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This is one amazing film that unfortunately will simply be passed off as a shock/slasher flick by some people. The truth is, there are some philosophical commentaries in the film. About the failure of the education system, the generation gaps between the younger people and the adults, human's mentality of survival of the fittest. The film also shows what happens when paranoia and suspicion wins over logic and common sense and when selfishness takes over basic human compassion.

I really like the fact that this film, unlike many other film that are created these days, made me think about life, about the friends that I have, as well as about humanity in general. These days, most films are all about big action scenes with little to no meaningful story behind it. Battle Royale, OTOH, use the action scenes to actually support the story it wants to tell. The violence in this film is used to illustrate the madness and destructive nature that humans can unleash upon one another if they let paranoia and fear of others overwhelm them.

Those of you who haven't seen this film before better off not reading too many of other people's opinion of the film. Go watch the movie, think about it, and see what you get out of it. Don't let the hype or the cynicism over this film influence your judgment prior to seeing this film.

This is one of the best storytelling I've seen in any popular entertainment be it movies or television series. What originally look like a Ranma 1/2 clone turns out to be something of a character study where every single character shows painfully real emotions and feelings.

The show started out with the main character, Tohru Honda, stumbled onto the Sohma's family house after she had set up her tent in the surrounding forest area that is owned by the Sohma. Tohru later on is offered by Shigure, the owner of the house to stay with him as well as two other Sohma members, Yuki and Kyo in exchange of doing household chores.

After only one day, however, Tohru finds out that the Sohma is not your usual family. They hide a secret that no person outside the family has ever found out until Tohru accidentally uncovers it.

At first "X" may look like about the fight between two opposing force, the Dragon of Heaven (Ten no Ryu) and the Dragon of Earth (Chi no Ryu) to prevent or cause the destruction of mankind. However, upon close inspection, it's actually more about the fate of those individuals who are unwillingly chosen by 'fate' to represent each side of the opposing forces.

The series is dark and depressing but all in all presents excellent character development and plot that stands above and beyond the movie version of the same name. A knowledge of "Tokyo Babylon" prior to watching this is helpful in understand some of the characters in here but is not extremely necessary.