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Apr. 22nd, 2009 11:24 amLast night I finished Gankotsuou! Final analysis: basically I adored the first two-thirds with a great and fannish, but somehow the climax of theshow was not nearly as compelling to me as the setup. And this despite the GIANT MECHA BATTLES OF DRAMA! - okay, actually I will admit that the GIANT MECHA BATTLES OF DRAMA were pretty awesomely hilarious. But I think I liked the show more when it was the "hilarious soap opera Monte Cristo fanfic about Albert and his friends going on picnics and getting into duels over ~true love!~ and rescuing each other from their parents and sleeping with each other's mothers for great awkward" show, rather than the "AND EVERYONE IS IN LOVE WITH ALBERT. Yes, everyone. Yes, even that side character with all of three lines" show.
I also have to admit that part of this is the slightly depressing fact the original book, written in the 1880s, gives its female characters more agency than the anime created in the twenty-first century.
( Comparing and contrasting: )
( And while I'm at it, some ending spoilers )
I also have to admit that part of this is the slightly depressing fact the original book, written in the 1880s, gives its female characters more agency than the anime created in the twenty-first century.