Forum - View topicREVIEW: Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon GN
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chaccide
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I bought the first and while I enjoyed it, I got tired of how episodic it was. Does this one have any story arcs of length in it?
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Princess_Irene
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Sadly no, it's another episodic volume. I think that's pretty much the nature of the beast.
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zackdavisson
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Kitaro doesn't have any ongoing storyline or continuity. There are some longer-form stories, like The Great Tanuki War of the next volume which takes up almost the complete book, but that is about it. They are mostly non-connected short stories.
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epicwizard
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Just curious, why do you not like the manga's episodic format? |
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chaccide
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That format becomes tiresome to me, and feels repetitious. I like the greater growth of character and a chance of a more complex plot that longer arcs allow once I'm invested in characters. Look at TV shows for example. In the 60s, 70s, 80s most TV shows had a reset button. Someone would end up in the hospital and next episode, no memory of that. Kirk would fall in love and be in despair at her death, next episode he was right as rain. I love Star Trek, but character growth didn't happen in the original (or in TNG for that matter). It was more shining a light down on them at various moments in time, but there was never any sense of time passing until the movies, and until Deep Space Nine. DSN is a long arc from beginning to end. We see the people in it struggle with war, religion, relationships, ideas they aren't comfortable with, and it changes them. They are like us, human or not, and highly relatable. The storytelling didn't hit a topic then forget about it, it lingers and there are layers and complexities where everything interacts with everything else, like real life. Now in this era of TV almost every show out there is one long arc, even those that have a semi-episodic feel, like sitcoms. Gone are the days when drama was one beat then you move on and forget about it. There are places for the episodic format within shows, like when The Flash takes a break from the drama to have a silly episode, but even then it's more memorable because you know they won't forget what happened. I'm not saying great TV can't happen in that format. Look at the great Twilight Zone or Star Trek episodes that have become part of our collective conscience. It's just a lot more rare. One thing you might find amusing is that I really, really love short stories, but to me they're very different from episodic anime or TV. For one thing, they're mostly standalone. You get a short sharp shock, to borrow someone else's words ;D, and you never see those characters again. If someone does start using the same characters, like in Sherlock Holmes, the stories can be fun but you sure don't want to read several in a row because the story becomes become repetitious and predictable. Tl;dr - longer arcs allow you to get to know characters you like better, in situations that explore them and their environment in much greater depth. They also don't repeat their story beats as much and so don't feel as repetitious. |
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Snomaster1
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A late-60's manga. This might be an interesting read for me. I hope I find it. I'd love to read it.
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zackdavisson
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It shouldn't be too hard to find! You can get it on Amazon if nothing else.
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