Wolf's Rain - Blood and Flowers (Vol. 2)
As this intriguing supernatural adventure progresses, the story twists and turns back on itself. Cheza, the girl linked to the Lunar Flowers, escapes from the fallen Noble Darcia, who took her back from Lord Orkham's scientist- kidnappers. She's drawn to the shape-shifting quartet of Tsume, Toboe, Hige, and Kiba, and her presence strengthens their tentative bonds. Scientist Cher and squadrons of Orkham's soldiers pursue Cheza, which brings them into conflict with the wolf-boys, Darcia and Quent the wolf-hater. But the filmmakers present as many mysteries as they resolve: in the Forest of Death that surrounds the Darcia family tombs, they're guided by a phantom owl, and "Rakuen," the prophesied paradise Kiba seeks, remains as tantalizing as ever. Although  it's still burdened with a surfeit of characters and subplots,Wolf's Rainis clearly improving as it progresses. (Rated 13 and older: violence, alcohol and tobacco use)--Charles Solomon