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vashfanatic
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:25 pm
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| pachy_boy wrote: |
| vashfanatic wrote: | | Maybe it's supposed to be parody, but if so it wasn't very funny. |
As far as I understand, it's a parody without it so much as being written as directly a comedy. |
Parody, by definition, is intended to be comedic. If something is trying to be a parody and is not funny, then it is simply a feeble repetition of cliches without accomplishing anything. I suppose if this was intended as a mean-spirited expose on the worst excesses of bad yuri by proving how gullible most of the subgenre's readership is that they buy something this... substanceless, then it might be considered a parody, but otherwise, it's just kind of generic.
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jenthehen
Joined: 23 Dec 2008
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Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:32 pm
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| jenthehen wrote: | | Isn't the novel incomplete (in English) as well? I have the first two volumes, but the third was never released by Seven Seas in English as far as I know ... which made me really sad, since I wanted to know how the story concluded. |
The omnibus for all three novels are coming out next year! |
.... so I have to re-buy the first two to get the final one?  Not amused.
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jenthehen
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:34 pm
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And I'm not going to read the novels, since what's the point of reading a comic without pictures? Especially one like this. |
But there ARE pictures in the light novels ... and the light novels came first, anyway 
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pachy_boy
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:16 pm
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| vashfanatic wrote: | | Parody, by definition, is intended to be comedic. If something is trying to be a parody and is not funny, then it is simply a feeble repetition of cliches without accomplishing anything. |
I've heard the word 'parody' used more loosely, to be honest, and that it doesn't always mean 'spoof.' I've heard of dojinshi called parodies, which were not always comedic takes of original source materials but imitations in general. In Strawberry Panic's case, it takes every Yuri trope in the book, done from all other series past, particularly from MariMite (which I don't believe is really a Yuri series to begin with) and mishmashes it into one series. The ludicrousness of the story elements and scenes in a way meant to be taken seriously could be taken as amusing by themselves. As said before, I think its only goal in the end was to be the ultimate Yuri fantasy series, which of course isn't alway enough for some. That's it, my last post (hopefully!)
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adam_omega
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
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Location: Seven Seas
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:02 pm
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| pachy_boy wrote: |
| jenthehen wrote: | | Isn't the novel incomplete (in English) as well? I have the first two volumes, but the third was never released by Seven Seas in English as far as I know ... which made me really sad, since I wanted to know how the story concluded. |
The omnibus for all three novels are coming out next year! |
.... so I have to re-buy the first two to get the final one? Not amused. |
You can preorder it on Amazon for $10.19 right now. Think of it as paying for book 3 and getting the other 2 free as they're now loooong out of print.
http://www.amazon.com/Strawberry-Panic-Complete-Novel-Collection/dp/1934876992/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291766502&sr=8-6
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agila61
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:20 pm
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| adam_omega wrote: | You preorder it on Amazon for $10.19 right now. Think of it as paying for book 3 and getting the other 2 free as they're now loooong out of print. SP at Amazon |
I got the Manga Omnibus to bring a $20 Amazon order into free shipping range, I'll probably buy the LN Omnibus in the same circumstance.
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jenthehen
Joined: 23 Dec 2008
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:28 am
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| adam_omega wrote: |
| jenthehen wrote: |
| pachy_boy wrote: |
| jenthehen wrote: | | Isn't the novel incomplete (in English) as well? I have the first two volumes, but the third was never released by Seven Seas in English as far as I know ... which made me really sad, since I wanted to know how the story concluded. |
The omnibus for all three novels are coming out next year! |
.... so I have to re-buy the first two to get the final one? Not amused. |
You can preorder it on Amazon for $10.19 right now. Think of it as paying for book 3 and getting the other 2 free as they're now loooong out of print.
http://www.amazon.com/Strawberry-Panic-Complete-Novel-Collection/dp/1934876992/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291766502&sr=8-6 |
Wow! It isn't out for SO long! I probably will end up buying it since it's about the price of one anyway What am I supposed to do with the first two volumes? I guess they are small, so I can keep them ~
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