オルトロスの犬
Ryuzaki Shinji (Takizawa Hideaki) who possesses a “God Hand”, the power to heal wounds and illnesses just by touching the patient, is in fact a dark introvert who does not reveal his true self to others. Aoi Ryosuke (Nishikado Ryo) who possesses the “Demon’s Hand”, the power to kill a person just by touching him, is as kind and pure as an angel. When the demon meets the God, a fatal battle begins.
Detective Hasebe Nagisa (Mizukawa Asami) gets caught by the criminals during a deep cover operation. Ryosuke, a man she does not even know comes to save her and she witnesses his “Demon’s Hand” in action. Thereafter she discovers by coincidence the existence of Shinji’s “God Hand” and brings the two together. Little did she know that this would cause great disorder to the world and even to her own life... (from TBS)
I really enjoyed watching this series. It has a little bit of Death Note with it because of the abilities the two main characters possess but it’s definitely more than that. It tackles moral values not just good and evil cause some actions are done with good intentions though the way it’s attained is harmful to others. It also shows how people react to things that majority of us don’t have or what is referred to as normal, like super natural abilities or even diseases.
The way the series is presented was good. The mixture of animation to show the past was a great idea. The actors were great they played the parts well, it was like it was made for them, they really look the part.
One thing that got me thinking is the title. I’m sorry I still don’t get it. I know Orthros is a Greek dog with two heads and was killed by Heraclitus. But why is this series called the dogs of Orthros, I even researched about Orthros but I couldn’t get any other information about Orthros other that what is said in the series.
No. of episodes: 9
Theme song: Hikari Hitotsu by Takizawa Hideaki
originally posted: October 21, 2009
