Archive for February, 2005
February 26, 2005 – 10:00 pm
Did you know that 10,000 copies is about the breakeven point for CD sales?
Tabitachi no Uta sold 5,112 copies to rank in at No. 36 for its first week. This is more than a thousand copies less than Love Jet Coaster.
Which bodes really really badly. First of all, Hekiru’s value to Sony Records came from the fact that while she never had a big hit (Akai Hana was her best selling single at around 60,000 copies), no matter what you put out a core fan base would snap it up. Steady sales are just as important, or rather more important, than one-hit wonders.
When you fall below that 10,000 mark, though, that’s when it’s no longer worth it to the record company to back you. Perhaps you could be profitable through concerts (though not by much considering the small scale of Hekiru’s activities) but that does the record guys no good.
And if you get no music release, you get no more concerts. Finito. End of career.
Before we start spiraling down into depressing, however, let’s take a closer look at the situation.
Okay, you have the worsening CD sales, which reflect a greater fan base apathy than can be simply accounted for by the overall slump in non-indie music sales. Packaging the CD with a DVD of photo-shoot footage and some concert clips was, I think, a pretty good idea since Hekiru fans have traditionally been avid consumers of Hekiru’s visual side. In other words, we like her for her looks :P So it’s extra incentive to pick up the package.
But the fact that even that could not save Tabitachi no Uta is a sign either that the song really sucks, or that Hekiru fans actually no longer care about her music.
Personally I think the song isn’t very good, but that’s never stopped the fans before. It’s not that there are no more fans. We know they are out there, because last year over 3,000 of ‘em showed up to shake hands to Hekiru. I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions about what Hekiru fans want from Hekiru, but apparently, it’s not her music.
Although, I think we already knew that. What percentage of Hekiru fans actually cared for her music, and what percentage simply liked her for her looks? Perhaps that is a cynical view, but when you consider <6,000 for CD but >3,000 for a handshake event…
My original thoughts (in Japanese), as I was chatting with a friend about this.
よく分かっているというか・・・
まぁ、6000枚も売れないにもかかわらず、3000人も握手会だなんて、ね。
これは昔からの問題だろうが、昔お比べて、「歌まで買う！」というぐらいの熱意はもうない、ファンは。
それが問題ですね。
This (the fact that fans aren’t really in it for the music) has been a problem ever since the beginning, but the real problem now is that Hekiru fans these days don’t have enough “fire” to snap up each and every single release irregardless of whether or not they actually like the product. Hekiru’s somewhat unique fandom characteristic is a double-edged sword. Before, when she had inspired legions to the point where they would literally go to hell and back for her, anything she released was gold. Now, as she has shifted her emphasis from selling her “cult personality status” to selling her music and concerts, you see that the actual product lacks in appeal.
椎名へきるは椎名へきるの歌を売るのは無駄だ。
椎名へきるが椎名へきるそのものをアピールして、
ついでに商品を買ってもらう。
Can’t sell Shiina Hekiru’s music.
Gotta sell “Shiina Hekiru” itself. And then, get fans to buy the related merchandise (of which the music and concert performances would be a part).
とも言えますが、まぁ、全部のファンじゃないだろうね。
Well, of course that cynical view doesn’t apply to all fans.
だから、へきるにとって一番ファンから聴きたいのは、
「へきるさんにこういう歌を出してほしい」、
「へきるさんにこういうようなライブを見せてほしい」。
椎名へきるではなく、椎名へきるの作品に対して要望・希望・期待を示している言葉が彼女にとって一番のでは。
仕事をしている人として、まぁ、要するに「能力で生きてゆくアーティスト」として認められているという証拠ですから。
Still, it means that the thing Hekiru really wants most from her fans, is to hear that they do really care for her music – by telling her what sort of music they’d like her to release, what sort of concerts they’d like to see. The point is not what they want from Shiina Hekiru herself , but what they want of her creations (releases), the sort of expectations they have. This is what would really count for most to Hekiru, because it serves to show her that her fans respect her as an “artist” who produces real “content”.
ただし、「歌・ライブそのものだけで勝負」というのは甘いですね。
歌だけがよくて売れられるってこの世界にほとんどありません。
何かのコツがついているから、世間に気づいてもらっている。
椎名林檎はすごい才能を持っていますが、
ああいう歌詞、ああいうキャラクターではないと、
人の目を引っ張る力があるの？
Unfortunately, in the real world, you don’t get very many people who are able to make it on simply their creative power only. In addition to power, you need prowess, or basically a gimmick that makes the world notice you. There’s millions of people who are pretty frickin’ talented, so even if you’re damn good, it’s absolutely no guarantee of success. You need more, because you’re fighting for a “share of wallet”, and what you’re making is only slightly above that of a commodity. And we all know that commodities are seriously difficult to profit from unless you’re selling in bulk at low production cost. Obviously, this isn’t quite possible in the music industry.
To use an example, even Shena Ringo, who is recognized as an extremely talented women, would probably not have gotten terribly far without her provocative personality and lyrics.
椎名へきるが一時期日本の一部の目を引っ張った理由、分かりやすい歌の上に、「椎名へきる」のほかの良さがあったからです。まぁ、それはあなたも私もよく分かっていますけどね。「椎名へきるらしさ」という不思議な雰囲気・パワー。
So the reason why Shiina Hekiru was so successful at capturing a segment of the market, back in the old days, was because she had something we shall term “Shiina Hekiru-ness”, on top of songs which were catchy and easy listening. “Shiina Hekiru-ness”… something which is difficult to describe to someone who is not a fan, but which all Hekiru fans know and feel. A combination of charisma, energy, personality (both strange and cute), strength and weakness, innocence, dreams, and a level of closeness to her fans unusual for a famous celebrity.
「この子を応援したい！」と想いさせるへきるパワー、足す
すこし切なく、やさしいバラード ＝ 守りたい
強気を示す歌詞 ＝ ちっちゃい子がこういう歌を歌うのはかっこいい
ロックテイストの楽曲 ＝ この子の熱意を認める
“I want to help this girl achieve her dreams!” – that mysterious Hekiru power that pulls people along, PLUS
Soft, sad love ballads = “I want to take care of her”
Lyrics which speak of inner strength and determination = Your basic coolness factor, especially effective coming from such a small girl
Music with elements of rock = A girl who also has inner “fire”, intensity and power
とか、だからこそ、ファンも曲が聴きたいのです。
その曲が、自分にとって好きな椎名へきるの要素を思い出せるから。
That’s why fans liked her music. Her music reminded them of what they liked about her.
今は、好きなへきるの部分はなんでしょう。
そして、へきるの歌はそれにマッチしているのでしょう？
So, what do Hekiru fans like about Hekiru now? What facet of Hekiru do they love, what is it she does that appeals to them? Why would they stand in line for 3 hours to shake her hand?
The Hekiru of now is far different from the Hekiru of 8, even 6 years back. I’ve been a fan for over 7 years, and I will tell you right off the bat, there’s no more burning fire, no overwhelming charisma, no sheer force of personality, no dreams that sweep the entire audience up. She is… not ordinary, but not extraordinary either. She has no outstanding colour that comes through her words, though she continues to write lyrics that sound powerful enough. There’s no “essence” to back it up though.
Anyway, to get back to the question, what is it about Hekiru that fans find appealing now, and does her music match that “Hekiru-ness”?
歌だけでやっていくことは、本当に色々揃わないといけないところ。
世間が好きな音楽性 ＝ 社会のほしがっている商品
メディアに取り上げられる話題 ＝ マーケットに届く、商品の存在を知ってもらう
消費者が納得する値段で ＝ 簡単に、安くに手配できる
If Hekiru really wanted to get ahead just based on music (and not music talent, which is another beast again, reserved for only the best of the best), she had better get her marketing act together. You only sell what people want to buy, and at the price they would be willing to pay. And for that, you’ll need:-
- Music that’s up on the times = what the world (or a significant part of Japan, anyway) likes right now
- Something that’ll catch the media’s eye = reach to market, basically; can’t sell what people don’t know about
- At a good price = cheap and easy to consume, since all consumers are rather impatient nowadays
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February 26, 2005 – 4:31 am
Dame da… Shizuru rocks… I am an utter Shizuru fan, bow and worship at her awesomeness. (Tonikaku anime de kokoro wo iyasu…)
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First, we begin with episode 20, when a mysterious figure appears in the nick of time to save Natsuki.
After all the hell breaks loose, we follow up in episode 21, when Natsuki hears something she really didn’t need to, and in her despairing state falls into Nao’s trap. She doesn’t even try to fight back, which pisses Nao off to no end.
So Shizuru whoops Nao’s ass with little more than a flick of a wrist, and takes Natsuki back to a secluded spot where she ravishe^H^H^H^H^H^H attends to her injuries.
Actually, I really liked that scene where Shizuru tells Natsuki that she’s grateful how Natsuki tried to keep her away from the HiME trouble, but this time she simply couldn’t stand back… she would give up her work, everything, for Natsuki… And Natsuki begins to cry…
BTW, the Mai-HiME Drama CD is really, really funny. Shizuru, yappa hentai da…
More screen caps and comments on Ep 21 from Memento and Moyism.
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February 26, 2005 – 12:25 am
While I am sitting here in a small room in Nihonbashi, spending pointless hours surfing community sites and blogs on the net and moe’ing like a newborn fan over anime girls, an INSEADmate of mine – 3 years younger, equivalently less work experience, absolutely frivolous but also a significantly more intelligent than yours truly – is cleaning up shop as a marketing manager in a major corp’s Shanghai branch. She’s doing it alone, and with little more than a shakey grasp of Mandarin. Kinda puts your current aspirations into perspective, eh.
I have never been a competitive person, perhaps because I feel only the need to excel to my own, self-defined, standards. However, when I go over the jobs and the companies I have spoken to over the last several weeks, I can’t help but feel that I’m just not that good.
I have an MBA. I am reasonably smart. I do have pretty decent EQ. My experience could be better, but my qualifications overall don’t look half bad. This begs the question… so what is my potential? Somehow, I think it’s more than what I could find at web project venture shops that pay minimal foreigner’s wage.
Then again, if you were to suggest something like, say, “Brand Management for a Major Computer Company Obssessed with Making the Numbers”, I’d have to say it’s not for me, either. I might be able to do the work, or I might not… but I’d definitely be unhappy. And so I aim for smaller companies, which do not pay as well, do not have grand-slam projects worth billions of potential future earnings, do not require you to Show the Results in Stark, Unmistakeable, Undeniable, Bottomline Figures.
I think I am psychologically allergic to the requirement to deliver defined measureable output based upon manipulating indirectly effective inputs against a huge amount of uncontrollable variables. Ie get out into the real world, fight other massive corps with other really smart managers, and make the target. This could be because I am afraid of failure, that a stark failure here is a reflection of my own inadequacy.
I like to be able to feel the result of everything I do, more or less directly, more or less immediately. This is easier with a small company. The results are no doubt much smaller in scale too, but that means it’s easier to wrap my head around the whole thing.
Safety. Security. Responsibility. Power. Risk. Reward.
I am torn… Big fish in a small pond? Small fish in a big pond? Ah, but never small fish in a small pond, no matter how interesting and warm that pond is. I think my pride won’t let me do that.
No, not when you have friends making waves over in the big pool. Perhaps I am competitive, just a little bit. After all, gotta feel good about yourself too, in five years time.
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February 24, 2005 – 12:42 pm
Dudes, if you thought ep 20 was a doozy… This week has managed to keep the pace, quite a feat considering everything that went on last time. Admittedly, the revelations are probably less shocking, since you could see them coming based on last week’s episode. Doesn’t lessen the impact of seeing it all unfold, though.
Quick summary (SPOILERS!)
- Shizuru rocks like nobody’s business! Shows up and kicks ass from here to Pluto! And all in the name of love… :) Nao does point out that Shizuru’s the one who probably needs counselling… heh.
- Natsuki has a little spell of despair. At least she tells Shizuru, “Watashi mo Shizuru ga suki,” in response to Shizuru’s statement that she would protect Natsuki at all costs because, well, she likes her.
- Before we all start cheering, however, Shizuru steps out and with more than a bit of sadness, says to herself, “But, that’s a different type of suki, isn’t it.” Shizuru, don’t give up!!
- The Black Lord dude is revealed. Mashiro is revealed. Shit happens.
- Mai? Who cares? :P
So those are my feelings. Dammit, I want Shizuru and Natsuki to take center stage! I think the reason why I didn’t like Mai-HiME until now is because I don’t really care about Mai and her little despairs at all! And Mikoto is actually pretty annoying too, as a sidekick. Takumi, Tate, blah, the guys all suck in this show. Shizuru, Natsuki, oh please, I hope the writers don’t pull a gut wrenching tragedy on us! I’m not willing to bet even a buck they won’t, though.
At least, seems to be more Natsuki again in the next episode. Oooh, I can’t for this one to be out on BT, gonna rewatch Shizuru in super kick-ass mode. Any girl with a naginata has coolness points doubled! Too bad Kiyohime is a real ugly squid with snake head tentacles. A real, big, incredibly powerful, badass squid.
Shit, I really feel sorry for Nao. She’s like the series dumping bag, and through no fault of her own at all.
Shizuru, Natsuki, FIGHT!! Kimitachi saikou!! Amazing how 2 mins of these two suddenly rocketed this show to my Flavour of the Month list.
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February 23, 2005 – 8:31 am
Watching – Mai-HiME, Jyuunikokki, Noir
Reading – Peter Drucker, Yotsubato, Maria-sama ga miteiru “Rosa Canina”
Running – One loop around the Imperial Palace
Listening – KOTOKO, Kajiura Yuki, Shiina Hekiru, Dimmu Borgir
Eating – Douter’s Chicken Bagel, minus mayo
Drinking – Georgia European Blend can coffee, Starbucks Chai Latte
Sitting – Exercise ball (the chair that came with the room as a really suspicious stain)
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February 22, 2005 – 9:00 am
Watched ep 20. Two words.
HOLY SHIT
Dammit, next episode, please!!!
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February 22, 2005 – 12:45 am
Got myself signed up on Mixi, a Japanese community site. I’m also on GREE. Then there’s blogging and forums… too much to keep up! Someone needs to come up with an all-in-one app.
Anyway, just finished one interview today, two more on Thursday. Sent in application to IDG Japan’s English webzine yesterday, finally. Gotta contact a headhunter today. Lots of stuff happening (maybe not that much?) so hopefully I get something decent!
The editor job is sounding more and more attractive now. I think it’s because I just like to read, write and discuss about what I like. Plus, I like to create, and I like to manage people, and I love being a little on the inside of the industry as a legit person (not kossori sneaking around like some fangirl). If I got this job, it’d be a pain but it’d also be great fun, and it matches my hobbies, and it’d give me great contacts.
Then again, my chances are slim. As always. Career change is never easy.
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February 20, 2005 – 11:49 am
Finally getting around to writing this overview of Mai-Hime.
I’d been meaning to do a writeup since I started this blog, but what happened was that I got interested in other stuff, and my enthusiasm with Mai-Hime waned around ep 8 or so. I actually liked it a lot at the beginning, what with the decent art and animation, the girls with powers, humour, slapstick that’s not overdone, and the mystery level. Plus, Mikoto has a great big badass sword.
However, I never really got into the show, which is strange since it tells a pretty good story, and the filler is not bad and the plot moves pretty okay, albeit in spurts. I guess I never felt much for any of the characters; how else to explain my lack of any desire to watch the next episodes despite the “holy shit it’s all hitting the fan!” type previews… I just forced myself, slogged through one ep at a time, even after ep 13 or so when all hell started to break lose. Just couldn’t connect with the show somehow, but at the same time I didn’t feel like stopping halfway, not because I really cared to know the story but rather because I felt somehow obligated to see through a show that others were raving over and that I did admittedly enjoy, if only for a little bit.
I don’t think it’s the fault of the characters themselves that explain my general apathy. Indeed, they are all interesting, and original enough that you give the writers a nod for creativity in stereotypes. The interactions are also surprisingly realistic, given that it’s a highschool highjinks show part of the time. But, dammit, doesn’t mean I don’t wanna just slap Tate, Mai and Shiho around. Actually, belay that. I don’t wanna slap them, I just want them to friggin’ take it outside where I can’t see, and deal. Finito.
Well, eps 17 on are really getting into the meat of the show, but truly much of it is highly depressing and distasteful. Too much unscrupulous manipulation going on, and it turns my stomach. Too much whining, too, from various HiMEs… but again I have to admit that the execution, while melodramatic, is surprisingly realistic.
I dunno, maybe I just liked the show for the cool action, and don’t really want to see the girls get messed up and all that. It’s far easier to watch a show when the protagonists fight evil plainly, as opposed to this one where the protagonists are under the thumb of the bad guys who mess with their heads and get them to fight each other. Bleh. I think I need a hero(ine) in this show, and sorry it ain’t Mai. Not that she doesn’t have my sympathies.
But!! In ep 19, yes, finally, reward for having made it this far!!
Hmm… looks like Shizuru x Natsuki might actually be more than vague subtext :P Never really liked Natsuki that much, despite the long-blue-hair-stoic-coolness factor, but with this little scene, these two are actually cute. I think I may have found some motivation for further viewing, although any further interaction will probably be minimal, since there’s like 50 billion characters but only 7 eps left to clear up the mess.
Memento does an amazing job of summarizing and reviewing Mai-HiME.
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February 20, 2005 – 11:20 am
Quick roundup…
- went to check out a venture company
- did some design work
- had drinks with old friends (and getting pretty trashed on just two cups of sake and spouted a ton of rubbish)
- got up the next day for sushi at Tsukiji with a new friend, at 7am no less, but the guy at the sushi place remembered me, and the sushi was amazing, so no regrets even if the weather sucked
- went to see ELT concert at Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A on Saturday (running into another friend at Hall C)
- had dinner, chatted about first impressions and how we got in to Hekiru, got slightly trashed on one cup of sake and spouted some other rubbish about Hekiru and how I’d want her to be known as someone who puts on an amazing live, and whatnot
- did more design work, and thought about rehauling my Hekiru page
- went to see ELT again on Sunday (hey, Mochida is cool! Weird, but cool, in a weird different way…)
- had looooong talk with another friend about Hekiru
- back in room, sat down and watched some Mai-Hime
So, didn’t get my scheduled resume makeover down. Ugh. Yeah, gotta rewrite it for the IDG editor job. Now, that would be pretty cool!
Dammit, I need to secure a job in Japan, for sanity’s sake. I like it way too much here and have too much hanging in the balance. If I had to give up and go home, I would not be a very happy camper…
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February 17, 2005 – 9:46 pm
I’m sitting here, in the office of my old company that I worked for between 1998 and 2001. Back then it had barely 20 people, then it grew to like 70 when I left, since then it’s been up and down times. They don’t do what we used to do anymore, they’re a serious systems integrator company. I know it’s necessary for business and profit, but it feels sad to see with my own eyes the evidence that most organizations can’t really survive on creating and selling and producing in “fun” areas.
I contrast what I used to know, what I went through, what I see now, with another small venture I went to visit yesterday. They reminded me so much of the old days at The Old Company, it was almost painful. But you know, that atmosphere is like a drug, you want it, you want to swim in it. I don’t care much for making tons of money and building something huge, I just want to make cool stuff with cool people.
But, in the end, if it doesn’t last, if it doesn’t leave an everlasting footprint, you still feel a bit empty. So perhaps it’s not the fortune, it’s the fame.
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February 14, 2005 – 9:49 am
It’s 11:41pm and I can’t sleep. No, it’s not that late, but I’ve been trying to turn over a new leaf and keeping regular hours seemed like an easy place to start. For some reason though, I just haven’t been able to sleep much past 6 or 7 hours a night, and it’s annoying to say the least. I mean, when you don’t have much to do, sleeping is usually the best way to pass the time. Sucks that I can’t even do that.
Anyway, another habit I have to break is putting off annoying things. For example, I really should have closed my French bank account when I was in France, or at least taken the money out. Now that I’m away, I realize it’s a much bigger pain, and I’m probably losing god knows how many hundreds of euros in fees or whatever the more I hem and haw about finding a way to shut it down. Ugh.
And since I’m so free, I should also be doing more productive stuff, like writing friends and studying and whatever. Of course, I should be meeting more people and networking and job hunting like crazy. Also writing letters, updating homepage (hah! like that’s going to happen ever), and… and… well, actually, if you think about it, there’s not really that much stuff that’s absolutely critical, it’s just that what’s on the list is annoying, and so we just don’t do it. We’d be sooo much more efficient and effective if we just bit the bullet and took care of it, say by setting aside even half an hour a day.
Yep, so anyway, I did take care of one thing today already. Now, to see if I can sleep.
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February 12, 2005 – 7:11 pm
Found this page when I was wandering around. It’s the crudest rudest most hilarious dissection of Marimite ever. Twisted, but I cannot fault the analysis. Bring on the third season!!
BTW, I am currently making my way through the novel of “Rosa Canina”. It was a toss up, wondered should I start with this or “Ibara no Mori” (where Sei and Shiori angst over love vs God), but in the end I figured I liked Shizuka better than that good-for-nothing Shiori who dumped Sei (losing the one and only love of your life sucks anytime, but losing her to God, now that’s a real whammy). I’m surprised there’s no mountain of SeixShizuka fics out there, these two look too good together to let slip into obscurity. Then again, Shizuka would be competing again Youko, and I guess SeixYouko is just too, ahem, full of potential to give up.
Hmm, after scanning eps 6, 11 and Haru ep 5 for some decent caps (and not really finding any), I’d have to say that SeixYouko beats anything hands down. Sorry Rosa Canina, your character design was dealt a grave injustice in the anime. Go Youko!
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February 11, 2005 – 10:08 am
I’ve decided that there are not enough graphics. Therefore, we happily present a little Love and a little Jet from Hekiru…
Stay tuned for a flurry of screencaps should I ever get hold of a high-res version of the Tabitachi PV. Punk band Hekiru!!
One day, I will have to open a gallery of my favourite Hekiru pics…
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February 11, 2005 – 9:54 am
Okay, we’re up to ep 21. Things actually started happening along ep 13, picked up like mad around eps 17-20. We finally get an inkling of how messed up Kirika is. We see Mireille angst and angst away. The plot thickens, blah blah… I should just finish this one up so I can check another anime off my list, but I put it off because I am of two minds about this series.
On the one hand, I can’t really be bothered to venture into the next few eps which I can imagine will show Kirika go off with Chloe and then Mireille angst more and then somehow Kirika realizes and Mireille realizes and there’ll be a big shootout and those two finally get together again – too much trouble!
On the other hand, there are some good elements, like the relationship between K and M (which incidentally should have been given a bit more attention, since as it is you get only a wisp of what the two actually mean to each other), which I would like to savour and hold on to, or rather, hold off on consuming just yet, because like any good food it should be eaten a small bite at a time, tasted well, taken slowly.
Or maybe I’m just too lazy :P
Feel more like reading manga. Jyuuni Kokki (Twelve Kingdoms) is also getting a bit interesting.
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February 11, 2005 – 9:42 am
I like finding rather obscure mangaka who draw lovely art. Today, we bring you Takahashi Akira, who as far as I can tell has only two series – 「傀儡/KUGUTSU」 and 「傀儡戯/カーレイヒ」 – which have the same setting and characters but tell separate realities. Or at least, I think they do… They are based on novels (for which same Takahashi co-wrote and drew) and are pretty confusing and complex, plot-wise, since not much is explained in the manga.
Sure looks damn pretty though. A lot of heavy lining and dramatic action; even in non-fight scenes there is a stark dynamism. Things are very cybernetic in feel, the enemies are beautiful even when hideous.
I ran into Takahashi Akira by accident when I bought, on a whim, 傀儡戯 (Kareihi) at K-Books a couple summers ago. Again, a very satisfying discovery, even though I couldn’t really figure out what was going on. If you like kickass female characters and cool male characters and lots of fighting nasty things using supernatural powers, this one’s for you.
You can visit his official page here.
Now, I’m gonna kick back and read KUGUTSU, which has been out of print and ridiculously rare until Wing Comics rereleased it last year. Yippy! But, Kareihi remains in 4 vol limbo, ended with no ending… *sniff sniff*.
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