Ryota Mitarai (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lovedanime) wrote2018-12-06 04:33 am
lovedanime) wrote2018-12-06 04:33 am
government friends psl
"Why is his ability code geass" well Mitarai having no ability would be pretty odd when his whole thing is having more power than he knows how to use and I'm not about to change his name to some famous author so it's just the name of an anime that involves mind control. be thankful it's not Death Note. Crime & Punishment is enough for one Yokohama. I guess Geass could command people to die
cw wwii japanese imperialism/racism
[Mitarai is really on board with this delayed gratification thing for some reason, it has his eyes glinting.]
Well, it was actually Momo Gyun Sword from Project No.19.
[For the first time all night Mitarai turns in his seat with a remotely open posture towards Golyadkin.]
I picked up the 12-episode box set used. I can't say I would have bought it full price, but it certainly passed the time. The use of color was unusually consistent in the character designs and backgrounds, and the protagonist's expressions were charming, but none of the animation was memorable at all, let alone the music. I'm not really sure how I can feel about the story either... Of course the heroine uniting her friends to fight the oni is noble in theory, but when it's so directly based on Momotaro, I can't help but think of the Sea Eagles or Sacred Soldiers and feel guilty.
[The ramen arrives. Mitarai doesn't notice in the slightest.]
I can't see it as an apolitical decision, so I have to wonder what the studio was thinking, particularly in their rendition of Momo-ko as a well-endowed woman, in light of their other works that seriously courted obscenity charges—
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[Golyadkin gasps, and almost knocks over the bowl in the process.]
That sounds, really, rather...um, culturally insensitive, if I can say so. [A shy glance towards the ramen. It's not really his position to judge, is it?] But I'm glad it wasn't all bad...though -
[A crack of chopsticks. Golyadkin looks down on the bowl as the steam rises, covering his lenses in an obscuring fog.]
- even if it was, that wouldn't really be a waste, would it?
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[The ramen's here... Mitarai picks up his chopsticks and folds his hands. His itadakimasu doesn't reach past a whisper, so used to saying it with no one around.
This "bad anime" has him thinking, since there are so many different meanings of bad. He takes one long sip of the noodles before answering.] As long as it doesn't impinge on the freedom of people in the 3D world, such as by replicating the marginalization of a culture, I really think the limitless nature of the 2D world is the single most beautiful thing. It's a place where people should be free to succeed, fail, or do whatever else they want. Even bad anime... any mistake can be blotted out... there's always a way to start over...
[His chopsticks click multiple times around a piece of meat, seeming to coincide with Mitarai snapping out of it a little and speaking more lightly.]
You know, on the bluray release or something.
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He tilts his head towards him, food no longer of any significance to him. No - it was all on his equally meek coworker now.]
You say it shouldn’t impinge on the freedom of those in the 3D world, but call the 2D world limitless.
[He’s careful to avoid a tone of judgement or criticism, speaking delicately and impartially, approaching the subject as tentatively as one would a deer in the woods.]
Do you not think a three-dimensional life can have that freedom?
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The world would have to change drastically for that to happen... I think.
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Golyadkin stutters out a response, though it quickly smooths out into calmness.]
Y-yes...it would, wouldn't it?
[He remembers his food, and begins to swirl his chopsticks in the soup to provide distraction.]
Do you think it could? [A pause.] Ah, hypothetically, of course.
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I suppose I believe in the potential for a kind of... well, the most apt way to put it in this context would actually be "cultural revolution"?
[He clamps a number of noodles, tightly.]
Unfortunately, we live in hard times, so I've begun to doubt the stars will line up soon enough. [He smiles - twitchy, now completely obvious in its forced quality compared to discussing anime.] I've just been focusing my efforts on protecting this country.
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[He pulls some noodles from the bowl, allowing them to cool in the air before doing anything about them.]
Ah, of course that's all just- it's just being poetic at this point. And I'm - I'm just a secretary. That's not my department.
[A light chuckle, and that delicately serious tone is dismissed. Golyadkin chews on his food, glasses starting to clear up.]
That's an important job, after all. Um, yours, I mean. I can't imagine having that responsibility.