Comments on: Jyu-Oh-Sei – 10 to 11 – Die, Die My Darling http://www.bateszi.me/2006/06/29/jyuohsei-10-to-11-die-die-my-darling/ Anime fans forever Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: bateszi http://www.bateszi.me/2006/06/29/jyuohsei-10-to-11-die-die-my-darling/#comment-216 bateszi Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:49:13 +0000 http://localhost/?p=73#comment-216 @psgels, kuromitsu I quite enjoyed it in the end, just I can't shake the feeling Jyu-Oh-Sei should have been better than it actually was. It had all the makings of a classic anime. Series like Now and Then, Here and There managed to present compelling, amazing drama in 13 episodes, so the short length isn't really an excuse. Put simply, it's the writers and directors fault for Jyu-Oh-Sei appearing to be a jack-of-all-trades. @tj han "And I'm more concerned with why he gets a change of hair colour, face and skin. He survived so many years on Chimera without changing but after Third dies, he metamorphs." Thor's cells are tuned to adapt and aid in his survival. I suppose his cells change his skin and hair colour because it's more suited to the climate of Chimera; why wait so long to do this? To become the Jyu-Oh I suppose you have to look different and exude charisma (a bit like Griffith from Berserk, actually). It could also be seen as being symbolic of Thor accepting life on Chimera. @psgels, kuromitsu
I quite enjoyed it in the end, just I can’t shake the feeling Jyu-Oh-Sei should have been better than it actually was. It had all the makings of a classic anime.

Series like Now and Then, Here and There managed to present compelling, amazing drama in 13 episodes, so the short length isn’t really an excuse. Put simply, it’s the writers and directors fault for Jyu-Oh-Sei appearing to be a jack-of-all-trades.

@tj han
"And I’m more concerned with why he gets a change of hair colour, face and skin. He survived so many years on Chimera without changing but after Third dies, he metamorphs."

Thor’s cells are tuned to adapt and aid in his survival. I suppose his cells change his skin and hair colour because it’s more suited to the climate of Chimera; why wait so long to do this? To become the Jyu-Oh I suppose you have to look different and exude charisma (a bit like Griffith from Berserk, actually). It could also be seen as being symbolic of Thor accepting life on Chimera.

]]> By: tj han http://www.bateszi.me/2006/06/29/jyuohsei-10-to-11-die-die-my-darling/#comment-215 tj han Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:40:35 +0000 http://localhost/?p=73#comment-215 I'm not sure if he as 3 years to live. After all he was revealed as a superman and not just a regular Juno guy. So he may not suffer the reduced life span. And I'm more concerned with why he gets a change of hair colour, face and skin. He survived so many years on Chimera without changing but after Third dies, he metamorphs. I’m not sure if he as 3 years to live. After all he was revealed as a superman and not just a regular Juno guy. So he may not suffer the reduced life span.

And I’m more concerned with why he gets a change of hair colour, face and skin. He survived so many years on Chimera without changing but after Third dies, he metamorphs.

]]> By: kuromitsu http://www.bateszi.me/2006/06/29/jyuohsei-10-to-11-die-die-my-darling/#comment-214 kuromitsu Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:53:00 +0000 http://localhost/?p=73#comment-214 I'm not a rabid fangirl, but I lapped this up... I'm not quite so sure why. Of course, it's an audio-visual orgasm, but otherwise I've grown to really like this anime, despite all its faults. As for lacking characterization, dunno, I quite liked it as it is - of course it would've much better if it was at least 13 eps long (damn producers), but I guess I just filled in the holes from the manga. My problem was only with the last episode. I understand that the writers did the best they could with squeezing the whole story into 11 eps, but that necessarily meant eliminating like, 90% of the background info that would've been extremely important. As I said in the LJ comm, the anime had the story but it managed to completely miss the <i>point</i>, and that's just too sad. I’m not a rabid fangirl, but I lapped this up… I’m not quite so sure why. Of course, it’s an audio-visual orgasm, but otherwise I’ve grown to really like this anime, despite all its faults. As for lacking characterization, dunno, I quite liked it as it is – of course it would’ve much better if it was at least 13 eps long (damn producers), but I guess I just filled in the holes from the manga.
My problem was only with the last episode. I understand that the writers did the best they could with squeezing the whole story into 11 eps, but that necessarily meant eliminating like, 90% of the background info that would’ve been extremely important. As I said in the LJ comm, the anime had the story but it managed to completely miss the <i>point</i>, and that’s just too sad.

]]> By: psgels http://www.bateszi.me/2006/06/29/jyuohsei-10-to-11-die-die-my-darling/#comment-213 psgels Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:43:27 +0000 http://localhost/?p=73#comment-213 I just saw the ending as well, and I have to say that I liked it. Especially Thor's decision to remain on Chimera (after all, he was sixteen at the end of the anime, which means that he'll only have about three more years to live), especially when you consider the other ones who survived the drama. I just saw the ending as well, and I have to say that I liked it. Especially Thor’s decision to remain on Chimera (after all, he was sixteen at the end of the anime, which means that he’ll only have about three more years to live), especially when you consider the other ones who survived the drama.

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