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NEWS: Maiden Japan Adds Myself; Yourself TV Anime

There were people asking for this?

I mean, this is the series where spoiler[a brother and sister realize they're in love with each other and decide to drop out of high school and runaway together, and when they show up again in the distant finale they've faced absolutely no negative consequences for their choice.]

ScruffyKiwi wrote:

Utsuro no Hako wrote: There were people asking for this? I mean, this is the series where spoiler[a brother and sister realize they're in love with each other and decide to drop out of high school and runaway together, and when they show up again in the distant finale they've faced absolutely no negative consequences for their choice.] I think you're being rather unfair on the show there. In the case of the spoiler[brother and sister they were quite happy to keep their relationship as siblings but due to some nasty rumors were basically forced to run away or be separated as siblings. And as to no consequences, well I don't think anyone else in the audience spotted them.] Overall I found this surprisingly good for a eroge visual novel adaptation.

That's what I remember of the situation as well. They weren't actually spoiler[in love with one another, a bunch of incest rumors got them bullied out of school]

octopodpie wrote:

ScruffyKiwi wrote: Utsuro no Hako wrote: There were people asking for this? I mean, this is the series where spoiler[a brother and sister realize they're in love with each other and decide to drop out of high school and runaway together, and when they show up again in the distant finale they've faced absolutely no negative consequences for their choice.] I think you're being rather unfair on the show there. In the case of the spoiler[brother and sister they were quite happy to keep their relationship as siblings but due to some nasty rumors were basically forced to run away or be separated as siblings. And as to no consequences, well I don't think anyone else in the audience spotted them.] Overall I found this surprisingly good for a eroge visual novel adaptation. That's what I remember of the situation as well. They weren't actually spoiler[in love with one another, a bunch of incest rumors got them bullied out of school]

First of all- why should the siblings spoiler[be punished for being in love?] It makes no sense. Secondly, this story was hinting to an actual story arc in the game about spoiler[Shusuke confessing his love for Shuri. It was a beautiful and thought-provoking confession, and I think the anime did a good job of adapting these feelings in a short time. I don't personally have feelings for my brother (yuck!) but I think that if the couple is consensual and is RESPONSIBLE (not having kids), it's not hurting anyone. In the end of the anime, it can be assumed that the two do not have children with the framing.]

Myself;Yourself deals with a lot of really serious issues, like spoiler[infidelity, murder, bullying, suicide, consensual incest, age difference romantic relationships, and more.] I suggest my fellow anime fans not to write this anime off just because it has one element you don't like.

P.S. Myself;Yourself is NOT an eroge. It is a visual novel with no erotic content for the PlayStation 2, with an epilogue game as well. I own both...

mewpudding101 wrote:

First of all- why should the siblings spoiler[be punished for being in love?] It makes no sense. Secondly, this story was hinting to an actual story arc in the game about spoiler[Shusuke confessing his love for Shuri. It was a beautiful and thought-provoking confession, and I think the anime did a good job of adapting these feelings in a short time. I don't personally have feelings for my brother (yuck!) but I think that if the couple is consensual and is RESPONSIBLE (not having kids), it's not hurting anyone. In the end of the anime, it can be assumed that the two do not have children with the framing.] Myself;Yourself deals with a lot of really serious issues, like spoiler[infidelity, murder, bullying, suicide, consensual incest, age difference romantic relationships, and more.] I suggest my fellow anime fans not to write this anime off just because it has one element you don't like. P.S. Myself;Yourself is NOT an eroge. It is a visual novel with no erotic content for the PlayStation 2, with an epilogue game as well. I own both...

While not siblings, new research (That I can't seem to find in my history, sorry) showed that first cousins caused birth defects at pretty much the same rate as strangers. And thank you for clearing up the difference between eroge and visual novel...I hate when they get bundled together. The anime could've been better than it was, but you are right..it does deal with a lot of serious issues and I think it's big problem was that it didn't have a lot of time to do so.

^God dam some people with sense. Its actually been thought for a while that even siblings are not likely to have defective kids. To have major physical and mental issues requires many successive generations constantly breeding with one another. So yes the negative affects of incest are much more dramatized than actual.

And if you want to get really technical, if you have two "pure" humans barring mutation, incest actually would have no negative affects no matter how much they interbreed. Issues arise because pretty much all people have some defective or harmful genes, and usually they are recessive and don't show up. But of course even with recessive genes enough breeding with the same people with the same genes allows them to crop up.

Plus I find it funny how same people who decry incestuous relationships would be parading a homosexual couple through the street like heroes and bastions of purity. The fact of the matter is that both are relationships that are not the norm, a heterosexual couple is the standard based on the very nature of life and evolution, to survive and reproduce. I don't have anything against either homosexuals or incestuous couples it but statistically they are an outlier. So from a practical standpoint you should either support both or neither, yet one is outright villainous and the other almost sanctified these days.

Well, there's a reason this is a forgotten anime that has Maiden Japan picking it up. Good luck to them.