tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post9189625876888150484..comments2024-02-17T13:12:02.048-06:00Comments on Rockets and Dragons: Mangamania: IckStephanie Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-15315577640961399552012-07-09T11:13:11.739-05:002012-07-09T11:13:11.739-05:00Kanerou,
I like role reversals, too. My first sh...Kanerou, <br /><br />I like role reversals, too. My first short story (which became a novel) was all about a kickass gal rescuing her kidnapped husband (he was kickass, too, though). Personally, I find squandered potential and/or waste of a cool concept far more irritating that mediocre stuff from a standard premise. <br /><br />However, when one of our "protagonists" tried to use rape to attack a rival, I was done. Blick.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-83963129042535687712012-07-09T11:02:45.091-05:002012-07-09T11:02:45.091-05:00I think the premise of Ai Ore had promise; I also ...I think the premise of Ai Ore had promise; I also enjoy a good role reversal now and then. The development, however, was horribly disappointing. I didn't get very far into it before abandoning it in irritation. The "predatory male on weak, crying female" dynamic is no more original or interesting with a boyish girl and a girlish boy; I dare say that makes it even more disappointing.Kanerounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-91937974161766940652011-07-17T18:47:08.683-05:002011-07-17T18:47:08.683-05:00Soubriquet, if it were all like this, I would not ...Soubriquet, if it were all like this, I would not be a mangamaniac. That these unflinchingly promote concepts I find disgusting are why they are labeled as I've labeled. I can name a number of Western books, however, that would be on the same list for exactly the same sort of reasons (many of which are considered part of the mass market, no questions asked). No one corners the market on hentai (perverted). Hence the ick. <br /><br />I've read dozens of manga now, though, and I find things that I like better (and things I like worse) than Western literature in many of them. In some ways, I've found Japanese manga less accepting of those things you mention and promoting notions far more noble than I tend to see in Western literature. It's one reason I'm so enamored. Their characterizations tend to be nuanced, judging is far less prevalent, and redemption is common.<br /><br />And one could make a good argument, just looking at crime statistics, that we're a lot more accepting of actual violence than they are. At lease we US folks.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-37220067136382014262011-07-17T17:31:54.930-05:002011-07-17T17:31:54.930-05:00What you describe here is precisely why I don'...What you describe here is precisely why I don't like manga. <br />Whilst I've met and liked quite a few japanese people, I find their society's acceptance of violence, bondage, pain, coercion, paedophilia, and rape to be very disturbing. What little I've seen of manga seems to oversexualise barely pubertal girls.<br /><br />It's just nasty. And yet, these are the people of the tea ceremony, of zen gardens. How can they produce things of such great beauty and peacefulness, yet harbour such bestial cruelty?<br /><br />I'm sure you'd tell me that manga's not all like that. Maybe not.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-17869002924337167252011-03-18T17:42:51.508-05:002011-03-18T17:42:51.508-05:00Retroactive. And you can just refuse it, RM. No ob...Retroactive. And you can just refuse it, RM. No obligation. No shipping and handling.<br /><br />Just a thanks for saying "hi" once in a while.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-7596278474674688582011-03-18T17:16:30.451-05:002011-03-18T17:16:30.451-05:00How can you make a contest radioactive?How can you make a contest radioactive?Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-60907918426971634102011-03-15T15:08:06.628-05:002011-03-15T15:08:06.628-05:00It sounds like you put a lot of time and effort in...It sounds like you put a lot of time and effort into this, so I willing to see what there all about.<br />I hate stories about women who are abused or mistreated, give me a strong and independent woman any day.<br />But it’s worth a read, I think.Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.com