2013-01-14, 09:27 | Link #861 | |
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No. Maoyuu's story is both plot-driven and character-driven (even though they don't have actual names).
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2013-01-14, 10:45 | Link #864 |
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Join Date: May 2011
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Images Tries to be lovely dovely, but something gets between them... Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?
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2013-01-14, 12:35 | Link #866 | |
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2013-01-14, 17:19 | Link #867 | |
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2013-01-14, 19:07 | Link #869 |
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You're misinterpreting the scene. He's so fast and so powerful that in between cuts he teleported out, killed a boar, dragged it back, and then teleported back onto the log, all without breaking a sweat. He's that good.
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2013-01-14, 20:35 | Link #871 |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Spice and Wolf vs Maou
Let the inevitable Spice and Wolf comparisons begin, since I'm sure it was an influence on the author. S&W was a bit slow, but at least the economics talking points were less simplistic. The world left out cheap "dungeon crawling" fantasy tropes, and used the time to develop the ever-present church, and guild dynamics. In other words, rather than just playing with our expectations, S&W ran an original direction. The male lead also had a rational mind, and if you read the book Holo wasn't just sexy (she was loli too), I mean, Holo had a distinct personality with multiple sides. She'd browbeat the protagonist, then turn dere. She'd act like a lazy spoiled princess, and then reveal she was scheming all along. Around other people she acts like an innocent nun. Holo has more meat than Maō. Why are people still watching this show? Go read Spice and Wolf!
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2013-01-14, 20:43 | Link #872 | |
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This will suffice in the meantime though your points are valid about it not quite hitting the same marks on the graph.
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2013-01-14, 21:08 | Link #873 | |
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MaoYuu is not about teaching economics, but to BUILD economics. The characters are not trying to make money, but trying to redesign an entire society. They are changing the very world they are in. It's like the difference between being a trader of stocks (S&W), and being the person who created the stock market (MaoYuu).
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2013-01-14, 21:41 | Link #874 |
Black Steel Knight
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You know, your comment is like saying Apples are better than Oranges . They’re both sweet but have their own merits. It's all up to taste. One is not necessarily better than the other, and it's certainly not the case of "either..or". Humans have this capability to love two different things at the same time, you know. For example, I'm a fan of both S&W and Maoyuu .
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2013-01-14, 22:27 | Link #875 |
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Leave aside the different ways both shows tackle the economy aspects, your assessment between Holo and Maou is unwarranted since you don't even know Maou. At the first two episodes Holo is not exactly deep either.
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2013-01-14, 22:41 | Link #877 | |
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Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life. ... eh ... close enough. |
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2013-01-14, 22:56 | Link #878 | |
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Truthfully we don't have a good idea how much of a schemer Maou is as so far all the people she has interacted with are either a people she has no need to scam (her servants and hero) or she is trying to teach that many of the current beliefs are wrong.
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2013-01-14, 23:43 | Link #879 | |
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