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Manga Recommendation: Akatsuki no Yona | Toxic Muffin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:04:16 +0000

[...] Yona’s character design is excellent. She is very cute and yet, she is elegant enough to be a princess. Her red hair looks really nice. (I think I have a thing for red haired bishojous) [...]

Comment on Maou-Sama plays the blame game. by Highway

Highway — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:24:42 +0000

I don’t know if I was thinking of it being that complicated, really. It could have been pretty much a simple war of land acquisition, or perceived or real slights, or retaliation for human aggression, or any of the ‘normal’ ways that wars start. Mainly I’m commenting that our perspective is almost indelibly colored by the way it’s been presented, as is Emi’s, and she has a hard time reconciling it because of that presentation.

There’s a lot of room for ‘evil’ in a war, but that doesn’t mean most of the people in the war are evil. And Maou’s ignorance is borne out of the same thing that Emi’s is. He didn’t realize humans were like they are, but at the same time, Emi is having more trouble than Maou is at figuring out the demons she’s in contact with.

Comment on 12 Days of Anime #11: Girls und Panzer by Reiseng

Reiseng — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:09:23 +0000

I have been meaning to watch the last couple of episodes for a while now. I have them downloaded and everything!

But yeah, I have heard great things about the ending. I can’t wait to see it.

7.6KM is HUGE. I want to go to Oorai School.

The characters were indeed quite cute. I really like most of the main cast, especially the Orange haired one and the ever-sleepy driver.

Comment on Maou-Sama plays the blame game. by Reiseng

Reiseng — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:58:13 +0000

So, you figured that we only got the impression that demons are bad because the background story was presented from the perspective of humans and that had we seen the demon perspective, we might have felt sympathetic towards them as well?

Yeah, that is certainly a plausible theory. I had considered that as a possibility as well; especially since some of the humans like the clergymen seem rather suspicious.

It is possible or likely even that out of some maligned hate or for some religious reason, they started a war.

Having said that, I am slightly hesitant to think like that because Maou was rather ignorant of humans. He didn’t really have a reason to hate them, I think.

You are not wrong though. There is probably likely much more under the surface than “humans good and demons bad”.

Comment on Maou-Sama plays the blame game. by Reiseng

Reiseng — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:44:24 +0000

Bat-shit insane characters are indeed quite fun! I hope he ends up on the mundane side of bat-shit insane. I can totally see him putting laxative in the drinks of slightly annoying customers.

Comment on Maou-Sama plays the blame game. by Highway

Highway — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:10:12 +0000

I had taken a slightly different view of the same dichotomy you point out. I have wondered if the show has intentionally misled us as to the supposed misdeeds of Maou and the demons, both through his naming (loaded with inherent connotations of ‘evil’) and through the perspective: The humans fought back against his aggression and valiantly prevailed, etc, etc. Humans good, Demons bad. Simple, right?

But in war it’s not that simple. In a lot of wars there’s not just one ‘evil’ side, at least to the 3rd party observer. There aren’t the ‘good guys’ or the ‘bad guys’, unless you’re on one side of the war, then by definition your side is good guys.

Where I’m going with this is that maybe yeah, there were excesses and horrible things done in the name of the demons by Lucifer and probably the other generals, and Maou probably knew about them. But it’s also likely that the humans hands are not really clean either, and that they committed some atrocities as well. I might be barking up the wrong tree with this, but I think it would be a good way to present it.

Comment on Maou-Sama plays the blame game. by Artemis

Artemis — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:17:25 +0000

I’m very much looking forward to seeing where the show takes Lucifer’s character. The hints we’ve had so far seem to be indicating that he’s not only evil but also bat-shit insane, which is always fun to watch in an anime.

Comment on 12 Days of Anime #11: Girls und Panzer by 5Cats

5Cats — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:54:10 +0000

Nice review! The show ended in March and with a bang too! I love it, and cannot wait for more!
Oorai school is 7.6 kilometers long… just fyi.
I was impressed at just how many characters there were. Sure most are stereotypes, same with every anime, but they all were cute!
Girls + Tanks = Win!

Comment on Gj-bu: End of Season Thoughts. by Reiseng

Reiseng — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:41:03 +0000

Yeah, I noticed the connection between the sisters back when it aired. It was a nice touch.

May the Gj-bu spirit live on!

Comment on Gj-bu: End of Season Thoughts. by Highway

Highway — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:30:31 +0000

Well, there was awkwardness, but it was usually done on purpose by Mao to put Kyoro off. Or he just didn’t know how to deal with the girls, but he never compensated for not knowing what to do with being a jerk or anything except being himself.

The show really did do everything well. (I have just now, writing this comment, put together the sister connection between Kirara’s ability to write out coherent Japanese mails and Geri’s ability to write perfect Japanese on her whiteboard, but neither are really able to speak it.) It gave every one of the cast members a great personality. There was noone bad, noone was the heavy. They all took turns at all parts. And it took the running joke to a whole new level, I think. The hair brushing, the girls twirling, Megumi’s weight worries… And then it ended just about perfectly, with Kyoro really understanding the GJ-bu spirit.