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22Dec/088

Asatte no houkou DVDs – Getto!

Since the Asatte no Houkou DVD boxset appeared at my favourite anime DVD shop about a year ago, I've never stopped agonising over it. The hurdle? A prohibitive pricetag of S$160. I'm glad I held out for so long since I bought the boxset for S$95 today - a staggering 40% in savings.

Reviewing the DVDs back home, I was awashed with nostalgia on how well-crafted the plot and how lovely Karada is. I remembered again why I despise Shouko since I have a very low opinion of those who take their frustrations/anger out on hapless children. Of course Shouko did grow to become more likeable over the series - to the credit of the writers.

In other news, I discovered that the Canvas2 DVDs (going for S$189 - only 6 DVDs) were finally sold this shop. This is beyond shocking since I was certain that while a handful may have enjoyed Canvas2, NO ONE would fork out that kind of moolah for just 6 DVDs. Obviously, somewhere in this glorious island republic, there's an otaku who's a bigger (and definitely richer) fan of Canvas2.

Ah well. I've been assured they'd do a restock of Canvas2. Hopefully it'd not still be ridiculously overpriced then. Meanwhile, it's back to Karada goodness for this tanuki.

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  1. Falen
    December 22nd, 2008 - 12:59

    Nice series, another one of those anime adoption better than manga series.

    So whatever happened to the manga story?

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  2. Mac (Kyuusai)
    December 22nd, 2008 - 14:04

    I had a hard time not snagging Asatte no Houkou at a convention a while back when I saw a beautiful bootleg edition. Fortunately, my anti-bootleg ethics held strong.

    But it really helped that the series frigging derailed halfway through. How do you go from a poignant story about the importance of appreciating the experience of life and family to suddenly a story about fifth-grade romance? WELL, J.C. STAFF, HOW DO YOU DO IT?

    (Sorry. Still bitter. It was one of my favorites of all time until it crashed and burned.)

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  3. muhootsaver
    December 22nd, 2008 - 20:03

    lol, so you got this afterall! Good job on holding out until now. This is R3 right? It’s interesting how they kept the original Japanese title on the cover.

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  4. Stripey
    December 22nd, 2008 - 23:46

    Falen: From what little I know of the manga, it’s a dark series with non-consenual sex and other perversions. I heard Amino kun was a scum in the manga. What a world of difference from the heart-warming, dramatic but sweet series that JC staff have conjured :)

    Mac (Kyuusai): Heh I don’t hold such strong anti-bootleg sentiments but generally bootlegs have fansub quality unless it’s ripped from R2s. Still better to stick with the originally especially when prices have come down so much :)

    I think the series got a little out of step after ep 8 with the focus drawn to Amino and Karada instead of Karada and Hiro. But in view of the desired non-siscon ending, I suppose it’d a direction they’d have to take to satisfactorily resolve the tale. Personally I’ve always when a Karada X Hiro end but this 2nd sitting with the DVDs changed my mind. Karada and Amino are a great couple. Hiro and Shouko deserve each other XDD

    muhootsaver: Thanks! Yes, it’d Taiwan R3. The title’s in Chinese though on the spine of the DVDs :)

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  5. Zyl
    December 23rd, 2008 - 00:01

    After my experience with Gunbuster and Diebuster, I’ll never buy anything with only Chinese subs ever again. -_-;;

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  6. Stripey
    December 23rd, 2008 - 06:59

    Heh probably not for new shows. But for those you have seen yet not R1 licensed, you may want to consider the cheaper R3 alternative as compared to the R2s. :)

    That’s the case for Asatte no Houkou since I’ve not illusions of the series getting a R1 treatment.

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  7. Skane
    December 24th, 2008 - 02:31

    Damnit. R3? Curse your misleading paragraphs! I was on the verge of Canvas2-mania till I read further down…

    Sigh…

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  8. Stripey
    December 25th, 2008 - 09:29

    haha gomen gomen. You sure you aren’t the one who bought the Canvas2 R3s? XD

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