Synonyms: The Form that Love Takes, Ai no Katachi, The Form that Sadness Takes, Kanashimi no Katachi, The Form that Friendship Takes, Yujo no Katach, Documents of the Shaman Fight
Throughout the broadcast of Shaman King, many shorts (usually referred to as Shaman King omake and TV specials) were made on special days of the year related to spirits and the like. The omake were short stories that were made for humorous effect. Apparently, all of the omake fit into the story before the Shaman Fight 2nd round. Documents of the Shaman Fight was shown with a New Year's omake as well. The TV Specials were aired after specific points of the story as well as on holidays. The specials were never dubbed in English, and, most likely, never will be.
“Shaman King”, a title with enough resonance that can throw me down the nostalgic rabbit hole instantly. For two major time gaps, the first, way back in my childhood, I remember playing GTA VC on our family computer, all the while glancing sideways to catch glimpses of this show that was airing at the time, bit by bit, making up the general story as I go; until I decided to rewatch the thing properly around 3 to 4 years ago, and now, this marks the time of finally sealing my experience with this show as I finish the only related piece of animation it has,...(these special episodes).
Featuring five varying in length episodes, composed of mostly recaps of the entire show, from different perspectives of the cast member, they retell the same things mostly, but some have other pieces that the rest is missing. It's one of those specials that I would have hated to sit through back when I had just finished watching the parent show, but 3 years later, I'm having a blast remembering every other twist that engulfed throughout the serialization of the show. I got to remember the characters I liked, the characters I hated, and the characters that I may have discarded as being doll and cheezy, but just realized how funny and likable they are. It's not a mandatory special bundle that one has to see in other to claim to have watched the entire series, but one that truly reminiscent with you, the further back you've finished watching the original series.
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