2006-01-15, 18:01
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 41
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Originally Posted by AvatarST
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I think I'd have had no pre-fabricated expectations on this and enjoyed the show for what it was if it wasn't for the fact that this is, after all, a sequel. On DC first season, I already knew that Nemu and Jyunichi were going to end up together since the very beginning, but the whole story was new to me, so even if IMO the writing wasn't as good as in this season, and they could've done a lot more with the time they had, it was just more fun. This season, however, I really wanted to see something more than another JyunichixNemu love story, and DCSS failed to fulfill my expectations in regard to that. That's why I say that I didn't enjoy this as much as I could have more because of what the story was about rather than how it was done. It doesn't help that I've played the games either, and since the first season was already all about JyunichixNemu, I thought we'd see more of everyone else now, especially because this was also a new story and not a conversion from any of the games (though it was related to the manga which I haven't read, but new to me anyway because of that reason). Ah well...
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Yeah, well, I guess that's really what it comes down to in the end - you didn't want to see more Nemu x Junichi, and I guess I didn't mind it. When I think about it, it's certainly not that I would have minded an entirely Kotori-driven story either, but I didn't want it so badly that it became an expectation. There are many different kinds of "sequels", I guess, but this was more like a continuation. Really, S.S. episode 1 could have easily been called "episode 27", and so on. Would it have been as bad if they hadn't waited two years to show it? Who knows... (Incidentally, it occurred to me now that that's probably the most obvious reason for the two year gap - because it's been two years since the first season aired...)
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Originally Posted by AvatarST
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Well, I guess that's true. I don't remember if it was before or after the forum reset, but I remember us discussing once about how they expressly made "liking Nemu" not the point. I think this was to make Aisia's argument come out more strongly and really build the jealousy that fueled her wish to the tree. It probably also made you sympathize with Kotori more, since Kotori's a more "likable person", all around, than Nemu is. But yeah, that's part of the point, I think. It didn't matter whether Nemu was the best choice anymore or not - their already-established love survived the test of time apart, and that was that. Sort of cruel, really, but yeah... that's the point too. Not really a "happy end" for everyone else, except in the sense that they can now fully move on. Life's like that.
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