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MokonaModoki



Joined: 30 Oct 2005
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Location: Austin, Texas
PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:31 am Reply with quote
bratling3 wrote:
who ever said that the girl from wallflower resembled the girl from the ring has really got thier horror movies backwards because it was the grudge that she resembles and quite intentionally actually!


Not necessarily. In the manga (V.1, p.24) she is referred to as "the girl from The Ring", with the kanji for 'Sada' (referring to Sadako from Ringu) overlaid in the frame. This is the scene where she is on the swingset and turns to face the guys approaching, and yes, she is drawn just like the girl from The Ring in both the anime and the manga. There may be references to Ju-on as well (I don't recall, but would expect it), but the Ring references are definitely there.

It's nice to see such positive reviews for The Wallflower after some of the recent bashing of it on the forum. The Nabeshin touches (esp. "The Road to Womanhood" breaks) add a lot to what the manga had to offer. I prefer the anime to the manga by far.
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CrystalFragments



Joined: 14 Nov 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:23 am Reply with quote
maybe... i haven't seen the japanese version of the ring and generally ignored the ring itself while people watched it perhaps i shal go watch ringu that is after i get caught up on all my ps2 games this spring
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