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May. 11th, 2011 12:12 pmOKAY GUYS SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT BASARA?!
Seriously I don't even know what Yumi Tamura was on when she was writing this but whatever it is I WANT SOME. I spend every volume with my face caught halfway between :OOOOOOOO and *________*!!!. I am only halfway through and this is already ranking as some of the most AMAZINGLY EPIC CRACK I have ever read. I mean, okay, this is how Yumi Tamura's brain works:
THE TELEVISION: Oh hey, it's marathon week! Everyone cheer for the runners!
YUMI TAMURA: Oooh, marathon week is exciting! Hey, I should put a side arc about a MARATHON in this volume! A marathon . . . OF DOOM! There can be CROCODILES and a GIANT HOT-AIR BALLOON and COMRADES FORCED TO KILL EACH OTHER IN CRUEL GLADIATORIAL ENTERTAINMENT and -
YUMI TAMURA'S EDITOR: But wait wait wait, won't this distract from the main plot with the star-crossed love and the rebellion and the pirates and gaining allies -
YUMI TAMURA: No no it's cool, I'll just end this arc with the heroine being kidnapped by evil dudes, DRUGGED AND SACRIFICED TO A SEA MONSTER, saving herself by the power of SHEER DETERMINATION, and using that to lead the REBELLION!
YUMI TAMURA'S EDITOR: . . . . . . well I'm glad we've got that sorted then?
YUMI TAMURA: Also the hero is going to be completely bald for this whole arc just so everyone can make fun of him. LOL!
I am not making this up, guys, her author's notes indicate that this is exactly how her plotting goes. And this is just ONE VOLUME. This is just a SIDE ARC. I am sorry if this is a lot of allcaps but I can't convey the DRAMA of this manga any other way!
(And the thing is that reasonably often she manages to say something pretty interesting about war and nationalism and cycles of oppression, too! It is just that all the plot twists she uses to get there are on Dorothy Dunnett levels of AMAZING IDTASTIC CRACK. I eat it all up with a spoon and cannot wait for more.)
( Spoilers through volume 13! )
. . . . wow this is a long entry. Um, I guess I have a lot of feelings? SHINBASHI IS ADORABLE, THE END.
Seriously I don't even know what Yumi Tamura was on when she was writing this but whatever it is I WANT SOME. I spend every volume with my face caught halfway between :OOOOOOOO and *________*!!!. I am only halfway through and this is already ranking as some of the most AMAZINGLY EPIC CRACK I have ever read. I mean, okay, this is how Yumi Tamura's brain works:
THE TELEVISION: Oh hey, it's marathon week! Everyone cheer for the runners!
YUMI TAMURA: Oooh, marathon week is exciting! Hey, I should put a side arc about a MARATHON in this volume! A marathon . . . OF DOOM! There can be CROCODILES and a GIANT HOT-AIR BALLOON and COMRADES FORCED TO KILL EACH OTHER IN CRUEL GLADIATORIAL ENTERTAINMENT and -
YUMI TAMURA'S EDITOR: But wait wait wait, won't this distract from the main plot with the star-crossed love and the rebellion and the pirates and gaining allies -
YUMI TAMURA: No no it's cool, I'll just end this arc with the heroine being kidnapped by evil dudes, DRUGGED AND SACRIFICED TO A SEA MONSTER, saving herself by the power of SHEER DETERMINATION, and using that to lead the REBELLION!
YUMI TAMURA'S EDITOR: . . . . . . well I'm glad we've got that sorted then?
YUMI TAMURA: Also the hero is going to be completely bald for this whole arc just so everyone can make fun of him. LOL!
I am not making this up, guys, her author's notes indicate that this is exactly how her plotting goes. And this is just ONE VOLUME. This is just a SIDE ARC. I am sorry if this is a lot of allcaps but I can't convey the DRAMA of this manga any other way!
(And the thing is that reasonably often she manages to say something pretty interesting about war and nationalism and cycles of oppression, too! It is just that all the plot twists she uses to get there are on Dorothy Dunnett levels of AMAZING IDTASTIC CRACK. I eat it all up with a spoon and cannot wait for more.)
( Spoilers through volume 13! ). . . . wow this is a long entry. Um, I guess I have a lot of feelings? SHINBASHI IS ADORABLE, THE END.
