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Friday, August 6, 2004

Jumping the shark? I think not!


Question: What would a low-class republican do with those Kerry Edwards poster-signs from the Democratic National Convention?

Sen's biased answer: Do something childish and/or violent with them, of course.

I'm going to try to do these comics on a fairly regular but flexible basis- I may get one done in one week and three in the next. I'll try and keep them regular, but don't expect much. It will be hard to find the four to six hours needed to do four panels, especially when school starts. Even if I get an hour of art in every day, homework will probably be taking up most of my after-school time this year. I've heard that 8th grade at this school a complete 180 from seventh, homework-wise.

But enough of that. Let's talk about Saikano.

I finally picked up the first volume of the manga version a couple days ago, and it's even better than my expectations (Which were quite high to begin with). It's the only romance manga I've read (in the shounen realm, at least) that didn't rely on fanservice and perverse humor to get by. It's just a guy and a girl, who know next to nothing about love, in a small town where the only thing they can do together is talk. Then the love-during-war dynamic comes in, which is obviously quite important to the series.

It's touching, it's personal, and most importantly it feels real. No wonder Viz put it in Editor's Choice.

Will I be buying the rest of the series? Hell yes. Will I be buying the anime adaptation? No. That money will be going toward Tsukihime.

I also picked up the first volume of Bleach, which pales in comparison to Saikano. I'm probably going to be a cheap bastard and exchange it for cash, if Waldenbooks will let me.

Hm, I should probably end this with some sort of witty quote or comment, shouldn't I?

...

Well, too bad. I'll work on my post closure later.

EDIT: Three people have just asked me if I'm pro-Kerry or pro-Bush after reading this comic. I figured the comic wouldn't be 100% clear..

Anyway, I would vote for Kerry, if I could. "At least he's not Bush."
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