Hmm, there were some very interesting things in the interview. I don’t know how I feel about the whole “hibernation” idea, that just seems like a cop out, but at the same time maybe something similar could be employed per chapter later down the line. Currently the cast is “small” enough (we’re still pretty damn big) to have everyone be at least present in every chapter, at least making a single page appearance. In the future, that will be damn near impossible, so maybe just opting to not have certain characters in certain chapters would probably be best. Better than forcing them there, and taking up space when they really shouldn’t be.
At the same time, I don’t quite want to see some of the girls get left out, so it’s a troublesome predicament… I have faith the team working on the series will figure this out, so I’m not that worried.
The Kaguya stuff was really interesting to read since I read the manga before the anime got popular, so learning all of this gave me a new perspective on the Cultural Festival arc, it always did feel a bit “finale” ish to me.
I can understand where the whole “goal” setting idea came from, it really does make sense when you really think about it. It’s the same dilemma Toriyama faced when making Dragon Ball, back when the first arc finished and readers felt like the story had done all that it promised to do. Feeling that the “goal” of the story had been reached, and just as he chose to show that there wasn’t really a “goal” and that the Dragon Balls were useful for storytelling purposes beyond just the first arc, he was able to redefine the genre simply because the “goal” had been reached.
What we have here goes for the opposite approach, one which I haven’t seen done on this scale ever before. Instead of the “goal” of the story simply being a jumping off point for the rest of it. 100 GFs attempts to create such a large number of “goals” that by the time we’ve hit the final one, the story will have exhausted the readers perception of a “goal” and you won’t really question it anymore.
They were right in the interview, a series like this will almost certainly redefine the genre just like Dragon Ball did for Shounenn Action back in the day. I can’t help but wonder what that’ll look like, but that’s years from now, and I want to enjoy the journey while it’s still happening, so I’ll wait for as long as I need to, no need to rush it. Just thinking about this series one day ending is a bit sad, but what it will create afterwards is also a bit exciting, I’m sure everyone can agree on that.
