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Andrew Cunningham
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The 'first novel' is four 300 page bunko volumes but it looks like it's all here.
The book is essentially an elaborate analogy; the effects of the empire's invasion are intentionally paralleled by the effects of the virus, and by the effects of the new species the empire brings upon the native ecosystems. The spin-off novel (focusing on the doctor and his wife) came out in bunko after the pandemic started, and Uehashi's afterword says she deliberately didn't make the virus airborne because that would be 'too scary.' |
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Ajc228
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I liked the movie and it features some beautiful animation but it felt like the pacing was a bit rushed and I didn’t quite understand the dynamic between the different nations. It was more difficult to understand the stakes based on the way information was given. It’s a good movie but it felt very condensed.
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Gina Szanboti
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I really cringed watching the doctor, masked and gloved, examine all the plague-killed bodies, and then when he's done, uses the same gloved hand to pull down his mask. Gah! Then later they burned the gloves and mask, which just put an extra fine point on how stupid that was.
I think my only other real complaint was how Yuna, the little girl, looked kinda creepy even when she wasn't being possessed.  I mean, she had her moments, but for a main child character, she really wasn't very cute. The tracker woman was cool enough to make up for it though, and the deer were pretty.
By the way, can someone explain the last scene to me? spoiler[Did the deer just herald Van's return, or had Van actually become the deer?] I'm leaning toward the latter, but I'm not sure. |
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