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Man, that's what I'm asking in regards to what Misaki was going on about with the brother that she fixed. I guess what she was going on about, was will she be happy, or rather what happiness even means?
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One of the most impactful chapters in the series, not a compliment btw
Ch.35 and 36 stray farther from the original vision of the NHK story more than any other portion. (besides ch.12 and 13 arguably)
Shirou makes for a decent foil to Satou on paper. He came from the hikki lifestyle, but he appears to be less stubborn than Satou. The problem is what Misaki brings out of him, and subsequently what he brings out of Misaki, that spoils his entire character for me.
The fact that Shirou was so unaware of Misaki being CLEARLY unstable, it took him until the last second when Misaki had already stripped for him and laid all her cards on the table, that he realizes "maybeeee this needs to stop." And after all that shit is said and done he just kicks back on the roof with Megumi like "there was nothing I could do for her" Sure, but what about yourself man? You're not even the least bit introspective? Like, what could I have done differently here? The whole situation didn't seem to affect him nearly as much as I feel it should have.
And that's not even really getting into Misaki. She is her own iceberg, something Shirou should have been able to clock pretty quickly. I've rewatched the NHK anime 4 times, read the novel twice, and now this manga for the first time, and I still can't figure out Misaki. I appreciate this manga explores the more sadistic parts of her, that makes sense considering how repressed she's been her entire life. That's something mainly the anime doesn't dig into, the novel is somewhere in-between, but this rendition of Misaki feels like they dialed it up too much. I can tell that's supposed to be the point, but I can't help but wonder what Takimoto thinks of this rendition looking back on it all.
Just wanted to get some opinions about this series off my chest. NHK is one of the most down-to-earth series from this medium and it's become one of my all time favorites pretty quickly. This manga version though, feels like the black sheep, and this chapter embodies the worst of it.
Ch.35 and 36 stray farther from the original vision of the NHK story more than any other portion. (besides ch.12 and 13 arguably)
Shirou makes for a decent foil to Satou on paper. He came from the hikki lifestyle, but he appears to be less stubborn than Satou. The problem is what Misaki brings out of him, and subsequently what he brings out of Misaki, that spoils his entire character for me.
The fact that Shirou was so unaware of Misaki being CLEARLY unstable, it took him until the last second when Misaki had already stripped for him and laid all her cards on the table, that he realizes "maybeeee this needs to stop." And after all that shit is said and done he just kicks back on the roof with Megumi like "there was nothing I could do for her" Sure, but what about yourself man? You're not even the least bit introspective? Like, what could I have done differently here? The whole situation didn't seem to affect him nearly as much as I feel it should have.
And that's not even really getting into Misaki. She is her own iceberg, something Shirou should have been able to clock pretty quickly. I've rewatched the NHK anime 4 times, read the novel twice, and now this manga for the first time, and I still can't figure out Misaki. I appreciate this manga explores the more sadistic parts of her, that makes sense considering how repressed she's been her entire life. That's something mainly the anime doesn't dig into, the novel is somewhere in-between, but this rendition of Misaki feels like they dialed it up too much. I can tell that's supposed to be the point, but I can't help but wonder what Takimoto thinks of this rendition looking back on it all.
Just wanted to get some opinions about this series off my chest. NHK is one of the most down-to-earth series from this medium and it's become one of my all time favorites pretty quickly. This manga version though, feels like the black sheep, and this chapter embodies the worst of it.
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