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Apr. 13th, 2011 11:06 amThis is a brief chronicle of how Basara won my heart in four volumes.
BASARA VS. BECCA: ROUND ONE
SARASA: My twin brother is the Chosen Child of Destiny who is going to lead us against the family of evil tyrants ruling right now, and I've always been overlooked because I'm just a girl. But now he and half my village have been murdered by the Red King and his men, so I guess I'm going to have to impersonate my brother so the people do not lose hope! And also for REVENGE.
BECCA: Obviously cross-dressing is highly relevant to my interests! And Sarasa, you seem interesting. The art style is a bit difficult to follow though; I do not know if I am sold yet.
BASARA VS. BECCA: ROUND TWO
SARASA: In between leading my people for REVENGE I will take a nice dip in the hot springs.
SHURI: Hello! I am a playboy who loves hot springs, and I think you're cute. >:D
SARASA: I think you're kind of a perv, but I will admit it's nice to talk to someone who has no idea that I spend most of my time running around LEADING THE REVOLUTION. And you are sort of cute.
SHURI: And I will admit it's nice to talk to someone who does not know that I am actually THE RED KING and spend most of my time scheming to overthrow my evil-er brothers and take over all of Japan for the greater good, when I'm not trying to kill the leader of the revolution! Want to start up a long-distance relationship via messenger hawk?
SARASA: Sure! I'll write you!
BECCA: Relationships between enemies that are doomed because of OPPOSING IDEALS is one of my weak points . . . and I have to say the long-distance-relationship-via-messenger-hawk thing also really entertains me. But the art is still hard to follow!
BASARA VS. BECCA: ROUND THREE
AGEHA: I am a very pretty and extremely smug one-eyed desert nomad who passes his time alternately being witty, coming to Sarasa's rescue, and cross-dressing as a beautiful dancer while I jaunt around with my troupe of performing ladies. In a past life, I was probably Francis Crawford of Lymond.
SHIDO: I am the Red King's right-hand man, and Ageha used to be my dad's slave. I was really nice to him when we were growing up, and I thought we had a great relationship - seriously, I really like the guy - so I really don't get why he's helping the rebels and keeps saying he wants to be there to enjoy the view when I die!
AGEHA: Man, can we please have a discussion about privilege?
BECCA: I will admit, I'm pretty impressed by the emotional complexity of this relationship. In fact, all of the characters are starting to develop interesting complexity, and the story is picking up on all these themes of responsibility and ruthlessness and . . . dammit, Yumi Tamura, I'm not ready to fall straight into love with another manga again! Skip Beat is still fresh in my heart!
BASARA VS. BECCA: ROUND FOUR
CHACHA: I am a morally ambiguous, totally hot and badass lady pirate. I've captured you, and now I'm going to sell you off as a slave. What do you have to say about that?
SARASA: What I have to say is . . . . OH MY GOD AN AWESOME FEMALE ROLE MODEL! *___* Let's be BFF!
BECCA: . . . OKAY, FINE, BASARA. YOU WIN.
BASARA VS. BECCA: ROUND ONE
SARASA: My twin brother is the Chosen Child of Destiny who is going to lead us against the family of evil tyrants ruling right now, and I've always been overlooked because I'm just a girl. But now he and half my village have been murdered by the Red King and his men, so I guess I'm going to have to impersonate my brother so the people do not lose hope! And also for REVENGE.
BECCA: Obviously cross-dressing is highly relevant to my interests! And Sarasa, you seem interesting. The art style is a bit difficult to follow though; I do not know if I am sold yet.
BASARA VS. BECCA: ROUND TWO
SARASA: In between leading my people for REVENGE I will take a nice dip in the hot springs.
SHURI: Hello! I am a playboy who loves hot springs, and I think you're cute. >:D
SARASA: I think you're kind of a perv, but I will admit it's nice to talk to someone who has no idea that I spend most of my time running around LEADING THE REVOLUTION. And you are sort of cute.
SHURI: And I will admit it's nice to talk to someone who does not know that I am actually THE RED KING and spend most of my time scheming to overthrow my evil-er brothers and take over all of Japan for the greater good, when I'm not trying to kill the leader of the revolution! Want to start up a long-distance relationship via messenger hawk?
SARASA: Sure! I'll write you!
BECCA: Relationships between enemies that are doomed because of OPPOSING IDEALS is one of my weak points . . . and I have to say the long-distance-relationship-via-messenger-hawk thing also really entertains me. But the art is still hard to follow!
BASARA VS. BECCA: ROUND THREE
AGEHA: I am a very pretty and extremely smug one-eyed desert nomad who passes his time alternately being witty, coming to Sarasa's rescue, and cross-dressing as a beautiful dancer while I jaunt around with my troupe of performing ladies. In a past life, I was probably Francis Crawford of Lymond.
SHIDO: I am the Red King's right-hand man, and Ageha used to be my dad's slave. I was really nice to him when we were growing up, and I thought we had a great relationship - seriously, I really like the guy - so I really don't get why he's helping the rebels and keeps saying he wants to be there to enjoy the view when I die!
AGEHA: Man, can we please have a discussion about privilege?
BECCA: I will admit, I'm pretty impressed by the emotional complexity of this relationship. In fact, all of the characters are starting to develop interesting complexity, and the story is picking up on all these themes of responsibility and ruthlessness and . . . dammit, Yumi Tamura, I'm not ready to fall straight into love with another manga again! Skip Beat is still fresh in my heart!
BASARA VS. BECCA: ROUND FOUR
CHACHA: I am a morally ambiguous, totally hot and badass lady pirate. I've captured you, and now I'm going to sell you off as a slave. What do you have to say about that?
SARASA: What I have to say is . . . . OH MY GOD AN AWESOME FEMALE ROLE MODEL! *___* Let's be BFF!
BECCA: . . . OKAY, FINE, BASARA. YOU WIN.
