Dusk Maiden of Amnesia Review: EPISODE ONE

Woooot! On to the episode reviews!

EPISODE ONE:

Alright, the viewer right away starts out with Okonogi in the ' Paranormal Investigation Club ' which is nothing more than the old school building's basement that Yuuko transformed. Anyway, Okonogi is writing in her small journal. She carries this around to jot down notes about the rumors and ghost stories that shes so interested about. She ends up breaking her pencil tip and hitting the cat charm she has. As shes going through her bag to get a sharpener, the chat charm starts moving

Then pretty much, Okonogi is talking to herself and writing notes, and everytime she looks away, something else moves. The keychain goes in her face but she doesn't see it, and then her tea cup floats, yet she doesn't see it. Along with her note papers

Finally, she tries to grab her tea and sees that it has been moved and then NOW realizes that theres a ghost in the room, and that's when Teiichi comes in. Okonogi starts telling him that there is a ghost in the room and it seems from the look on his face that he already knows. Teiichi tried to calm Okonogi down, but something is interrupting. Some incidents you see and hear Teiichi talking to someone other than Okonogi, but Okonogi thinks he is doing some kind of ritual. You also see random things happening to him. Like this

Haha. Annnnd thats when Kirie walks in. They all start talking and you hear Kirie talking to 'herself' just like Teiichi did, so Okonogi gets a bit confused on this. So the entire time, Teiichi and Kirie are going back and forth 'talking to themselves' and Okonogi is just taking the hit, haha. So then they start their investigation! About the elevator. Some rumor saying that the elevator moves on its on, even though it hasn't been used by the school anymore, and that if 'it' catches you, you will be sent to the underworld. So what happens? Teiichi gets shoved in it. You see a bit of Yuuko kicking Teiichi, which I thought was pretty cool.

Haha. this made me laugh so hard. Typical. So Okonogi and Kirie go to the floor the elevator stopped at to grab Teiichi. So then, the episode goes back to the beginning, showing what actually happened. Turns out Yuuko is the reason why everything was happening. Haha. It was fun to see the episode twice in 2 different standpoints. 

So pretty much, the whole episode replays again with Yuuko in the picture. Its kinda funny. She does these certain things because she likes Teiichi and wants to be with him, no one else. Theres a part where Teiichi takes out his phone to talk to the club president, which happens to be Yuuko. Its pretty funny. He needed to talk to the president so Okonogi would calm down a bit, so to make it look like hes not talking to himself, he uses the phone as a filler.

So they go on their investigation. You know what I noticed. Teiichi blushes EVERYTIME someone grabs his arm, well mostly girls. Okonogi gets scared because the elevator starts moving, so she grabs on Teiichi and he starts blushing. lolol pervert. So then, Teiichi gets pushed into the elevator and then you really find out what happened in there. This is probably one of the most famous scenes of this anime. 

Yuuko goes on how Teiichi is the only one that can see her, the only one that can touch her and understand her. And Teiichi asks about loneliness and Yuuko replies with she doesn't know what that is, since she has no memories of her past or any grudges, so she can't understand loneliness. Its kinda small in there so Yuuko starts moving and Teiichi blushes and yells at her to stop since they are very close. In the end, Yuuko convinces Teiichi to touch her breasts and that when the door opens, only for Kirie and Okonogi to see. Well Okonogi is the only one that can't see Yuuko.

So the group is finally together again, and Okonogi goes off talking about Yuuko and her grave, so they go to the grave themselves. Its located at the tip of the mountain behind the school, according to Okonogi. Yuuko is hesitation at first, since she really doesn't want to see it, nor doesn't remember about it, but they go on anyway. They find the grave and Teiichi explains to Okonogi that Yuukos body isn't likey to be there. Its in the basement but he doesn't mention that. Okonogi goes off saying that the person that made this grave must have loved Yuuko dearly and Yuuko gets upset by this, her eyes widen and then she kicks over the grave, leading Okonogi going nuts

She calms down a bit and Yuuko asks Teiichi to walk with her. They walk up to the tip and see the school. She explains that she was there before, but she can't really remember details. She kinda feels it. They go back to the grave, Teiichi wanting to pick it back up, and he finds a strange bell right where the stone was. 

In the end, Teiichi saids that the first ghost story in the school is about Yuuko. and that Yuuko is the one that has been possessing him. And thats how it started.

Well hopefully this helped you guys a bit! I was trying not to spoil anything and keeping it simple, but it was really hard to figure out what to say to match my screenshots. I think I added too many pictures and not enough detail..haha.

Up next: Episode 2!

-Kuri