Zenki Review

This has taken a while but I have something to work with.

Ozunu Enno, the great Bodhisattva of Japan, fought to defeat the Demon Goddess Karuma along side the Guardian Spirit Zenki who defeated her.
Many generations later, Karuma returns, leaving a number of evil seeds across the land, these seeds in the shape of eyeballs feed on greed and desire and turns the unfortunate victims into monsters.
Chiaki the descendant of Ozunu must revive Zenki and defeat the returning evil, however Zenki is a lot smaller than remembered and alot more obnoxious, so Chiaki must learn to work together with Zenki as she is the only one who can awaken his true form. During the battle, a buddhist monk adorning shades looks for a way to recover his lost love.
It's monster of the week but much of the dynamics of the show including Chiaki's constant butting heads with Zenki gets old really fast and this being a 51 episode run can really be exhausting; it's not like it's incapable of mixing it up, Chiaki gradually gets better at her job, not all monster defeats have a happy ending, Souma Miki the sunglasses monk gives a good character performance and the supporting cast doesn't feel like it's relying too much on Zenki as they are just as capable.
Zenki himself is a great enough design but let down by his personality which drags out through the whole series.
The dub is pretty awful, Zenki especially is ten times of ear breaking which just makes the experience worst.
My last nitpick is the set pieces of Zenki's awakening and opening lines in almost every episode, the time wasted easily eats two full episodes of run time.
Final Verdict: It's a long Anime dragged down by it's set pieces that fails to evolve much over the course of the series, it's biggest sin being Zenki himself not being a good character.

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