Dracula's a pretty interesting read; it's written like a compilation of
diaries and journals and letters of the main characters, that tell the
story. This is helpful in letting the reader know everyone's point of view,
and also to make sure that every event is covered by someone. It's written
eloquently, like most 19th century works of literature...compared to it,
Shiki is a light novel! I wouldn't say it's great though, just pretty good.
I don't wanna be a Vampire Hipster and be like "psh, I only read the
/original/ vampire lore"; well okay, a) if you want to read only original
vampire lore, you have to look at some ancient Slavic texts, like Bram
Stoker did not invent vampires and b) older doesn't necessarily mean
better. I don't really like the contemporary YA paranormal fiction but I'm
sure there's some good ones out there somewhere.
I'm thinking Sunako would be more of a Dracula or an Anne Rice reader (and
actually, if she really found out that she was a vampire by reading, she
could have actually read some aforementioned Slavic texts). She wouldn't
approve of fetishizing vampirism, so she's not under any illusions about
herself, but she does accept what she is. I wonder what life (well,
undeath) would be like for a Shiki who had read the YA paranormal romances
in life. They would probably be disillusioned and cry.
I'm really wondering what the Ohtsukas' new religion is! Yeah though, the
Ohtsuka case made Seishin gain a lot of respect in my eyes. I think you can
tie it to his hatred of the village.
What he's saying is that it doesn't matter what your religion is, as long
as you stick to your beliefs...which isn't what the general populace of
Sotoba's about after all. Like any religious group, they (well, some) can
only accept their own religion as the truth. And then if they see other
people not believing in (or in their eyes, denying) 'the truth', then those
people would seem stupid to them.
If I had my way and an unlimited budget, I would finance another Shiki
series where none of the novel bits are missing. It would have to run well
over one season, though, and its length will be on par with Bleach, only
better. But then how do you really portray the philosophical bits visually?
If it was just Seishin's face for 10 minutes with the voice actor narrating
his thoughts, that would bore a lot of people away. Perhaps they decided
that the alternative religion/martyr path was too difficult to portray.
That's also why they probably shifted the focus to Natsuno, because he's
easier to portray.
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Dracula's a pretty interesting read; it's written like a compilation of diaries and journals and letters of the main characters, that tell the story. This is helpful in letting the reader know everyone's point of view, and also to make sure that every event is covered by someone. It's written eloquently, like most 19th century works of literature...compared to it, Shiki is a light novel! I wouldn't say it's great though, just pretty good. I don't wanna be a Vampire Hipster and be like "psh, I only read the /original/ vampire lore"; well okay, a) if you want to read only original vampire lore, you have to look at some ancient Slavic texts, like Bram Stoker did not invent vampires and b) older doesn't necessarily mean better. I don't really like the contemporary YA paranormal fiction but I'm sure there's some good ones out there somewhere. I'm thinking Sunako would be more of a Dracula or an Anne Rice reader (and actually, if she really found out that she was a vampire by reading, she could have actually read some aforementioned Slavic texts). She wouldn't approve of fetishizing vampirism, so she's not under any illusions about herself, but she does accept what she is. I wonder what life (well, undeath) would be like for a Shiki who had read the YA paranormal romances in life. They would probably be disillusioned and cry.
I'm really wondering what the Ohtsukas' new religion is! Yeah though, the Ohtsuka case made Seishin gain a lot of respect in my eyes. I think you can tie it to his hatred of the village. What he's saying is that it doesn't matter what your religion is, as long as you stick to your beliefs...which isn't what the general populace of Sotoba's about after all. Like any religious group, they (well, some) can only accept their own religion as the truth. And then if they see other people not believing in (or in their eyes, denying) 'the truth', then those people would seem stupid to them. If I had my way and an unlimited budget, I would finance another Shiki series where none of the novel bits are missing. It would have to run well over one season, though, and its length will be on par with Bleach, only better. But then how do you really portray the philosophical bits visually? If it was just Seishin's face for 10 minutes with the voice actor narrating his thoughts, that would bore a lot of people away. Perhaps they decided that the alternative religion/martyr path was too difficult to portray. That's also why they probably shifted the focus to Natsuno, because he's easier to portray.