’S CHARACTER ALKS;DJFA09W3RIWJ;LKVJNAWE0R89ISG YAY–I mean. Er, Eileen tells Tokito he does a lot of retarded things ( sob Miyu y ur chars always special ), but they’re okay.

It’s revealed that the gang was called on by a town to protect them from Gardeners. It seems that they also get paid to do so, by selling the parts of the Gardeners they’ve destroyed, which apparently = big bucks. However, the town leader ( I think? ) refuses to pay for the “junk,” because lol they fucked up the parts too much, oops. OH WELL. Anyways, they go into the town to hang out and stuff, and to replenish their supplies before moving onto the next town in need of protection. After being all BANZAI REAL FOOD, it’s revealed that Tokito, our shonen retard, is stuck back at the trailer cleaning up the team’s mess bawwwww. The guys tell Misuzu to get something for Tokito, who’s all “gd it I’m not his babysitter. :|” But it seems that Tokito’s a valuable part of the team, as he’s very skilled with repairing and maintenance things, and Misuzu’s the one that seems to fuck up her machine the most, so she agrees to go make him feel better, “not that she wants to” awwwww.

She ends up getting a lot of good looking food, and we go back to the trailer where Tokito is busy checking to see if it’s doing okay. However, a…oil pipe? or something? breaks, and we hear a girl’s scream. Zoom out to reveal Misuzu blocking the oil with the bag of food she bought. Tokito’s like “o hay you’re back already? that was quick |DDD” at which point Misuzu gets really pissed off! :D SURPRISE FANSERVICE in the form of Misuzu taking a shower, and it appears she’s taken out her raeg on Tokito. \o\ He checks out the food, but SOB the whole thing smells like oil, do not want. Misuzu comes out then wearing an even skimpier outfit than before, and starts pulling Tokito. sob why are his characters always so whipped.

The two of them head back to town; Misuzu remarks how good town food tastes, and Tokito responds that one day, when they’re too old to fight, that the whole team would have to settle in one town or another; then, Misuzu could have all the town food she wants. HAHA Tokito gets turned on apparently by looking at her boobs; she was going to show him something she bought, but his mind goes elsewhere and he quickly makes an excuse to go into a shop to get some more food. Say it with me now, people, “uuuuuuuke.”

But ruh roh, looks like Tokito just took a step into a bar of some sorts? Here we’re introduced to Ninja McBoobs, who’s watching Tokito from a higher floor. She fucking flies down the gd stairs and out the door, but not before leaving behind something shiny. ( Heyyyy, doesn’t that look familiar? ) He picks it up and runs after her, but oops Misuzu’s still waiting outside lol. A mysterious purple-haired girl walks past her–…waiiiit, purple-haired girl? Now where have we seen her before? HMMMM.

Anyways, cut to Tokito searching for the woman, when SURPRISE she hides in the bushes and trips him right into some old guys playing cards. Sux2bu Tokito, sux2bu. She smiles and runs off while Tokito gets threatened by said old guys, asking what a hunter like him is doing in the town. Apparently this is how things work in this future–young people are to become vagrants and fight Gardeners until they’re too old to do so any longer, at which point they settle down in a town. One of the guys GOES IN FOR A PUNCH, but is literally overthrown by the purple-haired girl from earlier–and it looks like she didn’t even try.

In the meantime, Eileen and the guys are now chowing down at a restaurant. Jin and Bryan are eating… rather noisily with Eileen telling them to stfu, but Yousuke notices Misuzu wandering around outside.

WELL THAT DIDN’T LAST TOO LONG. Back to Tokito, the men have had their asses single-handedly handed to them by the girl. When she jumps up to avoid two of the men, Tokito notices that the pendant she’s wearing looks exactly like the one McBoobs dropped. He places the necklace in his pocket, with the girl tearing up when she sees him. She runs to him and hugs him, calling him “Koichi” and exclaiming that she missed him a lot. Tokito is now V.V. CONFUSED… and we cut to something glowing UNDA DA SEA. Yeah I don’t know either, but we’re finally at the commercial break. SOB I’M SORRY FOR RAMBLING SO MUCH XD;

Back at the town, it appears that people are on the lookout for more Gardeners. The guys have finished eating, and they and Eileen help Misuzu look for Tokito. She’s obviously worried about him, which she doesn’t show when she’s around him. Back to Tokito, the mysterious girl is taking him to a strange building at the broken-down amusement park–WHY ARE YOU GOING PLACES WITH STRANGERS? … But I digress. Anyways, there’s a huge lock on the door so oops. He starts asking her questions, but as soon as he looks away, the lock and chains glow and break. … Wait what? Tokito just goes “oh I guess it was old then huh good luck o_o” and follows her inside.

Laughing, the girl assumes that “Koichi” has been there before, and that he was scared the first time around too. Tokito tries telling her that he’s not this Koichi person she seems to think he is. She forces him onto what appears to be a water ride, and tells him that “this brings back memories.” She finally introduces herself as Tea ( in the version I downloaded she says Tia, but the official spelling is Tea ), and the ride seemingly activates itself. Tokito’s SCARED LIKE HELL, but Tea’s just laughing, saying it’s exactly like the last time they rode it.

On a less happy matter, the gang is getting worried–something beyond the town’s boundaries apparently tripped the sensors they just finished setting. Thinking it’s just an error, they switch to the radar–apparently OVER NINE THOUSAND 250 Gardeners have been picked up by the sensors, with five S-ranks ( the strongest Gardeners ) among them. Still concerned about Tokito, Misuzu takes off in an attempt to find him before the Gardeners strike; the others get ready for EPIC BATTORU.

Speaking of Tokito! Back to his situation, the death trip seems to be over; he and Tea are now in what appears to be some sort of greenhouse, with shoujo butterflies and flowers and stuff all around. Tokito asks Tea how she knew of this place, to which she responds “:|||| we’ve been here before, gd it Koichi!” Tokito once again goes “KOICHI JA NAI, TOKITO DA XO” in vain. However, being the uke he is, he just gives up and tells her that she can keep calling him Koichi if that makes her happy. “IYAAAAA~N, KOICHI *_* *CLINGU*” is her response. :(

ENOUGH SICKENINGLY CUTE ROMANCE-Y STUFF, we cut to Eileen telling the leader of the town guard about the approaching army. He doesn’t seem to believe her, so he asks one of the other town guard people to check. And he confirms! Ohhhhh shit.

… Sob back to Tokito and Tea now. It’s revealed that Tea doesn’t remember anything prior to six months ago, except Koichi, which Tokito is still \(o_O)/ over. He then asks her if she knows what an “Olynssis phenomenon” is–apparently, it’s when people are ripped from their current location in the space-time continuum and thrown into either the past or the future. He thinks this is what happened with Tea, but she suddenly goes all USODA on him, and starts breaking down at the thought of being sent through time.

Okay back to the Gardener invasion, needs more action please. It looks like these things are ready to rape, and Eileen is kicking the town guard into shape. Jin is already in position; he finds out not 250 Gardeners are coming at them, but more than 500. Tokito and Tea are back on the ride, when Tokito recognizes the siren signaling an upcoming Gardener attack. Tea suddenly stands up, looking kinda cool possessed, saying that she “needs to protect Koichi.” The slide they’re riding on is… oops, broken! So once they reach the end, they kind of go flying into the ocean–or at least Tokito and the raft do; Tea is nowhere to be found.

The townspeople are panicking, and Misuzu is still searching for Tokito. He reaches the bottom of the shallow water, but quickly regains consciousness and resurfaces. Once he does, he spots Tea standing, yes standing, on the water, glowing green. He runs towards her, but something forces him back; she starts walking farther on the water, then suddenly stops. Remember the green glowy thingy from before the commercial break? It starts floating up towards where Tea is standing, and suddenly water shoots up and envelops Tea. HYDRO CANNON GET–er. Epic music ensues, and something seems to be rising up out of the funnel–the camera zooms out and we catch Ninja McBoobs–whose real name is Serena, according to the credits–staring at the funnel from a distance; apparently, everything is going JUST AS PLANNED.

Tokito figures out that…gasp, something’s in there! CONGRAAAAAATULATIONSSSS! … And now we’re getting a view from space. lol wut? It seems like someone out there was expecting this to happen too, and he utters a single word, “Silver.” ( note: It’s Silber in my version’s subs, but Silver is the correct translation. ) OYASHIRO-SAMA A pair of eyes are seen from inside the funnel, and… we end on a cliffhanger. SOB.

IMPRESSION; Despite negative things I’ve heard from my friends concerning this series, I’ve always kind of liked it–but it’s got that unfortunate factor that just makes it kind of… boring to watch. Not to mention the fact that Tea, who’s the main lead female, gets annoying really quick, and she’s kind of really a canon Mary Sue. I always thought Misuzu/Tokito was a lot cuter and had more backing it up, too. XO Oh well.

I’d honestly like it better if there was a little more fighting scenes with the Gardeners, or if the relationship between Tokito and Tea was expanded upon earlier–then again, it’s called a plot point, so. But yeah, there’s too much romance for it to be a good action series, and too much action for it to be a good romance series. :|

And ultimately, the only reason I really started watching this show was because I knew Miyu Irino provided the voice of the lead character, which is more than enough of a redemption factor to me because I’m a huge fag for him. *____*;; I’ll give this series another benefit of the doubt and try sitting through it one more time, for his sake.