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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2702th Post
 
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|  "Woke From Dreaming"
, posted Sat 21 Feb 23:22:
(in advance, there's some minor spoilers in this post, mainly from the first episode)
out of everything i've seen in the past few months, Gunslinger Girl is one of my absolute favorites. i love the tragedies that everyone's gone/going through, the different relationships between each girl and their brother or handler (they were called "fratello" in the dialogue), and the consequences that can come from using children as weapons
when i first heard the name, Gunslinger Girl, i expected another wacky, off-the-wall anime with fanservice and guns everywhere. but after watching only a few seconds of the intro, i was taken completely offguard. the scenes in the intro were appropriate and well-placed, and i don't think they could've chosen a better song to represent the series. it's one of those few anime intros that i think are a complete masterpiece
other than the beautiful intro, the thing that drew me in and almost brought me to tears in the first episode was when Jose (or Giuseppe) was scolding Henrietta for losing her cool. she was scared like a child being punished by a parent, and she clutched onto that gun as if it'd protect her from him. she held onto it exactly like a child would grasp a stuffed animal. the dementia that came from that single scene seized my attention and never let it go
comparing the anime to the manga, i've gotta take a different stance than HazZan here. in the manga, i couldn't get the same feeling i could from the anime. i didn't feel the pauses inbetween intense scenes, i didn't feel the emotion when people talked, the great animation from the fights were missing, there was no gorgeous background music to set the mood of rich Italian culture, and i dislike how a lot of it was translated. it fucking pisses me off every time they refer to the girls as "cyborgs". not once (well, that i've seen so far. i've fallen pretty far behind in watching the series because of school) have they referred to the girls as "cyborgs" in the anime. there's something about that word and how it's been used in the past that doesn't suit these girls at all
also, the anime has a lot of things that i found absent in the manga, so i've gotta assume that they're add-ons. a great addition in my opinion. one of those things is the use of actual landmarks, like the museum and the fountain they visited. ironically, the names of those two have escaped me at the moment, but it was great watching them go over different Italian landmarks and art pieces -- pieces of work i've actually studied before. it's just one of those things that makes the experience all the more personal
i'm pretty curious to see how the rest of the anime and manga compare to one another. so far, i've sensed quite a bit of a story change, but maybe the story's just told in a different order in the anime
even though Gunslinger Girl is one of my favorite animes, i don't hate others for not liking it. the pace can be slow at times, there's a lot of "flashbacks" in the early episodes, [edit] and not everyone enjoys tragedies as much as i do. it's beautiful, but it's not for everyone
finally, i'm pretty neutral when i hear things about the game. i don't know how it'll turn out, and knowing that the pace may change from the anime makes me uneasy
[this message was edited by Juke Joint Jezebel on Sat 21 Feb 23:32] |
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"gunslinger girl impression please!" 
"Re(2):gunslinger girl impression please!"