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REVIEW: Fate/Zero Blu-Ray Box Set II

I've already explained several times that I wish they would add something other than "nice package, bro!" when reviewing a PHYSICAL COPY (caps because a select few have a hard time reading) and two words doesn't cut it, unless your entire review is made up of one sentence.

Another option would be not saying that you're reviewing -insert title- box set, and just -insert title-. Again, i've said this as well, but it seems some people only read what they want to read.

OK, you wanted more info about the packaging. Got it.

Going on and on this long about it seems more like you're struggling to find something to complain about with the review, though.

Ugh. I'm not sure what's so hard to understand about my statement, if you review a physical product you can't just disregard the physical part, it's as easy as that ....

Only in the anime fandom would people get so worked up over a piece of cardboard.

Youths today, I tells ya.

I think at that point it's safe to assume that at least in some way Kariya was not acting on behalf of her feelings or at least didn't understand her really. And that was the point I was trying to make, not that what Kariya was doing was wrong, but that it was for the wrong reasons.

For one, Psycho-Pass is the most distilled Urobuchi of all his shows. One of his big unifying themes is Idealism vs. Utilitarianism. In shows like Madoka and Fate/Zero, this conflict is mostly metaphorical. In Psycho-Pass, that conflict is quite literal. The characters are literally confined within a institutionalized system of forced pragmatic morality. The villains are twisted and evil, but the show paints them as a reactionary force against Sibyl. Akane's struggle against them is very much a manifestation of her naive idealism versus the rigid pragmatism imposed by Sybyl. And in true Urobuchi fashion, this conflict is ultimately unresolved. Because for Urobuchi, it's the struggle that matters. Like Akane says spoiler["Someday, humanity will find a better way. Someday someone will come in here and turn off the lights."] As dark and brooding as Urobuchi's work is, his view of humanity is actually rather optimistic.

And it would be fun to talk more about this. But this is a Fate/Zero review and I don't want to get modded out for being off topic.

It's not like JO's few remarks about the packaging means that ALL OTHER reviews say so little about the packaging. But even considering that, I don't think ANN reviews have ever been known to really get into the nitty-gritty technical side of things of the products they review; a lot of the time, the physical product that's reviewed is reviewed for the show content and dub/video extras if they're provided. Which is understandable, because I think more people care about that as opposed to the more technical things collectors care about. (Though then again, this is a release catered towards most towards collectors...)