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Originally Posted by MUAHAHAHAHAHA
I was surprised that the 2 stories are not full of drama and angst ( I have this mentality that a forbidden love set in the ancient times never ends well). It's actually quite light-hearted, not too heavy....
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Read some
Tale of Genji. The Heian period was not like other "ancient times." Liaisons were fairly common, it appears.
Actually, I could do with some more drama here, myself. But I believe the manga treats everything in a light and rather arch way.
The animation didn't bother me. I admired the way they could produce something lovely on the cheap. The unmoving patterns on clothing I got used to in
Gankutsuou. The way they drew Narihira's body was good.
Anther problem I have is that so far, I haven't encountered a character I really liked. Narihira's self-satisfied smirk puts me off. I even found the wonderful Hayami Saori's voice somewhat harsh here as his lover. Yukihira was a bit of a nonentity, and his wife had a fake expression. I wonder if her story will continue.... She's played by Kobayashi Sanae, however, which is a good thing. And Narihira is played by Suwabe Junichi, which is a wonderful thing.
But I am happy to have a show set in Heian times. Unfortunately, maybe we are getting a bit of the true shallowness of that age, which great literature like the
Genji helps me gloss over.