In his true form, Mokkun is actually a humanoid named Guren- one of twelve Shinshou (spirit summons) that serve Abe no Seimei. That being said, when it comes to the crunch, there’s no way Masahiro can go it alone- and that’s where Mokkun comes in. One might wonder why Abe no Seimei- the greatest onmyouji of the age- and his well trained peers don’t tackle the problem, but for the most part they seem content to leave it all to the youthful and barely trained Masahiro, just because he holds the title of main character. As those who followed my parodies will already know, the arcs are laughably generic and clichéd, featuring ugly boss monsters and their hapless underlings, arranged in order of difficulty to enable the hero to work his way through them and level up in the process. Over the course of twenty-six episodes, the series only manages to cover a mere two arcs- one about invading ‘foreign demons’ that wish to infect Japan with their foul European ways, and another about an ancient evil that has some connection to Abe no Seimei’s past. Its appeal stems from its perceived similarity to the likes of Tactics and Shrine of the Morning Mist, but the fact of the matter is that where those series are good fun, this one is just plain mediocre. Still, when he meets the ayakashi Mokkun, it sparks off a series of events that sees Masahiro start to grow up and take on new responsibilities as he attempts to defend the country from all manner of invading demons.Īlthough based on a series of light novels aimed at the shoujo market, Shounen Onmyouji is pretty much as you’d guess from the title- a series about a destined young man who must go from zero to hero over the course of twenty-six episodes. When you’re the grandson of the famous onmyouji Abe no Seimei, it can be hard to fulfil your family’s expectations, and for Abe no Masahiro, being reminded of that heritage is just as bad as having to live up to it.
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