Forum - View topicREVIEW: Bunny Drop GN 4
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maaya
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Indeed. I'm only referring to the idea a lot of people seem to have that "disliking the ending" is caused by the fact that you are a "western reader", while Japanese readers wouldn't mind since it's "their culture" or because they will immediately consider it a reference to Genji, or anything along these lines. As said before, there have been plenty of negative or "huh? what was that?" reactions from Japanese readers as well. So, I think these reactions to the ending are decided on a much more personal basis than simply "western audience vs japanese audience". That's all. I'm actually surprised that there are only 4 volumes out in English. I got the feeling Yen Press started releasing Bunny Drop already years ago. But seems that only 2 new volumes come out each year (it doesn't sell well I guess?) ... it will still take so long to finish o_O; |
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enurtsol
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Most if not all prefectures have already raised AOE to at least 16, plus parental consent. That's why the 37-yr-old J-singer guy had to wait 3 years till she's 16, with parental consent too! 
What are ya talking about? Everybody in Japan already knows that little brides are just there for grooming. It's their heritage. 
On a more serious note though, "illegitimate" children in Japan is a big deal because it follows the child like a permanent record (for some reason, the Japanese government, hospitals and schools, etc. care too much who the identity of both parents). It can get quite hard to file paperworks when the child's family registry is not "proper." And it carries a stigma around the neighborhood.
Yeah, if her spoiler[biological father was alive, found out about it, then wanted her back], would he had given them his parental consent? Would he had considered it grooming and have him arrested? 
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Princess_Irene
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I am with ss-hikaru on this. I wrote a review of volume 4, and while I am thrilled to see so much discussion, s/he is right and we really should stick to discussing the reviewed content. I realize I have been guilty of this off-topic posting as well, but it really is time to get back on track, and quite possibly to stay there. When I or someone else reviews volumes 8 and 9, then we can talk about the ending. /teacher voice |
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miken
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uhm.... no. |
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st_owly
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This. Volume 4 is one of my favourite volumes of the series so far. I really like how Daikichi and Kouki's mum interact with each other, and I wish they'd get together at some point. The art is certainly different from a lot of manga, but I do think it's attractive in its own way. I find it kind of childish, which suits the series. |
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Spotlesseden
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i don't like the last vol. Because of the last vol, i can't rank this manga high and i won't support it.
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Northlander
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I think this quote was a bit unfair, as it's putting quite a lot of words in Daikichi's mouth. Judging by the things he said or thought during the whole arc, I got the idea that his biggest concern was about Haruko making the rest of the family worried about them. OK, maybe Reika the most, but.... yeah. |
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Princess_Irene
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I see what you mean, Northlander. I read the Haruko chapters as I did because of the overreaching theme of "me time" versus "parenting time," which I felt led to Daikichi's confusion. (I was all set to quote the book to back myself up, but my sister took it to her house.
 ) The way he pondered Haruko's statements about wanting to remain a child also seemed to lead me in that direction. On the other hand, my interpretation may also stem from the fact that as my friends have children I begin to see their identities morph - where once someone was "Martha," now she is known to most people as "Johnny's mother." It's an interesting phenomenon - and it does happen with men too, increasingly - and I think that it is one that Unita is exploring with Daikichi's musings this time around.
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Northlander
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Well, that I can understand. (As much as one who doesn't have children can anyway.) Which is curious, because whenever I get asked for my name from the locals where I live, I'm usually the "son of [either of my parents]". (Usually my mother, mostly because my father was the "immigrant" so to speak, where I live.) But I think people tend to do that to get more of an oversight of the family tree rather than start tallying expectations as parents.
If I were to interpret the arc itself, I'm guessing the main concern is Haruko's feeling of solitude, even among the members of the family she married into. Work is keeping her husband away most of the time, and she probably doesn't connect well with the others. (For reasons that unfortunately never gets explored.) The montage of her basically walking around in complete solitude reinforced this, at least for me. Then again, there was a lot of questions I had that the manga didn't go into. I'm going to assume that Haruko at least tried talking it out with her extended family (the one she married into), which probably lead nowhere, which again lead to making her choose to run off to Daikichi. Funnily enough, I kind of understood where Daikichi was going: he didn't have much of an idea of what went on in that family -- how could he, with the scant amount of details he got from her -- so he did basically the best he could given the circumstance; giving her an opportunity to drop by more often if she wanted to. And that's the reason the part I quoted came off a little wrong to me. It made it sound like Daikichi was of the opinion that Haruko should just tough it out for the sake of Reina, when the arc ended with him giving her the chance to do the complete opposite. |
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