![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieMr. Mousie and I spent the last part of the evening watching first four eps of the Legend of Basara (the anime). It's AWESOME.
The story takes place in a future Japan, reduced to a barren desert by a catastrophe at the end of the 21st century. The main character is Sarasa, a girl whose twin brother, Tatara, is prophesied to be the "child of destiny" who will bring back the country's wealth and abundance. When Tatara is killed by the Red King who has sworn to eliminate Tatara, Sarasa pretends to be him in order to keep the downtrodden from losing hope and to achieve revenge on the Red King. Oh, and one day she meets a strong-willed, charming guy named Shuri at the hot springs and they fall in love. What they don't know, they are the person the other has dedicated their life to killing. Shuri is the Red King.
See this AMV:
That reminds me I only read first 6 volumes and must read more. Except I need to refresh myself as it has a really complicated plot.
Why Basara?
1. Complicated plot, politics, and war and alliances.
2. Grim post-apocalyptic world that doesn't feel unrealistic. In fact, in a lot of ways, it's a medieval society that is not glamorized for once.
3. Incredibly strong heroine, who is neither Mary Suish, or prettified, or weak, or anything but herself.
4. The hero, Shuri, who is a complicated, ruthless, intelligent individual, who you end up liking and understanding, even though he has done some really horrible things and not in a 'poor hot woobie of shoujo manga' way.
5. A cast of complicated characters.
6. A totally star-crossed love story.
7. ANGST.
The story takes place in a future Japan, reduced to a barren desert by a catastrophe at the end of the 21st century. The main character is Sarasa, a girl whose twin brother, Tatara, is prophesied to be the "child of destiny" who will bring back the country's wealth and abundance. When Tatara is killed by the Red King who has sworn to eliminate Tatara, Sarasa pretends to be him in order to keep the downtrodden from losing hope and to achieve revenge on the Red King. Oh, and one day she meets a strong-willed, charming guy named Shuri at the hot springs and they fall in love. What they don't know, they are the person the other has dedicated their life to killing. Shuri is the Red King.
See this AMV:
That reminds me I only read first 6 volumes and must read more. Except I need to refresh myself as it has a really complicated plot.
Why Basara?
1. Complicated plot, politics, and war and alliances.
2. Grim post-apocalyptic world that doesn't feel unrealistic. In fact, in a lot of ways, it's a medieval society that is not glamorized for once.
3. Incredibly strong heroine, who is neither Mary Suish, or prettified, or weak, or anything but herself.
4. The hero, Shuri, who is a complicated, ruthless, intelligent individual, who you end up liking and understanding, even though he has done some really horrible things and not in a 'poor hot woobie of shoujo manga' way.
5. A cast of complicated characters.
6. A totally star-crossed love story.
7. ANGST.
