Actually, it's more like writing about Zetsuai and Bronze. So far I've churned through the five volumes of Zetsuai and now I'm up to volume eight of Bronze. The reason I'm writing is to tick off a list of cliches or otherwise unbelievable things that have happened so far. XD
So, in... 13 volumes of manga, there have been:
- two self-inflicted wounds requiring hospitalization. One was a self-inflicted amputation - yes, amputation *eyeroll* resulting in the acquisition of the BestRobotArmProsthesisEverInANonSciFiManga! Also, a cryogenically frozen limb. If that all isn't weird enough for you, the other self-inflicted wound would be your cup of tea.
- one stabbing. Which did not require hospitalization because, "Grrr, I'm a manly man! No hospital for me, bwahaha!"
- one surgery for a torn tendon in a knee. This was actually quite reasonable.
- two comas/vegetative states. (No angsty manga is complete without at least one coma!)
- interminable insides of hospital rooms
- one scene in a cherry tree orchard when the flowers are in full bloom. Dramatic whooshing around of sakura petals.
- one, or two, attempted or successful rapes, depending on how you count it. (Yes, wrap your head around that!)
- a veiled drawing of attempted masturbation. I think.
- bunch of sex scenes, expensive cars, pretty actresses and stylists...
- one TINY Speedo (which I just saw now. My eyebrows crawled into my hairline for safety...)
- and I bet you there's another sex scene coming up...
- oh yes, the time-tested trick of using your knee to prod at your boyfriend's crotch!
- if Minami Ozaki is going to draw an underwater sex scene in which one of the players is missing his BestRobotArmProsthesisEverInANonSciFiManga, then I just totally give up! At all pretenses of believing this manga's so-called realism...
- oh, phew, no underwater-sex-scene-sans-robotarm and no hotel-pool-sex-scene. I can swim in pools again without wondering if there's been hot non-BestRobotArmProsthesisEverInANonSciFiManga-sex in them!
- now this is becoming self-indulgent. But that's okay, right? :D
- yes, pouring champagne over your hot date's face is going to get their motor going! I wonder if sparkling apple cider works just as well...
- is that XXXXXXX I see? *eyeball*
- that was... kinda cute. o_o;
And I'm going to stop there, because it's really getting self-indulgent.
I gotta work an event tomorrow. God help me. >__>;; I guess it's part of the job description, so it's okay, but I'm not expecting it to be a big ball of fun. If I get sunburned, I'll be really unhappy - my skin's already really irritated from being so dry.
Posted by amoeboid at September 9, 2006 12:14 AM