Thought (circa ep.26)

[petronia]

Insofar as the GetBackers anime works from the storyline of the manga - which it has done so far in my viewing - it does it better. It's what every shounen anime should be in a perfect universe, to wit, a chance for intelligent editing and rewriting of the hastily-plotted-from-week-to-week source material. The foreshadowing makes more sense. The flashbacks make more sense. Heck, most of the flashbacks didn't even exist in the manga version. On two occasions Ban's Jagan illusions are completely altered from the original, for an effect that's far more atmospheric, comprehensible and devastating.

Thank you, series, for the hommage to "The Night Face Up"! I have totally lost track of how many of my ficbunnies you've eaten before I could write them! XD;;

OTOH, MakubeX's classmate in the manga version handing him back the Kami no Kijutsu CD-ROM was just... incredibly appropriate. (Have him lend you Angel Sanctuary next, Sabina mutters. That one has great replay value.)

The onsen episode may possibly be the best onsen episode in the history of animation in Japan.

Dear saints, that ending sequence. Weiss can eat its heart out right now.

Comments

[ayabai.livejournal.com]

if the onsen ep was the last one you watched, you're at the point where the anime starts to go downhill >_> <_< well, except the hospital ep. that is some good crack, yo, even if it doesn't have ginji talking about how he wants to become stronger and ban sparkling at him. XD;; i do like the anime version of the mugenjou arc better than the manga one, though. i like the anime better up until after the mugenjou arc, and i like the manga better after the mugenjou arc XD;;; i practically read this series backwards, mind you- read 10-20 before i even thought about getting the beginning of the manga, which i still don't like much ^^; hey, did i ever mention that apparently in the last chapter in shonen mag 42, ginji was, uh, able to control the undead mud pirate zombies of doooooom to attack suiha? /me shakeshakes kinokuniya for being three weeks behind on shonen magazine (well, on that note, i should probably be glad that i addicted my cute japanese friend to getbackers, HAHAHAH XD;;;)

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Are mud and seaweed electroconductive!? ...I shouldn't bother, should I? ^^;

My friend pointed out the other day, quite illuminatingly, that if she were the mangaka she'd concentrate on getting all the plot out of the way before she had Ban and Ginji meet up again, secure in the knowledge that the fans will buy every single magazine until then. ^_^;;;

(Nearing the end of the tankoubon - three chapters to go! *pantpant* You have the eps directly after, right? Will you scan them for me so I can keep doing the translations? ^^;)

[ayabai.livejournal.com]

well, we've already figured out that they've at least got ME buying the damn magazine every week >E hopefully my friend can get me mag40 tomorrow

yeah, i've got 36/37 - 39... i already sent you 36/37, so i'll start scanning the others this weekend...? i've been meaning to translate but lately have been so busy i barely have time to do japanese homework ^^:;;;;;

[ayabai.livejournal.com]

oh, wait, i've got a few of the ones before 36, as well- i think i have everything that comes after v22. i'll have to check because i left some of my shonen magazines at home ^^;;;

[petronia.livejournal.com]

'Kay, whenever's good for you. :D I probably won't be able to so much as look at translations again until Sunday anyhow; social events and am dead on my feet. /yawns

[angrybabble.livejournal.com]

I think I must be the only fangirl in existence to like the beginning of the manga, the parts that were mostly chopped out entirely in the anime... I mean, come on, the art was kinda crappy, but Ginji was so MANLY back then (he didn't act like the HEROINE of the series) and, and Ban was such a dumbass (Getoba Kazuo?!) and I dunno, it was just fun... XD;

There were a few parts of the Mugenjou arc I prefer in the manga (like that entire scene where Ban gets between Raitei and Akabane... it just looked better in the manga, to me... And of course, the fact that in the manga Ban's stupid little gay mini-toga shirt was ripped off), but overall I think I like it better in the anime. Mugenjou arc is the best best part of the anime though, IMHO. (Okay, and the onsen ep was hilarious, the things they added in were terribly amusing...)

After ep #26, though, the anime seemed to become largely filler eps, screwed up manga plotlines, and general not-as-goodness.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Yay for the loss of the damn bandage haltertop!! Definitely the manga was superior there...(it actually made me appreciate his shirt. ARgh!) :P

The early manga volumes, the art disturbs me...they all looking about 5, and Ginji's head appears to be a pineapple. Much prettier in the show. (Yah, so I'm shallow...) I haven't exactly read the manga so much as paged through gawking at the pretty pictures, and when the dialogue is close I can tell what they're saying, but...not enough to really judge ^^;;

I do think the anime made some good choices. 2nd episode, not making it obvious that Ban gave the old man the vision of his daughter - I thought that was a very nice touch. And then there's some scenes I'm torn about...ep 8/v.4, when Ginji's getting strangled by Ryuudo and calls down the lightning bolt...hysterical bit in the manga when Ban goes to help him up and gets zapped, but in the anime I like the seriousness of that scene (and they look so hot!...um. yeah. soo~ shallow)

Shame the show didn't do Venus de Milo justice...want to Ginji's, umm, dying thoughts. 'cuz, yeah. Tho' I gotta say...last anime arc, plot made me want to beat my head against something, but from the squealy fangirly BanGin perspective...about 10 certain minutes from the last few eps are totally worth the price of admission ^^;

(also ep39, of course. "Jagan defeated!")

[petronia.livejournal.com]

It's all very odd. I can understand why they chose not to do Kami no Kijutsu (by far the most disturbing arc, from an after-school cartoon hour POV, what with the vaguely satanic cult and the child abuse), but why they wouldn't cover Venus de Milo properly beats all heck out of me. Why not all seven Miroku? o_O; In general they seem rather determined to leave as much of Ban's past out of it as possible, which makes me wonder if that wasn't the extent of the decision.

[angrybabble.livejournal.com]

Venus de Milo just SUCKED. Ban's past? What about GINJI NOT SUCKING?! That's what they left out! It's not like he needs help looking like a wussy retarded girly useless dumbass in canon! But no! Instead of "I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS AND THEN NAIL IT UP OVER MY MANTEL" Raitei badassness where he fights the Miroku 7, and "I don't like to fight people I like, but oh well" Ginji, it was NO RAITEI AT ALL and "I am a retard who instantly trusts people if they feed me, and I cry and act like a wuss and beg at people's feet" Ginji. Not to mention only 2 mirokus, things left out about Ban, Ginji being stabbed in the tummy, and all sorts of other things left out (including Emishi and Shido dressed up in funny costumes)... it just makes the soul cry.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

forgot to say in my war&peace of comments above - yeah. Is there anything slashier than the Mr.Deja Vu ending? gorgeous...

just wait 'til you see the next ending credits ^^;;;;