Dystopia and Melodramas
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alexandral, I started reading a scifi novel Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, which is a cross between 1984 and Lord of the Flies. The book concerns 42 high school students who live in a dystopian near future. They (all classmates) are dropped on an island, with irremovable and deadly collars on their necks and are supposed to fight with whatever weapons they were randomly handed out, until only one student remains. If more than one is left alive after 72 hours, their collars kill everyone. Moreover, the more time passes, more and more of the island becomes deadly so the students are forced to move to each other and can't hide. The whole novel has a nightmarish quality and completely freaks me out (in a good way), because it makes me think of what I'd do in a situation like this.
Also, my watching j-dorama Long Vacation is continuing uber-slowly. I haven't even finished one ep. I have no idea why, but I guess there isn't enough melodrama. I have no idea if there will be more lately. Also, Kimura isn't hot...he's kinda quiet and has those huge glasses. Does he clean up later or something?
For some reason, I am am not falling in love yet. Which wasn't a problem with MG and MARS (I liked them the more they went on) but I was fine with Meteor Garden and MARS because I saw the anime/read the manga before and liked them so I was surer I'd like the live action versions.
And speaking of manga adaptations, I am fighting a severe urge to watch live action versions of Peach Girl and Marmalade Boy. Despite loathing MG anime and finding PG manga ridiculous. And they are supposed to be better than the live action versions. It's not a rational desire but is totally strong. Hmmmm. What to do?
alexandral, I started reading a scifi novel Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, which is a cross between 1984 and Lord of the Flies. The book concerns 42 high school students who live in a dystopian near future. They (all classmates) are dropped on an island, with irremovable and deadly collars on their necks and are supposed to fight with whatever weapons they were randomly handed out, until only one student remains. If more than one is left alive after 72 hours, their collars kill everyone. Moreover, the more time passes, more and more of the island becomes deadly so the students are forced to move to each other and can't hide. The whole novel has a nightmarish quality and completely freaks me out (in a good way), because it makes me think of what I'd do in a situation like this. Also, my watching j-dorama Long Vacation is continuing uber-slowly. I haven't even finished one ep. I have no idea why, but I guess there isn't enough melodrama. I have no idea if there will be more lately. Also, Kimura isn't hot...he's kinda quiet and has those huge glasses. Does he clean up later or something?
For some reason, I am am not falling in love yet. Which wasn't a problem with MG and MARS (I liked them the more they went on) but I was fine with Meteor Garden and MARS because I saw the anime/read the manga before and liked them so I was surer I'd like the live action versions.
And speaking of manga adaptations, I am fighting a severe urge to watch live action versions of Peach Girl and Marmalade Boy. Despite loathing MG anime and finding PG manga ridiculous. And they are supposed to be better than the live action versions. It's not a rational desire but is totally strong. Hmmmm. What to do?
