Week 5 Listening

 

Anime: Kekkai Sensen | Blood Blockade Battlefront

I'm doing my listening this week on the anime Kekkai Sensen. It revolves around a young photographer named Leonardo Watch, who obtains 'the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods' at the cost of his sister's eyesight. After the incident, Leonardo moves to the city of Hellsalem's Lot, formerly New York City, to join an organization known as Libra to fight several monsters as well as terrorists. Libra consists of these superagents who have a blood art style with special abilities that help them fight these villlians. I really liked this anime. I had started this anime during the pandemic but forgot to get back to it. This anime is so awesome. The main protagonist isn't your typically strong and determined fighter. He's kind of weak and not that courageous at the beginning but uses the eyes he received to help Libra and eventually shows bravery in his own way. I really liked the different characters and their blood art fighting styles, very different than other anime powers and fighting styles. My favorite character is Klaus von Reinhertz. He's the leader of Libra and he's super strong, reliable, and kind. Not to mention, Libra, the organization, is also my zodiac sign! It’s officially Libra season y’all! 

I was actually able to understand a lot of words and phrases in this anime! The protagonist often writes letters to his little sister and he uses a lot of polite speech. I was able to note when he was referring to today, yesterday, and his use of particles in sentences. Also, the anime often cuts off screen to show the definition of a word in Japanese and that helped me learn new words and become familiar with Katakana more.