2010-01-23, 13:41 | Link #1122 | |
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So I suppose the Shônen Magazine cover is to celebrate Seishu's/Koh's victory, which I do had expected but not so soon. If that was true and given how "abruptly" Adachi has finished many of his mangas off, CG is likely to end with volume 17 Maybe it's just the 160 km/h pitch =D |
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2010-01-23, 20:01 | Link #1125 |
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The thing about Adachi's constant use of panties-flashing and peeping at girls in swimsuits and such is that they're essentially no more than jokes or non sequitur intros to chapters. He'll often tie them to characters (the protagonist yes, but also his comic relief characters and most often, himself) but it doesn't take a whole lot of paying attention to realize that they have absolutely no relation to the actions or motivations of the principal characters. Adachi's characters always have a sort of timeless or stately manner because they don't act like teenagers with raging unpredictable hormones, but adults with stoic and closely-held principles for their relationships.
Adachi may throw in a bit of skin here and there for tongue-in-cheek purposes but it never has any connection to the true tenets of his characters or stories. |
2010-01-25, 20:36 | Link #1130 | |
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2010-01-25, 21:18 | Link #1131 | |
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2010-01-25, 21:26 | Link #1132 | |
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2010-01-25, 22:03 | Link #1133 |
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To keep the discussion from flying to far afield, let's focus on Cross Game.
To start, drawing the region of a woman's sexual organs in a manner that is both explicitely sexual and remote from the rest of her attributes as a person - aka upskirt or panty shot - reduces the woman from an individual to a means toward male sexual gratification and thereby constitutes objectification. I was talking about the very panty shots Stpehen referred to. Adachi has sprinkled a handful of such panchira shots all over Cross Game, and you can tell from the way they are drawn that he gets a kick out of drawing them and throwing them in. These drawings provide some insight into Adachi's personal attitudes towards sex and women, no? Or do you disagree? BTW, I don't understand what you mean by "timeless and stoic air" in this context. There's nothing stoic about any of the main characters, except Azuma on occasion, and only briefly, and lust, which has possessed humans since creation, is pretty timeless also. |
2010-01-26, 00:23 | Link #1134 | |
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2010-01-26, 01:55 | Link #1135 |
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No matter what happens I will be rooting for Azuma in his future pursuits... one of the few times where a supporting character outshines the main character, at least in my mind. He is always straightforward and honest; his decision-making is really solid.
Perhaps he really is too good for Aoba and I can accept that. But as for Kou, I think he can do better and it would be a shame if he never realized that. |
2010-01-26, 05:57 | Link #1136 | |
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Let's try to stay on track. Female crotch shots: respectful, disrespectful, whatever, it doesn't matter. The relevant thing is that Adachi enjoys drawing them, looking at them, and obviously has no problem letting people know it. Not the slightest hint of disapproval. In other words, he is no prude. Knowing that about him, how should that shape your understanding of sexuality in his characters and the influence, if any, that human sexual urges have on their behavior and decisionmaking? |
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2010-01-26, 11:02 | Link #1138 | |
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2010-01-26, 11:48 | Link #1139 | ||
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I'd look for sexual desires to be manifested through sublimation. They are very definitely there. |
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2010-01-26, 11:54 | Link #1140 | |
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