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Another - Character Discussion - Sakakibara Kouichi
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2012-02-02, 22:47 | Link #4 |
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Kouichi plays the typical "outsider" role in a horror mystery. To me, he plays it quite well though I do wish he could be a little more assertive. If my classmates did what they did to Kouichi, I would probably corner some girl in the class after school and force her to tell me everything.
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2012-02-03, 03:43 | Link #5 |
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Let's not forget that there was a real 14 year-old boy named Sakakibara, who's quite infamous in Japan. It's not totally impossible that the name might be quite intentionally chosen.
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2012-02-15, 00:01 | Link #14 |
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Dengar, some people have pointed out that
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I find it eerie that Kouichi Sakakibara has so many similarities with the protagonist of Higurashi. Spoiler for Kouichi and Keiichi's BIG SPOILERS:
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2012-02-15, 13:07 | Link #17 | ||
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I think most around here aren't really used to Japanese horror and mystery stories, therefore everytime one comes along it seems very novel and innovative. While I don't want to put Another or Higurashi down (I like both of them in their own way) they aren't the only ones like that in this genre by far. The secluded village (inaka) has become as much a trope as the backwoods in American horror and of course an unknowing protagonist goes back to archetypes of Poe's gothic horror which laid groundworks for much that is done today. Drawing parallels between cotemporary works can be very enlightening, but I think that these two characters are only so vaguely similar on a trope level that we can't really say anything about possible inspiration ... even though of course I wouldn't rule it out, but normally (as seen even in the anime) Ayatsuji is very outspoken about his inspirations (King, Saul, Poe, old movies, etc.). Quote:
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2012-05-17, 02:10 | Link #20 | ||||
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Okay, let's do this right this time...
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