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

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

Hatsuki gradually went from wanting to save her "sister" to just wanting to throttle her, after witnessing all the baggage Hatsumi dumped on everyone else.

Eh ... I like that idea but I honestly don't think the text supports it. Hatsuki isn't a total selfish douche, as evidenced by her empathy for others she meets along the way. (I actually did like a lot of those characters ... I just felt like their endings were cop-outs. Miss Perpetual-Five-Years-Old I would have liked to see more of, for instance.) I did think she came off really selfish in the last two chapters, though.

Of course, compared to Lilith and Gargantua she does look better by proxy.

If stones were any measure, Lilith would be like having a pebble drop on your head every minute. Eve would be the once-a-century asteroid. @_@

Heh. Thinking about it, I did like how the narrative named Eve as the greater than Lilith. Lilith is an interesting story, but I never liked how she's been reclaimed by some feminists. Eve deserves re-claiming too, poor thing!

[47nite.livejournal.com]

she does look better by proxy.

Well, EVERYONE in the show makes Hatsuki look sane. Except maybe Fuji-hime, Mikuru, and the mothership computer, it was just a parade of "I'd Rather Read the Unabridged History of Dental Floss Than Read Your Book Again" characters.

Lilith is an interesting story, but I never liked how she's been reclaimed by some feminists.

::...suddenly wonders which account Ms. Mooseburgers subscribes to:: or rather, which biblical figure is most applicable to her.

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

"I'd Rather Read the Unabridged History of Dental Floss Than Read Your Book Again" characters.

For the most part, yeah. Some individual characters amused me, but I didn't love them. That Stone Age story can particularly suck it.

::...suddenly wonders which account Ms. Mooseburgers subscribes to:: or rather, which biblical figure is most applicable to her.

I'm guessing since it's Apocrypha, she's probably dismisses it entirely. When you point out Genesis has two slightly different creation stories, she probably says there's no conflict.

As for the Biblical figure most applicable ... my first instinct is to say she probably wants to be like Mary mother of Jesus, but that may be more of a Catholic thing. I wanted to say she was like Athaliah but I think I mis-remembered some of that story. (The wiki says she was a negative character, but more active.) So I don't know by this point. :)

BTW, I've only read half the Tanakh and a third of the Christian testament, but I'm naming The Book of Judges as the one with the coolest women.

[47nite.livejournal.com]

My Swiss classmate at school flat-out called her "that whore [that we're all going to vote for]" (he says everything in a hilariously menacing accent, so... it's automatically funny?) Also the ramifications of her apparent sexualizing of the election has been much talked about.

On ~that~ note I need some preemptive passing-out now.. :P

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

I try not to use those words anymore, to be honest.

Interesting perspective from a military female. The first one ... well, the last time I heard her compared to The Handmaid's Tale the commentator called her "Serena Joy" (basically an analogue for Tammy Faye Bakker/Messner before her husband blew up his own ministry and she faded into The Surreal Life golden years and succumbed to cancer).

Look at me talk about books I haven't read yet ...

BTW, for a real-life example of "Aunts" check out this. And then consider that most FGM procedures are carried out by other women. Very scary.