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EP. REVIEW: Übel Blatt




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Kitsunemaru



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 5:03 pm Reply with quote
Kevin Cormack wrote:
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I've heard the first few manga volumes feature some uncomfortable scenes involving rape and sexual assault, but so far this has been absent from this adaptation … If the adaptation continues to avoid the inclusion of these scenes, I guess it begs the question of how necessary they were in the first place?

Well, there is some pretty unnecessary stuff of that kind at the beginning of the manga (first two volumes), probably because back then (2004) everybody thought, that dark fantasy manga had to have that kind of stuff (back then). Luckily, the mangaka soon evolved from that stereotypical (unnecessary) use of those topics and, as far as I remember, they do not reoccur. So if you like the storyline and the characters, please do not be discouraged from reading the entire story. There are some hiccups with the quality of the art and the story after the first arc due to a writer´s blockade of the mangaka during the second arc, but with proper animation and proper handling by the anime´s directors the anime should be able to compensate those flaws, and I am sure we will get a lot of good entertainment worth lots of hours and lots of popcorn.
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jr240483



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:13 pm Reply with quote
well if its as good as berserk the golden age memorial edition, then im all for it!

also can you blame the manga author for doing that. a majority of that content was more or less was in every volume of berserk who the author admited at one time is a long time fan and admirer of the late kentaro
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Gina Szanboti



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:32 pm Reply with quote
Kitsunemaru wrote:
There are some hiccups with the quality of the art and the story after the first arc due to a writer´s blockade of the mangaka

What does that mean? They locked him out of his studio? He had writer's block? If the latter, wouldn't that have had to be resolved before it could even continue? I really don't know what you're saying happened.

Kevin Cormack wrote:
I particularly like his absurdly long braids that are tied to daggers at their ends. Don't they cut his legs as he walks?

He's protected by his garterbelt. Smile

Speaking of odd costuming, does Peepi ever get to wear actual clothes, or is she doomed to barely there lingerie forever? The OP doesn't give me hope.

I already forgot I guess why they need to catch the boat? I thought it was to bypass the monastery and walls, but that's been made moot. So now that they have an airship and a dragon, and no border obstacles to contend with, what do they need with the boat?
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Vanadise



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:04 pm Reply with quote
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brutalist medieval architecture and anachronistic futuristic technology

This is just me being very nitpicky, but: brutalism is actually very modern! Brutalist architecture emerged in the 1950's, and the style of blocky concrete buildings associated with it did not exist during medieval times. So, you could chalk that up to being another stylistic anachronism in this series.
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