Greetings blog visitors,
I haven't done anything in the last few weeks for my blog (well I just post something up but that's been sitting there for quite awhile). This is a status report on my situation here in relation to the blog.
First, in the last few weeks, I haven't been able to get anything done. Why? Well for one, I got sick. One Saturday evening after eating a full dinner, my stomach didn't settle and that night I got up from bed and hurled up my dinner a few times. Thereafter, I felt like shit (excuse the language). Now it doesn't help that everyone around me in class is sick and I was feeling very weak as well so a few days later, I was felt sickly with a cold. Anyways, I got better but I still have that annoying cough that lasts forever as well as occasional return of a sore throat...I should probably go see a doctor about that. Secondly, I also had my second round of midterms. Crammed like heck, aced the first and totally bombed the second (I felt like I got kicked in the stomach).
Second, in the coming days and weeks although Thanksgiving break is coming up and winter break will soon arrive in a few more weeks, I'll be busy. I have a paper due and then a midterm on the week before finals (yeah, it's the quarter system alright). Then finals week will roll in, while there are exams going on, I will have to go to work still (more like a personal obligation) since my supervisor has deadlines to meet (and without me, she'll be totally helpless since it's a demanding job in which an assistant is necessary).
I have little time to write anything fresh and thought provoking (not that I've done that in the last few months either). Alright, if anyone cares, I won't be back until the holidays.
Best,
tohukyo
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Quick Post--Cynical Orange
Hi everyone, this is just a copy of a post from a thread I created about the ending for Cynical Orange by Yoon Ji Un. It is my explanation for why and how the manhwa ends. I wrote it on the 4th of September, 2012. I just want it to be here because MF has this rule about NECRO posting which is kind of annoying since someone doesn't have enough of a life to go around different threads and closing all the threads that have relavence no matter how long ago the last post was made. This is the lack of efficiency for the forum rules on MF. No one really cares that much about necro posting for forgotten completed mangas. tsk....I might dig up some old thread posts as well from here on to give some insight on some mangas/manhwas. oh and FYI, this is a SPOILER if you didn't get that already.
Bittersweet Ending?
09/04/2012
I recently read the whole series, all 9 volumes from my local library. (I would scan it but I don't have that time nor can I keep the books for long since I'll be leaving home in a few weeks).
Also, I don't know if people care but for every volume of the translated manhwa (idk if raws have it), Yun Ji Un (the manhwaga) has colored pages for the first few pages of the volume which usually provides some sort of insight about what was going to happen. This is what the last volume, volume 9 said in its colored pages:
Many people see the ending as a tragedy however, I wouldn't call the ending a complete tragedy just b/c of what happened to Shin-Bi (his death). I thought that with Shin-Bi's horrifying pitiful and undeserving death, Hye-Min would punish herself forever by breaking up with Ma-Ha. Not only was Shin-Bi's death undeserving but if the manhwaga left the end with a true tragedy (Ma-Ha and Hye-Min breaking up), I would have been devastated because I didn't think Ma-Ha deserved to leave the manhwa in that state. (It made me tear up). But in the end they reunited =) Even though Shin-Bi died, it gave Hye-Min the opportunity to make a clean start and live/survive on her own. The memory of his death will haunt her on random days of her life probably but it gave her the push to truly enter the world and live among people.
I think Ma-ha deserved to be with Hye-Min. It was explained as clear as day at the end. During the funeral, Ma-Ha says he'll wait for Hye-Min but Hye-Min rejects him because of the raw pain and grief of Shin-Bi's death. He knew that if he ignored Hye-Min's wishes and just remained by her side, she'd eventually return to him and lean on him for survival, much like the relationship between Shin-Bi and Hye-Min. However, in a way, he proved to be a good man by letting her live her life on her own for once. It seems like it's most logical for Hye-Min to have ended up with Ma-Ha because he wanted her to be independent whereas Shin-Bi wanted to isolate her/make her dependent on him. That's not living. Yes Hye-Min had a role in manipulation but when all is said and done, it doesn't change the fact that Ma-Ha=independence and Shin-Bi=isolation/dependence. So...yeah it's terrible the way Shin-bi died and the graphic explanation that So-Ryu gave made it a more undeserving death but it gave way for all three of them to move on and be free from stagnant loneliness and darkness.
Bittersweet Ending?
09/04/2012
I recently read the whole series, all 9 volumes from my local library. (I would scan it but I don't have that time nor can I keep the books for long since I'll be leaving home in a few weeks).
Also, I don't know if people care but for every volume of the translated manhwa (idk if raws have it), Yun Ji Un (the manhwaga) has colored pages for the first few pages of the volume which usually provides some sort of insight about what was going to happen. This is what the last volume, volume 9 said in its colored pages:
The prince stayed true to his promise with the princess and tore down the tall and might tower.
In that instant, the princess realized she had nowhere left to live.
The princess grew so sad and confused that she wept.
The tired prince stood there speechless, then turned around and left.
With the tower a crumbled ruin and the prince nowhere to be found, the miserable princess was left alone.
But then the princess said, "Oh, now I can go anywhere I want."
The princess stopped crying and stood up.
Metaphors: prince=Ma-Ha; tower= Shin-Bi; princess=Hye-Min
Many people see the ending as a tragedy however, I wouldn't call the ending a complete tragedy just b/c of what happened to Shin-Bi (his death). I thought that with Shin-Bi's horrifying pitiful and undeserving death, Hye-Min would punish herself forever by breaking up with Ma-Ha. Not only was Shin-Bi's death undeserving but if the manhwaga left the end with a true tragedy (Ma-Ha and Hye-Min breaking up), I would have been devastated because I didn't think Ma-Ha deserved to leave the manhwa in that state. (It made me tear up). But in the end they reunited =) Even though Shin-Bi died, it gave Hye-Min the opportunity to make a clean start and live/survive on her own. The memory of his death will haunt her on random days of her life probably but it gave her the push to truly enter the world and live among people.
I think Ma-ha deserved to be with Hye-Min. It was explained as clear as day at the end. During the funeral, Ma-Ha says he'll wait for Hye-Min but Hye-Min rejects him because of the raw pain and grief of Shin-Bi's death. He knew that if he ignored Hye-Min's wishes and just remained by her side, she'd eventually return to him and lean on him for survival, much like the relationship between Shin-Bi and Hye-Min. However, in a way, he proved to be a good man by letting her live her life on her own for once. It seems like it's most logical for Hye-Min to have ended up with Ma-Ha because he wanted her to be independent whereas Shin-Bi wanted to isolate her/make her dependent on him. That's not living. Yes Hye-Min had a role in manipulation but when all is said and done, it doesn't change the fact that Ma-Ha=independence and Shin-Bi=isolation/dependence. So...yeah it's terrible the way Shin-bi died and the graphic explanation that So-Ryu gave made it a more undeserving death but it gave way for all three of them to move on and be free from stagnant loneliness and darkness.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Quick Post--the Hilariousness of Laziness
Very short quick post in praise of a new hilarious manga that I picked up a month ago. It's titled Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge aka Tanaka-kun Always Seems Listless (I've linked it to batoto). It's an ongoing manga but it's just so funny. First of all, this character isn't exactly "lazy", he's "listless" and he just exudes it in his whole being. That and his hard working friend make a great duo for this manga. You might feel tired reading this manga though because it really stresses on listless-ness but for me, again, HILARIOU!! Just try it out yourself, I can't do justice to this manga so just experience it for yourself.
That aside, have you guys ever noticed that during quizzes and exams in a room with at least 30 people let alone a large lecture hall of 300-400, in the quietness you begin to hear a symphony of coughs, sniffles and other sickly noises? It's not always but I've always noticed this for some reason especially when it's quiet and there isn't a symphony of noise. I find it oddly amusing b/c once one person goes, the room erupts in the sound of the sick one after the other. I wonder if the Professor and T.A.s think it's somewhat amusing as well (when I should be concentrating on my exam). Anyways....hope you enjoy the manga!
That aside, have you guys ever noticed that during quizzes and exams in a room with at least 30 people let alone a large lecture hall of 300-400, in the quietness you begin to hear a symphony of coughs, sniffles and other sickly noises? It's not always but I've always noticed this for some reason especially when it's quiet and there isn't a symphony of noise. I find it oddly amusing b/c once one person goes, the room erupts in the sound of the sick one after the other. I wonder if the Professor and T.A.s think it's somewhat amusing as well (when I should be concentrating on my exam). Anyways....hope you enjoy the manga!
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