me being critical?

[emothy]

I finished Long Love Letter. I just watched the last two eps in a row because I have been letting this drama hang for far too long.


So. First of all, I was just going to post "HUMANS MUTATED INTO FREAKY THINGS ARE REALLY FUCKING FREAKY. Seriously, I get the spider resemblance XD, and if I was making jokes I'd be all over the telepathic spiders. But actually thinking about humans evolving onto all fours and growing these elongated limbs. Ew. *shudders*. So even though they didn't actually do too much, considering ("you can't survive in this world, but we can't be bothered to kill you for some reason so we'll let you succumb to the elements and other wild and wacky issues around here even though so far only about two of you have actually kicked it!") they still freaked me out.

And I've decided I am amazingly pick about endings. So few things satisfy me, ending-wise. And I am SHIT at writing endings myself, so don't ask me what it is I want! Ambiguity does not suit me, however, I know that. And it sucks because life is not black and white, there is a lot of grey area. I can't just have it all wrapped up neatly and explained.

I mean, as far as I'm concerned, was it supposed to be, "Asami receieves scraps of letter, changes his mind about calling Misaki, the whole world is saved?". Because I am not buying it. And having nobody at all remember what they went through together feels emotionally unsatisfying, even though I understand that we saw them in a time before any of it (would have) happened. Still bums me out.

All I can think now is that it could still happen, except that this time round at least Asami and Misaki would've gotten it on before the great school-time-jumping catastrophy XD


Now I need to work out what to watch next! My Boss, My Hero is nearly over at dorama_watch and it depends what is chosen next for both that and the other gap to fill. I'd like something NEW to me again, if they are both things I've seen before. And I also want to rewatch Mei-chan, but I am stopping myself from doing it too quickly XD Wait another few weeks, self!

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[anenko.livejournal.com]

Finally! Someone I can talk to about the ending of Long Love Letter. I was shocked, and not sure whether I thought the ending brilliant or really freaking awful.

"Asami receieves scraps of letter, changes his mind about calling Misaki, the whole world is saved?". Because I am not buying it.

I THINK that the letter created a alternate world? Maybe? I don't think Asami and Misaki hooking up in the past changes worldwide destruction--the very last shot of the vegetation comes about because of the work Asami and the kids do in the future. I don't know! The ending was supposed to be hopeful, I think, but. . . I can't get over all the ways that it really, really isn't.

And Misaki's death was like receiving a punch. Really, Long Love Letter? You HAD to got for the dead OTP? I flapped my hands and shrieked at the screen when they killed Misaki :(

And having nobody at all remember what they went through together feels emotionally unsatisfying, even though I understand that we saw them in a time before any of it (would have) happened. Still bums me out.

Yes. I prefer to think of the future we saw being left intact, and another one being formed because of the letter back in time. Otherwise. . . what was the USE of their growth as people, and my emotional attachment to them?

So, yeah, I loved the series, but can't quite wrap my head around it.

[emothy]

Oh LETS talk about Misaki's death! I mean how many times did this series just dare to make you think x-character would die? And yet we got to the point where they were jumping the chasm (especially Ootomo and Nishi, and Asami) and I just thought, "of COURSE they're going to get over; if they wanted to kill anyone off they would've just had them be STANDING ON THE RIFT."

And after all the work to save Asami before, Misaki gets internal injuries and just GOES - just like that?! I have to say though, that bit didn't make me cry. I didn't actually believe she was DEAD at first, I was sitting there making sure everyone was going to react, that she hadn't just gone unconscious. Somehow, it wasn't until Sho admitted he couldn't give up on Kaoru that I crumbled.

I will spend a lot of time thinking about ways to make those kids interact again; I mean Ootomo and Nishi were quite cute after all XD We need to know that those connections were reformed in some magical destined way!

[anenko.livejournal.com]

The chasm just about killed me. Out of nowhere: a giant chasm! What ELSE could top the poisonous gas cloud stalking them? I did enjoy the chasm jumping, though, if only for the Ootomo/Nishi interaction (hello, secondary OTP).

And after all the work to save Asami before, Misaki gets internal injuries and just GOES - just like that?!

Yes! That got to me, too. Asami's injury is a big deal that calls for two episodes, and Misaki's death takes place in a few minutes. I didn't cry, either, because Asami loosing Misaki at that point was just too cruel to be real.

We need to know that those connections were reformed in some magical destined way!

I want fic to address exactly that. I had vague plans to write LLL fic, but got distracted by. . . hmm, Love Shuffle, I believe. Someday, I'll rewatch the series again and tackle some of the issues I had with it.

Despite the series' flaws, did you enjoy it overall?

[emothy]

Not out of NOWHERE - there was an earthquake first, remember? XD (You know, caused by Mt. Fuji all of a sudden continously erupting that all of a sudden was going to alter the atmosphere and help them survive the wasteland!)

There are so many series that need fic! I guess we're all too busy devouring new ones all the time though, to focus :x

I did enjoy the series overall; Asami and Misaki were seriously cute; one of the best OTPs ever ;) And it wasn't all just ridiculous and flaw-ridden; some of it was just cracky enough to suspend your belief and enjoy anyway. And the premise was always something I was going to find interesting for the whole survival/getting back to their time issue. No matter how they actually handled it, I just wanted to see how they would.