Comments on: Aoi Bungaku - 06

by: Panos

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:56:16 +0000

Only thing i don’t understand although i read the pdf is “man and nature are inextricably connected within a person, and if one of these is removed, the person would be figuratively destroyed”
Nature is removed => man is destroyed both mentally and physically(quite logical)
Man is removed =>?? why does nature even care.Can’t it survive without man?
Even fromm the pdf i cannot get a clear answer although it made sense what the sakura tree symbolized.

by: PL

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:43:43 +0000

“No Longer Human” was much better in my opinion, simply because it delivered its themes through the realistic development of the characters, while straight-up allegories like this always sacrifice too much from the story and characters in order to make everything symbolic. That doesnt mean that this still wasnt a good story, just not a truly exceptional one in the way No Longer Human was. Just my opinion, ymmv.

by: headachebaby

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:07:57 +0000

Haha…this episode was funny in the beginning. I couldn’t help it but choke up laughing when 2 city guys started taking pictures on their cell phones of the lead guy because they could tell he didn’t fit in.

I love these literature adaptations…more anime should be like this. This anime is great and I’ve gotta say that the first story was better than the second story just because it got more episodes.

by: Forwho

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:15:56 +0000

Woah this series is seriously awesome. I wish more people watch this instead of flashy, generic, tasteless ones. I like your picks in shows, because your tatse is more unique and similar to my strange ones. XD

I can’t wait to see Konomi Takeshi’s character designs next.

by: Reltair

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:04:15 +0000

It feels more weird than awesome to me at this point. Collecting heads was pretty gg.

by: Jenny Dreadful

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:12:19 +0000

@Marion: I was confused by the ending, too, so I did some research about the story and formulated an opinion from that. I think the reason that he died when he’d killed her is because man and nature are inextricably connected within a person, and if one of these is removed, the person would be figuratively destroyed. Thus, as a representation of nature, the bandit is literally destroyed.

I’ve written about it at much greater length in my blog, explaining the human/nature allegory of the book, which will probably make it make more sense. I think that you could apply the same theory to psgel’s man/woman interpretation as well, that male and female require each other to exist, in a yin/yang sort of way.

by: reverse

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:10:39 +0000

a bit disappointment for me,I already predict this ending from the beginning.

everyone die at the end kinda nice to see one a while, but not after seeing No Longer Human. 2 show both the same fate. I hope next show don’t follow the same route

by: Marion

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:51:47 +0000

The most confusing thing about this for me was the ending. He ended going insane and killing her, thinking she was a demon, only in the end we see him laying on the ground supposedly dead as well, in a similar position as she was. Only she’s no longer there.

Maybe he imagined killing her when she actually killed him in the end? I don’t even know.

by: Jenny Dreadful

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:33:28 +0000

According to Anidb, the sequence of the series is thus:
7. Kokoro - Chapter 1 25m 22.11.2009
8. Kokoro - Chapter 2 25m 22.11.2009
9. Run, Melos! - Chapter 1 25m 29.11.2009
10. Run, Melos! - Chapter 2 25m 06.12.2009
11. The Spider`s Thread 25m 27.12.2009
12. Hell Screen 25m 27.12.2009

With all that, there’s definitely some mindfuckiness going to happen! :D

Also, here’s an essay about the story: http://www.asle-japan.org/pdf/eng20-nakamura.pdf
Apparently the author’s intent was about the screwed up relationship between man and nature, but I think that your male/female interpretation works just as well.

by: Watch Anime Online

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:55:52 +0000

Wow, that’s hella weird. o_O The animation looks good, but so strange at the same time >.>

by: kuromitsu

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:15:22 +0000

Well, the last two stories are both adaptations of works by Akutagawa Ryuunosuke - IIRC the very last is an adaptation of “Hell Screen,” a very disturbing short story, and I’m quite sure that it’s going to be a spectacular mindfuck.

Anyway, I didn’t see the story as a take on male/female roles, more like a clash of different cultures: simple man content with living a simple life and a decadent “city girl” who needs luxury and beauty like she needs air.