Kakyo is a Dream Seer.
His recent dreams foretell a future in ruins, the result of an epic
battle between the Dragons of Heaven and the Dragons of Earth. As fourteen souls engage in battle,
heartbreak surrounds all and Kakyo can only watch as it all unfolds. But then he meets two young women: Hokuto,
the Dream Seer head of the Sumeragi clan, whose brother is a Dragon of Earth;
and Kotori, a girl tied to the destiny of two young men doomed to battle to the
death. Through both, Kakyo breaks
through his despair and begins to wonder if the future is truly set.
When I was reviewing X back in November, I hadn’t
actually intended to review this bonus episode.
In retrospect, I was right not to.
But for total series completion sake, I decided to write up a short
review after quick rewatch. Basically,
if you want to watch an extended trailer of the X series, that’s all this OVA
is, nothing more, nothing less. The
chance to capitalize on expanding the character of Kakyo, who got a good
introduction before being relegated to the far background, is wasted in favor
of another clip show of main events and characters from the X series in montage
form. Even Kakyo’s portions are scenes
we’ve seen before in the show. We see
him talk with Hokuto and Kotori briefly and…yeah nothing new is seen. The only smidgen of new footage (I think) we
see are Kakyo trying to reach Hokuto before she is killed by Seishiro. But that’s maybe a minute of screentime,
maybe a tiny bit more. And really,
that’s such a shame. Kakyo was always an
interesting addition to X, especially since he was a Dragon of Earth who
couldn’t really fight in battle. But he
was pushed to the side and pretty much forgotten when Fuma became Darth Fuma
and began to act like he was the next M. Bison.
An Omen doesn’t fix any of X’s problems nor does it expand anything of
relevant importance. It’s just a trailer
with Kakyo commentary. You’ve been
warned now: don’t check it out. You’re
not missing anything. What a waste of
time. Just go right to the series and
enjoy.
X: An Omen joins Dragon Ball Z: Bio Brolly in the tiny
club of Anime Corner features to receive an historic (but still sad)…
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