(semi-/demi-short rant as I’m supposed to be studying orz orz)
So. I just caught the first subbed episode of Library War, aka Toshokan Sensou, by TSHNN. (Unusual acronyms :D)
Animation was definitely up-to-standard or even better, I can safely tell you so. As expected of Production I.G.
I really loved the dynamics (is this what you call it?) introduced in the first episode… They have that ‘that guy’s a chibi’ and ‘that girl’s amazonian’ thing (sounds familiar?) going on while not entirely making that pairing canon (thank goodness, in a sense), which calls for a large serving of winsome? hilarious comedy. Then again there’s some angst and uh.. I don’t know what to call it. Emotional scenes? Well they were… interesting. The character dynamics actually make the whole thing interesting.
The only iffy thing, I think, is the fundamental storyline.. the War part. I mean yeah, the concept’s been used in novels like Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (which I unfortunately gave up reading because of a misplaced interest and attention span), but the main problem seems to be the way that the Media Improvement/Enhancement/whatever guys are portrayed - as unreasonable assholes who go around stealing books from little kids just to spite the Library Corps. Which I find quite pathetic. After all there IS some reason behind ‘controlling’ the media. Just look at media violence and explicit content for one. All I’m asking for is a more intelligent actual opposition. :\ Then again this is just the first episode and I have barely sneaked a peek at the RAWs for the episodes that are out already.
For those interested in the original novel, a search came up with this, but I’m not sure if it’s from some adaptation in the form of manga, or the novel covers… I imagine the plot would be thicker in the novel, though?
On another note I caught 1 episode of Monochrome Factor (so. freaking. GAY agh WHY), 20 seconds of Junjou Romantica, 2 episodes of Kyou Kara Maou (since I’d watched part of the first season and sat through the mediocre animation) and 1 episode of Amatsuki (not much fujoshi content here fyi), before dropping them all.
Aside from Amatsuki, TOO MUCH FUJOSHI-CATERED FANSERVICE. Please, my eyes. orz And I’d thought that the likes of Akira (from Monochrome plz) wouldn’t succumb to a complete stranger of a girly-gay guy (nearly a trap, but nooo the voice is the gay-guy kind). And I was thinking I’d find at least a bit of literary depth in them BL titles since there was any at all in Bleach and D.gray-man, but nooo I find that my hopes have been dashed.
—Then again I’m not a fujoshi. I’m a unisexual fictional online entity. Who knows what fujoshi actually do when they catch even a hint of fluff which can be used as the basis for an approved pairing? Hm, though I do happen to have a few names coming to mind when I think fujoshi…
I must thank a certain fujoshi for enlightening me on the meaning of this; after all, anything Mandarin is usually alienspeak to me: “天下为攻，世界大同”
…I haven’t really encountered any yuri fanboys/girls. Very much thankfully.
why’d you change from OTL to orz XD
@zhiting:
I don’t mind either, still, actually. I like to leave my options open, maybe? |D
lol, commenting on random rants/posts
It is all good.
Well, the juice is mostly in the novel anyway. It’s about media censorship and stuff y’know? And I swear I didn’t start watching Toshokan Sensou because I thought she was male.
FIGHTING IN THE LIBRARY IS EPIC.
And I haven’t started on Junjou! Too much homo even for my liking.
@Jazzu:
Yes but even for media censorship it’s kinda drastic, the whole all-out war and stuff. Somebody even said Why Don’t They Scan The Books? And in a sense, that’s true…
And speaking of epic, I’m really enjoying the character dynamics between Kasahara and Doujou. The height factor helps too, quite unexpectedly (not.) |D
I swear, five to ten seconds into Junjou and they’d started on the pre-surprize buttsecks action.
/okay maybe not so bad but close.