Comments on: Aoi Bungaku - 04

by: Panos

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:08:57 +0000

Instead of the rape scene can anyone explain the ending?(From reading countless blogs a i have found that the ending in the novel was more clear.But in the anime either
1)He lost it and died from drug overdose
2)He lost it and we see him hallucinate in his own world from the drugs and lived

by: fan

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:49:53 +0000

I belive that the guy was trying to rape her
because she was crying and besides look at the possition of her legs or the whole body. she was in shock
but if you trying to belive that she was cheating on her husband because of her eye contact when she was coming downstairs I’m pretty sure that it was because the guy were harassing her .
and I think by the way she stay still on the floor after the guy ran away that makes me belive that it was the first time that the guy try to do something to her
well that is from my own point of view

by: PirateJenny

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:07:32 +0000

I finished the novel the day before this episode came out, and overall I found the adaptation to be amazing. Yozo’s misogyny (if one can call it that) was downplayed a little in the adaptation, though. The novel talks a lot about how he sees women as inferiors/enemies, and therefore prefers ones that are either harmless and virginal (Yoshiko) or easy to control (Shizuko). Kind of an ass, but then again, he is a huge mess.

by: nike

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Goddammit. That ‘friend’ of Oba’s should have helped. Chased or killed that boss in the act. What the hell. I failed to see the reason in having him running scot-free.

by: kei

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:45:22 +0000

the narration (with the display of the black and white photos) depicts the life of the author of 'No Longer Human' - Osamu Dazai. The novel No Longer Human has autobiography elements: the author Osamu Dazai has made several suicide attempts in real life, before he finally succeeded.

by: reverse

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:41:46 +0000

great short. one complaint though, the ending made me unsatisfied with the whole show. in the end, it’s a series about the life, death and despair. I already come across a lot of those stuff
not like it’s were bad or anything. I just hoping there some sort of a twist at the end. sadly it still the same

for now this still the best show this fall. yeah I did say I like Armed Librarians better, but that just for it potential

by: headachebaby

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:53:22 +0000

Great 4 episodes…the main guy is really screwed and I feel sorry for him. I knew that in episode 3, the girl with the red umbrella was his light of hope and she did save him in episode 4 (for a while).

I would say that the girl he married was raped because she was nervous when she announced that his boss was there and she cried when the rape happened. Since her husband promised that he’ll make money for the both of them, she didn’t want to destroy his confidence and tell him that she has been raped just so his mangas can sell.

Poor girl…the main guy could’ve forgiven her. It wasn’t like she put herself out to be raped. She was probably threatened or blackmailed by the boss. She even asked for her husband to save her and he could have attacked the boss or stand up for her but he didn’t. He became shattered by the sight of the rape and ran off. I guess he has been too broken to save her any way.

I totally love this kind of story telling and the music has been awesome and so emotional. In the end, the main became corrupted with his monster self until he died.

I liked the beginning how the narrator or voice for the main character relates the anime to the real literature…interesting information.

Can’t wait for next episode.

by: foamer

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:33:29 +0000

wow episode was so f-ed up, he is a walking train wreck D:

by: Shippoyasha

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:41:40 +0000

Um. His friend didn’t really ‘grow up’. Him saying that he’s going to kill people around the world shows that he’s just finding his own way to cope with the world and IMO that is really neither here nor there. That guy has his own share of problems and Youzo just happens to be stuck to his own problems. At least his friend found a way to run into a whole another set of problems, quite literally. Probably into his death. lol

by: RE

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:17:26 +0000

Next ones Sakurano mori….(Under the Full Bloom of Forest of Cherry Blossom…is it?)
next next one I belive is Kokoro indeed, one of the most…well I guess I could almost say this is the most well-known representative literature in Japan.
Anyway I’m kinda freaked out by the last one, Hell Screen….no way no way no way

by: mehh

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:51:18 +0000

nice adaptation that kept a lot of atmosphere from the novel. noticed that they changed some of the plot points though, but i guess what’s important is that the “feeling” from the novel is portrayed accurately. i actually felt the novel was fairly more depressing than these episodes, but still, not bad!!

by: superseaslug

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:23:21 +0000

If I’m not mistaken next on the list is “Kokoro” by Natsume Soseki.

I found the novel to be pretty good actually, but I have no idea how they are going to make it fit into just a couple of episodes.