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Dichotomic readings.
I started reading the Nodame Cantabile manga (visit stoptazmo.com!), and so far it seems the anime stuck very close to the manga while slightly glossing over certain parts. None of which was really so significant that it had to be shown.
The hints of some sort of trauma in Nodame's childhood began much earlier in the anime, however. Which is kind of interesting. There's a particular scene in the manga that I don't quite remember seeing in the anime -- where Nodame remembers when that kid who took 2nd place in the competition she was disqualified from (and whom she knew from when she was younger) said something to her about needles and that she "knows" because she went into "that room". I don't know if that was something important, but just hasn't been addressed yet (as of chapter 64 of the manga), or if it was just a throw-away remark.
I'm kind of hoping that it leads to something darker in the future. That would be quite satisfying, I think. I mean, I absolutely love Nodame as the space-agent she is, but I those moments of seriousness and melancholy are so intriguing~.
I finished watching season 2 of the anime, which takes place during Nodame and Chiaki's studies in a Paris Conservatory. And in the manga, I've gotten up to about the middle of season 2. So I'm quite excited to get past what I've seen in the anime! I inadvertently read someone's comment about Chiaki "making a mistake in their relationship", referring to a chapter in the 100s, so I'm actually looking forward to that! I want to know what a fully-acknowledged relationship between Chiaki and Nodame is like!
I'm also currently reading Irvine Welsh's The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs. It's interesting and entertaining and very much in the vein of his other novels, like Trainspotting and its sequel Porno. That is, dominated by the question of the working class and Scottish national identity... and as one critic said, "full of what Welsh does best -- sex, drugs, and drink." There is an interesting twist, however, in that there's an element of the supernatural/magical realism(?) in it whichI don't think Welsh has ever really included in his other works. (Discovered that he does use it in several of his novels, just not in the ones I've read. After reading the Wiki on him, I think I should read his novel Filth next.)
I've been thinking about how I think about novels/films/etc. lately, and I've come to the conclusion that although I do analyze stories in certain ways, I'm not thinking quite critically enough. This is a sad realization. Where possible, I'm trying to prompt myself into thinking critically from different angles, but it's difficult. I feel like I should challenge myself to a book report, or at least the outline of one, and then look up critical essays to compare my thoughts to.
I think my brain is dissolving into something kind of... boring.
The hints of some sort of trauma in Nodame's childhood began much earlier in the anime, however. Which is kind of interesting. There's a particular scene in the manga that I don't quite remember seeing in the anime -- where Nodame remembers when that kid who took 2nd place in the competition she was disqualified from (and whom she knew from when she was younger) said something to her about needles and that she "knows" because she went into "that room". I don't know if that was something important, but just hasn't been addressed yet (as of chapter 64 of the manga), or if it was just a throw-away remark.
I'm kind of hoping that it leads to something darker in the future. That would be quite satisfying, I think. I mean, I absolutely love Nodame as the space-agent she is, but I those moments of seriousness and melancholy are so intriguing~.
I finished watching season 2 of the anime, which takes place during Nodame and Chiaki's studies in a Paris Conservatory. And in the manga, I've gotten up to about the middle of season 2. So I'm quite excited to get past what I've seen in the anime! I inadvertently read someone's comment about Chiaki "making a mistake in their relationship", referring to a chapter in the 100s, so I'm actually looking forward to that! I want to know what a fully-acknowledged relationship between Chiaki and Nodame is like!
I'm also currently reading Irvine Welsh's The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs. It's interesting and entertaining and very much in the vein of his other novels, like Trainspotting and its sequel Porno. That is, dominated by the question of the working class and Scottish national identity... and as one critic said, "full of what Welsh does best -- sex, drugs, and drink." There is an interesting twist, however, in that there's an element of the supernatural/magical realism(?) in it which
I've been thinking about how I think about novels/films/etc. lately, and I've come to the conclusion that although I do analyze stories in certain ways, I'm not thinking quite critically enough. This is a sad realization. Where possible, I'm trying to prompt myself into thinking critically from different angles, but it's difficult. I feel like I should challenge myself to a book report, or at least the outline of one, and then look up critical essays to compare my thoughts to.
I think my brain is dissolving into something kind of... boring.
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