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By: The Animanachronism

The Animanachronism — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:58:46 +0000

@ 21stcenturydigitalboy: That’s testament to its power, I suppose. And a salutary reminder to anime bloggers that, for all our ‘lol storytelling is SRS BUSINESS’, sometimes storytelling really is SRS BUSINESS.

@ Michael: Solid reasoning behind your watch decision there.

@ kielmaru07: That’s pretty much what my own reaction was like when I saw that subtitle . . .

By: kielmaru07

kielmaru07 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:43:51 +0000

great leap forward!!!!11

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:39:11 +0000

Thanks for those pictures, Daniel. I’m going to download the show after my exams, since :

1) I like girls with violet hair;
2) I also like cute girls;
3) I heard this was a great anime series.

I didn’t read the post (spoilers, perhaps), but I will watch the show, and thanks for that.

By: 21stcenturydigitalboy

21stcenturydigitalboy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:41:20 +0000

>I found the ending really affecting

I was infamous for a while because of the fact that after watching Manabi and thinking about it for a few hours I had a nervous breakdown and cried the hardest I ever have in my life. I’d like to think the show taught me things I couldn’t be alive and happy right now if I hadn’t learned.

By: The Animanachronism

The Animanachronism — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:57:01 +0000

@ TheBigN: Manabi Straight definitely proves that you can have ‘cute girls do cute things in cute ways’ and use it to tell a discernable twelve-episode story with a political edge. Though I know what you mean about feeling like you’ve written too much on the subject already – I feel that whenever I consider writing another Geass post.

@ 21stcenturydigitalboy: It’s patently not what this blog’s really about, but I must say I found the ending really affecting, and besides its emotional virtue, the story as a whole certainly deserves attention.

By: 21stcenturydigitalboy

21stcenturydigitalboy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:44:31 +0000

oioi, glad to see more people putting effort into analyzing Manabi because it’s one of the few shows that really deserves it – even takes the place of what i consider ‘the most important anime ever.’

By: TheBigN

TheBigN — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:20:53 +0000

Now I’m thinking of Manabi Straight in terms of a documentary. Which probably is a good thing. It is a nice example of social commentary wrapped in the guise of what others call “cute girls doing cute things”. But I feel like I’ve written way to much about the show before hadn.

By: The Animanachronism

The Animanachronism — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:51:28 +0000

@ Pontifus: Mmm, delicious trackbacks. I know what you mean about wishing one had more contextual knowledge of Japanese politics – I imagine, broadly speaking, that they have the same voter apathy problem that a lot of developed democracies have, but that’s not much to start with.

And now you have me trying to think of a politician who deserves the nickname ‘Dr Wily’.

By: Pontifus

Pontifus — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:17:26 +0000

I’m an advocate of an “if the translators put it in there, let’s go with it” approach. So, regardless of authorial intent and such, I like what you’ve done here.

Trying to come up with a decent response made me think about just how much Manabi Straight! prods at the way things work in my own rather ridiculous homeland. I still need to think more about that before I get into it, though, so you may get a trackback from me at some point. In any case, I wish I knew enough about current Japanese politics to make connections on that front, as well. It just might be research project time.

Now that I think about it, the episode after the Great Leap Forward is the one in which Mikan wears the Mega Man hard hat. A reference to Dr. Wylian politics, perhaps? The possibilities are endless!