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Shelf Life - Magic Users Club [2012-05-07]

Was going to query this, but I guess "office lady" has more of a part-timer, work-until-pregnant implication?

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Some characters speak in highly decorative, colloquial English, in sharp contrast to Ryner's modern slang

Erm, colloquial English = modern slang.

Colloquial: "Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal. 2. Relating to conversation; conversational."

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salaryman-style mother

Was going to query this, but I guess "office lady" has more of a part-timer, work-until-pregnant implication?

I agree with most of what Erin said about Fairy Tail. I thought the first 30-40 episodes were ok. A bit derivative but it had some entertaining moments. However, I think for what is an ensemble cast it relies too much on Natsu to beat the big bad all the time. It also seems that everybody in the show has a tragic past, and it becomes too much and too formulaic. The show also kills its most dramatic moments when people die, by not letting them stay dead. This just felt like a lack of balls on the creator's part. Yea, I know its shounen but still. Somewhere around episode 50, the Nirvana arc, the show gets significantly weaker imho. So, I don't think Erin is going to enjoy where it goes from here.

eyeresist wrote:

Quote: Some characters speak in highly decorative, colloquial English, in sharp contrast to Ryner's modern slang Erm, colloquial English = modern slang. Colloquial: "Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal. 2. Relating to conversation; conversational."

Argh!! Isn't there another word that basically means archaic that starts with the letter C?

Argh!! Isn't there another word that basically means archaic that starts with the letter C?

eyeresist wrote:

Quote: salaryman-style mother Was going to query this, but I guess "office lady" has more of a part-timer, work-until-pregnant implication?

Yes, that's right. Especially considering this article...

I don't understand why Junko is considered an "office lady" when she had a salary that supported her whole family (without the need for a second income), and she implied that she wanted to get a promotion. It did seem like there was a lot more to her character that we just didn't get to see. It's very interesting that the show's creator gave her a full backstory, and it shows in her characterization despite her overall lack of screentime. I wish I could read that book!

Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote:

HitokiriShadow wrote: danilo07 wrote: Am I the only person on this planet who thought that ending oPuella Magi Madoka Magica was sad. I don't know. Maybe you can find out in a thread that's about volume 3. it's all up now crackle, hulu and crucnhyroll for legal streaming so people really can't use the excuse "i haven't seen the ending yet"

Yes they can, because this is a review of volume 2. Keep the discussion to stuff about volume 2. If you can't, then don't say anything. Shouldn't be a hard concept to follow.

Erin, why do you always fill your columns with so many references and links to non-anime?

belvadeer wrote:

Erin, why do you always fill your columns with so many references and links to non-anime?

Probably because I was a film major in college...? Anime exists in film and television formats, right? So why not consider it in comparison to films and TV shows, animated or not, from other countries? Why not compare manga to comics from around the world? Surely manga and anime influence artists and directors who are not Japanese, and likewise, creators of manga and anime consume media from outside Japan on occasion.

Even though Shelf Life is such a time commitment that perhaps 95% of what I watch is anime, I do occasionally have time to watch something else. I suspect the hardest-core readers of the column may only watch anime to the exclusion of all else, but surely they've seen some live action content at some point.

Erin, why do you always fill your columns with so many references and links to non-anime?

Why did you make Junko, Madoka's mother, the way she looks in the anime?
UROBUCHI: I had wanted to create such a character. For one, it is rare to see a mother who is macho and strong-minded in mahou shoujo works. Also I thought that to provide a reason for Madoka to become aware of heroism, it is perhaps more convincing for her to have such a family background. Because she will grow up while watching the back of an adult who is very close to her and has carved out the path of her own fate by herself.
Usually in anime that would be the role played by a father.
UROBUCHI: That's right. But I thought it would be good to have a family which does not confine itself to ideas like it must be men's role to makes all the heroic moves. I wanted to have some concrete example where women can also be heroic and strong. That being said, so (the next thing is:) OK, so what is a heroic mother like? The fact that after much consideration I gave her a speech style of a yankee [delinquent girl] is purely my own taste (LOL)