Sunday, July 12, 2009

Very long rant about a certain obsession

This could be the best day ever.
My sister told me that she has had a PHYSICAL copy of Bronze Vol. 14 for a long time (which, by the way if you missed my last post, is the final volume that I've been waiting for) and so she passed it to me and now I'm reading it. I cannot believe she has kept it in her bookshelf for so long! (I'm struggling along with the Japanese but my limited knowledge of kanji seems to be prevailing thanks to the god-given furigana)
I have no idea what the HELL is going on. All I know is, Izumi STILL can't walk.
I need to read Vol. 13 to find out what the heck is happening at the beginning of this volume.
Ah, eff.
And 'Kanarazu shiawase ni naru' is slowly taking over 'Dou sureba ii' as the key operative sentence in the manga.
The emotions are DEFINITELY being overplayed by the mangaka but that's what I love about Bronze, the mangaka isn't afraid to write something that is unrealistically realistic (sorry about that).. but I suppose if you read about what has happened to her in her past, this manga is somewhat her way of experimenting with the idea of a love that is too desperate and obsessive to work out. Everytime I read it, I start to question myself about the possibilities of somebody loving somebody like the way Koji loves Izumi.. Hmm.
This can be a psychological undertaking, Rye-chan.
But yet, I'm still smiling reading it because I already know that in Ai ni Obore, Ai ni Shisu, Izumi says 'I love you' and they are together so alls well and ends well. Yay!
Hopefully, this will cure my obsession.