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dangermousieI have finished episode five of Majo No Jouken. It keeps breaking my heart and I can't stop watching. I've also decided that Takizawa Hideaki has replaced Vic Chou as the most gorgeous guy in a dorama I've ever seen (and it's a tough competition, trust me). If they'd ever did a live action version of Fushigi Yuugi (no chance in hell), I'd want him for Tamahome and if you know me, it's kinda a big deal :)
I found this episode actually hard to watch because I was hurting so much for both Hikaru and Michi. But the thing that stuck the most with me was the look on Hikaru's face as Michi proclaimed her love for him in front of the whole school.
Oh My. How much angstier can it get? *dreads* I love the scene after Michi gets taken away after her declaration and Hikaru is fighting trying to get to her. Oh, my poor OTP.
I feel so horrible for Hikaru who gets so horribly mistreated as a result (btw, I didn't go to school in Japan, but it is a bit odd. In my high school, if a guy got to 'do it' with a young and hot female teacher, the other boys would be hi-fiving him. I guess it's because it's clearly an emotional thing). But OMG. When they ruin his textbook and the teacher makes him stand for the rest of the class and he struggles so hard not to cry! Or when they take his uniform and wreck it and he wears his gym clothes and talks to Michi and he is shrugging it off and then he sees the remnants of his uniform on wires and his face just falls apart. I feel so dreadful for him. And don't even get me started on his finding his bike, the symbol of his freedom, set on fire, and trying to pull out with his bare hands.There might have been some sniffling and hand-to-mouth in my house. I am not telling. Who did it, btw? I am unsure whether it was his mother or that tutor girl.
And Michi, whoa. Once she grows a spine, she really grows it. I guess love gives her courage. She breaks it up with her fiancee face to face (and it's such a painful scene, I feel horrible for him). She stands up to her father and gets thrown out of her house. The teachers shun her, and she still doesn't back down. And then she does. Temporarily, so as not to hurt others.
But I love whenever they are together. I love when she walks to class that morning after her scene and says morning to everyone and no one says it back and she isn't phased. And then she sees him waiting for her and he says morning back and they walk on together.
And how much do I love that last scene? When she finds him completely broken and she grabs his hand and they run off. I love that image of them running as far as they can. And that girl who Hikaru used to talk to watches them and it makes her happy. Of course, that's no solution. Where can they go? What can they do? He doesn't even have his motorcycle any more and the society is so regimented, there will be nowhere for them to hide. I just want to put them both in my pocket and protect them from the world.
But not to forget Hikaru's horrifying mother. Before this ep I just thought she was overprotective and clingy. Not any more. I know this isn't a term, but if it was I'd say she has an inverse Oedipus complex (would one call it Jocasta complex?). The scene where she tells him it's normal at his age to be attracted to older women and puts her hands on his shoulders and as he shrugs her off, she says something that basically positioned her as a rival to Michi and then she runs off and finds her slimy boyfriend and jumps his bones as transference is...beyond creepy. I know the guy is beyond gorgeous, but YOU ARE HIS MOTHER. What is wrong with your sick head? I wonder if Hikaru's attraction to Michi is related to the screwed up family dynamic he has. Sort of being with Michi cleans off the whole notion of being with an older woman of the sickness that is his mother seems to feel for him. Here it's made good and pure. I am not putting it very well but it makes sense in my head.
In other news, I was reading first volume of Ayashi No Ceres and third volume of Beauty is the Beast (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
meganbmoore, I tried to find Basara, but the better stocked place only had Vol 4. I'll try the best stocked place I know later in the week).
BitB vol 3 is confusing me. Prior to this I would have been sure Wanibuchi and Eimi would have hooked up by the end. But now I am not sure at all. Wanibuchi is in a complicated and loving relationship with an older woman (though she is sick, with what?). And Eimi reminds him of his younger dead sister. And there is an amazingly wonderful guy (Shimonuke) who really likes Eimi. And, most importantly, Eimi sees Wanibuchi and his gf french and she doesn't seem to be devastated but curious and impressed. I am getting a sibling vibe. But I don't want it that way. I want them to hook up! Anyone know what the later volumes which are out in Japan are up to? If they don't get together, it will be the unusual manga where the lead male and the lead female aren't romantically paired at all with each other. Hmmm.
You know what I love about manga? It's full of cliches but it knows it and it is upfront about it. I was reminded of it by the closing panels of BitB. Like the other two volumes, it had 'dorm notes.' But unlike the others ones which talked about room layout or what not, all it said was something to the effect of 'Wanibuchi is the eye candy in this manga' with a pic of him sans shirt. I gotta love an author who is so upfront.
The same can be said for Yuu Watase's own summary of Ayashi No Ceres in one of side panels of Vol 1. And I quote verbatim "Over and above 'Ceres'...I'm obsessed with erotic beauty. Good-looking guys and slightly twisted forbidden love. There'd be some blood flying and a melancholy mood, and there would be expressions of love that are totally over the top." I just love that summary. It fits and it's tongue in cheek and metaish and unashamed.
I also loved that when she mentioned Fushigi Yuugi, she said that is there if love in the work, she doesn't mind what 'you do with my stories (within limits).'
FY is my favorite of all Watase work. Heck, I even wrote fanfic for it. Actually when I am done with Majo No Jouken, I'll continue with my rewatch. No scene in anime has ever made me feel the way does the scene in the second half where Miaka is being attacked by Suboshi in modern Tokyo and Tamahome breaks through the crowds, and even though he has no special powers at all in this world, prepares to fight to the death to protect Miaka and looks deadly doing so. And he's just been having a hell of an existential crisis as he found out he just might be a character in a book, but as he shows up he solves it for himself by deciding 'that means I was created to protect you' or something to that effect and gets to business. At that pointdangermousie is usually a puddle on the floor. Sorry for the digression, but anyway I always get sidetracked when FY is brought up.
In the kitchen sink news, I am obsessed with this song by Andrea Bocelli and Marta Sanchez. I am a sucker for duets.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: This isn't a quote but a paraphrase because I don't have the volume with me, but I think it's such a great description: 'He is the guy who comes through the emergeny exit and doesn't look ashamed.' (Description of Wanibuchi from Beauty is the Beast).
ETA: My dorama to-watch soon list continues to expand as I'd gotten my hands on Devil Beside You (a Taiwanese one, MV here) and Boku Dake Na Madonna (a Japanese one).
I found this episode actually hard to watch because I was hurting so much for both Hikaru and Michi. But the thing that stuck the most with me was the look on Hikaru's face as Michi proclaimed her love for him in front of the whole school.
Oh My. How much angstier can it get? *dreads* I love the scene after Michi gets taken away after her declaration and Hikaru is fighting trying to get to her. Oh, my poor OTP.
I feel so horrible for Hikaru who gets so horribly mistreated as a result (btw, I didn't go to school in Japan, but it is a bit odd. In my high school, if a guy got to 'do it' with a young and hot female teacher, the other boys would be hi-fiving him. I guess it's because it's clearly an emotional thing). But OMG. When they ruin his textbook and the teacher makes him stand for the rest of the class and he struggles so hard not to cry! Or when they take his uniform and wreck it and he wears his gym clothes and talks to Michi and he is shrugging it off and then he sees the remnants of his uniform on wires and his face just falls apart. I feel so dreadful for him. And don't even get me started on his finding his bike, the symbol of his freedom, set on fire, and trying to pull out with his bare hands.
And Michi, whoa. Once she grows a spine, she really grows it. I guess love gives her courage. She breaks it up with her fiancee face to face (and it's such a painful scene, I feel horrible for him). She stands up to her father and gets thrown out of her house. The teachers shun her, and she still doesn't back down. And then she does. Temporarily, so as not to hurt others.
But I love whenever they are together. I love when she walks to class that morning after her scene and says morning to everyone and no one says it back and she isn't phased. And then she sees him waiting for her and he says morning back and they walk on together.
And how much do I love that last scene? When she finds him completely broken and she grabs his hand and they run off. I love that image of them running as far as they can. And that girl who Hikaru used to talk to watches them and it makes her happy. Of course, that's no solution. Where can they go? What can they do? He doesn't even have his motorcycle any more and the society is so regimented, there will be nowhere for them to hide. I just want to put them both in my pocket and protect them from the world.
But not to forget Hikaru's horrifying mother. Before this ep I just thought she was overprotective and clingy. Not any more. I know this isn't a term, but if it was I'd say she has an inverse Oedipus complex (would one call it Jocasta complex?). The scene where she tells him it's normal at his age to be attracted to older women and puts her hands on his shoulders and as he shrugs her off, she says something that basically positioned her as a rival to Michi and then she runs off and finds her slimy boyfriend and jumps his bones as transference is...beyond creepy. I know the guy is beyond gorgeous, but YOU ARE HIS MOTHER. What is wrong with your sick head? I wonder if Hikaru's attraction to Michi is related to the screwed up family dynamic he has. Sort of being with Michi cleans off the whole notion of being with an older woman of the sickness that is his mother seems to feel for him. Here it's made good and pure. I am not putting it very well but it makes sense in my head.
In other news, I was reading first volume of Ayashi No Ceres and third volume of Beauty is the Beast (
meganbmoore, I tried to find Basara, but the better stocked place only had Vol 4. I'll try the best stocked place I know later in the week). BitB vol 3 is confusing me. Prior to this I would have been sure Wanibuchi and Eimi would have hooked up by the end. But now I am not sure at all. Wanibuchi is in a complicated and loving relationship with an older woman (though she is sick, with what?). And Eimi reminds him of his younger dead sister. And there is an amazingly wonderful guy (Shimonuke) who really likes Eimi. And, most importantly, Eimi sees Wanibuchi and his gf french and she doesn't seem to be devastated but curious and impressed. I am getting a sibling vibe. But I don't want it that way. I want them to hook up! Anyone know what the later volumes which are out in Japan are up to? If they don't get together, it will be the unusual manga where the lead male and the lead female aren't romantically paired at all with each other. Hmmm.
You know what I love about manga? It's full of cliches but it knows it and it is upfront about it. I was reminded of it by the closing panels of BitB. Like the other two volumes, it had 'dorm notes.' But unlike the others ones which talked about room layout or what not, all it said was something to the effect of 'Wanibuchi is the eye candy in this manga' with a pic of him sans shirt. I gotta love an author who is so upfront.
The same can be said for Yuu Watase's own summary of Ayashi No Ceres in one of side panels of Vol 1. And I quote verbatim "Over and above 'Ceres'...I'm obsessed with erotic beauty. Good-looking guys and slightly twisted forbidden love. There'd be some blood flying and a melancholy mood, and there would be expressions of love that are totally over the top." I just love that summary. It fits and it's tongue in cheek and metaish and unashamed.
I also loved that when she mentioned Fushigi Yuugi, she said that is there if love in the work, she doesn't mind what 'you do with my stories (within limits).'
FY is my favorite of all Watase work. Heck, I even wrote fanfic for it. Actually when I am done with Majo No Jouken, I'll continue with my rewatch. No scene in anime has ever made me feel the way does the scene in the second half where Miaka is being attacked by Suboshi in modern Tokyo and Tamahome breaks through the crowds, and even though he has no special powers at all in this world, prepares to fight to the death to protect Miaka and looks deadly doing so. And he's just been having a hell of an existential crisis as he found out he just might be a character in a book, but as he shows up he solves it for himself by deciding 'that means I was created to protect you' or something to that effect and gets to business. At that point
dangermousie is usually a puddle on the floor. Sorry for the digression, but anyway I always get sidetracked when FY is brought up. In the kitchen sink news, I am obsessed with this song by Andrea Bocelli and Marta Sanchez. I am a sucker for duets.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: This isn't a quote but a paraphrase because I don't have the volume with me, but I think it's such a great description: 'He is the guy who comes through the emergeny exit and doesn't look ashamed.' (Description of Wanibuchi from Beauty is the Beast).
ETA: My dorama to-watch soon list continues to expand as I'd gotten my hands on Devil Beside You (a Taiwanese one, MV here) and Boku Dake Na Madonna (a Japanese one).
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