2012-02-10, 03:07 | Link #743 |
Blooming on the mountain
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No problem. And I agree about the "family" together are very good scenes - I have a feeling that this will be an even greater "whole package" when you gather the eps and the specials all in a group and watch them through in a row, in their "official order", as it were. Iirc this is the last of the specials....
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2012-03-30, 16:42 | Link #744 |
Blooming on the mountain
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Okay - steamrolled the entire Usagi Drop series from beginning to end, including all the specials, and I must say that even after all these months the impression created is still as strong and of wonderfully high quality and content while being delightfully subdued. The specials really have their "place" in context of the overall narrative, and help this wonderful show to "shine" a little brighter.
Well worth a re-watch!
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2012-03-30, 17:24 | Link #745 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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2012-03-30, 19:04 | Link #747 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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I did just read the manga translation of volume 5 (Yen Press) .... I rather liked it, though I admit if I had not been braced for the time jump I would have been dumbfounded. The author really should have done something at the end of volume 4 to prepare the readers. But, since I was prepared - I thought the story was well-played.
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2012-05-05, 11:06 | Link #750 | |
Moving in circles
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I agree that, if I hadn't already known, the time skip would have surprised me tremendously. The story has changed in other ways too, in that Daikichi isn't the only "perspective" character any more. Even so, I like how everything is developing. Rin, as usual, is "old" beyond her years, encapsulating in a single page all my ambivalence towards relationships: Spoiler:
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2012-05-09, 16:33 | Link #751 |
Seishu's Ace
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Win a signed Usagi Drop script:
Amazingly, Ayu-chan's signature is as kawaii as her voice. And it's in Romaji!
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2012-05-12, 22:12 | Link #754 | |
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2012-07-01, 15:30 | Link #755 | ||
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Just bask in the pleasure of having seen the anime, and never, ever, try to read the manga any farther. Just trust me. |
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2012-07-01, 17:36 | Link #757 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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No, I don't trust you and in fact I'm vaguely aware of the ending. Unlike you, I don't expect an entire story to stay in "happy land". The first half of this story (in manga and anime) is indeed very endearing. The second half tells a distinctly different tale that is grounded in the notion that characters grow and evolve - that life isn't static and it explains why our heroine made specific choices early in her life. I've read quite a bit of asian literature and it rarely takes a Western-style fairy tale ending approach.
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2012-07-02, 12:15 | Link #758 | ||
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What makes you think that I consider the ending to be a disgrace because of some kind of "it's not a bland happy end !!!" reason ? Just so you could seize the pretext to act cool and superior ? Well, you've been warned. Do what you want, you will only have yourself to blame later (and if you actually like it... well, you will only have yourself to blame even more). |
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2012-07-02, 12:38 | Link #759 | |
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So, you may have liked the ending but I'm not supposed to read on for my own good? You didn't like the ending and I'm not supposed to form my own judgement? I'm "cool and superior" because I don't trust your judgement since you provide no basis for me to trust your judgement? ... and please stop confusing your opinion as "fact" You have an opinion about the story, that's fine, there's a wide range of opinions on Usagi Drop.
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2012-07-02, 13:44 | Link #760 | ||
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If I don't give any information about why I hate it, I don't really see how you can conclude that I dislike it "because X". You're the one making no sense : "Don't read it, it's crap !" "Hey, unlike you I'm able to enjoy works that aren't childish fantasy land ! I am mature enough to appreciate them and hence don't need some predictable happy ending !" "Err... Where did I say that I considered it crap because of supposed lack of happy ending ?" "Oh well, it was the only logical deduction !" Though if that is your idea of logic, maybe you'll actually like the ending, after all. Anyway, I'm giving you the advice of not reading the ending because there is a very strong chance that it will ruins the whole story for you. Now if you are so eager to just jump on any occasion to transform it into some kind of chest-banging contest, I'll just shrug and give up. My intent was simply to attempt to shield people from extreme disappointment, not to one-up anyone. Quote:
Everything can be rationalized away if someone is intent enough to do it. Some pointless details can be blown out of proportion to be claimed as "evidence" while much more numerous and strongly-standing pillars of the story can be ignored, if someone wants it. But the last part of the Usagi Drop manga is just so full of contradiction with the premisses, and in such complete disconnect with the whole rest of the work, that I don't really see how to call it anything other than "fact", save for the persons that will try to dissect it to find reasons to fuel some kind of rationalization as said above. |
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