I really hate it when people use "meh".
It makes me want to gouge their eyes out with a blunt object.
Anyway...
I watched episode 3 of Gankutsuou last night and all I can say is...Amazing...the show keeps getting better and better. This is a keeper folks, so if it's evern licensed in the States, pick it up. The adaptation from the orginal book "Count of Monte Cristo" is supurb. So far, it's paid great respect to such a wonderful tale and I have no complaints. Some people are upset that the didn't start out at the beginning, where the Count is thrown in prison. I'd like to point out this show is only like 24-26 episodes (I can't remember) long. Anyone who's read the book should understand that doing the entire story in detail would be impossilbe. The Count's days in prison will be revealed via flashback, that's enough to convey what has happened, so just enjoy this show for what is is, okay...Read the book if you want the full story (as I stated before).
I'll be putting up a few more pages of ZERO this weekend, and I have to figure out what to do with the first book. I don't have enough room to keep it posted on my MSN site...*sigh* For those who don't know exactly what ZERO is, it's a suburb manga that gets little to no attention. Honestly, I don't know why this gem hasn't become popular, it's such a wonderful story.
Zero, by Yamazaki Takako is a story that takes place in Japan after a terrible accident has left the country ravaged by a nuclear holocaust. It's not a mech manga, if that's what your thinking. No, instead it's about a group of boys who stumble on a horrific seceret regarding the events that have ruined their country. The story begins 17 years after the accident at a place called "ZOO". It's a military installation run by the US Government. Many young people live there, learning to work and live their lives admist a world that has come to depend on militarisim. Everything is orderly. Life has no spark or meaning.
Looking for some sort of excitment, some sort of relief from the monotony, the young people have turned to drugs, one in particular called ZERO. The rumor is it makes the user slip into a dream like state and witness the lives of their past. Through their sleep, people slip back to the beings the were before the accident and live lives as "normal" children did back in those days. However, what they don't realize is that using Zero has consiquences.
Our hero, Kageo Akatuki lives for his dreams. He's an addict and a wistful dreamer. A series of events gets him tagged as a murderer and thrown in prison with his arch nemisis, Eishi F. Batsu. Together, the two rivals manage to escape the Zoo and begin a journey across a radioactive wasteland that was once Japan.
Along the way, they stumble onto some astounding military operations and uncover several terrifying secerets about their lives. Soon, the government is after them and they are running for their lives.
Really, this is a horrible summary. Sorry, but I'm at work and rushed. *sigh* Zero is a confusing story, with so many plots, sub plots and little details that it can be difficult to keep up. However, this is one of the reasons I love this story so much. It's intreaguing. It's complicated. Not to mention very funny and incredibly heartbreaking at the same time. I highly recommending reading it if you can. I'm going to continue working on my horrible translations for as long as I can. Perhaps, someday, we'll see Zero on the shelves of bookstores here in the US.
Posted by Zoso at October 28, 2004 11:45 AM