Will attempt to not mention anything CLAMP-related for today's blog... ^^;;; Doubt that it'll happen, but let's try shall we?
In other anime/manga news: watched eps 59-74 of YYH today~!!!! The subs totally sucked, but they've sucked for a while now... and the freaky thing is that I can actually tell that they suck because I understand approx 30-40% of what they say in raw Jap... *sweatdrops* No, this anime-addict has never taken a Jap lesson in her life.... *sweatdrops more* Yes... this is a cue that I've watched way too much anime.... *shrugs* But anyways, I LOVE YYH~~~~~~!!!! *giggles* It's been a while <-- read: a few years, since I read the manga and I loved it then, but then it sorta pittered out until I started watching the anime this year.... *huggles YYH* Definitely a throw back to my YYH-loving days ^__________^
And the characters... can we say drool-able?? *L* No matter what anyone says, Kurama remains one of the bishi-est bishis to ever grace my eyes *nodnod* And Hiei.... he's so CUTE~~!!! *L* He'd kill me for saying that, but he's so cute!! And cool with the kokuryuuha~!!!! I would huggle him, but he's Kurama's *snickers* Kurama dake no mono da!! And I don't care what you say! Hiei did NOT dump Kurama for Mukuro~!!! =P
Yuusuke is what I term "the perfect boyfriend that you couldn't bring home" *snickers* Seriously, I'm amazed that Keiko's parents like him so much, given the type of girl Keiko is and him being the obvious juvenile delinquent. Although taking into consideration Keiko's abusive behaviour, I probably shouldn't be so surprised *LOL* And Kuwa-chan, let's not forget Kuwa-chan... *grins* him and Yukina and therefore Hiei... that's seriously a relationship that I can't see... *bursts into laughter* I mean, can you see Hiei being his older-brother-in-law??? *falls off the chair laughing*
*climbs back up* Okies okies... enough of that... but yes, to sum up, I love YYH to bits ^_^ And out of all the animes I've seen, YYH is the one that follows the manga most faithfully -- giving it major points in my book, not to mention the AWESOME animations made in the days when there were no CGIs available... The fights are simply breath-taking! Definitely a good feeling to be reminded about how much I love an older series as opposed with all the new ones I'm addicted to at the moment ^_^
Also along this line of thought: I love FY... everybody I know, knows I love FY to bits... It is in essence one of the few truly shoujo things I will watch and it is a perfect kaleidescope of emotions, plot, characters and humor... not to mention eye-candy ^_^ Sutsume-chan and I have done at least two full sleep-over-marathons of FY together, going through 52 episodes, 6 eps of OVA2 and boxes of tissues at a time <-- read: Ep 33~~!!! *sniffles* not to mention all the mini re-runs we've each done by ourselves...
However, the thing that turns me off watching the third OVA to come out: Eikou Den, is the fact that they really don't know when to quit. As the saying goes "quit while you're ahead". I was just reading the spoilers for it, and I just have to say: "WHA.......?" The plot doesn't make a lot of sense and apparently in the end all the seishi lose their memories of ever being seishi in the first place... *shrugs* I dunno... that just doesn't appeal to me for some reason... the ending for OVA2 was perfectly appropriate I thought... there's the satisfaction (yes, I've been doing too much marketing -_-;;;) that the deceased seishi were reborn and the remaining seishi were living happy lives. Whether they had their memories or not was irrelevant, only that they were happy...
It was in my opinion a more poignant ending than a straight "yes, they were reborn and lost their memories"... it basically has a greater impact because it was the sort of ending that left fuzzy feelings in your stomach as each of the images were clicked through and you got to see glimpses of each of the seishis new lives. I still get the fuzzy feelings every time I re-watch those last scenes of OVA2 episode 6.... And why I'm reluctant to go watch Eikou Den is because I have a distinct feeling that it will dissipate those fuzzy feelings for good....
I'm not a big fan of losing memories... In my opinion, it basically belittles what the characters have gone through. And in a series such as FY, it's definitely each characters' experiences that shapes them into the characters that we love so much. Me for example, I love Nuri-chan to pieces... but would I love him as much had he not lost Kourin, not felt confused as to his gender and basically sacrificed his life for the miko...? I, for one, doubt it... So basically in telling me that he was reborn, but without his memories creates conflictions in my head... would I still love him as much in his new life? Or do I simply love my perceptions about him that could have nothing to do with his new personality... <-- I also don't believe that a person's personality is dictated by his/her genes. Yes, the blue-prints are there, but they are ultimately nurtured by experiences, and hence memories...
So yes, I'm reluctant to see Eikou Den, mostly because I don't want to destroy the perfectly good feelings that the end of OVA2 brings about.... It's the same reason I'm reluctant to see the new RK OVAs, no matter how much I love the series... I don't like the idea of Kenshin and Kaoru (as much as she annoys me ^^;;) dying of TB (that's tuberculosis! NOT Tokyo Bablyon~!!! ^^;;; and there goes my resolution of not saying anything CLAMP-related... *sighs* maa naa...) I prefer the good feelings that the current endings give me, where I know that they're happy and can basically just day-dream about the possibilities that could have happened to them... just telling me that they died, or don't have memories is just so abrupt... ^^;;; I'm not making much sense... so I'll try to stop there...
And the "quit while you're ahead" thing... Note that neither the new FY or RK OVA happened in the manga (technically, neither did the RK anime ending which is one reason why I'm not particularly satisfied with that ending either... I prefer the manga ending ^^;;) This to me, says that the authors, Watase Yuu and Watsuki Nobuhiro, felt that the series came to a perfect conclusion there... why ruin it just to make more $s from more OVAs when it is so possible that you'll lose a portion of your fans that aren't happy with the OVAs?? (*cringe* Oi... I find marketing creeping into my everyday processes too much... loyal customers and all that shit... -_-;;;)
Okay... me thinks me've ranted enough for today... have to go out for yum cha with my uncles and aunts in a little under 8 hours ^^;;; need sleep...
And look~! Only one CLAMP reference~!! Pretty good in my case ^_^