Halfway-through review of the Midori Da -- Ahem, "Me and My Fucking Cow of a Sister"

[quietprofanity]

- Aw, hell. There's more Rin in this manga, but there's never enough. COME STAY FOR LONGER, RIN!

(Actually, I think I liked seeing her in the anime a little more, because she had more room to fight and scream and stuff but I STILL LOVE YOU, RIN!)

- Good God, this is the most fetishistic non-hentai manga I've ever read (and yeah, I include the girls from Battle Royale all going crazy and walking around naked ... it still didn't get this weird). Beside the my-masturbation-hand-is-an-actual-girl aspect, now we've got the doll-lovers, a girl in love with the girl on the guy's hand, gangs tying up a twink (sometimes with no clothes!), an all-girl gang dressing up said twink in girl's clothes ...

Considering Kazurou Inoue's second manga was about a guy who is obsessed with a girl having "the perfect parts," I really do wonder about what sort of issues he's working through ...

- That being said, I wish Kota's crush on Seiji and his semi-denial over it had made it to the anime. "I love you, Seiji! Seiji ... er, I mean Midori! MIDORI!" Normally you would say "OT3!" but unfortunately it would probably just be awkward and weird and uncomfortable to watch on all sides.

- Why did Disgusting Otaku Toad Creature get to be in the anime but Mao the Silent Kick-Ass Creepy Girl did not? By the way, Midori is officially only useful in inciting Mao's craziness.

- Maybe if I wear underwear with a big red dot, people will think I'm Japanese.

- I actually WANT to like Midori, given that she's so cute and stuff but ... ugh, her "I can't wait to settle down and become a satellite of Seiji!"/"If I'm not near him, I CAN'T BEAR TO LIVE!!" makes me ill.

- On the other hand, I feel like I should be angrier at Seiji for ignoring the girl who is throwing herself at him ... but I can't. Ugh. He reminds me of Ichigo from Bleach. He's funny. I can't do it. I AM JUST LIKE AYASE THAT WAY ONLY NOT REALLY BECAUSE AYASE IS KIND OF UNCOOL.

- Can someone please read Bechel's Law? Anyone? [sigh]

- I actually think Midori's and Ayase's relationships to their own sexualities are a bit healthier in the manga. In the anime, it seemed like this weird dichotomy where they'd throw themselves at Seiji and then kick his ass when he made any advance on them but OH MY GOD, I CANNOT PROTECT MYSELF FROM ACTUAL PERVERTS! This kind of made me sick. Here the, "I will do anything for love!!! ... except deal with your penis" strikes me more as teenagers wanting to be adults but not being ready yet.

- I still can't believe I'm reading this stuff.

Comments

[47nite.livejournal.com]

Inoue definitely held Rin to a higher standard than the rest of the cast. You almost suspect her limited stints keep her from getting mired in the WEIRDNESS (then, Rin would be like "fuck, I'm outta here" anyway).

Based off what you said before, it is better to think of regular-sized Midori as a completely separate character. :|


The Bechdel Test

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(source)
The strip popularized what is now known as the Bechdel test, also known as the Bechdel/Wallace test, Bechdel's law, and the Mo Movie Measure. Bechdel credits her friend Liz Wallace for the test, which appears in a 1985 strip entitled "The Rule", in which a character says that she only watches a movie if it satisfies the following requirements:

1. It has to have at least two women in it,
2. Who talk to each other,
3. About something besides a man.

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Ayase briefly surprised me with her To Catch a Subway Predator sidequest. At least in that chapter Seiji was only incidentally involved. ^^;

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

Rin MAKES HER OWN WEIRDNESS!

Yeah. And I have to say despite her dependence, I do kind of like Big!Midori better than Little!Midori, because Big!Midori at least isn't bugging me with her "Being a housewife is all I aspire to be!" and overall lack of agency.

The part where Kota says he loves Midori because they're both too shy to talk about how they really feel also kind of gets to me.

Eeek ... um, I didn't mean read the test literally ... (I thought I posted it in my anime review.)

Ayase briefly surprised me with her To Catch a Subway Predator sidequest. At least in that chapter Seiji was only incidentally involved. ^^;

That part did obey the spirit, but not the letter of the law, I think. Hmm ...

Oh, oh, oh. Wait wait! I'm wrong. It actually DOES pass Bechdel's Law because Lucy talks to her female classmates about how much she loves Japan and Japanese movies. WE GOT A WINNER ... finally.

(Maybe it's good you posted it, then.)

Unrelated, but funny

[imayb1.livejournal.com]

The Six Worst Comic Book Super-Hero Husbands is a very amusing article.

Spidey made #6. What's your opinion on this? Can you think of worse super-hero husbands?

Re: Unrelated, but funny

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

I can't believe they couldn't find ANYONE from DC, but yeah, the list is fairly accurate.

Although it pains me to say that, because I think the online Cracked! is full of smug nerds trying desperately to be cool. And I haven't quite forgiven them for naming Yaoi-Con the stupidest con ever.