Letting go ...

[quietprofanity]

Me 1: Get rid of your Kare Kano manga.
Me 2: But ...
Me 1: DO IT!
Me 2: But the art is pretty!
Me 1: The art was pretty in the anime too, and you didn't like it.
Me 2: But ... but ... I spent MONEY on them.
Me 1: And you'll get more books for free on Bookmooch!
Me 2: But what if I regret it?
Me 1: You won't.
Me 2: But ...
Me 1: Enough with the "Buts!" Listen, I know you liked the first volume when you first read it ... you liked the first volume of the DVD when you first watched it ... and that's all the more reason you won't like the rest.
Me 2: I know ... um ... HOWEVER ...
Me 1: Listen, do you like Yukino?
Me 2: Well ... not really. She kind of just acts goofy ... and then always acts like she's come to some great revelation and then never really changes ... she's kind of annoying.
Me 1: Do you like Arima?
Me 2: Oh, hells no. He's a dick. He can only express his feelings for Yukino by being controlling or creepily aggressive. And his problems aren't all that compelling ... I mean, "Waaah! I've gone above and beyond everything expected of me and am unconditionally loved but my adoptive parents but some creepy blood relations that I see only once every five years don't like me ... even though they are shot down by those same adoptive parents." Yeah, it was compelling for the first episodes but ... 20 volumes of manga of THAT? I dunno ...
Me 1: Exactly.
Me 2: But then again ... he is kind of sweet ...
Me 1: [GLARE!]
Me 2: But ... I don't know, the relationship is kind of written well.
Me 1: So two really unpleasant and only sporadically funny people are deeply in love. Do you actually enjoy watching either of them?
Me 2: Not lately, no ...
Me 1: You see?
Me 2: Okay but ... but the supporting characters are cool.
Me 1: You mean the ex-fat kid who acts like a total dick to everyone and turns the lesbian straight?
Me 2: Okay, not him ... but I like Aya ... Aya writes.
Me 1: Does Aya do anything?
Me 2: Um ... the play!
Me 1: Do you care?
Me 2: ... No. But Tsubasa! I like Tsubasa!
Me 1: Is she enough to spend your money on this series?
Me 2: No.
Me 1: And do you like Yukino's family?
Me 2: No, they're clowns.
Me 1: Do you like Asaba?
Me 2: Eh ... seen one pervert seen them all.
Me 1: So ...
Me 2: O-kay ... [deletes from librarything, will put up on bookmooch soon]
Me 1: I knew you'd see things my way.

Comments

[caramiaculpa.livejournal.com]

Dammit, that's the same debate I had when I finished the Kare Kano manga. I look at the whole series and think "Wow. That's almost $200 right there. Lame."

[imayb1.livejournal.com]

I should really get rid of La Esperanza. Yes, the art is very pretty, but... I'll never read them again. I don't like either of the main characters and the themes are vomitous. Like you, I'm probably better off letting someone mooch them from me and getting something else in return.

I love BookMooch.