Yami to Boushi to Hon No Tabibito: A Review in Eleven Questions

[quietprofanity]

1.) Why does Japan resurrect Jewish and Christian Apocrypha for its H-games and not do anything that cool with it?

2.) Why does this anime, based on an H-game, not bother to explain ANYTHING in it's non-H anime form?

3.) What the hell is that small thing with the hat and why should I care?

4.) Who the hell is that guy with the brown skin and purple hair and why should I care?

5.) Why did the animators think it was a good idea to flood bright light into half of the scenes, making it hard to see?

6.) Am I the only one who thinks Hatsuki really should have gotten the idea that Hatsumi was never coming back earlier and that if the anime had tried to exploit that instead of these ridiculous side trips, it would have been a lot better?

7.) Why did the anime ruin its big emotional hug with a boob shot?

8.) Did anybody else feel there was never a successful ending to any of the side stories?

9.) Did anyone else feel totally unmoved by the lovers' reunion in the last episode, even before it was revealed as a fakeout?

10.) Why was it shown out of order and thus causing me to think about this stupid piece of fluff that means nothing?

11.) My apathy is strong ... and yet I have written this ... why?

Comments

[47nite.livejournal.com]

Whoa. You got through it sooner than I did. ::needed to overcome 18 months of apathy at the halfway point:: XD;

6) I'd hypothesize that Hatsumi/Eve is supposed to have some exquisite Helen-of-Troy effect on all who cross paths with her (and to some extent Hatsuki is nothing more than a tome figment like any of the [much, MUCH] more dim-witted side characters- so her mindset is skewed as such).

7) You seem to notice these things more than me. ^^;

9) I was somewhat moved by Hatsuki's resolution in episode 12. Because any viewer with common sense at that point totally knew Hatsumi deserved to die by her hands

Iiiiii dunnoooo. I guess they thought telling the whole thing en medea res (w/ Aaya as our cheerful, crossplaying storyteller) would add more weight to the inevitability of fate and a universe run by the first two women would be full of dreariness- both real and imagined- but still feasible...?