I first saw some of this series on demand on the Anime network at my father’s house in Maryland and enjoyed it, so I when I saw the new box set on sale for very cheap I decided to check it out, and I must say I thouroughly enjoyed this series. I am a fan of the roaring 20′s anyway, and this is a very dark anime taking place in that time period. Sure it has a lot of fan service (with a nun nonetheless), and some comedy, it is still a very dark tale of a 16 year old girl who has made a pact with a devil, and whenever he uses his powers, she loses her life, even though they are doing good, and she is doing it to find her missing brother who has been taken by other devils. This is not a lighthearted anime, and should not be seen as such, but it is pretty enjoyable so it is worth checking out if you get a chance.

REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS…

This is the story of the cute and blond 16 year old Rosette ( Kawakami Tomoko / Haag Hilary) who has partnered with the demon Chrono (Ishida Akira / Greg Ayres), making a pact, where for him to use his demonic powers she must give up part of her life via a special watch she wears around her neck. The time is the 1920′s and Rosette is a novice in the Religious Magdelane order who battle demons. She has a firm sense of justice, and fights as hard as she can often causing more trouble and damage than the demons she is fighting. They are watched over by Father Remington (Hayami Show / Jason Douglas) who has a secret of his own, being much like an angel, and they are supervised by Sister Kate Valentine (Sakakibara Yoshiko / Laura Chapman).

In their misadventures they rescue the young Azmaria Henrick (Chiba Saeko / Jessica Boone) who turns out to be one of 7 ordained by god with special powers, and her voice has the power to heal, but she loses her power’s and ends up tagging along with Rosette and Chrono on their adventures. They also run intoa Crystal controller named Satella (Neya Michiko / Tiffany Grant) who is rich and ends up becoming friends with them, though she hates demons as she wants to take revenge for her dead family and older sister.

Rosette is searching for her Joshua (Minagawa Junko / Chris Patton) who has fallen under the spell of Aion (Andy McAvin) who Chrono rebelled with, but eventually broke free from over a woman whom Rosette is the spiritual decendent of, even getting the scars on her body from God like her, and having her life taken away by Chrono.

This becomes very dark as we learn that Rosette is the one Aion is after, and she is turned to his side, and loses her mind until Chrono saves her, but at the cost of most of her life, and the 2 disapear together to have a happy 6 months together before they both die, and the world turns into darkness, the prophecies coming true of the Second World War and eventually the Assisination attempt on the pope, and we see Father Remington in the 1980′s seeing Aion again as it seem she was not defeated for good.

A good series, starting out silly but ending quite dark. Well done with like-able characters.