I must confess to being bitterly disappointed with how Nagasarete is turning out and this episode, despite the Mikoto fun, was probably the last straw. I don’t expect anime adaptations of manga to follow the source material exactly but the way the story was changed removed the things which I found most promising - mostly because I favour the approach of building up Rin as a credible rival to Suzu, thus aiding the realization of her feelings for Ikuto leading to cute jealousy and apron wars 4TW. But alas.
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While there has indeed been Ikuto x Suzu development, my interest in the series has been flagging of late. I think I’d prefer it if a credible rival was built up against Suzu (preferably Rin) but I just don’t see that coming, given that Suzu is clearly the promised girl. Another not so good sign is that the manga starts to suffer from cast stagflation with Mei Mei and then Shinobu joining the regular cast.
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I think this is the first time I’ve ever bought Animedia magazine (GBP 6.80 at Japan Centre, Piccadilly). Perhaps I’ve been spoilt by Megami’s gorgeous posters and generous fan service as I found Animedia much less satisfying than my recent purchases of Megami and Comp H - even when including their exorbitant shipping and handling. Needless to say, it was still a testament to covergirl StrikerS Nanoha’s pulling power that caused me to fork out for this.
The highlights inside this issue for me were:
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Enjoyed the first half rather more than the second half. Former was about Machi-nee vs Ayane and their respective attempts to manipulate Suzu through her love for their mother’s daifuku while latter was about Suzu’s fear of ghosts - at least it did reinforce Ikuto’s closeness to Suzu and make him more useful too but the way he defeated the ghost just seemed too easy, making the girls seem wimpy rather than making him more manly.
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Ikuto adjusts to the low tech life of the island but his self-esteem takes repeated beatings as the girls show themselves to be so much more skilled at all the hard work of rural living. But he manages to salvage his manly pride by saving Rin, the Natsumi Tsujimoto strong woman of the island, from that dreaded enemy of the Keroseijin, the Nyororo. Further boost with Suzu telling him that she had felt lonely, being the only one living on her own and that she’s glad that Ikuto is coming home together with her after work, eating together and sleeping together (not in that way!). She says, ‘We are like family.’ The question is: like husband and wife? Or brother and sister? Or a 13 year old non-blood-related sister wanting to marry her brother!?
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