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Saiunkoku Monogatari episode 7
Jan. 5th, 2008 11:01 amI'm sorely tempted to drop this. There's only so much yaoi I can take in anime, and it's not a high quotient. I can enjoy it as much a het couple on regular tv, if it's a decently written romantic subplot, but in anime it's always so.... fanservicey. Men drawn to look like beautiful women (by the anime definition of "beautiful" too)... it just does not appeal to me. And here it's making me roll my eyes. I'm not part of the fanbase these scenes are aiming to titillate.
I'll continue on with the series because it's gotten mildly better in the last few episodes, although it's still got a lot of annoying factors. ( MILD spoilers for the first 7 episodes )
I know I'm being pretty harsh on this series. I'm hoping it will improve, and I trust the judgement of the fan who told me it will. I'm just not finding it to be at all interesting right now. It reads like someone had an idea, wrote a story outline, and then went to produce the anime without actually researching the world the story belonged in, or how people in such a world would behave.
I'll continue on with the series because it's gotten mildly better in the last few episodes, although it's still got a lot of annoying factors. ( MILD spoilers for the first 7 episodes )
I know I'm being pretty harsh on this series. I'm hoping it will improve, and I trust the judgement of the fan who told me it will. I'm just not finding it to be at all interesting right now. It reads like someone had an idea, wrote a story outline, and then went to produce the anime without actually researching the world the story belonged in, or how people in such a world would behave.
