I agree. They killed way too many off. Only Chirichi and Tasuki besides Tamahome? Come on! As soon as Nuriko died I knew it was down hill from there. It was beyond tacky when they came back as ghosts.
What really annoyed me was during the last battle and suddenly you're slammed into a weird purgatory esque/dream sequence where there's a wedding and everyone is in the real world. I wanted to scream, "Get back to the battle!"
Kris, the series as a whole was pretty overdramatic. I liked the flashes of humor in it and some of the action is great. The ending was sort of satisfactory for me, but not entirely. I heard there's a sequel but I don't think I'm going to watch it.
I'm going to start on the ones you recommended, I promise! I just need to remeraber when I'm at home. Feel free to poke me. :lol: