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Anonymous 10/25/11(Tue)15:13 No.56372132
I personally like Ben-to because rather than play a ridiculous premise as a ridiculous premise, like say, Yakitake Japan did, Ben-to is playing it as surrealism.
The MC lives in a normal world, and freaky shit suddenly starts to happen around him, but only he notices. To everyone else the kidnapping lesbian and street fighting in the supermarkets are not only a matter of course, but not even worthy of note. And once he becomesawareof it, rather than play "the strait man," likemost showswould, he rolls with it, engrosses himself in it...and yet still remains far enough outside the madness for us to relate to him effectively.
Admittedly the surrealist elements aren't very strong in the writing, but the direction, art style, shot framing and music really help sell it. Compare the first episode of theanimeto the first chapter of Ben-to Zero and you see a really stark difference in the storytelling. The mangais far more traditional in all aspects, and the weaknesses and generic elements of the setting and story are magnified. The anime is so stylized that the ride alone helps hide those flaw[code][/code]s.
I know comparing Ben-To to Fight Club has become the new Troll du jour recently, but I actually do seesome similarities, at least compared to the film version.
I'll be interested to see if the plot gets any DEEPER (if you'll forgive the term).
Anonymous 10/25/11(Tue)15:17 No.56372275
Ben-to is a ridiculous premise that knows it's ridiculous but is presented well.
Horizon, Guilty crown etc are equally ridiculouspremises' that take themselves seriously and without a hint of irony and are presented in a haphazard and cliche way. |
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