Anyhoo, one with the general
plotline. Shiro Kamui returns to Tokyo after six years of absence,
signaling to the Dream Watchers (Hinoto and her younger sister, Kanoe)
that the battle between the Seven Dragons of Heaven (DOH)and Earth
(DOE)will begin. His mother had died in some sort of freak accident,
and she reveals to him that he must return back to Tokyo to see his
future and protect the ones that he loves, his childhood sweetheart,
Monou Kinoto and her older brother Fuuma. Kamui has two meanings to
his name: 1) one who hunts the majesty of God and 2) one who represents
the majesty of God [got this info from Rabi's
X Page], so Kamui has to choose whether to join the Dragons of
Heaven or the Dragons of Earth, but he actually doesn't really care
about the future of the world. All he cares about is that he can protect
Kotori and Fuuma with all the power he has.
However, that's not the case
with the seven Dragons of Heaven and the seven Dragons of Earth. Their
battle begins, starting off with the most powerful (Sumeragi Subaru
of the DOH and Sakurazuka Seishirou of the DOE). Both die in battle
and the first of the seals of Tokyo falls. Kamui sees this battle,
but he pays nothing to it as he makes his way to where Kotori and
Fuuma live. The childhood reunion between the three is interrupted
by the confrontation of two of the DOE (Nataku and Shougo Asagi) and
the remaining six of the DOH. Kotori is kidnapped by Kanoe in order
to lure Kamui to join the DOE, but she didn't know that Fuuma came
after her. She sees Fuuma's "future" and begins to lure
him in to become the leader of the DOE. Why? Highlight below
if you like spoilers:
Fuuma is destined
to be Kamui's other half. Whichever side that Kamui chooses to be
on, Fuuma automatically joins the opposite side. They are destined
to face off. Knowing this, after a while, Fuuma just goes insane and
kills everybody on the DOE, with his only goal of killing the DOH.
He has no memory of who or what he was once he goes insane, only that
he is Kamui's other half, and this tears Kamui to pieces because he
doesn't want to fight against his best friend. In his insanity, Fuuma
kills Kotori in order to get the sword that she possesses inside her
womb (this is how Kamui's mom died because she gave her sword to Kamui
in her freak accident). Kamui and Fuuma face off when it's only them
left and Kamui is forced to fight him or else let the world fall into
the hands of destruction. Poor, poor Kamui-chan ^^.
Anyhoo, with that pushed aside
(ah, I can't help it, I like spoilers, okay?), the seven DOH are supposed
to protect the Earth from destruction while the DOE want to destroy
it. The DOH create these barriers in which they seal off the entire
world from the battle going on and sending any damage into a different
world. However, if the caster dies, then the barrier goes along with
it as well and *kaboom* goes the destruction.
The seven Dragons of Heaven consist
of (not in any order, mind you):
Sumeragi Subaru - 13th head of
the Sumeragi clan and top sorcerer in Japan; he has had a dark past
with fellow DOE, Sakurazuka Seishirou
Aoki Seiichirou - editor of a
major magazine in Japan, loving father and husband who is able to
control the wind very effectively; he and Kasumi Karen are usually
seen together, but their relationship is strictly proffesional ^^.
Kasumi Karen - a prostitute who
only finds animosity in the brothels because of her ability to control
fire (the "fire master" if you want to call her that) scared
people; you can tell that she's a prostitute from the way she dresses
^^
Arisugawa Sorata - a really cocky,
cool guy (monk? looks like it ^^) from Osaka (of course, you gotta
have someone from Osaka!) whose specialty is lightning; he has this
thing Kishuu Arashi because he vowed himself to die in front of a
beautiful woman ^^
Kishuu Arashi - a beautiful young
woman who possesses the ability to take out a sword from her arm and
use it very effectively; she's usually stoic and calm
Nekoi Yuzuriha - the youngest
of the Dragons of Heaven, so the others are pretty much protective
of her when it comes to battle though she doesn't like being left
out; she has this dog named Inuki who helps her, and it can only be
seen by others who have supernatural abilities like the DOH and the
DOE
And of course, their leader is
the ever reluctant Kamui.
The seven Dragons of Earth consist
of (again, not in any particular order):
Asagi Shougo - a little-known,
cocky, young man who is the "water master", rivaling Karen's
power; he's only in the movie from what I know, so dun expect him
to be in the manga or anything
Sakurazuka Seishirou - one of
the most powerful sorcerers, rivaling with Subaru; he's had a dark
past with Subaru
Yatouji Satsuki - a computer
hacker genius who melds with her computer, "Beast" literally;
sometimes, though, Beast is a little bit too jealous when Satsuki's
attention is elsewhere besides it
Nataku - Nataku is basically
created; looks like a guy, but Nataku's true self is from a young
girl who died early and was wished to be recreated; he (since I still
say that Nataku's a "he" when he really isn't) is the most
ruthless of the DOE, containing no emotions whatsoever; wields a white
cloth as a weapon ^^
Kigai Yuuto - one of the first
DOE that Kanoe gathered, a civil servant; wields a whip-like weapon
that he can telepathically control
Shiyuu Kusanagi - another rarely
known DOE who runs into Yuzuriha at the subway station in the movie
and sees Inuki; very very powerful in brawns ^^
And their leader: Fuuma
The Dreamgazers (or dreamwatchers)
are Hinoto (DOH) and her younger sister, Kanoe. The only reason why
Kanoe decided to gather the DOE was because she wanted her older sister's
freedom, who is blind, mute, deaf, and still looks like a child. The
entire movie ends with a climatic ending which I won't tell cuz you
have to see it ^^.
Anyhoo, I really liked this movie.
It seemed a bit rushed though, because you really can't put an entire
series into 100 minutes of film without taking out some parts. So,
that is why I'm going to get the manga and then get the TV series
on DVD ^^. The animation was really cool as well as all the emotion
that you can feel coming into you as you watch it. Once you feel like
that the plot's going to die down, another conflict ensues. And in
the end, you either have tears in your eyes or shout at the TV screen
saying "that's all?!?". Despite the movie being very confusing
at first (well, don't blame me, I've never seen the TV series before
this ^^;;;), a person new to X will understand what's going
on just fine ^^. It still felt a bit rushed, though. That's the only
thing that bugged me, but I can't really blame the staff ^^.
