Comments on: Aoi Bungaku - 05

by: hellomoto

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:03:58 +0000

For me, Aoi Bungaku was kind of a shaky series. I thought No Longer Human was great, albeit not excellent. However, this episode, as you said, was truly epic. The song the woman sings when the man kills the other woman is melodic yet creepy at the same time. It sent chills down my spine–in a pleasurable way, that is.

by: Jenny Dreadful

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:43:59 +0000

I absolutely love this too!!! Apparently it’s actually an allegory about the dysfunctional relationship between man and nature, inspired by the modernization/industrialization of Postwar Japan. It’s a totally fascinating anime on so many levels–def. my favorite of the new fall season shows by a mile.

by: Julian

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:37:44 +0000

This episode is so stereotzpical and metaphoric of the japanese culture…If zou trz to look more closely,you’ll realize what’s the metaphor on this show: The women, the heads, the woman, the city girl, the city, the wives appearances (Ex. American), the masks during the killing spree, the little girl, the mp3 and all the odd things that were showed here….all of them had their own meaning….what a wonderful adaption.

by: om zozo

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:44:35 +0000

i love this story its so much better than no longor humen
i didnt even believe that its the same anime because of the style difference
i loved it when he killed his ex wives
it was a huge turn

by: Kamibito

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:11:20 +0000

I liked how the episode skipped between funkiness and downright creepiness just like that. I wonder if the original was like that too?

by: Reltair

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:38 +0000

Aoi Bungaku is amazing. This arc feels so vastly different from the previous one. The scene with the gum and mp3 player was quite amusing. I still chuckle when I think about it.

by: marumaru

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:47:04 +0000

Awesome.I love this!

by: C

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:41:07 +0000

The episode was interesting however one thing that did bug me was the bandit’s voice. Is the seiyuu the same one they used for Youzo? Each time he speaks I can’t help but think of Youzo.. lol so that’s going to take some getting used to. Otherwise pretty awesome :)

by: m

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:03:19 +0000

The backgrounds are nice, but the character designs are inconsistent. After the straightforward movie-like adaptation of Ningen Shikkaku this really took me off guard. I thought Aoi Bungaku was going to be conservative and focus on execution, but here we are with something way out there. I wasn’t really sold on the approach until they turned it into a musical routine. That was a pretty entertaining way to round the sharp edges off of mass murder without neutering it completely.

by: psgels

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:26 +0000

Awesome. I always wondered what it’d be like to watch Bleach without all the bad and terrible parts.

by: LimeWarrior

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:40:38 +0000

This episode has character designs by Tite Kubo (aka. Bleach). I can see a ton of Tite’s style in this episode. Basically it had all the things I love about Bleach. The devil may care attitudes, the zany humor, the outrageous style. Classic, I can’t wait for the next one.