Posted by Saddletank on 12.14.2013, 03:19 PM: Orphic, thanks again for the Aku no Hana recommendation. As you say its so addictive, I can't put it down. So funny too. I laughed out loud at the expression on Nakamura's face at the top of this page. Such pure twisted evil!
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 12.14.2013, 07:44 PM: I was entirely unaware of the anime adaptation until after I had finished the manga, but now I do want to check it out. I think a lot of fans of the comic are overreacting. Have they never seen a rotoscoped film before? Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, etc.? It doesn't look like traditional animation, it's a more realistic style. I guess I'd rather see an adaptation that puts its own unique twist on the story, not just the manga with some added movement and color.
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.14.2013, 09:51 PM: Anime fans are a conservative lot. Look how controversial Eva is. You add a dark twist of psychological drama to a mecha anime and give it an existential ending and people daub excrement on your office door.
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Posted by arren18 on 12.14.2013, 10:49 PM: From the bits and pieces I've seen of the Aku no Hana anime style, "realistic" isn't quite how I'd put it. It has the effect of being realistic up to a point, but with a rather creepy result because it isn't quite realistic enough. Based on what I've heard about the tone of the story though, it seems like that style is suitable. I'll definitely get round to checking out one of the versions at some point.
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 12.14.2013, 11:09 PM: Yeah, it seems like they might have intentionally been going for an Uncanny Valley effect to enhance the creepiness. I think the mangaka said in an interview that he originally wanted it adapted as a live-action drama rather than an anime, because he thought real actors suited the story better, but when he saw the rotoscoping technique he decided it fit the tone. In the manga, he achieves a similar unsettling effect basically by making the kids really cute, so their actions are more disturbing in contrast.
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.15.2013, 12:22 PM: Wow. Aku no Hana is really messed up. Its pretty creepy. Its another of those useless male leads though, completely pathetic yet the prettiest girl in the class likes him, for no reason at all. That does annoy me.
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 12.15.2013, 06:01 PM: How far along are you? I don't want to spoil anything.
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.15.2013, 06:15 PM: I'm just starting Ch.24.
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 12.15.2013, 06:35 PM: Oh god.
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.15.2013, 10:24 PM: I'm up to Ch.38 now and I am not sure where your "aww" moments were! For me this is really dark and creepy, unpleasantly so. I want to stop reading it because it makes me so uncomfortable but I can't!
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 12.16.2013, 12:18 AM: Hey, you've still got fourteen chapters to go! That's plenty of time for some "awww" moments. I'm pretty sure all of mine came somewhere in the next volume.
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.17.2013, 02:28 AM: The whole suicide pact thing really hurt for me. Been there a long time ago when I was young - not much older than the kids depicted in the book and... well it wasn't pleasant reading those things. I also have a pretty extreme fear of fire... so yeah.
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 12.17.2013, 05:44 PM: Yeesh, I can definitely see how reading that could have been traumatic. I probably should have given more of disclaimer when I recommended the series to everyone.
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.17.2013, 08:02 PM: LOL, not at all! I value your opinions on manga and anime very highly. I probably saw the suicide theme approching very early on as soon as the characters began referencing "the other side", death being the ultimate other side a person can travel to. I think I was on edge and on my guard from then on but it spiralled out of control in such a well-written way I couldn't stop!
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.19.2013, 05:58 PM: Oh wow. Chapter 45. OMG. So... well... powerful. Right from the start of the Tokiwa arc I was nervous about reading this because I kept thinking Nakamura would come back in and wreck everything but Ch.45 was. Intense.
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 12.19.2013, 06:53 PM: Oh boy, you're almost caught up now! Chapter 45 is one of my favorite chapters in the manga. It really demonstrates how much Kasuga has grown up, and it's just so sweet, damn it. Such a huge release of tension at the end. I've never really shipped anyone before, but if I had to pick a favorite fictional couple, right now it would definitely be those two.
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.19.2013, 07:11 PM: When they left the cafe where she worked with Kouji and stopped on the street corner and their hands reached out... I was saying aloud "hold hands! hold hands!" then the next page they did! I was all fanboy starry eyed. A really lovely moment.
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Posted by Saddletank on 12.21.2013, 06:24 PM: I've now reached Ch.52 which is the limit of what's currently published.
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Posted by Orphic Okapi on 12.21.2013, 06:52 PM: I think it was announced that the series will be ending soon, which makes sense, since it certainly feels like the writer is building toward a conclusion. I wouldn't want him to drag out the story indefinitely. I'm guessing he'll try to wrap things up with Vol. 10.
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Posted by Tea Master Tall on 12.22.2013, 11:49 PM: Goddamn Chapter 52. I want more volumes! |
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