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I wouldn't call it hate, specifically, just that, I DO NOT read shoujo, but most of my friends who read manga are girls, and they all try to tell me to read it... and I'm not a big fan of shoujo-style art, or classical music... so the series has nothing going for me...
I'm more into stuff by Sung-Woo Park...

On topic with BR, a "D" rating does sound a bit hard-fisted, given BR might be generic but is 'a lot more daring' than something along the lines of, oh, Bleach, One Piece, or Naruto. I cannot really give much of a criticism beyond that given I've not read the series and am relying on the heresay of my fellows, but it's worth considering on the next fly-by.

Hmm...why exactly don't the world/import manga have grades? I've been wondering this for some time. Seems a little...unfair, I dunno.

You're not supposed to look for drama, depth, and character development in them.

I think this column is a little biased toward Shonen manga. Shonen manga is SUPPOSED to be cliched, they're like hollywood movies. You're not supposed to look for drama, depth, and character development in them. Especially Jump Manga, Jump is made of crappy romance stories, fights, comedy, and the holy trinity: Effort, Friendship, and Win.

I can understand that. I was just thinking, since the series was printed in English, it has really been a success with readers and critics alike, where I can't recall a whole lot of negative feedback from either party. There's been a lot of praise for it as well, often more than I've personally felt for the series. But I've seen more negative feedback on the series in the past couple of months alone than I can recall from before then. I'm just trying to figure out why it's showing up now, especially when volume 7 was one of my favorite volumes.

GoodLuckSaturday wrote:

I can understand that. I was just thinking, since the series was printed in English, it has really been a success with readers and critics alike, where I can't recall a whole lot of negative feedback from either party. There's been a lot of praise for it as well, often more than I've personally felt for the series. But I've seen more negative feedback on the series in the past couple of months alone than I can recall from before then. I'm just trying to figure out why it's showing up now, especially when volume 7 was one of my favorite volumes.

Who knows? But it's funny, I remember when I got the first Del Rey volume of Nodame in early 2005 and you couldn't pay people to give a crap about the series. But you chuck a TV drama and an anime out there and suddenly it becomes this tard magnet where everyone's got to have an opinion just because it's there. Personally I think I'd rather take the conflicting waves of INTENSE LOVE versus INTENSE HATE than the sad, dispassionate "meh" that used to emanate about the series. I mean, look what conflicting waves of love and hate are doing for Hideaki Anno a few threads down.

Nodame Cantabile's popularity is annoying, given the anime (and sadly, sounds) horrible and has god awful writing; I've been told the j-drama is good, but since all the material seems to be pretty faithful to one another it sounds far-fetched when following the anime's script. At that, it is surprising that people can jab Bartender as being a cliché "what hobby can we animate next" show, yet take a blind eye to how superficially the writer(s) of NC represent "music culture". Really, it's little more than another spin on H&C, not that H&C was all that good anyway.

Now, there are some "taboo" series that have been done well—I'm thinking Koi Kaze or Hourou Musuko—but I would not, among any of them, include "BokuImo," which should be killed with God's purifying fire.

I'll never understand why people get annoyed by the popularity of things they don't like. Do you feel so important that it bothers you that other fans don't live up to your standards and share your tastes?

Me: Why do you lot like Nodame Cantabile?
Friend: It's about music. It's also funny, looks great, and is really sweet.
Me: OK then, how is it "funny, looks great, and is really sweet"?
Friend: Just watch it and you'll see what I mean.

But I've seen more negative feedback on the series in the past couple of months alone than I can recall from before then. I'm just trying to figure out why it's showing up now, especially when volume 7 was one of my favorite volumes.

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Me: Why do you lot like Nodame Cantabile? Friend: It's about music. It's also funny, looks great, and is really sweet. Me: OK then, how is it "funny, looks great, and is really sweet"? Friend: Just watch it and you'll see what I mean.

So, as I sigh, Unlimited Works.

Recreation of an actual conversation:

Quote:

Me: Why do you lot like Nodame Cantabile? Friend: It's about music. It's also funny, looks great, and is really sweet. Me: OK then, how is it "funny, looks great, and is really sweet"? Friend: Just watch it and you'll see what I mean.

So, as I sigh, Unlimited Works.