Book of Bantorra Collection 1

If it weren't for Ali Project's theme...
This series might be a total waste. But before you flame about this, it is not a terrible series in every factor. Just, a jumbled mess of confusion half the time mixed with some decent characters and a sadistic female lead. Well, you think she is a lead. But mostly only because her character is the most prominent.

That is the one big issue with Bantorra is there is not exactly any protagonist in the series. It will jump around a bit following different characters. During this time, a lot of people get killed too. It is hard when watching it to really get to like any one character. If you do, they are either taken out of the story by events or just plain killed. This is not a cheery anime even though it has a few cheery characters. Get used to people dying, get used to some real nasty villains. If you watch it for that and pay no attention to figuring out the story, you'll find something here. The villains alone I would rate as one of Bantorra's high points...

A very unique and intricate story
The Story:
world where deceased people turn into stone-like books and are stored in the Bantorra Library, anyone who reads a book can learn its past. Bantorra Library is maintained by the Armed Librarians, who wield supernatural abilities, and their enemy is a psychotic cult known as Shindeki Church. As the story progresses it presents a world of sorrow and pain, and the unfairness and frugality of life, as well as personal desires. However, in each arc there is also a small underlying hope, and more of the reasons, conspiracies, and secrets are revealed behind everything. It is about a specific overall history in time of Bantorra Library and its people. Each character dies a sorrowful yet meaningful death, and each death will open paths to a small ray of hope in the world, which also reveals a part of a secret to the reader.

The show has one of the most original stories I have ever encountered. The music is pretty good, though I'm not going out to buy a soundtrack...

Book of Bantorra Collection 1
I just had to purchase this after reading previous customer reviews. Too much dissagreement amongst
the opinions to pass it up. I was not dissapointed. In fact after watching Collection 1 I had to get Collection
2. Which I'm still watching as of this writing. To address the negative comments frankly I don't agree. I
have to admit that I'm a student of screen writing for animation and film so non linear story telling is no
major concern for me. Now if you're someone who needs to be spoon fed a narrative to understand
what's going on then I can see where you'll be confused regardless. Also there is a war going on in this
story. For those not familiar with the concept people dissappear and people die. Nuff said. My advice
read all the reviews and then decide if this is for you. But if you're an Anime junky like me Bantorra
Collection 1 and 2 are must haves for any hard core fan.

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